Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850 to William Davenport

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GLC#
GLC04933
Type
Letters
Date
1839/04/08
Author/Creator
Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
Title
to William Davenport
Place Written
Fort White, Florida
Pagination
3 p. : address : docket ; Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Discusses efforts to remove the Seminole Indians from Florida during the second Seminole War. Mentions General Macomb's plan to negotiate. Comments on his own plan to canvas central Florida to flush the Seminoles out of the everglades. Asserts "that there are two objects in view of prosecuting this war - to wit: the protection of the [American] inhabitants and to drive the Indians from the country."

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