Letter : [Washington, D.C.], to David Henley, [Knoxville, Tenn.], 1800 Nov. 19.

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Letter : [Washington, D.C.], to David Henley, [Knoxville, Tenn.], 1800 Nov. 19.

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November 19, 1800, letter from the secretary of war, Samuel Dexter, concerning the mission of John Peter Brown, a Chickasaw Indian who was returning to Knoxville from the capitol bearing this letter to David Henley, agent of the War Dept.

1 item (1 folded sheet (4 p.) ; 25 cm.

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