Extract of a translation of the judicial ratification, by affidavit, of Mr. Richard Lang, of the verbal declaration he made to his Lordship, 1794 Jan. 21, St. Augustine, Florida
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| Type: | Affidavits |
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| Title: | Extract of a translation of the judicial ratification, by affidavit, of Mr. Richard Lang, of the verbal declaration he made to his Lordship, 1794 Jan. 21, St. Augustine, Florida |
| Date: | 1794 Jan. 21 |
| Description: | This document is an extract from an affidavit given on January 21, 1794 by Richard Lang, a prisoner of the Spanish in St. Augustine, Florida. Lang relates everything he knows relative to troop movements and military plans among the Americans in Georgia, South Carolina, and Cumberland in preparation for a march against St. Augustine. Among other morsels of information, Lang tells his captors that the American troops intended to march in the direction of Indian country and then attack St. Augustine from the west. Document ID: krc167. 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--1789-1797 | Florida--History--Spanish colony, 1784-1821 | Prisoners of war | Saint Augustine (Fla.) |
| Contributors: | Hargrett Library | Digital Library of Georgia | Southeastern Native American Documents Collection (GALILEO (Georgia statewide project)) GAGAL |
| Online Publisher: | Athens, Ga. : Digital Library of Georgia, 2001 |
| Original Material: | 5 pages/leaves | Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Keith Read, box 29, folder 39, document 01. |
| Rights and Usage: | This work is the property of the University of Georgia Libraries. It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching, and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text. Cite as: [title of item], Keith Read, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia |
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| Persistent Link to Item: | http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/zlna/id:krc167 |
| 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 |