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Archer, Robert, fl. 1842-1875 to William Maxwell

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01896.014 Author/Creator: Archer, Robert, fl. 1842-1875 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1847/03/22 Pagination: 4 p. : address ; Height: 25 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

Response to previous letter regarding the Virginia Historical & Philosophical Society, providing a description and historical account of Fort George, on Old Point Comfort, Va. The fort was first ordered built in 1629-30 by Sir John Henry, Govenor of Virginia. "The work was called Fort George. The front lines only and part of the flanks are now tracable. The rear lines having been obliterated by the excavation of the ditch of Fort Monroe."

Archer, Robert, fl. 1840-1878
Maxwell, William, fl. 1847

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