to Andrew Jackson

Glascock, Thomas, 1790-1841 to Andrew Jackson

GLC00782.11.03

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GLC#
GLC00782.11.03-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
April 30, 1818
Author/Creator
Glascock, Thomas, 1790-1841
Title
to Andrew Jackson
Place Written
Cordele, Georgia
Pagination
3 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

A brigadier general in the Seminole War, Glascock tells Jackson of his return to Fort Early during the first Seminole War and gives an account of the Chehaw Affair. He discusses the misunderstandings that lead Captain Obediah Wright, who was in the Georgia militia and under the authority of the Governor of Georgia William Rabun, to kill ten Chehaws and destroy their village. The Chehaw were allies of the United States during the first Seminole War. Letter written at Fort Early

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