Alexander Macomb Letter, 1837.
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Summary
- Creator:
- Macomb, Alexander, 1782-1841.
- Abstract:
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Alexander Macomb was a Major General in the United States Army.
The collection is a letter, 23 August 1837, from Major General Macomb, Headquarters of the Army, Washington, D.C., to Governor R. K. Call of Florida about military operations against the Seminoles by Florida volunteers.
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Language:
- Materials in English
- Library Catalog Link:
- View UNC library catalog record for this item
Background
- Biographical / historical:
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Alexander Macomb was a Major General in the United States Army.
- Scope and content:
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The collection is a letter, 23 August 1837, from Major General Alexander Macomb, Headquarters of the Army, Washington, D.C., to Governor R. K. Call of Florida about military operations against the Seminoles by Florida volunteers.
- Acquisition information:
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Purchased prior to 1940
- Processing information:
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Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Roslyn Holdzkom, October 2008
Updated by: Kate Jordan, January 2011
This collection was processed with support from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Office of Preservation, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
- Sensitive materials statement:
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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
Access and use
- Restrictions to access:
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No restrictions. Open for research.
- Restrictions to use:
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Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
No usage restrictions.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], in the Alexander Macomb Letter #476-z, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Location of this collection:
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Louis Round Wilson Library200 South RoadChapel Hill, NC 27515
- Contact:
- (919) 962-3765