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Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 3 1 Browse Search
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Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States. (search)
to Florida. These orders were issued in December, 1817, and General Jackson was directed to proceed to the front and take command in person. The famous letter of General Jackson to President Monroe, written January 6, 1818, commonly known as the Rhea letter, and the subsequent quarrel to which it gave rise between Jackson and Calhoun, are too well known to need recital. Let it be signified to me through any channel, says Mr. J. Rhea, that the possession of the Floridas would be desirable to tMr. J. Rhea, that the possession of the Floridas would be desirable to the United States, and in sixty days it will be accomplished. President Monroe was sick in bed when the letter arrived. It was referred to Mr. Calhoun, secretary of war, who returned it to the president as a private letter, requiring an answer from himself. It remained unnoticed until after the event, and was never answered. Official orders authorized Jackson to make war upon the Seminoles, and to cross the Spanish line, if necessary, in pursuit, but under no circumstances to attack or inves