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- GLC#
- GLC05737
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1839/07/30
- Author/Creator
- Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850
- Title
- to Thomas G. Morgan
- Place Written
- Tampa, Florida
- Pagination
- 4 p. : address : docket ; Height: 24.8 cm, Width: 20.1 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
A detailed personal letter of condolence for the death of Bedford Morgan during the second Seminole War, written to Morgan's brother, Judge Morgan of Baton Rouge, at the insistence of their sister, Ann Gibbes Barker. Explains the circumstances of Morgan's death, as one of eighteen killed on a mission to trade with the Seminole Indians. Claims that the surprise attack and murders by the Seminoles violated a recent peace agreement made with General Macomb at Fort King. Describes the Seminoles as "the most evil & treacherous savages that ever existed."
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