Letter [manuscript] : Athens, Ga., to William McCay, Northumberland, Pa., 1836 May 22.

Letter [manuscript] : Athens, Ga., to William McCay, Northumberland, Pa., 1836 May 22.

May 22, 1836, letter from Charles F. McCay in Athens, Ga., to his uncle, William McCay, in Northumberland, Pa., regarding the present Indian war in Florida and Georgia. McCay reviews and criticizes Gen. Winfield Scott s Florida campaign against the Seminoles, comments on the origin of that war, disc...

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Main Author: McCay, Charles Francis, 1810-1889 (Author)
Corporate Author: AM (Publisher) (digitiser.)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Series:Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America.
Subjects:
Scott, Winfield, > 1786-1866, > author.
Creek War, 1813-1814.
Indian Removal, 1813-1903.
Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842.
Indians of North America > Government relations.
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Summary:May 22, 1836, letter from Charles F. McCay in Athens, Ga., to his uncle, William McCay, in Northumberland, Pa., regarding the present Indian war in Florida and Georgia. McCay reviews and criticizes Gen. Winfield Scott s Florida campaign against the Seminoles, comments on the origin of that war, discusses the causes of the Creek disturbance in Georgia, and notes that the ratification of the Cherokee removal treaty may also spur that tribe to fight.
Item Description:Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America was originally published in 2013, as American Indian Histories and Cultures. The title was changed in 2024.
AM reference: VAULT box Ayer MS 539.
Indigenous Peoples metadata has been supplied by exonym as these are the terms most commonly used in the documents. Updates are being made to metadata to reference preferred names wherever possible. For more information on our approach to language and metadata in the resource visit the Language Statement.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on publisher-supplied metadata (viewed January 24, 2024).
Location of Originals/Duplicates Note:Edward E. Ayer Collection, Newberry Library

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