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Unknown [Orders concerning troops in the Ohio]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.10233 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 12 July - 1 September 1791 Pagination: 9 p. : 40.2 x 24.6 cm. Order a Copy

Header states that "[t]roops should immediately defend the Ohio. I depend upon your executing the transportation of them, as fast as possible; and that you make the arrangements for calling out the Generals for the COunties, as mentioned in my former letters."
Noted as extracts. Pages numbered from 27-36 in the upper left corner. Writing is very blurred on many pages, possibly as a result of water damage. Sewn binding. Letterpress copy.

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