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- GLC#
- GLC02978.08-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1814/09/04
- Author/Creator
- Williams, Jonathan, 1750-1815
- Title
- to Robert M. Patterson
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address Height: 19.7 cm, Width: 25 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
Tells Patterson, the chief engineer of the Corps of Field Engineers, that a man named Jonathan Jones, who knows the local terrain, can provide assistance to the topographical engineers. Also notes a man named Spencer Sargeant will be retained for communication purposes, possibly as a secretary.
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