Jackson, AndrewAutograph letter signed ("Andrew Jackson") to Secretary of War John C. Calhoun, suggesting a plan to contain Native Americans on the islands of Florida Bay 1 page (248 x 203 mm), Nashville, 6 December 1821. Integral address leaf with small seal hole, old folds. Jackson suggests a plan to contain Native Americans on the islands of Florida Bay "In reference to the point which I designated as most fit to concentrate the Florida Indians, I am happy also to have your Concurrence, it certainly is the most eligible for that object within the Floridas. If the Government should determine on this arrangement, I would suggest the propriety of dividing the 4th Regiment of Infantry and establishing on Battal[io]n at Tampa Bay to prevent all illicit intercourse with the Indians from the Islands." After resigning his military commission on 1 June 1821, Andrew Jackson accepted the appointment as the first governor of Florida, but was disappointed in the post and resigned less than six months later. Congress authorized a territorial government in 1822, officially designating Florida a territory of the United States. Not in The Papers of Andrew Jackson and evidently unpublished. PROVENANCE:Frank T. Siebert Library, his sale, Sotheby's New York, 28 Oct 1999, lot 621Condition reportCondition as described in catalogue entry. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
Jackson, AndrewAutograph letter signed ("Andrew Jackson") to Secretary of War John C. Calhoun, suggesting a plan to contain Native Americans on the islands of Florida Bay 1 page (248 x 203 mm), Nashville, 6 December 1821. Integral address leaf with small seal hole, old folds. Jackson suggests a plan to contain Native Americans on the islands of Florida Bay "In reference to the point which I designated as most fit to concentrate the Florida Indians, I am happy also to have your Concurrence, it certainly is the most eligible for that object within the Floridas. If the Government should determine on this arrangement, I would suggest the propriety of dividing the 4th Regiment of Infantry and establishing on Battal[io]n at Tampa Bay to prevent all illicit intercourse with the Indians from the Islands." After resigning his military commission on 1 June 1821, Andrew Jackson accepted the appointment as the first governor of Florida, but was disappointed in the post and resigned less than six months later. Congress authorized a territorial government in 1822, officially designating Florida a territory of the United States. Not in The Papers of Andrew Jackson and evidently unpublished. PROVENANCE:Frank T. Siebert Library, his sale, Sotheby's New York, 28 Oct 1999, lot 621Condition reportCondition as described in catalogue entry. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The
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