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Letter [Acting Governor West?], Washington, to [General] James W. [Wilkinson], notifying of the arrival of Tennessee Volunteers and anticipating more at Fort Dearborn, assuring of his commitment to seeing to their accommodation and comfort, regretting the insufficiency of arrangements for their supply in the Nation, presuming payment will be made for the measures taken; the following not entered on the Journal: asking for news of "interesting occurrences," awaiting news of his "reception of the ceded territory," commenting upon his pleasure at the "change in the manners of deportment of the Federalists".
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  • Doc Number: 279
  • Administration: William C. Claiborne
  • Date(s): 1803-12-23
  • Description: Letter [Acting Governor West?], Washington, to [General] James W. [Wilkinson], notifying of the arrival of Tennessee Volunteers and anticipating more at Fort Dearborn, assuring of his commitment to seeing to their accommodation and comfort, regretting the insufficiency of arrangements for their supply in the Nation, presuming payment will be made for the measures taken; the following not entered on the Journal: asking for news of "interesting occurrences," awaiting news of his "reception of the ceded territory," commenting upon his pleasure at the "change in the manners of deportment of the Federalists".
  • Call Number: Series 0488
  • Filename: 488-0279-02.tif