DINSMOOR SILAS Autograph Letter Signed to Colonel Thomas H C

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DINSMOOR, SILAS. Autograph Letter Signed, to Colonel Thomas H. Cushing, thanking him for the use of "the detachment under Corporal Riley . . . [who] have conducted [sic] extremely well since with me for which I by leave to commend them to your good opinion . . . . As they have received no public provisions since with me I hope you will order them their undrawn rations." 1 page, 8vo, with integral address leaf; folds, short closed tears at edges, overall age-toned. Natchez, 19 September 1808

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Silas Dinsmoor (1766-1847) was Government Agent for the Choctaw. Later he served as Quartermaster General and Colonel in the War of 1812.