BIB_ID
232675
Accession number
MA 5038
Creator
Washington, George, 1732-1799, sender.
Display Date
New Windsor, New York, 1779 July 4.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. George L.K. Frelinghuysen and Mrs. Marian K. Frelinghuysen, in honor of the 75th anniversary of the Morgan Library and the 50th anniversary of the Association of Fellows, 1999.
Description
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 31.7 x 19.4 cm
Notes
The body of the letter is in the hand of Alexander Hamilton and signed by George Washington.
With address leaf franked "On public service."
Addressed to "Major General McDougall / Headquarters / West Point."
Docketed in ink on verso.
With address leaf franked "On public service."
Addressed to "Major General McDougall / Headquarters / West Point."
Docketed in ink on verso.
Inscriptions/Markings
Watermark: Dove with olive branch.
Watermark: Countermark: Letters "WMT".
Watermark: Countermark: Letters "WMT".
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. George L.K. Frelinghuysen and Mrs. Marian K. Frelinghuysen.
Summary
Asking him to discharge thirteen pieces of cannon in honor of "the anniversary of independence," and saying, "I wish we had it in our power to distribute a portion of rum to the soldiers, to exhilerate their spirits upon the occasion; but unfortunately our stock is too scanty to permit"; (in postscript) hoping Major Beauman's damaged powder can be put to use.
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