- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Extract of a letter, 1842 Aug. 9, Fort Gilmer, [Clinch County, Georgia] to G[enera]l Levi J. Knight / Capt[ain] J[ohn] J. Johnson
- Creator:
- Johnson, John J., fl. 1842
- Date of Original:
- 1842-08-09
- Subject:
- Indians of North America--Claims against
Worth, William Jenkins--1794-1849
Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- official reports
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- Extract of a letter dated August 9, 1842 from Captain John J. Johnson at Fort Gilmer to General Levi J. Knight. Johnson transmits information regarding the recent suspension of Colonel Worth and the subsequent escape of over one hundred Indians. Johnson suspects that the fleeing Indians will soon be in the area of Fort Gilmer.
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:
- tcc643
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc643
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc643#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc643/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:
- 1 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 52, folder 08, document 02.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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Extract of a Letter from Capt J [John] J Johnson
Dated Fort Gilmer,
August 9th 1842
A report has reached us from the United States post that Col. Worth is suspended from the Command, and something like five Hundred Indians have made their escape. we have no news of Indians in this section but are on the look out for if these Indians have escaped from Col. Worth we shall soon have plenty of them here
[Signed] John J Johnson Capt
To Gl. [General] Levi J. Knight