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Open book We, the subscribers, do hereby agree to pay the sum placed opposite to our respective names for the purpose of raising a fund to be distributed, as a...

Title We, the subscribers, do hereby agree to pay the sum placed opposite to our respective names for the purpose of raising a fund to be distributed, as a...

Date 1836

Place Florida

Language English

Subjects Military service, Volunteer, Seminole Indians, Seminole War, 2nd, 1835-1842

Description Date from Butler who places the document in "Black Water" Florida.
Forms part of the Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

Summary Agreement to raise funds to pay volunteers to fight in the second Seminole War, 1835-1842. The document lists nearly eighty individuals, both men and women, with the amount of money pledged ranging from five to two hundred dollars each. About half of the individuals are recorded as having paid their pledge.

Extent 1 item (2 leaves) ; 32 cm or smaller.

Format Agreements, Manuscripts, American

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

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Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Call Number Ayer MS 286

BibID 138605

Size 2194px × 2157px 13.58 MB

IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Filename 991386058805867_Ayer_MS_286_00001.tif

Unique Identifier NL11IAFC