BIB_ID
136777
Accession number
MA 1017
Creator
Washington, George, 1732-1799, sender.
Display Date
Mount Vernon, Virginia, 1784 August 11.
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Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1924.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 23 x 18.9 cm
Notes
Docketed in ink on verso "11th; August 1784 Genl. Washington from Mount Vernon."
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1924.
Summary
Discusses the prospect of war from Great Britain, but Washington does not think it likely given what is happening in Ireland at the time; noting that it is important to hear all views; saying that he thinks war will become less likely as the population of the United States increases.
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