[Letter] 1812 Oct. 13, Department of State, [Washington, D.C. to] David B. Mitchell / Ja[me]s Monroe
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| Type: | Letters (correspondence) | Text |
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| Creator: | Monroe, James, 1758-1831 |
| Title: | [Letter] 1812 Oct. 13, Department of State, [Washington, D.C. to] David B. Mitchell / Ja[me]s Monroe |
| Date: | 1812 Oct. 13 |
| Description: | United States Secretary of State James Monroe writes to Georgia Governor David B. Mitchell (1809-1813, 1815-1817) on October 13, 1812 in regard to the state of affairs between the U.S. and the Spanish government of East Florida. Monroe informs Mitchell that as a result of recent hostilities committed by American settlers, led by General George Mathews (former Governor of Georgia, 1793-1796) in East Florida, the governor of East Florida has declined to promise protection to those settlers within his jurisdiction. He further reports that the Spanish attacked Colonel Thomas Smith's troops while the possibility of negotiation between Spain and the U.S. was being discussed, and unnamed Indians (ostensibly Creeks and Seminoles) were incited by the Spanish to commit hostilities against the settlers. Monroe believes there is cause to fear that such Indian aggressions will increase. He thanks Mitchell for his service in the East Florida situation and informs him that those duties will be transferred to Major General Thomas Pinckney. Document ID: krc128. Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. |
| Subjects: | United States--Foreign relations--1812-1815 | Creek Indians | Seminole Indians | Spain--Colonies--Florida | Florida--History--Spanish colony, 1784-1821 | Georgia |
| Contributors: | Hargrett Library |
| Online Publisher: | Athens, Ga. : Digital Library of Georgia, 2001 |
| Original Material: | Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Keith Read, box 19, folder 05, document 01. |
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| Related Institutions: | Digital Library of Georgia Hargrett Library Museum of the Cherokee Indian Tennessee State Library and Archives Tennessee State Museum Frank H. McClung Museum (Knoxville, Tenn.) Hoskins Library LaFayette-Walker County Library |
| Collection Information: | Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842 |