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[Identification of item], in the Edward Brett Randolph Diary, #619-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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• Apalachicola River Region (Fla.)--Description and travel.
• Arbuthnot, Alexander, 1748?-1818.
• Armbrister, Robert C., d. 1818.
• Fort Gadsden (Fla.)
• Fort Saint Marks (Fla.)
• Fort Scott (Fla.)
• Gaines, Edmund Pendleton, 1777-1849.
• Georgia. Militia--History--Seminole War, 1st, 1817-1818.
• Indians of North America--Florida--History--19th century.
• Massacres--Florida--History--19th century.
• Randolph, Edward Brett, 1792-1848.
• Seminole War, 1st, 1817-1818.
• United States. Army--Officers--Diaries--History--19th century.

Edward Brett Randolph (1792-1848) was a United States Army officer in the Apalachicola River region of Florida during the 1st Seminole War.

The collection is diary, 11 January-8 May 1818, of Edward Brett Randolph, a United States Army officer in the Apalachicola River region of Florida during the 1st Seminole War. Entries are brief, containing little detail. Topics mentioned include Generals Edmund Pendleton Gaines and Andrew Jackson; visits to Forts Scott, Gadsden, and St. Marks; foraging for food; contacts with hostile Indians; friendly Indians bringing in hostile Indians as prisoners; the capture and execution of Alexander Arbuthnot and Robert C. Armbrister, British subjects suspected of inciting Indians; the rescue of whites captured by Indians; and the massacre of friendly Indians by a Georgia militia unit.