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A letter from Birdseye W. Rouse to Benson J. Lossing Esq. dated April 3, 1857. Rouse writes about the forts along the Maumee River, including Fort Miami, Fort Meigs, and Fort Defiance, as well as the state of the forts in 1857, and their history.</div>
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