United States, 39.76, -98.5Spencer, John Canfield, 1788-18551841-10-26This is a letter dated October 26, 1841 from Secretary of War John C. Spencer to Governor Charles J. McDonald (Governor of Georgia, 1839-1843) informing the governor that, at his request, two companies of volunteers recently called into service in Georgia have been mustered into the service of the United States Army. Spencer goes on to express his regret about the problems along Georgia's frontier and promises federal help to protect Georgia citizens living in that area.Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.text/htmlimage/jpegtcc630engMode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: AT&T DjVu browser plug-in needed to view images of documents.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 52, folder 06, document 04.Military service, VoluntaryUnited States. Army--Mobilization[Letter] 1841 Oct. 26, Department of War, [Washington, D.C. to] Governor Char[le]s J. McDonald / J[ohn] C. SpencerText