About This Object
Judging from its contents, this report was written by a member of the failed Oglethorpe expedition from Georgia that attempted to conquer Florida. The expedition was made in retaliation for the march to Georgia by Spanish troops in an effort to expand northward from St. Augustine the year before.
* Currently on Exhibit
“English Military Report on St. Augustine with Plans and Views of St. Augustine Castle, the Spanish Watchtower on Anastasia Island, and Matance’s Fort,” 1743. Manuscript. Jay I. Kislak Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (128.02.00)