Journal [manuscript], 1806-1807.

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Journal [manuscript], 1806-1807.

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Journal excerpt details the anonymous writer's voyage from Edinburgh to New York to adjust American claims under a convention between the U.S. and Great Britain and mentions an election in which Banastre Tarleton was a candidate.

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