[Document] 1795 Jan. 19, Knoxville / Wm. Blount.

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[Document] 1795 Jan. 19, Knoxville / Wm. Blount.

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Blount authenticates this transcription of a copy in his possession of David Moore's report "Return of men engaged to work the Chickasaw boat down the Tennessee under the contract mad[e] with Governor Blount of the 12th October 1794." Signed David Moore, Knoxville, 1794 Oct. 18. The document contains the names of the men on the expedition.

[1] leaf ; 33 cm.

Smith College, Neilson Library

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Blount, William, 1749-1800

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William Blount (March 26, 1749 – March 21, 1800) was an American Founding Father, statesman, and land speculator who signed the United States Constitution. He was a member of the North Carolina delegation at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and led the efforts for North Carolina to ratify the Constitution in 1789 at the Fayetteville Convention. He then served as the only governor of the Southwest Territory and played a leading role in helping the territory gain admission to the union as the...