1807-12-07 WASHINGTON CITY----D.C.----BLACK CDS & STAMPED FREE & MS WAR DEPARTMENT, & AUTOGRAPH OF HENRY DEARBORN----FREE FRANK----TO WILLIAM LENNARD AT PHILADELPHIA, PENN-----HENRY DEARBORN-1751-1829, AMERICAN GENERAL,AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND WAR OF 1812, SECRETARY OF WAR UNDER JEFFERSON, MARCH 1801, ORDERED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A POST CALLED FORT DEARBORN AT WHAT IS NOW CHICAGO.---WAR DEPARTMENT- HENRY DEARBORN, DECEMBER 15, 1807, SIR YOUR LETTER OF THE 12 INST. IS BEFORE ME. MY OBSERVATIONS TO WHICH YOU ALLUDE, WERE INTENDED TO APPLY TO FIELD PIECES MERELY, AND NOT TO HEAVY CANNON. YOU WILL PLEASE TO FURNISH DOCTOR HUNTER WITH THE SALT PETRE CASKS MENTIONED. I AM VERY RESPECTFULLY, SIR YOUR OB. SERVANT, H. DEARBORN-----GENEALOGY 3---COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 7 $400 - N

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Date: 1807-12-07
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City: Detroit
Category: MI Genealogy , Michigan Territorial , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
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1. 1807-12-07 WASHINGTON CITY----D.C.----BLACK CDS & STAMPED FREE & MS WAR DEPARTMENT, & AUTOGRAPH OF HENRY DEARBORN----FREE FRANK----TO WILLIAM LENNARD AT PHILADELPHIA, PENN-----HENRY DEARBORN-1751-1829, AMERICAN GENERAL,AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND WAR OF 1812, SECRETARY OF WAR UNDER JEFFERSON, MARCH 1801, ORDERED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A POST CALLED FORT DEARBORN AT WHAT IS NOW CHICAGO.---WAR DEPARTMENT- HENRY DEARBORN, DECEMBER 15, 1807, SIR YOUR LETTER OF THE 12 INST. IS BEFORE ME. MY OBSERVATIONS TO WHICH YOU ALLUDE, WERE INTENDED TO APPLY TO FIELD PIECES MERELY, AND NOT TO HEAVY CANNON. YOU WILL PLEASE TO FURNISH DOCTOR HUNTER WITH THE SALT PETRE CASKS MENTIONED. I AM VERY RESPECTFULLY, SIR YOUR OB. SERVANT, H. DEARBORN-----GENEALOGY 3---COURTESY OF EBACH-WHITFORD AUCTION 2003 LOT 7 $400 - N Read More..