Inventory of the Edward Brett Randolph Diary, 1818

Collection Number 619-z


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Randolph, Edward Brett, 1792-1848.
Title
Edward Brett Randolph Diary, 1818.
Call Number
619-z
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
1 volume
Abstract
The collection is a 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.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Purchase prior to 1941
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Edward Brett Randolph Diary, #619-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

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.
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Biographical Note

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

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Collection Overview

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.