Concerns about Interactions with Spanish
Document 1797Concerned about possibility of Spanish interaction.
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Should this find you at Natchez, before either of these [undecipherable]
arrive there, I request you to make such arrangements as I may [undecipherable]
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Natchez
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I am sir
A great [undecipherable]
your obedient [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
James McHenry
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Concerned about possibility of Spanish interaction.
Date
11/24/1797
Author
Recipient
Repository
Collection
Document number
1797112400001
Page start
1
Note
Illegible document.
Notable persons
James Wilkinson
James McHenry
Spanish
Lousiana Governor
Notable locations
Louisiana
Mississippi

