Letter : Washington, [D.C.], to John Armstrong, Washington, [D.C.], 1813 May 25.

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Letter : Washington, [D.C.], to John Armstrong, Washington, [D.C.], 1813 May 25.

May 25, 1813, letter from Rhea to the Secretary of War, John Armstrong, requesting payment for Col. John Williams and his Tennessee volunteers who had marched through the Carolinas and Georgia to raid Seminole villages in northern Florida.

1 item (2 p.) ; 26 cm. + cover (1 leaf)

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