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Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815 to Robert M. Patterson

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02978.09 Author/Creator: Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1814/09/15 Pagination: 1 p. : address Height: 20 cm, Width: 24.5 cm Order a Copy

Requests that Patterson, the chief engineer of the Corps of Field Engineers, report whether or not a man named Dr. Paschall consented to having his grounds entered and upon what terms. Also asks him to report on others who had consented to have their grounds occupied and works built upon them by the Corps of Field Engineers. See GLC02978.10 for Patterson's response.

Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815
Patterson, Robert M. (Robert Maskell), 1787-1854

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