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Edward E. Ayer Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

James Wilkinson letters

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT box-Ayer-MS-982
Abstract Small collection of correspondence and a few orders written by James Wilkinson, military officer, western land speculator, and governor of Louisiana, between 1792 and 1818. The majority of the letters were written at Fort Washington and Fort Hamilton in Ohio and relate to Indian affairs and military operations in the Northwest Territory during the 1790s. The correspondents include quartermaster general Samuel Hodgdon, Pennsylvania militia officer John Armstrong, and Lieutenant William...
Dates: 1792-1818

Oliver Wolcott letters

 Collection
Identifier: VAULT box-Ayer-MS-921
Abstract Thirteen letters, Mar. 11, 1795- Dec. 11, 1800, written by Oliver Wolcott, secretary of the treasury, to David Henley, general agent for the War Dept. in the Territory of the United States, South of the River Ohio, regarding public contracts for military and Indian supplies in what is now Tennessee.,The letters contain rules and regulations regarding the administration of contracts, as well as numerous directives regarding the choice of contractors to supply both the region and the Tellico...
Dates: 1795-1800

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Correspondence -- Ohio -- 1751-1800 1
Correspondence -- Ohio -- 1801-1850 1
Correspondence -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- 1751-1800 1
Correspondence -- Washington (D.C.) -- 1751-1800 1
Defense contracts -- Tennessee -- History -- 18th century -- Sources 1