Papers 1786-1790.

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Papers 1786-1790.

Letters, Dec. 19, 1786, and Feb. 22, 1790, from James Wilkinson, Danville and Lexington, Ky., to Nathaniel Massie giving instructions for the purchase and sale of tobacco, horses, cotton, land, and other articles.

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Wilkinson, James, 1757-1825

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James Wilkinson was born in Maryland and served as an officer in the American Revolution. In 1783 he settled in Kentucky, where he engaged in politics, land speculation, and trade. In 1805 he was appointed governor of Upper Louisiana. Wilkinson's activities in the West implicated him in the Spanish Conspiracy and the Burr Conspiracy; he was acquitted by a court of inquiry during the Burr investigation and by a court martial in 1811. He served as a military commander in the West during the War of...

Massie, Nathaniel, 1763-1813

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Deputy surveyor of Ohio's Virginia Military District. From the description of Nathaniel Massie papers, 1782-1852. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 17937230 From the description of Nathaniel Massie papers, 1782-1852 [microform]. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 47051097 Nathaniel Massie was a surveyor and land developer who helped to organize the Virginia Military District in Ohio in the years after the American Revolutionary War...