DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE BILL (S. 160) "TO PROVIDE FOR THE ARMED OCCUPATION AND SETTLEMENT OF THAT PART OF FLORIDA WHICH IS NOW OVERRUN AND INFESTED BY MARAUDING BANDS OF HOSTILE INDIANS" [caption title]
1839 · [Washingto
by [Seminole War]
[Washingto, 1839. 4pp. Dbd. Tiny marginal tear to spine edge. Very good. A short government report regarding land settlement in South Florida towards the end of the Second Seminole War. Contains a letter by the Surgeon General to Senator Benton speaking on the suitability of South Florida lands for agriculture. Also contains "Notes on the region south of the Withlacoochee, including Talakchopto at the head of Pease Creek, the Coloosahatchee region, and lands near Cape Roman and Cape Sable. The Seminole war can be ended only by the armed occupation of South Florida, just as the western country was won from the savages of that region" - Servies. Rare, with only five copies in OCLC. SERVIES 2382. OCLC 14365342, 51245504 (Inventory #: WRCAM51068)