Letter: to General R. Jones /by Zachary Taylor, 1840 Feb 24.

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Letter: to General R. Jones /by Zachary Taylor, 1840 Feb 24.

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Zachary Taylor asks General Jones for the power to increase the militia in the future whenever it is necessary. Some of the officers felt that Taylor had overstepped his authority in commanding Colonel Warren to increase his battalion to a regiment without permission from Washington.

2 p. (in 2 folders) ; 25 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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