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Foster, Ephraim H., 1794-1854 to William Graham

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02804 Author/Creator: Foster, Ephraim H., 1794-1854 Place Written: Nashville, Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1814/04/08 Pagination: 3 p. : address ; Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Talks about the "glorious & transporting news" of Andrew Jackson's victory over the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, which would prove to be the effective end of the Creek War. Exalts over "the true Genl. Jackson," and his success, while deriding the Northern armies for their lack of action against the Indians. States that he has also enclosed an "account of the whole affair."

Foster, Ephraim Hubbard, 1794-1854
Graham, William P., fl. 1814-1815
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845

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