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Collection ID is exactly "40" AND Subject contains "Seminole Indians"
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Treaty Between the United States of America and the Creek and Seminole Tribes of Indians, 1845

Treaty Between the United States of America and the Creek and Seminole Tribes of Indians, 1845

Date
1845-03-06
Description
A treaty signed between the United States and the Creek and Seminole tribes regarding land use.
Collection
Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting the Information Required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th Ultimo, in Relation to the Instructions Given to the Commissioners for Negotiating with the Florida Indians, &c. &c., 1826

Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting the Information Required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th Ultimo, in Relation to the Instructions Given to the Commissioners for Negotiating with the Florida Indians, &c. &c., 1826

Date
1826-02-06
Description
A collection of correspondence between government officials in Florida and Washington, D.C. regarding the settlement of Native Americans in the territory of Florida and other matters, including the Treaty of Moultrie Creek (1823). The correspondence dates from April 7, 1823 to December 26, 1825.
Collection
Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting Copies of All the Letters and Correspondence Between the Secretary of War and Gen. Andrew Jackson, from the Commencement of the Creek War, to 1st March, 1815

Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting Copies of All the Letters and Correspondence Between the Secretary of War and Gen. Andrew Jackson, from the Commencement of the Creek War, to 1st March, 1815

Date
1828-02-18
Description
A collection of correspondence between U.S. Secretary of War John Armstrong and General Andrew Jackson during the Creek War regarding military movement and other war-related matters. The correspondence dates from February 4, 1814 to August 10, 1814.
Collection
Speech of the Honorable Mr. Storrs, in the House of Representatives, on the Seminole War, 1819

Speech of the Honorable Mr. Storrs, in the House of Representatives, on the Seminole War, 1819

Date
1819-01-23
Description
A speech given by Representative Henry Randolph Storrs from New York regarding the Seminole War. Storrs disapproves of General Andrew Jackson's actions regarding Alexander Arbuthnot and Robert Ambrister and other activities during the First Seminole War.
Collection
Diary Entry of Daniel H. Wiggins, 1838

Diary Entry of Daniel H. Wiggins, 1838

Date
1838-11-05
Description
An entry from Daniel H. Wiggins' diary dated November 5, 1838, with comments on farming, soil conditions, economic opportunities in the Florida territory and his fear of the Seminoles. He also discusses the visit of a group of soldiers to Thomas Randall's plantation south of Monticello, Florida.
Collection
Letter from Governor Thomas Brown to B. A. Vaughan, T. S. Rogers and T. B. Goldsby, 1853

Letter from Governor Thomas Brown to B. A. Vaughan, T. S. Rogers and T. B. Goldsby, 1853

Date
1853-03-09
Description
Reply letter from Florida Governor Thomas Brown to B. A. Vaughan, T. S. Rogers and T. B. Goldsby, a group of students at the University of Virginia, telling them he "admires" their willingness to come help expel Billy Bowlegs and the Seminoles from Florida, but as governor he has not authority to organize a military force.
Collection
Letter from B. A. Vaughan, T. S. Rogers and T. B. Goldsby to Governor Thomas Brown, 1853

Letter from B. A. Vaughan, T. S. Rogers and T. B. Goldsby to Governor Thomas Brown, 1853

Date
1853-02-25
Description
Letter from B. A. Vaughan, T. S. Rogers and T. B. Goldsby, a group of students at the University of Virginia, to Florida Governor Thomas Brown expressing their interest in coming to Florida to volunteer for military service against the Seminoles.
Collection
Land Grant from the Upper Creeks, Lower Creeks and Seminoles to Thomas Brown, 1783

Land Grant from the Upper Creeks, Lower Creeks and Seminoles to Thomas Brown, 1783

Date
1783-03-01
Description
On March 1, 1783, several "Kings and Warriors" representing Upper Creek, Lower Creek and Seminole towns affixed their names and family marks to a document granting British Indian Agent Thomas Brown substantial territory west of St. Augustine, Florida. The Indian delegation honored their "father and friend" for leading them into battle against the Americans with a grant of land extending from the Amajura River, now known as the Withlacoochee, to the St. Johns River. This document, found among records related to Fatio v. Dewees (1838), represents an enclosure originally submitted by H. Lee IV to Florida territorial judge Augustus Brevoort Woodward in September 1824. Lee sought Woodward's assistance in securing claim to property purchased by his father, General Henry Lee, from Thomas Brown in 1817.
Collection
Letter from Ernest Coe to Governor Millard Caldwell, 1947

Letter from Ernest Coe to Governor Millard Caldwell, 1947

Date
1947-05-31
Description
Letter from Ernest Coe, director of the Everglades National Park Association, to Florida Governor Millard Caldwell regarding the land encompassing Everglades National Park. Also includes promotional photographs, a map and the boundaries of the park.
Collection
Everglades National Park Promotional Leaflet, ca. 1947

Everglades National Park Promotional Leaflet, ca. 1947

Date
1947 (circa)
Description
Promotional leaflet for Everglades National Park written by Daniel B. Beard of the Everglades National Park Commission. The leaflet includes information about the physical geography, vegetation, wildlife, fishes, history, accommodations and regulations of the park.
Collection
Identifier Title Type Subject Thumbnail
flc_970.1-u58-1845Treaty Between the United States of America and the Creek and Seminole Tribes of Indians, 1845TextCreek Indians
Seminole Indians
Ethnicity, Native American
Seminole Indians -- Treaties
Creek Indians -- Treaties
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flc_970.1-u58t-1826-no74Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting the Information Required by a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th Ultimo, in Relation to the Instructions Given to the Commissioners for Negotiating with the Florida Indians, &c. &c., 1826TextSeminole Indians
Native Americans
Indians of North America -- Florida
Seminole Indians -- Treaties
Cherokee Indians
Choctaw Indians
Creek Indians
Mikasuki Indians
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flc_973.51-u58-1828-no146Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting Copies of All the Letters and Correspondence Between the Secretary of War and Gen. Andrew Jackson, from the Commencement of the Creek War, to 1st March, 1815TextCreek War, 1813-1814
Creek Indians
Seminole Indians
Cherokee Indians
Choctaw Indians
Indians of North America -- Florida
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flc_973.541-s886_01Speech of the Honorable Mr. Storrs, in the House of Representatives, on the Seminole War, 1819TextSeminole War, 1st, 1817-1818
Seminole Indians
Indians of North America--Wars--1815-1875
New Orleans, Battle of (Louisiana : 1815)
Indians of North America -- Florida
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m89-32_b001_f11_01Diary Entry of Daniel H. Wiggins, 1838TextSeminole Indians
Agriculture--Florida
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s2153_b006_f60_01Letter from Governor Thomas Brown to B. A. Vaughan, T. S. Rogers and T. B. Goldsby, 1853TextSeminole Indians/FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/s2153_b006_f60_01.jpg
s2153_b006_f60_02Letter from B. A. Vaughan, T. S. Rogers and T. B. Goldsby to Governor Thomas Brown, 1853TextSeminole Indians/FMP/selected_documents/thumbnails/s2153_b006_f60_02.jpg
s49_b0484_w864_01Land Grant from the Upper Creeks, Lower Creeks and Seminoles to Thomas Brown, 1783TextLand grants
Native Americans
Seminole Indians
Mikasuki Indians
Poarch Band of Creeks
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s576_b026_f02_x02Letter from Ernest Coe to Governor Millard Caldwell, 1947TextParks -- Florida -- Everglades
National parks and reserves -- Florida -- Everglades
Protected areas -- Florida -- Everglades
Seminole Indians
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s576_b026_f03_x02Everglades National Park Promotional Leaflet, ca. 1947TextParks -- Florida -- Everglades
National parks and reserves -- Florida -- Everglades
Protected areas -- Florida -- Everglades
Tequesta Indians
Place marketing -- Florida -- Everglades
Calusa Indians
Seminole Indians
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