Edward Brett Randolph diary, 1818 [manuscript].

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Edward Brett Randolph diary, 1818 [manuscript].

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Diary, 11 January-8 May 1818, of Randolph, a U.S. Army officer in the Apalachicola River region of Florida during the 1st Seminole War. Entries are brief, containing little detail. Topics mentioned include Generals Edmund Pendleton Gaines and Andrew Jackson; visits to Forts Scott, Gadsden, and St. Marks; foraging for food; contacts with hostile Indians; friendly Indians bringing in hostile Indians as prisoners; the capture and execution of Alexander Arbuthnot and Robert C. Armbrister, British subjects suspected of inciting Indians; the rescue of whites captured by Indians; and the massacre of friendly Indians by a Georgia militia unit.

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Randolph, Edward Brett, 1792-1848

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Edward Brett Randolph (1792-1848) was a United States Army officer in the Apalachicola River region of Florida during the 1st Seminole War. From the guide to the Edward Brett Randolph Diary, 1818, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

Georgia. Militia

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Armbrister, Robert C., d. 1818.

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Gaines, Edmund Pendleton, 1777-1849

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Soldier, U.S. Army; served in War of 1812, Black Hawk War, Florida War and Mexican War; commanded Western Department and later Eastern Department; at odds with War Department over frontier defense during most of his career. From the description of Letter : Sand Hills near Augusta, Ga., 1825 Sept. 30. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 31023735 U.S. Army general. From the description of Papers, 1815-1857. (Duke University Library). WorldCa...

United States. Army

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Arbuthnot, Alexander, 1748?-1818

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