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Albert Sidney Johnson Letter To Texas Governor Peter Hansborough Bell Introducing Charles Stewart Todd. New Orleans, 1850., Albert Sidney Johnston
Albert Sidney Johnson Letter To Texas Governor Peter Hansborough Bell Introducing Charles Stewart Todd. New Orleans, 1850., Albert Sidney Johnston
Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection
Albert Sidney Johnson letter to Texas governor Peter Hansborough Bell introducing Charles Stewart Todd, a commissioner appointed by the U.S. to execute aspects of the Treaty of Guadalupe (1848, between U.S. and Mexico). Specifically, Johnston notes Stewart is to "make such dispositions of the Indian tribes bordering upon the line about to be established between this [U.S.] government & Mexico, as will enable the Government of the U. States to carry out the stipulation of the treaty of Guadaloupe [sic]."
Fragment Of A Deed Distributing 202.5 Acres Of Land "Obtained From The Creek Nation Of Indians" In Baldwin County, Georgia To James Tarrentine 1802., John Milledge
Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection
Top half of a land grant to James Tarrentine for 202.5 acres in the first district of Baldwin County, Georgia. Date is approximate, based on treaty date noted in document.
Letter In Which Daniel Morgan Refuses Henry Knox's Request For Assistance In Fighting Native Americans. 1792., Daniel Morgan
Letter In Which Daniel Morgan Refuses Henry Knox's Request For Assistance In Fighting Native Americans. 1792., Daniel Morgan
Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection
In this letter Daniel Morgan, a Virginian famous for his victory at Cowpens, S.C. duing the American Revolution, replies to Secretary of War Henry Knox's request for assistance in fighting Native American. Morgan demures, citing the qualities of the U.S. officer corps and the "peculiar" nature of fighting Native Americans.`