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Autograph letter signed : "Head Quarters" [Valley Forge, Pennsylvania], to Henry Laurens, 1778 Aug. 20.

BIB_ID
352346
Accession number
MA 504.4
Creator
Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Display Date
1778 Aug. 20.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1883.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 33.8 cm
Notes
Docketed on verso.
Henry Laurens was President of the Continental Congress.
Part of a collection of four letters written by General Washington to Henry Laurens, 1778. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan before 1883.
Summary
Discussing the "reprehensible" conduct of Governor Johnstone; discussing the Brevet Commissions; referring to "the performance ascribed to Mr. Mauduit."