This Unfortunate Affair, Etc.
Document 1792The only course to follow is to have Col. Darke represent the true state of the case to Congress and at the same time draw a draft for the appropriate amount. Surely Col. Darke will do everything in his power to help us out of this unfortunate affair given his own role in leading us into it.
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Col. Samuel [undecipherable]
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Fort [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
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[undecipherable] 6th Janu 1792
Dear D.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
The only course to follow is to have Col. Darke represent the true state of the case to Congress and at the same time draw a draft for the appropriate amount. Surely Col. Darke will do everything in his power to help us out of this unfortunate affair given his own role in leading us into it.
Date
01/12/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Lexington
Document number
1792011215101
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1
Note
Difficult handwriting.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Robert Barr
Hodgdon family
Campble
Campbell
Captain Truman
Captain Renham
Holmes
Colonel Darke
Congress
Notable locations
Lexington
Fort Washington
falls
Pennsylvania
district
Notable items
overalls
draft
settle
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