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- GLC#
- GLC02437.04936-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 2 May 1791
- Author/Creator
- Hills, John, fl. 1771-1796
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Springfield, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 23 cm, Width: 18.9 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Reports to Knox his findings as he surveys the land and rivers for a canal. Says he has ridden along the river Chikabi for several miles. Comments that "hiring men in this part is very troublesome for I have been obliged to discharge two that I had, respecting that I wanted to Trepan them into Military life."
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