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Title: 1810-03-23 +DETROIT M T---RED #MANUSCRIPT---FREE FRANK--TO PETER PORTER AT CONGRESS--WASHINGTON---FROM DAVID BEARD-DETROIT--BY SOME COMMUNICATIONS LATELY RECEIVED AT THIS PLACE WE PERCEIVE THAT OUR GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT TO ESTABLISH A GARRISON AT PRAIRIE DU CHEN. I BELIEVE THAT A PORT AND CUSTOM HOUSE AT THE MOUTH OF THE FOX RIVER ON GREEN BAY WOULD BE OF USE TO THE GOVERNMENT IN COLLECTING DUTIES ON VAST QUANTITIES OF GOODS THAT ARE SMUGGLED IN THERE YEARLY BY THE BRITISH MERCHANTS I ALSO BELIEVE A FACTORY AT THAT PLACE WOULD DO MORE THAN MACKINAC AND CHICAGO TOGETHER. ..AND HEREAFTER BE ESTABLISHED HIGH UP THE MISSISSIPPI BY AN EASIER ROUTE THAN THE OTHER....GENEALOGY---1 PG--PRIVATELY OWNED--HAYES/WHITFORD AUCTION 2017 LOT 18---ERNIE'S COLLECTION $500 - N   Item ID: E0-8051    View Map

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1810-03-23 +DETROIT M T---RED #MANUSCRIPT---FREE FRANK--TO PETER PORTER AT CONGRESS--WASHINGTON---FROM DAVID BEARD-DETROIT--BY SOME COMMUNICATIONS LATELY RECEIVED AT THIS PLACE WE PERCEIVE THAT OUR GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT TO ESTABLISH A GARRISON AT PRAIRIE DU CHEN. I BELIEVE A CUSTOM HOUSE AT THE MOUTH OF THE FOX RIVER ON GREEN BAY WOULD BE OF USE TO THE GOVERNMENT IN COLLECTING DUTIES ON VAST QUANTITIES OF GOODS THAT ARE SMUGGLED IN THERE YEARLY BY THE BRITISH MERCHANTS I ALSO BELIEVE A FACTORY AT THAT PLACE WOULD DO MORE THAN MACKINAC AND CHICAGO TOGETHER. ..AND HEREAFTER BE ESTABLISHED HIGH UP THE MISSISSIPPI BY AN EASIER ROUTE THAN THE OTHER....GENEALOGY---1 PG---PAGE 1---PRIVATELY OWNED--HAYES/WHITFORD AUCTION 2017 LOT 18---ERNIE'S COLLECTION Date: 1810-03-23