Surveying the military tract at the mouth of the Ohio River
Document 1787Knox recommends that the survey of the military tract at the mouth of the Ohio be done military officers thereby incurring little expense to the public.
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19th Decemb 1787
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I desire the honour to enclose you a Copy of their
answer, by which you will perceive that [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
can be obtained from them, [undecipherable] Surveying the military tract
at the [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable].
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have [undecipherable] that it may [undecipherable] practicable, to have the said
tract surveyed by some of the Commissioned Officers of the
Troops [undecipherable] on the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] considerable expence
to the public. If you approve of the [undecipherable] and will [undecipherable]
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Officers for the above purpose, [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable]
Instructions for his Government. [undecipherable] will also want conformably
to the same object. The Officer hath been [undecipherable] to perform the
Service explicitly — [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
Doughty, Captain [undecipherable], and others.
might be found among the Officers who
would be competent to this [undecipherable] —
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J. Ross
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Type
Autograph Draft Letter Signed
Description
Knox recommends that the survey of the military tract at the mouth of the Ohio be done military officers thereby incurring little expense to the public.
Date
12/17/1787
Author
Recipient
Collection
Document number
1787121700001
Page start
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Notable persons
Henry Knox