Correspondence, 1820-1860.

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Correspondence, 1820-1860.

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The collection contains letters written to or relating to General Call. Included is a January 20, 1820 letter from General Edmund P. Gaines to Edmund Doyle, an Indian trader on the Apalachicola River. Gaines asks Doyle to communicate to the chiefs of the "Seminoles" and the Red Stick Creeks the desire of the United States Government to negotiate a treaty. Also included is a December 1826 letter from Andrew Jackson to Richard Keith Call dealing primarily with Call's disagreement with Colonel Joseph White and the settlement of Call's father-in-law's will. Jackson notes his feelings toward Call. The third letter is from Edward Everett to Richard Keith Call, dated December 31, 1860. Everett, a noted Massachusetts orator, thanks the General for sending him copies of Call's recent pro-union, anti-secession pamphlet, "An Address to the People of Florida from General Richard Keith Call." Everett comments on the secession crisis and his belief that General Winfield Scott should be given temporary dictatorial powers to prevent civil war.

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