Isaac Chauncey letter to Henry Dearborn, 1812 September 8.

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Isaac Chauncey letter to Henry Dearborn, 1812 September 8.

Consists of one autograph letter signed by Isaac Chauncey to Major General Henry Dearborn, Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States, requesting "any and all information" he may need as he assumes the "Chief Command of the naval force of the U. States that is now or may be place upon Lakes Erie + Ontario." The letter is dated 8 September 1812 from Navy Yard, New York.

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United States. Navy

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Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829

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Chauncey, Isaac, 1772-1840

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