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Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., to Henry Knox, 13 December 1793

Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., to Henry Knox

13 Decemr 1793

By the Presidents command Bw Dandridge has the honor to send to the Secretary of War—a Letter from the Govr of North Carolina, of 26 Nov. 93 to the President, covering depositions respecting the Spanish prize carried into Wilmington by Capt Hervieux—& to inform the Secretary that the President wishes him to take such measures thereupon as may seem to him adviseable.1

ADf, DLC:GW; LB, DLC:GW.

1The enclosed letter and depositions have not been found. For information about the San Josef, carried into Wilmington as prize of the French privateer L’Aimée Marguerite, see Richard Dobbs Spaight to GW, 21 Oct., and n.3.

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