Lot
1360 
"Fort Pleasant, M.F. March 22, 1842", Middle Florida territorial dateline on folded letter with red "Tallahassee Flor. Mar 31" cds and red manuscript "25" rating to Burlington Vt., letter begins "We returned from a Scout on the Suwanee River about a week since…Our Scouting party consisted of 120 men and 6 officers, was out 12 days in the hammocks in the vicinity of Charles Ferry on the Suwanee River. Saw no Indians during the tour but found a Camp where they had been about 3 weeks before, probably 8 or 10 in number. A detachment of the Infantry under Col. Whistler, operating in the same direction, was more fortunate and took 9 Indian women & children prisoners in their camp. The men themselves got clear of the troops. Maj. Belknap has taken 19 Indians prisoners on the Caloosahatchee River in East Florida in the Big Cypress Swamp and Maj. Plympton has taken 6 men…Capt. Wheeler says he has seen two orders given that the was finished: an order by Gen. Scott and one by Gen. Macomb and he shall not be satisfied that the troops are going to get out of the country until they are well started on their way to the North and West…", Very Fine and excellent letter content, ex-Beals. Estimate $400 - 600.
Realized: $1,000