Request for Documents to Secure Land for Virginia Troops
Document 1795Previous request for documents required to obtain land for troops never answered, second request issued.
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Sir, War Office Nov. 3. 1795.
I had the honour of addressing your Excellency on the 13th of last June relative to the lands reserved for the Virginia line of troops northwest of the Ohio, requesting some documents deemed material to ascertain the warrants which ought to be issued from this office. No answer having been received I take the liberty to inclose a duplicate of that letter; and am with the greatest respect,
Sir
your most obt. Servt.
Timothy Pickering
His Excellency
Governor Brooke
[cover sheet:]
War Office
[undecipherable: Pr.?] Pickering
His Excellency Governor Brooke
Richmond.
Virginia
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[undecipherable] of War
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Previous request for documents required to obtain land for troops never answered, second request issued.
Date
11/03/1795
Author
Recipient
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War Office
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Document number
1795110300001
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Notable persons
Governor Robert Brooke
Timothy Pickering
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War Office
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honour of addressing your excellency
relative to the lands reserved for the Virginia line of troops northwest of the Ohio
documents deemed material to ascertain the warrants which ought to be issued from this office
no answer having been received I take the liberty to inclose a duplicate of that letter