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Post Rev. War: 1813 Letter From Mississippi Territory, Mentioning Indians, "Old Hickory" and Movemen

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Post Rev. War: 1813 Letter From Mississippi Territory, Mentioning Indians,  Old Hickory  and Movemen
1813 Letter From Mississippi Territory, Mentioning Indians, "Old Hickory" and Movements On Florida. Two-page letter with integral address leaf, to Gerald Byrnes in Tensaw (then Mississippi Territory), hand carried by a Mobile resident, December 18 and 19, 1813, no place (but may have originated from nearby Spanish West Florida, south of latitude 31), 10" x 7.75", Fine. P.P. Stuart writes a few months after the Creek Indian massacre at Ft. Mims and mentions "Old Hickory," Andrew Jackson's recently-acquired nickname, who was at this time actively engaged in fighting the Creeks. Stuart informs Byrnes that the Indians keep taking his cattle, driving them to the woods, killing them, and selling the meat; they refuse to accept two dollars per head as compensation. "...A small party could destroy this camp of Indians. I hope it can be got. 10 or 12 active is sufficient. Durgan & Old Hickory is at yr head...." On the 19th, he writes, "...It is said that the Americans is going to immediate pososession of Pensacola...I believe that the U.S. has got something in view that I do not at present understand." Letter is clean; some soiling and tape repairs to address leaf.