Extract Regarding Artillery
Document 1796Suggests submitting an extract from Chapin's letter regarding movement to the British side of Niagara to Fenno's paper for inclusion, provided that the information is authentic
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[Mr McHenry]
[Private Rd by D. McHenry, grandson of the Secretary at War — in 1890]
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Dr Sir,
It is not too late for Fenno's Paper of this afternoon, an extract from Chapins letter, as posting the removal of the artillery, Stores &c from Niagara to the Mouth of the River (with h side) might afford pleasing information — I presume there can be no doubt of its authenticity.
Yr always
Saturday
½ past 12. [undecipherable: GW —]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Suggests submitting an extract from Chapin's letter regarding movement to the British side of Niagara to Fenno's paper for inclusion, provided that the information is authentic
Date
1796
Author
Recipient
Collection
Document number
1796999940001
Page start
1
Notable persons
James McHenry
George Washington
British
John Fenno
Chapin
Notable locations
Niagara
Niagara River
frontier
territory
British side
Notable items
paper
newspaper extract
artillery
stores

