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Governor Thomas Brown's Letter
Biographical Note:
Thomas Brown, born in 1785, was originally from Virginia, and was a
former member of the Legislature of that state. In Territorial Florida,
he held the offices of Adjutant-General of the militia, Auditor of Public
Accounts, member of the Legislative Council on various occasions, Speaker
of the House of Representatives, and was one of the most prominent members
of the St. Joseph Convention. He was elected governor of Florida and served
from 1848-1853. Governor Brown died on August 24, 1867 in Tallahassee,
Florida.
Scope and Content:
Manuscript letter by Governor Thomas Brown, Executive Department of
Florida, Tallahassee, Florida, January 31, 1853, to Captain Wm. B. Cone.
Cone was a former member of Legislature from Camden County, Georgia, but
at the time of Brown's letter was a Captain of a Company of Calvary in
the State of Georgia. The letter was in reply to Captain Cone's letters
of January 21 and 24, 1853, in which Captain Cone had offered him the service
of "a Company of Calvary in the event of Indian hostilities."
Governor Brown's explanations as the reasons why he was unable to accept
Captain Cone's offer affords a picture of political and military affairs
of that period. The letter was written at the moment when efforts were
being made to remove Indians from Florida.
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