...opposition down, secures to our citizens a complete indemnity, and saves us from a war with Spain. This can be done without implicating the government;...it be signified to me through any channel (say Mr. Rhea) that the possession of the Floridas would be desirable. . .and in sixty days it will be accomplished."...

...Just before his appointment, Jackson had urged Monroe to seize the opportunity to conquer Florida: "This can be done without implicating the government. Let it be signified to me through any channel . . . that the possession of the Floridas would be desirable to the United States, and in sixty days...

...Jackson wrote a letter to President Monroe stating, "Let it be signified to me through any channel that the possession of the Floridas would be desirable...to the United States and in sixty days it will be accomplished."10 Monroe failed to answer the letter, leaving Jackson to believe that the president's...

...War of 1812. Jackson sent a note to President James Monroe, saying "the possession of the Floridas is desirable to the United States, and in sixty days it will be accomplished." Jackson thought the note was clear: He would invade Florida and take it for the United States. Monroe...

...Calhoun, are too well known to need recital. "Let it be signified to me through any channel," says Mr. J. Rhea, "that the possession of the Floridas...States, and in sixty days it will be accomplished." President Monroe was sick in bed when the letter arrived. It was referred to Mr. Calhoun, secretary...

...for action, General Jackson wrote to President Monroe: "Let it be signified to me through any channel that the possession of the Floridas would be desirable...States and in sixty days it will be accomplished." Jackson got his orders to take command and bring the Seminole under control. In March 1818 he arrived...

...Monroe directly and confidentially that East Florida should be seized by the United States and that "this can be done without implicating the government. Let it be signified to me through any channel, and in sixty days it will be accomplished." The very prospect of this conquest seemed to cause the...

...project of his, the capture of Pensacola, he wrote a letter to Monroe, with the following suggestions: "Let it be signified to me through any channel (say...States, and in sixty days it will be accomplished." Jackson always asserted that he received through Rhea the assurance which he asked for. After the matter...

...the limits of East Florida where an enemy is permitted and protected, or disgrace attends"; adding, "Let it be signified to me through any channel (say...States, and in sixty days it will be accomplished." 1 No reply was made to this letter, and Monroe did not read it for a year ; but Jackson interpreted...

...former's appointment to the command of the American • ' army of invasion, ' ' the General said: ' ' Let it be signified to me through any channel (say...States, and in sixty days It will be accomplished." This was truly Jackson's style of " diplomacy." Jackson, at the head of a small army of frontiersmen...