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McComas, J.H., fl. 1820 [to the Chairman of the Board of Health]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04601.11 Author/Creator: McComas, J.H., fl. 1820 Place Written: Natchez, Mississippi Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 September 1820 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 25 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Informs that he has received orders from the Commander in Chief to detail the necessary companies of infantry and artillery to assist the civil authority in enforcing the quarantine regulations for the city of Natchez. Signed as Brigadier General.

Comas, H. W., fl. 1820

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