Arbuthnot and Ambrister incident

The Arbuthnot and Ambrister incident occurred in 1818 during the First Seminole War when American General Andrew Jackson invaded Spanish Florida and captured and executed two British subjects charged with aiding Seminole and Creek Indians against the United States. Jackson's actions triggered short-lived protests from the British and Spanish governments and an investigation by the United States Congress. Congressional reports found fault with Jackson's handling of the trial and execution of Alexander Arbuthnot and Robert C. Ambrister, but Congress chose not to censure the popular general.

References

* Aubigné, Guillaume Merle d'; Chinard, Gilbert. 1935. "La vie américaine de Guillaume Merle d'Aubigné; extraits de son journal de voyage et de sa correspondance inédite, 1809-1817", Paris, E. Droz; Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press. OCLC|1862429 - Pp. 133-147.
*Fisher, Louis. [http://www.fas.org/irp/crs/RL32458.pdf "Military Tribunals: Historical Patterns and Lessons"] . Congressional Research Service Report for Congress, 2004.
* Gales, Joseph. 1834-1856. "The debates and proceedings in the Congress of the United States; with an appendix containing important state papers and public documents, and all the laws of a public nature;" Washington, Gales and Seaton. OCLC|10329123 - "Seminole War", Pp. 367-374.
* Hoefer, Jean Chrétien Ferdinand. 1862. "Nouvelle biographie générale depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours", Paris : Didot. OCLC|73261929 - Pp. 153-154
*"Narrative of a voyage to the Spanish Main in the ship "Two friends"; the occupation of Amelia island by McGregor, etc.--sketches of the province of East Florida; and anecdotes illustrative of the habits and manners of the Seminole Indians: with an appendix containing a detail of the Seminole Indians: with an appendix, containing a detail of the Seminole war, and the execution of Arbuthnot and Ambrister", London, Printed for J. Miller, 1819. OCLC|16068670 - Pp. 196-312.
*Remini, Robert V. "Andrew Jackson and his Indian Wars". New York: Viking, 2001. ISBN 0-670-91025-2.
*Rush, Richard. 1845. "Memoranda of a residence at the court of London comprising incidents official and personal from 1819-1825, including negotiations on the Oregon question, and other unsettled questions between the United States and Great Britain", Philadelphia : Lea & Blanchard. OCLC|12492949 - Chapters iv & v.

Further reading

*Heidler, David and Jeanne Heidler. "Old Hickory's War: Andrew Jackson and the Quest for Empire". Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 1996. ISBN 0811701131.
*Wright, J. Leitch, Jr. "A Note on the First Seminole War as Seen by the Indians, Negroes, and Their British Advisers". "The Journal of Southern History" 34, no. 4 (November 1968), 565-575.