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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)
p. 263.) It is claimed that this attack was secretly favored by the Spanish authorities, who had been much annoyed by the operations of these bandits. The Seminole Indians continued a series of hostilities along the borders, retreating for protection into Spanish territory, until finally President Monroe decided to submit to this state of affairs no longer, and ordered General Gaines to attack the hostile Indians, pursuing them when necessary into 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 the United States, and in sixty days it will be a