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Origin, progress, and conclusion of the Florida war.Entry/Object ID
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557 p. 24 cm.
Pencil markings on end papers, p.557 and front pages.
Origin, progress, and conclusion of the Florida war by J. T. Sprague.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1847, verso of title page.
In presenting this volume to my comrades, and to the public, I am aware that I have much to answer for, but I have the satisfaction of feeling that my sins are those of omission, rather than commission. Frequent interruptions in the preparation of the work have compelled me to pass over incidents and events in too cursory a manner, involving much that is due to a faithful history of the Florida War, as well as to individual reputation and character. The voluminous correspondence illustrative of the origin of the war, appears at first sight to be a defence of the Seminole Agent, Colonel Gad Humphreys. This is not designed, nor is it necessary. The letters to and from the various parties connected with the General and Territorial Government, as well as the Talks of the Indian chiefs, speak for themselves. They are official papers, records of the times, a part of a nations history, and if they exhibit a state of atfairs discreditable and pernicious, it is but right the facts should be known, that the remedy may be applied to the borders of our country, where the evil is liable to exist, thereby obviating bloodshed, sorrow and poverty. The causes of the difficulties in Florida must be apparent to the minds of careful and intelligent readers ;causes not springing up in a day, but nourished for years, aggravated as opportunities offered to enrich adventurers, who had the temerity to hazard the scalping-knife and rifle, and were regardless of individual rights or of law. It must be remembered that Florida, at the period referred to, was an Indian border, the resort of a large number of persons, more properly temporary inhabitants of the Territory than citizens, who sought the outskirts of civilization to perpetrate deeds which would have been promptly and severely punished if committed within the limits of a well regulated comitiunity. pref.
Appendix: Circular, orders, &, connected with the erection of a monument in Florida, to the memory of those who have fallen in the contest / Statement, exhibiting, by Regiments, the names of the officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, artificers, and privates, of the United States Army, who were killed in action, or died of wounds received, or diseases contracted, during the late hostilities with the Florida Indians, commencing August 11, 1835 and ending in 1842 / List of officers belonging to the medical staff of the United States Army, who died from disease and other causes, from service in Florida / Table, exhibiting the names of officers, seamen and marines, belonging to the United States Navy, who died while employed in the Florida Squadron, operating against the Indians of Florida / A statement, exhibiting the names of officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates of the United States Marine Corps, who were killed in action, or died of wounds received, or diseases contracted, during the Florida War / Table, showing the number and names of Marines on"Sea Service", who died in Florida between 1836 and 1842 / List of officers, of the United States Army, and Marine Corps, upon whom have been conferred Brevets for services in Florida / Names of officers of the United States Army, recommended for Brevets by Brigadier-General W.J. Worth, commanding the forces in Florida, April 25, 1842. Upon some of the number, the distinction has been conferred.Collection
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Seminole War, 2d, 1835-1842., Creek War, 1836., Florida -- History -- 1821-1865., Seminole Indians -- Florida.Publication Details
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Sprague, J. T. (John Titcomb) 1810-1878.Publisher
D. Appleton & CompanyPlace Published
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New York, NYCall No.
Rare Book E 83 .835 S77 1848