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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Letter signed : Headquarters near Dobbs Ferry, to Brigadier General Clinton, 1781 July 9.

BIB_ID
284151
Accession number
MA 507.30
Creator
Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Display Date
1781 July 9.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1906.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 23.1 cm
Notes
Docketed.
In the hand of David Cobb.
This item is part of a collection of letters from Washington to George and James Clinton; see main record for MA 507 for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the New York Cooperative Society, 1906.
Summary
Concerning troops and provisions; assuring him he will continue to try to get him "Beef Cattle;" saying he cannot support "any Cartel which may have been settled between the people of Vermont and the Governor of Canada;" expressing his wish that "there may not be other business transacted , under the cover of Flags from Vermont to Canada, besides the exchange of prisoners." .