Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850 to William Davenport
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04933 Author/Creator: Taylor, Zachary, 1784-1850 Place Written: Fort White, Florida Type: Letter signed Date: 1839/04/08 Pagination: 3 p. : address : docket ; Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy
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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