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Thomas Glascock to Andrew Jackson regarding the Chehaw affair, 30 April 1818
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Thomas Glascock to Andrew Jackson regarding the Chehaw affair, 30 April 1818.
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[Place of production not identified : producer not identified, 1818]
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Collection: The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2014. Digitized from a copy held by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
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Summary
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. 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.
Variant and related titles
American history, 1493-1945. Module I.
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Books / Online
Language
English
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March 18, 2024
Series
American history module 1
Genre/Form
Correspondence
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Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, owner.
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