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XII. Governor of the Northwest Territory to the Secretary of State, 11 March 1791

XII. Governor of the Northwest Territory to the Secretary of State

Philadelphia March 11th. 1791.

Sir

When I had the honor to make the report of my proceedings in the Illinois country, the plan of the town of Cahokia had not come to hand.—I have since received three copies, one of which I have transmitted to your office.—I have the honor to be with great respect Sir, your most obedient servant

Ar. St. Clair

FC (DNA: RG 59, NWT, M/470). Not recorded in SJL or SJPL. No copy of the plan of Cahokia has been found, but see J. F. McDermott, Old Cahokia (St. Louis, 1949).

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    XII. Governor of the Northwest Territory to the Secretary of State, 11 March 1791
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    St. Clair, Arthur
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    Jefferson, Thomas
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    11 March 1791

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    “XII. Governor of the Northwest Territory to the Secretary of State, 11 March 1791,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-18-02-0110-0025. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 18, 4 November 1790 – 24 January 1791, ed. Julian P. Boyd. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1971, pp. 216–217.]

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