BIB_ID
136790
Accession number
MA 506.9
Creator
Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Display Date
1783 Mar. 5.
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Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, with the Irwin Collection, 1900.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.5 cm
Notes
Letter may be in the hand of Benjamin Walker.
Part of a collection of letters and documents concerning a night attack on Oswego; for more information see main record for MA 506.
Part of a collection of letters and documents concerning a night attack on Oswego; for more information see main record for MA 506.
Provenance
Irwin Collection.
Summary
Commenting on the failure of the Oswego expedition, and noting that it "must be attributed to some of those unaccountable Events which are not within the control of human means"; thanking Willett for his "persevering exertions and zeal" on the expedition, and asking him to "communicate [Washington's] Gratitude to the officers & men who acted under [his] Command."
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