The Magazine of History with Notes and Queries, Volume 12W. Abbatt, 1884 - History |
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MONROE AND THE RHEA LETTER THE Seminole War of 1817-18 was hardly worthy of its imposing title , so far as concerned ... war provoked , it assumes in our history a memorable importance . Roving Indians from East Florida , a province ...
MONROE AND THE RHEA LETTER THE Seminole War of 1817-18 was hardly worthy of its imposing title , so far as concerned ... war provoked , it assumes in our history a memorable importance . Roving Indians from East Florida , a province ...
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... Seminole War and its controversies bore , indirectly , no slight influence in producing the tremendous civil conflict of 1861 . In recalling the story of the Seminole War , I come upon a letter of General Jackson's , written January 6th ...
... Seminole War and its controversies bore , indirectly , no slight influence in producing the tremendous civil conflict of 1861 . In recalling the story of the Seminole War , I come upon a letter of General Jackson's , written January 6th ...
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... Seminole War which he found among Andrew Jackson's posthumous papers , but whose publication Jackson himself never positively sanctioned . Parton , if not Benton himself , has been puzzled by the mysteries involved in that January ...
... Seminole War which he found among Andrew Jackson's posthumous papers , but whose publication Jackson himself never positively sanctioned . Parton , if not Benton himself , has been puzzled by the mysteries involved in that January ...
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... Seminole war , was opened by Gouverneur . Monroe had for weeks been confined to his bed , and those attending him had found it absolutely necessary to keep his mind free from all excitement or anxiety . In his astonishment and ...
... Seminole war , was opened by Gouverneur . Monroe had for weeks been confined to his bed , and those attending him had found it absolutely necessary to keep his mind free from all excitement or anxiety . In his astonishment and ...
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... War Department . ( 2 ) That it is utterly untrue that he ever desired John ... Seminole controversy suddenly subsided . Whether the affair was dropped ... Seminole war from Jack- son's own standpoint . This document , prepared evidently ...
... War Department . ( 2 ) That it is utterly untrue that he ever desired John ... Seminole controversy suddenly subsided . Whether the affair was dropped ... Seminole war from Jack- son's own standpoint . This document , prepared evidently ...
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