James Wilkinson letters to Col. Solomon Van Rensselaer, Albany, 1813 Sept. 22 and Oct. 20.

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James Wilkinson letters to Col. Solomon Van Rensselaer, Albany, 1813 Sept. 22 and Oct. 20.

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Letters written to Van Rensselaer from Niagara, 22 Sept. 1813, asking the colonel to come to Sacketts Harbor in early October; and from Sacketts Harbor, 20 Oct. 1813, stating his understanding of Van Rensselaer's failure to meet him, that he is ill, but will leave with his troops to try the "tug of war."

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Van Rensselaer, Solomon Van Vechten, 1774-1852

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Wilkinson, James, 1757-1825

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