Virginia Argus Extra of April 16, 1814.

• imprint_number: 1814.033
• title: Virginia Argus, Extra. Richmond, April 16, 1814. From the Georgia Journal Extra. Great victory over the Indians. Milledgeville, April 2d, 1814 …
• sequence_number: 33
• year: 1814
• place_issued: Richmond
• issuing_press: Samuel Pleasants
• author: Georgia Journal.
• notes: Title reports victory of American forces and their Lower Creek allies over the Upper Creeks, then called the Red Sticks, under the command of Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson; this "Battle of Horseshoe Bend" effectively ended the so-called Creek War in what is modern-day Alabama.
  The Virginia Argus was printed and published by Samuel Pleasants from 1793 until his death in October 1814, so the attribution here; this item also evinces the continuing connections between Pleasants and two of his protégés, Seaton and Fleming Grantland, who were then the publishers of the Georgia Journal.
  
  
• Related Bios:
  • Fleming Grantland
  • Seaton Grantland
  • Samuel Pleasants, Jr.

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