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Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815 [Request for Dr. Robert M. Patterson to continue building a fortification]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02978.07 Author/Creator: Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph note signed Date: 1814/09/03 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

Asks Patterson, the chief engineer of the Corps of Field Engineers, to "direct & continue the operations on the heights next of Schuylkill [River] without delay.

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

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