Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 1 February 1803

From Henry Dearborn

[1 Feb. 1803]

Genl. Wilkinson, to be appointed Commissioner to treat with the Chocktaws, Creeks, Chickasaws &c—

Govr. Harrison to be appointed Commissioner to treat with the Indians Northwest of the Ohio.

RC (DLC: TJ Papers, 129:22285); undated; entirely in Dearborn’s hand; endorsed by TJ as received from the War Department on 1 Feb. and “Nominations.”

govr. harrison: see TJ to the Senate, 2 Feb.

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    To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 1 February 1803
    Author
    Dearborn, Henry
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    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    1 February 1803

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 1 February 1803,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-39-02-0367. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 39, 13 November 1802–3 March 1803, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012, p. 427.]

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