Today in the Army & Navy Chronicle: Vol. 11, No. 15, October 8, 1840 Pg. 233-235 Support sought for creating the Dade Institute. Pg. 235 Indian shot and hanged near Ft Mellon. Indians near Ft Dallas burn wood cut for steamboats. Ship seized near Key West believed to be pirates, but turns out to be civilian mechanics instead. Plot of hostile Creek Indians foiled to attack Madison, St. Marks, and Port Leon. Pg. 236 Army officers duel at Amelia Island. Pg. 240 LtCol Green dies of fever at Gov. Call’s house; obituary; burial at the Grove. (He was eventually reburied up north.)
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