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Memorial to Congress Suggesting a New Strategy to Defeat the Seminoles, circa 1841
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Description
Memorial to Congress requesting that armed settlers, accustomed to frontier life and experienced in battle with Native Americans, be enticed to settle on the Florida frontier within a string of fortified settlements as a strategy to bring the Second Seminole War to a close. The memorial also requests that Congress consider the importance of internal improvements in Florida, such as railroads and canals, and the defense of port cities.
Date
1841 (circa)
Contributors
Format
Coverage
Topic
Subjects
Title
Memorial to Congress Suggesting a New Strategy to Defeat the Seminoles, circa 1841
Subject
Seminole War (2nd) (1835-1842)
Indians of North America
Pioneers
Frontier and pioneer life
Fortification
Guerrilla warfare
Indian Removal (United States : 1813-1903)
Treaties
Strategy
Canals
Steamboats
Railroads
Surveying
Harbors
Military readiness
Sea-power
Lobbying
Description
Memorial to Congress requesting that armed settlers, accustomed to frontier life and experienced in battle with Native Americans, be enticed to settle on the Florida frontier within a string of fortified settlements as a strategy to bring the Second Seminole War to a close. The memorial also requests that Congress consider the importance of internal improvements in Florida, such as railroads and canals, and the defense of port cities.
Date
1841 (circa)
Contributor
Duval, William Pope, 1784-1854
Format
petitions
Language
eng-US
Type
Text
Identifier
s877_b007_f15_01
Coverage
Territorial Florida (1821-1845)
ImageID
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Geographic Term
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Saint Marks River (Fla.)
Suwannee River (Fla.)
Saint Marys River (Fla.)
Key West (Fla.)
Apalachicola (Fla.)
Saint Joseph (Fla.)
Tampa Bay (Fla.)
Cuba
Subject - Corporate
United States. Congress
topic
Politics and Government
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Chicago Manual of Style
Memorial to Congress Suggesting a New Strategy to Defeat the Seminoles, circa 1841. 1841 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/349900>, accessed 25 December 2024.
MLA
Memorial to Congress Suggesting a New Strategy to Defeat the Seminoles, circa 1841. 1841 (circa). State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/349900>