MCKENNEY THOMAS L Letter Signed ThoLMcKenney as Superintende

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MCKENNEY, THOMAS L. Letter Signed, "Tho:L:McKenney," as Superintendent of Indian Affairs, to an unnamed recipient [David Folsom?], requesting that any Choctaw that become ill during their visit to Washington must be attended by an Army--not civilian--physician. 1 page, square 4to; short separations at folds, docketing verso. [Washington,] 2 December 1824

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"In case any of the Choctaw delegation now at the seat of Government should be sick and require medical attendance while here . . . [it] will be furnished by the Surgeon General of the United States Army, (Dr. Lovell) . . . and not . . . any Citizen Physician."
From the Allyn Kellogg Ford Collection, property of the Minnesota Historical Society (see Swann 2276, April 17, 2012).