- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Extract from a report, 1840 Apr. 14, Fort Fanning, [Florida] to J[oel] R. Poinsett, Secr[etar]y of War / Br[evet] Br[igadier] Gen[era]l Z[achary] Taylor
- Creator:
- Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
- Date of Original:
- 1840-04-14
- Subject:
- Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842
- Location:
- United States, Florida, 28.75054, -82.5001
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018 - Medium:
- official reports
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is an extract from the report of Zachary Taylor, future U.S. President (1849-1850), commanding the Southern division of the U.S. army, to Joel R. Poinsett, Secretary of War, respecting the Second Seminole War (1835-1842). Taylor reports that the search for Indians in the Okefenokee Swamp was fruitless, no signs of an Indian presence having been found. He refutes the testimony of Levi Knight, who had maintained that there were indeed Indians in the area, calling it "entirely without foundation".
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:
- tcc811
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc811
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc811#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc811/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 63, folder 45, document 03.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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Extract from a report of Br. Br. Genl. Z. [Brevet Brigadier General Zachary] Taylor dated
Head Quarters Army of the South Fort Fanning
April 14, 1840.
"To the Hon: [Honorable] J. R. Poinsett
Secry: [Secretary] of War
Sir.
"As I informed you the
7 of March would be the [unclear text: call ] Capt Barnum Comg [Commanding] the troops around the Okefanoke Swamp was instructed to make enquiry as to the presence of Indians in the Okefanoke Swamp as reported to you by the Governor of Georgia on the representation of Capt Knight and I now enclose a copy of Capt Barnums report to Colonel Twiggs dated the
23 of March with copies of reports made to him enclosed therein, which came yesterday to hand. By these communications it will be seen that the report as made by Capt Knight was entirely without foundation -- "