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The Hillsborough Recorder
Hillsboro, Orange County, North Carolina
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Report from Jacksonville, East Florida, on September 26, 1836: Governor Call planned to cross the Suwannee River with 1800-1900 troops including Tennessee Volunteers and Florida citizen soldiers to march to the Nation. General Jesup with 1000 regulars and 600 Indians was at Tampa Bay or Withlacoochee mouth.
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Union of the Georgian.
Savannah, Oct. 1, 1836—12 M.
By the Steam Packet John Stoney, Captain Freeland, from Jacksonville, we have received the following letter and slip from our attentive correspondent.
Extract of a Letter to the Editor of the Georgian.
dated
Jacksonville, (E. F.) Sept. 26.
"Gov. Call, with between 1800 and 1900 men, consisting of the Tennessee Volunteers and the citizen soldiers of Middle and West Florida, was to cross the River Suwannee on Monday or Tuesday last. The Governor intends marching immediately for the Nation. Gen. Jesup, with 1000 regulars and 600 Indians, is either at Tampa Bay or the mouth of the Withlacoochee."
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Jacksonville, (E. F.)
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Sept. 26
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Gov. Call, with between 1800 and 1900 men, consisting of the Tennessee Volunteers and the citizen soldiers of Middle and West Florida, was to cross the River Suwannee on Monday or Tuesday last. The Governor intends marching immediately for the Nation. Gen. Jesup, with 1000 regulars and 600 Indians, is either at Tampa Bay or the mouth of the Withlacoochee.