Sir, Your Obd’t serv’t,
Robert Stuart,
Act’g Sup’t Ind. Affairs.
Endorsement: When the 5 troops of the 2d. Dragoons, now in Florida, shall join the headquarters of the reg’t., in the So. West (say in June) the 1st Dragoons may be concentrated, or nearly so, on the Upper Missouri, & thus furnish the detachment of two or three troops wanted for the within purpose. Three troops would be sufficient—Mr. Stuart does not give the southern limits of the halfbreeds. Feb. 20, 1842.
Postscript: Of the 1st Dragoons, one troop is now at Fort Atkinson (Nebraska—Ed.), 6 are at Ft. Leavenworth, & 3 on the Arkansaw. I still think 3 or 4 troops of horse, say even 150 men, enough.
Winfield Scott.
Feb’y 25, 1842.
AUTOGRAPH LETTER OF EDGAR ALLAN POE.
[Addressed to his uncle, William Poe, of Augusta, Ga. Dated Philadelphia, August 15, 1840. Valuable for its details of plan of a proposed new magazine, and his past connection with others.]
Dear William,