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Collection Number: 00619-z

Collection Title: Edward Brett Randolph Diary, 1818.

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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.
Creator Randolph, Edward Brett, 1792-1848.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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.
Acquisitions Information
Purchase prior to 1941
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Sensitive Materials Statement
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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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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.

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Processing Information

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Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

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