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ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY, 1767-1848, President. Autograph note signed ("John Quincy Adams") as President, TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Washington, D.C., 1 March 1826. 1 page, 4to, 246 x 203mm. (9 3/4 x 8 in.), integral blank, docketed on verso.
An official letter of transmittal "To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States...I communicate to Congress a Letter [not present] from the Secretary of War [James Barbour], together with a representation from Colonel Brooke, relating to the present condition of the Indians in Florida, and which I recommend to the favorable consideration of Congress..."
Border troubles with the Seminoles and British adventurers had become so acute that in 1818 a force under Andrew Jackson invaded Florida, captured Pensacola and overthrew the Spanish government. Spain finally ceded the territory to the U.S. the following year; relations between Florida's native tribes remained volatile throughout the next two decades.
An official letter of transmittal "To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States...I communicate to Congress a Letter [not present] from the Secretary of War [James Barbour], together with a representation from Colonel Brooke, relating to the present condition of the Indians in Florida, and which I recommend to the favorable consideration of Congress..."
Border troubles with the Seminoles and British adventurers had become so acute that in 1818 a force under Andrew Jackson invaded Florida, captured Pensacola and overthrew the Spanish government. Spain finally ceded the territory to the U.S. the following year; relations between Florida's native tribes remained volatile throughout the next two decades.