- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1841 Nov. 10, Trader's Hill, Geo[rgia to] Major S[amuel ?] Cooper, Tampa, [Florida] / W[illiam] W[allace] S[mith] Bliss
- Creator:
- Bliss, William Wallace Smith, 1815-1853
- Date of Original:
- 1841-11-10
- Subject:
- Georgia. Militia--Mobilization
Indians of North America--Claims against
Military assistance - Location:
- United States, Florida, 28.75054, -82.5001
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018 - Medium:
- official reports
military records - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a letter dated November 10, 1841 from Assistant Adjutant General William Wallace Smith Bliss to Major (Samuel ?) Cooper reporting that Bliss has ordered the troops of Captains Aaron Jernigan and James A. Sweat to muster later in the month. He also reports that the area is fairly tranquil, and that officers place little reliance in the occasional reports of Indian depredations. He further speculates that these reports are made by troops desirous of remaining on the government payroll (see tcc637 for Jernigan's response to this allegation). He makes particular mention of the fact that Captain Sweat's troops are likely unnecessary.
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. - Local Identifier:
- tcc633
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc633
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc633#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc633/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Telamon Cuyler, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 3 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 52, folder 06, document 07.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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Trader's Hill, Geo. [Georgia]
Novr. [November] 10th. 1841.
Sir:
I respectfully report that I arrived at this place on the
8th. instant. I had an interview with Captain Sweat this morning and ordered his company to appear here for muster on the
17th. instant, by which time I hope to receive the Colonel's instructions relative to their continuance in service. The company cannot be mustered entire before the 17th, a part of it being detached.
Tomorrow I proceed to Fort Moniac to make arrangements for the muster [added text: of ] Jernigan's company which is in that neighborhood. I am informed that he will not rendezvous his company before the 15th. Should the Colonel commanding order the discharge of these companies, it will not be necessary to muster Jernigan's at all. Sweat's however will be mustered for pay, as it has been embodied for two or three weeks, though rendering little or no service from the best information I can obtain.
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Having been verbally requested by Major General Scott to communicate to the Head Quarters of the Florida army any information I might obtain relative to the state of the frontier, particularly as relates to the duties assigned me, I would respectfully report that this region is perfectly tranquil and as free from alarm and apprehension of Indian depredations as any frontier can expect to be. "Fresh signs" are reported occasionally, but the officers in this quarter place no reliance in these reports; indeed the road hence to Waresboro: skirting the swamp is travelled continually by small parties and even single individuals, thus showing that there can be but little real alarm among the inhabitants. A desire to be in the pay of government is doubtless at the bottom of many of these alarms.
Captain Sweats' company has been embodied for about three weeks, not more than five miles from Ware Courthouse, with what military view, it is not easy to see. My instructions (verbal from the Major General
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Commanding) oblige me to muster this company for pay for the above period, though I am convinced their pretensions to service, is little better than an imposition upon the government.
I am sir, Very respectfully Your Obt. Servt. [Obedient Servant] (Signed)
[Signed] W.W.S. [William Wallace Smith] Bliss
Asst. Adjt. Genl. [Assistant Adjutant General]
Major S. Cooper Asst. Adjt. Genl. [Assistant Adjutant General] Tampa