Letter to Secretaries of State and War Concerning Position in Provisional Army
Document 1799Reports himself prepared to accept a commission in the provisional army, which he had been nominated before, should that force actually be approved. Discusses his usefulness in the Tennessee region, and willingness to recruit patriotic men for the army.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Reports himself prepared to accept a commission in the provisional army, which he had been nominated before, should that force actually be approved. Discusses his usefulness in the Tennessee region, and willingness to recruit patriotic men for the army.
Date
04/25/1799
Author
Sent from
Knoxville
Collection
Document number
1799042540001
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Sevier
Timothy Pickering
James McHenry
Notable locations
Knoxville
Tennessee
Notable items
commission
acceptance
appointment
nomination
recruitment
patriotic
provisional army