George Washington Collection mssGW
Melissa Haley
The Huntington Library
January 2021
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Business Number: (626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
Note
Finding aid last updated on February 13, 2024 by Melissa Haley.
Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: George Washington collection
Creator:
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Identifier/Call Number: mssGW
Physical Description:
29 Linear Feet
(25 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
Date (inclusive): 1749-1806
Abstract: This collection contains correspondence, surveys, military records, memoranda, accounts, receipts, and ephemera pertaining
to George Washington's careers as surveyor, military leader, and U.S. president. Also present are Washington family correspondence
and material relating to Mount Vernon and Washington's household, including several items regarding enslaved laborers.
Language of Material: Materials are mostly in English with a few items in French.
Conditions Governing Access
RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Conditions Governing Use
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material,
nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and
obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. George Washington collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The George Washington collection was assembled by the Huntington Library, and consists primarily of purchases made by Henry
E. Huntington, especially from George D. Smith in 1920-1921, who had purchased 170 Washington manuscripts from collector Grenville
Kane in 1913 and from an unidentified collection in 1915. Other purchases include the William K. Bixby Americana collection
in 1918; from the Anderson Galleries, Maggs Bros., and other auction houses, 1920-1923; and from the American Art Association,
1912-1926. The Washington-McDougall correspondence was purchased from A.S.W. Rosenbach in 1923. Many Martha Washington items
came from J.F. Meegan in the 1920s. Source of acquisition is noted at the item level, when known.
Custodial History
The George Washington collection also consists of numerous items transferred from other Huntington Library manuscript collections;
item call numbers reflect these removals and refer to the following collections: the Loudon papers: Americana (LO), the R.A.
Brock collection and papers (BR), the James McHenry papers (MH), the Charles Thomas Harbeck manuscript collection (HR), the
Charles-René-Dominique Sochet Destouches papers (DE), the Spence and Lowell families papers (SL), and the Richard Clough Anderson
papers (AND).
Biographical / Historical
George Washington (February 22, 1732-December 14, 1799), the first president of the United States, was born in Westmoreland
County, Virginia, the son of a planter and enslaver. At age 17, he started working as a licensed land surveyor. Washington's
military career began in 1752 when he was appointed to the Virginia militia. In 1753, he was sent by Virginia's governor as
special envoy to the French in the Ohio Valley. During the French and Indian War, he served as a volunteer aide-de-camp, and
as colonel of the Virginia Regiment in command of the colony's forces defending the frontier, resigning his commission in
1758.
Washington married widow Martha Dandridge Custis on January 6, 1759, and helped raise her two surviving children from her
first marriage, John ("Jacky") Parke Custis (1754-1781) and Martha ("Patsy") Parke Custis (1756-1773). In 1761, Washington
inherited his family's tobacco plantation, Mount Vernon. Over the next several decades, he would expand the plantation, diversify
his crops, and add a gristmill and distillery to the property. Enslaved persons performed the majority of the maintenance
and construction of Mount Vernon, working in the household, tobacco and grain fields, and at various trades; the Washington
family enslaved at least 577 laborers on the property over several decades.
Washington served as a delegate to the first Continental Congress in 1774. When war broke out with Great Britain in 1775,
he was appointed commander in chief of the Continental Army. Major Revolutionary War actions included the Siege of Boston
(1775-1776); battles and movements around New York City (1776), Pennsylvania (1777), and New Jersey (1778-1780); and an alliance
with France in 1778. Great Britain surrendered in October 1781 and negotiations to end the war continued until the signing
of the Treaty of Paris in September 1783. Washington resigned his commission as commander in chief of the Continental Army
on December 23, 1783 and he returned to civilian life at Mount Vernon.
In 1787, Washington presided over the Constitutional Convention and encouraged its ratification. He was unanimously chosen
as first president of the United States by the electoral college, taking office April 30, 1789 in New York City. In July 1790
the capital was moved to Philadelphia. Washington's first term involved the creation of the executive branch, building a cabinet,
filling the Supreme Court, and formalizing procedures and protocols for the new government. He was reluctant to serve a second
term as president but a number of factors created pressure on him to do so, including economic concerns, relationships and
conflicts with Native Americans, and growing political strife within the new government. He was again unanimously elected
to a second term, which was marked by partisanship and foreign affairs with France, Spain, and Great Britain. Both terms involved
plans to create a new national capital at Washington, D.C. Washington's second term ended on March 4, 1797 and he returned
to Mount Vernon, where he spent the remaining years of his life.
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the George Washington collection is correspondence; the collection also contains surveys, military records, memoranda,
accounts, receipts, and ephemera. Material dates from 1749 to 1806 and spans Washington's entire adulthood, from his early
years as a Virginia surveyor and through his military career to the final days of his presidency. Also present in the collection
are Washington family correspondence and material pertaining to Mount Vernon and Washington's household, including several
items regarding enslaved laborers.
The military material in the Washington collection is primarily correspondence and relates to both the French and Indian and
Revolutionary Wars. French and Indian War material pertains to the Virginia Regiment, forts, supplies, funds and soldiers'
pay, and relations with Native Americans.
Revolutionary War records also include appointments, addresses, orders, returns, commissions, brigade lists, warrants, and
congressional resolutions. The bulk of correspondence is between Washington and other generals and military personnel, including
Alexander McDougall, James Mitchell Varnum, George Clinton, William Alexander, Elias Dayton, Israel Shreve, and others; many
are in the handwriting of his various aides-de-camp and secretaries, including Alexander Hamilton, Tench Tilghman, Robert
Hanson Harrison, and Richard Kidder Meade. Revolutionary War letters and documents pertain to military strategy, intelligence,
troop movements and expeditions, instructions to generals, and British positions; procurement and supplies, including food
and clothing; the relationship with the French; suspected spies; methods of correspondence; and peace. They also relate to
the recruitment and enlistment of soldiers, soldiers' conduct, and pardons and executions. In addition, some items refer to
civilian behavior and the appropriation of civilian property.
Few items relate specifically to Washington's government work during the years of his presidency, other than several items
that discuss congressional acts and bills. A small number of documents pertain to the new government's relationship with Native
Americans including the Eel River tribe (1793 May 7). The bulk of correspondence from this period are letters to Tobias Lear,
Washington's personal secretary, and relate primarily to household matters, including setting up house in Philadelphia, Washington's
properties, and tenants and renters. Items also pertain to Potomac Company activities and its river and canal projects around
Washington, D.C., in Maryland and Virginia. Also included are several items that discuss the development of the District of
Columbia.
The collection contains a small amount of personal and family material, including correspondence with Bushrod Washington,
George Augustine Washington, and Elizabeth ("Betty") Washington Lewis. There are also several letters from Martha Washington
to family members, especially to her niece, Frances (Fanny) Bassett Washington Lear. A 1792 Washington family genealogy includes
a narrative and chart.
A number of items in the collection pertain to Mount Vernon and the Washington household, including surveys and records of
lands granted to Washington and Mount Vernon properties; items relating to farming and crops; and household accounts, bills,
receipts, orders, and inventories. Also included are fabric samples of furniture covering from Mount Vernon, and of a curtain
used by Washington while president in New York and Philadelphia.
Several items in this collection relate to the persons held in slavery by the Washingtons, including an appraisement of enslaved
laborers sent to the Dismal Swamp (1764 July 4), letters to Tobias Lear (1791 June 19 and 1794 May 6), and letters (1796 November
28 and December 22) to Joseph Whipple regarding Ona (Oney) Judge, enslaved personal servant of Martha Washington who self-emancipated
to New Hampshire.
Processing Information
The George Washington collection was reprocessed in 2020 by Melissa Haley as part of the American Presidential Papers Project.
The items had been assembled physically and arranged chronologically by Huntington Library former staff in early- or mid-20th
century; material was rehoused during reprocessing. Previously assigned item-level call numbers have been retained.
Personal and place names misspelled on the original manuscripts have been corrected in the item descriptions. Place names
have been made uniform and modernized where necessary. Additional location information provided by previous library staff
has been included where known (i.e., location of camp headquarters during Revolutionary War). See item-level Scope and Contents
notes for information on place names as they appear in the documents. Military and other titles have been retained for correspondents
where available. The number of pages for each item is noted in parentheses in item-level Scope and Contents notes. Document
measurements are included at the item level for items larger than 45 x 30 cm.
Previously assigned legacy terminology regarding autograph, endorsement, docket, and franking status of items was retained.
Items marked
autograph indicate the item is in the handwriting of the author of the letter or document.
Endorsement usually refers to a signature of the addressee or individual authorized to read and respond to a letter and indicates that
they have done so. A
docket generally refers to an item's label created at the time for filing purposes. However, the terms
endorsement and
docket were sometimes used interchangeably in prior processing practices, especially in cases where those actions were performed
by the same individual.
Franking indicates the presence of an authorized signature for mailing purposes.
Related Materials at the Huntington Library
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Richard Clough Anderson papers, mssAND
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Baldwin family papers, mssBN
-
R.A. Brock collection and papers, mssBR
-
Charles-René-Dominique Sochet Destouches papers, mssDE
-
Charles Thomas Harbeck manuscript collection, mssHR
-
Loudon papers: Americana, mssLO
-
James McHenry papers, mssMH
-
Spence and Lowell families papers, mssSL
Existence and Location of Copies
Existence and Location of Copies
Contemporary copies exist in other repositories for many of the items in this collection, especially in the George Washington
papers (MSS44693) at the Library of Congress. Information on locations of copies is provided at the item level (citations
are from Founders Online, National Archives).
Arrangement
Collection is arranged chronologically.
Publication Note
The bulk of items in the George Washington collection has been published in scholarly editions. Publication information is
noted at the item level and refers to the following sources:
- • Founders Online, National Archives
(https://founders.archives.gov/)
- • The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799. Edited by John C. Fitzpatrick. Washington,
D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1931-1944.
- • The George Washington Atlas: A Collection of Eighty-five Maps including Twenty-eight Made by George Washington, Seven Used
and Annotated by Him, Eight Made at his Direction, or for His Use or Otherwise Associated with Him, and Forty-two New Maps
concerning His Activities in Peace and War and His Place in History. Edited by Lawrence Martin. Washington, D.C.: United States
George Washington Bicentennial Commission, 1932.
- • Letters to Washington. Edited by Stanislaus Murray Hamilton, National Society of Colonial Dames of America. Boston: Houghton,
Mifflin and Co.; Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1898-1902.
- • The Writings of George Washington. Edited by Worthington Chauncey Ford; New York London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1889-[1893].
- • The Writings of George Washington: Being his Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private.
Edited by Jared Sparks. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1858.
- • Correspondence of the American Revolution: Being Letters of Eminent Men to George Washington, from the Time of His Taking
Command of the Army to the End of His Presidency. Edited by Jared Sparks; Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1853
See also: The Papers of George Washington. Edited by W.W. Abbot, editor, Dorothy Twohig, associate editor, Philander D. Chase,
Beverly H. Runge, and Frederick Hall Schmidt, assistant editors; Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1983-[2020].
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Archives
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Autographs (manuscripts)
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Correspondence
Slavery -- United States -- History -- 18th century
Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate)
United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
Washington (D.C.) -- History -- 18th century
Land surveys -- Virginia -- 18th century
Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- 18th century
Military records -- United States -- Revolution, 1775-1783
Alexander, William, 1726-1783
Clinton, George, 1739-1812
Dayton, Elias, 1737-1807
Judge, Oney
Lear, Frances Bassett Washington
Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816
McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786
Shreve, Israel, 1739-1799
Varnum, James M. (James Mitchell), 1748-1789
Washington, George Augustine, approximately 1759-1793
Washington, Martha, 1731-1802
Potomac Company
Box 1, Folder 1
Copy of confirmation of deed of Sampson Durrell for 162 acres in Stafford County, 1717 November 26 HM 5018
1700s
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Copy of document; endorsed by George Washington. Includes copy of original deed granted to Sampson Durrell by Lord Culpeper
and Thomas, Lord Fairfax, 1694 November 28. (1 page)
Box 1, Folder 2
Survey by George Washington made for William Warden HM 5500
1749 November 11
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. With diagram. (2 pages)
Box 1, Folder 3
Bond from Owen Brady and Richard Barnes to William Fairfax BR 206
1750 June 1
Scope and Contents
In hand of George Washington. Bond for 800 pounds. (2 pages)
Box 1, Folder 4
Survey by George Washington made for Major Lawrence Washington of 613 acres, Frederick County HM 5498
1750 August 23
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. With diagram. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Martin, Washington Atlas.
Box 1, Folder 5
Survey by George Washington made for Major Lawrence Washington of 554 acres of ungranted land, Frederick County (Fairfax proprietary) HM 5497
1750 August 25
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. With diagram. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Martin, Washington Atlas.
Box 1, Folder 6
Warrant to George Washington to survey 400 acres of wasteland for John Smith, Frederick County HM 5529
1750 October 13
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (1915 purchase).
Scope and Contents
Document signed. In hand of George Washington, with some text in hand of G.W. Fairfax. (1 page)
Box 1, Folder 7
Survey by George Washington for Thomas Loftan HM 5339
1750 October 17
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. With diagram. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Martin, Washington Atlas.
Box 1, Folder 8
Survey by George Washington for John Madden HM 5340
1750 October 24
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. With diagram. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Martin, Washington Atlas.
Box 1, Folder 9
Survey by George Washington for Robert Ashby, Frederick County BR 207
1750 October 27
Physical Description: Upper part of leaf with plat torn away.
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. (1 page)
Box 1, Folder 10
Survey by George Washington for Hannah Southerd HM 5342
1750 October 29
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. With diagram. (1 page)
Box 1, Folder 11
Survey by George Washington for Lawrence Washington of 507 acres, Frederick County HM 5492
1750 November 12
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. With diagram. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Martin, Washington Atlas.
Box 1, Folder 12
Copy by George Washington of survey of Mann Page's patent on the Shenandoah at Ralph Wormley's land, Spotsylvania County,
1731
HM 5494
approximately 1750
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Copy made and attested by George Washington. Signature faint. Autograph map on verso. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Martin, Washington Atlas.
Box 1, Folder 13
Survey by George Washington made for Lawrence Washington for 570 acres, Frederick County HM 5493
1751 March 25
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. With diagram. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Martin, Washington Atlas.
Box 1, Folder 14
Survey by George Washington for Henry Ouldaker, Culpeper County HM 52709
1751 April 15
Physical Description: Two leaves, text and plat formerly a conjugate leaf, trimmed and separated for mounting in extra-illustrated book.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries, sale 1691, December 4-5, 1922, item 185.
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. With diagram. (2 pages)
Separated Materials
Removed from Worthington Chauncey Ford, George Washington, Thomas A. Emmet copy, volume 1, page 24; RB 39010.
Box 1, Folder 15
Survey by George Washington of land on the North River of Cacapon BR 204
1751 April 18
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. Includes diagram. (2 pages)
Box 1, Folder 16
Warrant to George Washington from G.W. Fairfax to survey wastelands joining Lord Fairfax's survey near Potomac River HM 5019
1752
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Document signed. (1 page)
Box 1, Folder 17
Survey by George Washington for Robert Johnston HM 5341
1752 October 25
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. With diagram. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Martin, Washington Atlas.
Box 24, Folder 1
Address to John Campbell, Earl of Loudoun from George Washington and the officers of the Virginia Regiment, Winchester LO 1354
1756 July 25
Physical Description: 46 x 38 cm
Scope and Contents
Document signed. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Box 24, Folder 2
Return of Virginia regiment, Winchester LO 1992
1756 October 9
Physical Description: 41 x 32 cm
Scope and Contents
Document. (1 page)
Box 24, Folder 3
A return of stores belonging to the King and Colony of Virginia at Forts Cumberland and Loudoun LO 2361 A and B
1756 December 17
Physical Description: 38 x 47 cm (A); 33 x 41 cm (B)
Scope and Contents
Document signed (A) (1 page); abstract of return, contemporary copy (B) (1 page).
Box 1, Folder 18
Letter from George Washington, Fort Cumberland, to John Campbell, the Earl of Loudoun LO 2659
1757 January 10
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (46 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 1, Folder 19
Letter from George Washington, Fort Loudoun, to James Cuninghame LO 2725
1757 January 28
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (4 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 1, Folder 20
Distribution of the Virginia Regiment, Philadelphia LO 3080
approximately 1757 March 20
Scope and Contents
Autograph document. List written on reverse of envelope addressed to Loudoun by Henry Ellis. (1 page)
Box 1, Folder 21
Letter from George Washington, Fort Loudoun, to John Stanwix LO 3842
1757 June 16
Scope and Contents
Contemporary copy. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Copy in New York Colonial Manuscripts, New York State Library, Albany.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 1, Folder 22
Letter from George Washington, Alexandria, to the Reverend Charles Green HM 5367
1757 November 13
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 1, Folder 23
Letter from Sampson Darrell to George Washington HM 5014
1757 December 28
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Washington in hand from later period. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 1, Folder 24
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Colonel John Stanwix LO 5699
1758 March 4
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (4 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers; copy in Scottish Record Office.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 1, Folder 25
Letter from George Washington, Fort Loudoun, to Sir John St. Clair HM 5428
1758 May 11
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. On page 3: Sir John St. Clair to John Forbes, 1758 May 13, autograph note signed; endorsed by John
Forbes. (3 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers (with differences).
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 2, Folder 1
Letter from George Washington, Fort Cumberland, to Captain John Dagworthy HM 5363
1758 July 13
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 2, Folder 2
Order from George Washington to Robert Cary & Company HM 5244
1759 September 20
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. Order for sundries for John and Patsy Custis. (1 page)
Related Materials
This order goes with an invoice to Cary & Company in Washington letter book, Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Box 2, Folder 3
Survey by George Washington of 183 acres of land in Frederick County claimed by Washington HM 5496
1760 April 7
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. With diagram. (1 page)
Box 2, Folder 4
Letter from George Washington, Williamsburg, to Robert Cary & Company HM 5245
1760 October 8
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter book copy, in Washington's hand, in Library of Congress, George Washington papers (with minor differences).
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 2, Folder 5
Letter from George Washington, York River, to Robert Cary & Company HM 5246
1760 October 24
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Includes invoice of goods, marked "Duplicate." (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter book copy, in Washington's hand, in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 2, Folder 6
Signature of George Washington on ticket for the Mountain Road Lottery, Number 237 HM 5570
approximately 1760
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (1915 purchase).
Scope and Contents
Printed ticket, numbered and signed. (1 page)
Box 2, Folder 7
Letter from George Washington, Williamsburg, to Peter Stover HM 5435
1761 November 9
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Horatio Sharpe HM 25043
1762 March 26
Physical Location: Bound in Henry Armitt Brown,
The Congress of 1774, 1881, mssHM 3000-3026, mssHM 25001-25058.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 2, Folder 8
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Robert Cary & Company HM 5247
1762 September 11
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers (with minor differences).
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 2, Folder 9
Appraisement of enslaved laborers sent to Dismal Swamp, Virginia HM 5495
1764 July 4
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph document, in hand of Washington. List of enslaved persons designated for the Dismal Swamp Land Company project by
its members, including monetary value attributed to each; includes the following enslaved persons from Washington's estate:
Harry, Jack, Cæsar, Topsom, Nan, and Toney, a boy. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 2, Folder 10
Diary fragment of George Washington HM 52708
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries, sale 1691, December 4-5, 1922, item 185.
Scope and Contents
Autograph manuscript. Inscription "Genl Washington 1766" possibly in hand of Bushrod Washington. (2 pages)
Separated Materials
Removed from Worthington Chauncey Ford, George Washington, Emmet copy, RB 39010.
Box 2, Folder 11
Receipted bill of items sold and rented to Lewis and Washington by Marmaduke Norfleet HM 5049
1766 November 22
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. In hand of Washington; signed by Norfleet and Benjamin Herndon. (1 page)
Box 23, Folder 1
Copy by George Washington of survey of George Mason and James Herriford's tract of 2,249 acres, Fairfax County, 1714/1715
January 4
HM 5509
approximately 1767
Scope and Contents
Autograph document. With diagram. George West notes with map on verso. (2 pages)
Box 2, Folder 12
Signature of George Washington on ticket for the Mountain Road Lottery, Number 162 HM 52706
approximately 1768
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries, sale 1691, December 4-5, 1922, item 185.
Scope and Contents
Printed ticket, numbered and signed. (1 page)
Separated Materials
Removed from Worthington Chauncey Ford, George Washington, Emmet copy, RB 39010.
Box 2, Folder 13
Receipt for taxes paid by George Washington HM 5491
1770 July 16
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. Full name at top of leaf in ledger style. (2 pages)
Box 23, Folder 2
Deed of release from Valinda Wade to George Washington for 500 acres of land, Fairfax County HM 5085
1770 December 18
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. In hand of Washington; signed by Valinda Wade and witnesses. (4 pages)
Related Materials
Lease, 1770 December 17, is in Morristown National Historic Park collections.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 2, Folder 14
Letter from George Washington, Dumfries, to Charles Washington HM 5448
1771 January 25
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 2, Folder 15
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Reverend Jonathan Boucher HM 5272
1771 February 3
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 2, Folder 16
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Reverend Jonathan Boucher HM 5273
1771 April 20
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 23, Folder 3
Survey of 10,990 acres, Augusta County, by order of the Council of Virginia and granted to George Washington HM 5012
1771 June
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. Endorsement and signed subscription on page 2 in hand of Washington. (2 pages)
Box 23, Folder 4
Survey of tract of land as part of 200,000 acres granted by proclamation of February 1754 BR 205
1771 June
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Autograph note signed by Washington; endorsed by Washington. (1 page)
Box 23, Folder 5
Plan of tenements on South Fork Bullskin HM 5508
approximately 1772
Biographical / Historical
In 1750, George Washington purchased over 450 acres of land along the North Form of the Bullskin Run, now located near Summit
Point, Jefferson County, West Virginia. He then added over 1,500 acres to the plantation. In 1769, he began leasing 200-acre
tracts of land to tenant farmers. The Bullskin plantation remained in Washington's possession until his death in 1799.
Scope and Contents
Autograph document. Plan shows the tracts leased to Joseph Kerlin, Abraham Swanger, William Peterson, Jacob Fryer, William
Bartlett, and Kennedy, as well as the one sold to Philip Pendleton in January 1772. (1 page)
Box 2, Folder 17
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Reverend Jonathan Boucher, Annapolis HM 5274
1772 May 5
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives. Also published in Fitzpatrick ed., Writings of Washington, volume 3 (mistakenly
identified as addressed to Thomas Johnson).
Box 2, Folder 18
Receipt from George Washington to Charles Willson Peale HM 1519
1772 May 30
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries 265/958, 1912.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. In hand of Washington, signed by Peale. (1 page)
Box 23, Folder 6
Survey by William Crawford of 2,084 acres for heir of Colonel Joshua Fry, Virginia HM 5547
1772 June
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. Subscript in hand of and signed by Washington. (1 page)
Box 2, Folder 19
Letter from George William Fairfax, Yorktown, to George Washington HM 5020
1773 August 5
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Docketed by Washington. (3 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 2, Folder 20
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Reverend Jonathan Boucher HM 5275
1773 August 5
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 2, Folder 21
Letter from Martha Washington to Miss Ramsay, Alexandria HM 5062
1774 January 14
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Box 2, Folder 22
Certificate by Washington of service of John Skelton, Virginia Regiment BR 202
1774 February 11
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. Certificate of service as non-commissioned officer in Virginia Regiment under Washington's command
during French and Indian War, making Skelton entitled to bounty land. (1 page) Receipt for sale of land on reverse, autograph
document signed, 1779 September 16.
Box 23, Folder 7
Letter from James Crane to George Washington HM 5011
1774 April 2
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 2, Folder 23
Letter from Samuel Athawes, London, to George Washington HM 5002
1774 April 8
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Washington. (3 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Hamilton, ed., Letters to Washington, volume 4.
Box 2, Folder 24
Letter from George Washington, Williamsburg, to Robert Cary & Company HM 5248
1774 June 1
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 2, Folder 25
Letter from Samuel Athawes, London, to George Washington HM 5003
1774 July 15
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Washington. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 3, Folder 1
Letter from Matthew Campbell, Alexandria, to George Washington HM 5009
1774 July 26
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Washington. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 3, Folder 2
Inventory of house furnishings bought by Washington at Colonel Fairfax sale, Belvoir HM 5528
1774 August 15
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (1915 purchase).
Scope and Contents
Document. Endorsed by Washington. (2 pages)
Box 23, Folder 8
Cash to be received and paid by Colonel Fielding Lewis HM 5478
1775 April 30
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries.
Scope and Contents
Autograph document, in hand of Washington. (2 pages)
Separated Materials
Originally enclosed in memorandum to Lewis, HM 5558.
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph document signed in Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Simon Gratz autograph cCollection (0250A) (with less information).
Box 23, Folder 9
Memorandum from George Washington to Colonel Fielding Lewis HM 5558
1775 April 30
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries.
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. (2 pages)
Separated Materials
Receipt (HM 5478) originally enclosed.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 3, Folder 3
Extract from votes and proceedings of Continental Congress, Philadelphia HM 1538
1775 June 16
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries 266/958, 1912.
Scope and Contents
Contemporary copy. Regarding Washington's speech on his appointment to command army. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Ford, ed., Writings of Washington, volume 2; Sparks, ed., Writings of Washington, volume 3; incorporates Washington's
own amendments to the Pendleton copy reprinted in Fitzpatrick, ed., Writings of Washington, volume 3.
Box 24, Folder 16
Instructions from the Continental Congress, Philadelphia, to George Washington HM 22011
1775 June 22
Physical Description: 39 x 25 cm
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Instructions to George Washington as General and Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, drafted by the
committee that created Washington's commission on 1775 June 19 (John Adams, Richard Henry Lee, and Edward Rutledge) with added
resolutions passed by Congress on June 22 in response to queries of Washington's. Document endorsed by George Washington as
"Instructions from Congress 22d June 1775" (no signature) and had been folded, so is most likely the recipient's copy. Text
is primarily in the hand of Secretary Charles Thomson, with some in hand of President John Hancock; document signed by both
Hancock (twice) and Thomson. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Copies in the Papers of the Continental Congress, National Archives; letter book copies in Schuyler papers, New York Public
Library and in George and Martha Washington papers, The New-York Historical Society.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 3, Folder 4
Congressional commission appointment of Samuel Griffin aide-de-camp to Major General Charles Lee, Philadelphia HM 5527
1775 June 23
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (1915 purchase).
Scope and Contents
Document signed (printed form, filled in). Filled in text in hand of Washington, signed by John Hancock. (1 page)
Box 3, Folder 5
Address to George Washington from the Massachusetts Provincial Congress, Watertown HM 5044
1775 July 3
Scope and Contents
Autograph manuscript. Docketed by Washington. (4 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 3, Folder 6
Continental Army orderly book fragment, Cambridge HM 52707
1775 August
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries, sale 1691, December 4-5, 1922, item 185.
Scope and Contents
Autograph manuscript. Bulk in hand of aide, several words in hand of Washington. (2 pages)
Separated Materials
Removed from Worthington Chauncey Ford, George Washington, Emmet copy, RB 39010.
Box 3, Folder 7
Letter from George Washington, camp at Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Anthony White? HM 5426
1775 August 25
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 3, Folder 8
Letter from George Washington, camp at Cambridge, Massachusetts, to General David Wooster HM 5521
1775 September 2
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Joseph Reed; signed by Washington. (3 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter book copy and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 3, Folder 9
Letter from George Washington, camp at Cambridge, Massachusetts, to John Langdon HM 5390
1775 September 21
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 3, Folder 10
Letter from George Washington, camp at Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Nathaniel Woodhull? HM 5372
1775 October 13
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Joseph Reed. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter book copy and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 3, Folder 11
Letter from Paul Dudley Sargent, camp before Boston, to George Washington HM 5058
1775 October 16
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 3, Folder 12
Minutes of Conference of Delegates of the Continental Congress et al with George Washington HM 1650
1775 October
Immediate Source of Acquisition
American Art Association 160, February 18, 1920.
Scope and Contents
Contemporary copy. Minutes from October 18-22. Written, signed and attested by Stephen Moylan. (18 pages)
Box 3, Folder 13
Letter from George Washington, Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Colonel Timothy Bedel HM 5345
1776 February 1
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Stephen Moylan, signed by Washington. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers; draft has some different wording.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 3, Folder 14
Petition from Boston Selectmen to George Washington HM 1577
1776 March 8
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries 72, 1917.
Scope and Contents
Contemporary copy. Petition regarding the preservation of the city. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Ford, ed., Writings of Washington, volume 3; Fitzpatrick, Writings of Washington, volume 4.
Box 3, Folder 15
Letter from George Washington, New York, to Governor Nicholas Cooke HM 5355
1776 April 28
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Stephen Moylan, signed by Washington. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter book copy and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 3, Folder 16
Letter from William Thompson, Fort George, to George Washington HM 5078
1776 May 6
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Sprague transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 3, Folder 17
Letter from George Washington, headquarters near New York, to Colonel James Clinton HM 5353
1776 June 14
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (1915 purchase).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter book copy and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 3, Folder 18
Warrant by Continental Congress for arrest of David Matthews, Philadelphia HM 39955
1776 June 21
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries, December 4-5, 1922, item 188.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Signed by Philip Livingston, John Jay, Gouverneur Morris; endorsed with note to Nathanael Greene from Washington,
1776 June 20. (1 page)
Separated Materials
Removed from Benson Lossing, The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution, extra-illustrated Thomas Emmet copy, RB 39002, volume
12.
Box 3, Folder 19
Letter from James Clinton, Fort Constitution, to George Washington HM 5555
1776 June 27
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries, 364, 1917
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph letter signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 3, Folder 20
Letter from Israel Putnam to George Washington HM 5055
1776 July 13
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Endorsed by Richard Varick. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 3, Folder 21
Letter from Comte d'Ennery, St. Domingo, to George Washington HM 5017
1776 August 4
Language of Material: In French. See Founders Online for translation.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 3, Folder 22
After orders by George Washington, New York HR 456
1776 August 12
Scope and Contents
Copy (extract) in hand of George Lewis. (2 pages)
Separated Materials
Originally enclosed in letter to James Clinton, 1776 August 14 (HR 457).
Existence and Location of Copies
Varick transcript of full General Orders in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives (as full General Orders).
Box 3, Folder 23
Letter from George Washington, headquarters New York, to Brigadier General James Clinton HR 457
1776 August 14
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Tench Tilghman. Place name given only as "headquarters." (2 pages)
Separated Materials
After Orders (HR 456) originally enclosed, 1776 August 12.
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter book copy and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 3, Folder 24
Letter from George Washington, New York, to Lund Washington HM 5450
1776 August 19
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (7 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 23, Folder 10
Opinion from Brigadier General Alexander McDougall, Fredericksburg, to George Washington HM 5102
1776 October 16
Scope and Contents
Document signed. In answer to queries submitted to the Council of War. (12 pages)
Box 3, Folder 25
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Trenton, to Richard Dallam HM 5362
1776 December 5
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Tench Tilghman. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 4, Folder 1
Letter from George Washington, camp above the falls at Trenton, to Robert Morris HM 5407
1776 December 22
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 4, Folder 2
List of brigades, Continental Army HM 5499
1776
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph document. Organization of Continental Army with brigades, divisions, commanding officers. (1 page)
Box 4, Folder 3
Letter from George Washington, Morristown, to Robert Morris HM 5408
1777 January 13
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Morris; with Washington signature on cover. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 4, Folder 4
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Morristown, to Doctor Samuel Stringer HM 5436
1777 January 18
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Tench Tilghman. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Fitzpatrick, ed., Writings of Washington (mistakenly addressed to "Dr. John Morgan").
Box 4, Folder 5
Letter from George Washington, Morristown, to Walter Rutherfurd? HM 5249
1777 February 14
Physical Description: Incomplete, first two pages only; damaged with some text missing.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter. Regarding the Oath of Allegiance to the United States. Founders Online identifies Walter Rutherfurd as possible
recipient. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published Founders Online, National Archives; Fitzpatrick, ed., Writings of Washington, volume 7 (with suggestions for missing
text).
Box 4, Folder 6
Letter from Brigadier General Alexander McDougall, Peekskill, to George Washington HM 5103
1777 February 16
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (4 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 23, Folder 11
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Morristown, to Brigadier General James Mitchell Varnum HM 5297
1777 March 3
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Tench Tilghman. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 4, Folder 7
Letter from Brigadier General Alexander McDougall, Peekskill, to George Washington HM 5104
1777 March 7
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (3 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 4, Folder 8
Letter from Brigadier General Alexander McDougall, Peekskill, to George Washington HM 5105
1777 March 12
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (3 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 23, Folder 12
Letter from George Washington, Morristown, to Jonathan Bryan HM 5371
1777 March 17
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Robert Hanson Harrison. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 4, Folder 9
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Morristown, to Benjamin Tallmadge HM 5276
1777 March 20
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Alexander Hamilton. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 4, Folder 10
Letter from Brigadier General Alexander McDougall, Peekskill, to George Washington HM 5106
1777 March 29
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (8 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 4, Folder 11
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Morristown, to Brigadier General George Clinton HM 5460
1777 March 31
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed and franked. In hand of Robert Hanson Harrison. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 23, Folder 13
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Morristown, to Brigadier General Alexander McDougall HM 5141
1777 March 31
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed and franked. (1 page)
Box 4, Folder 12
Letter from George Washington, Morristown, to Brigadier General Alexander McDougall HM 5142
1777 April 10
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of John Fitzgerald. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 4, Folder 13
Letter from George Johnston, headquarters Morristown, to Brigadier General Alexander McDougall HM 5032
1777 April 12
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Written on behalf of Washington and franked by him. (1 page)
Box 4, Folder 14
Letter from Brigadier General Alexander McDougall, Peekskill, to George Washington HM 5107
1777 April 12
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (7 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 4, Folder 15
Letter from George Washington, Morristown, to Brigadier General Alexander McDougall HM 5143
1777 April 13
Scope and Contents
Letter signed and franked. In hand of Robert Hanson Harrison. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Fitzpatrick, ed., Writings of Washington (mistakenly addressed to "George Clinton").
Box 4, Folder 16
Letter from Brigadier General Alexander McDougall, Peekskill, to George Washington HM 5108
1777 April 17
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (3 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 4, Folder 17
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Morristown, to Brigadier General Alexander McDougall HM 5144
1777 April 18
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Tench Tilghman. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 4, Folder 18
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Morristown, to Brigadier General Alexander McDougall HM 5145
1777 April 23
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of George Johnston. Endorsed by McDougall. Postscript in hand of Tench Tilghman. Franked. (2 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers (no postscript).
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 4, Folder 19
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Morristown, to Brigadier General Alexander McDougall HM 5146
1777 April 25
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Tench Tilghman. Franked by Washington. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 4, Folder 20
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Morristown, to Brigadier General Alexander McDougall HM 5147
1777 April 26
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of George Johnston. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 4, Folder 21
Letter from George Washington, Morristown, to Brigadier General Alexander McDougall and George Clinton HM 5148
1777 May 2
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Robert Hanson Harrison. Harrison addressed the cover "To Brigadrs Genl McDougal & Clintons." Franked
by Washington and docketed by McDougall. (3 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 4, Folder 22
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Morristown, to Brigadier General Alexander McDougall HM 5149
1777 May 3
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Alexander Hamilton. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 4, Folder 23
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Morristown, to Brigadier General Alexander McDougall HM 5150
1777 May 6
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of George Johnston. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 4, Folder 24
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Morristown, to the Commanding Officer Brigadier General Alexander McDougall, Peekskill HM 5151
1777 May 11
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Alexander Hamilton. Addressed only to "Commanding Officer." (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 4, Folder 25
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Morristown, to Brigadier General James Mitchell Varnum HM 5298
1777 May 14
Scope and Contents
Letter signed and franked. In hand of Alexander Hamilton. Place name given only as "headquarters." (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 5, Folder 1
Letter from Brigadier General Alexander McDougall, Peekskill, to George Washington HM 5109
1777 May 19
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (7 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 5, Folder 2
Letter from Brigadier General Alexander McDougall, Peekskill, to George Washington HM 5110
1777 May 21
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 23, Folder 14
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Morristown, to Brigadier General Alexander McDougall HM 5152
1777 May 23
Scope and Contents
Letter signed and franked. In hand of Alexander Hamilton. (3 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 5, Folder 3
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Middlebrook, to Brigadier General Alexander McDougall HM 5153
1777 May 31
Scope and Contents
Letter signed and franked. In hand of Robert Hanson Harrison. Place name given only as "headquarters." (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 5, Folder 4
Letter from George Washington, headquarters camp at Middlebrook, to Brigadier General Alexander McDougall HM 5154
1777 June 20
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Alexander Hamilton. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed in Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Jersey Letters. Draft and Varick transcript in Library of
Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives; Fitzpatrick, ed., Writings of Washington, volume 8.
Box 5, Folder 5
Letter from Philip John Schuyler, Saratoga, to George Washington HM 5456
1777 July 18
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (7 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers; letter book copy in New York Public Library, Schuyler Papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 5, Folder 6
Letter from Daniel Morgan, camp at Cranetown, to George Washington HM 5045
1777 July 19
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Sprague transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 5, Folder 7
Letter from Comte Casimir de Pulaski, Boston, to George Washington HM 5053
1777 July 26
Language of Material: In French.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 5, Folder 8
Letter from George Washington, Morristown or near Troy Hills, New Jersey, to Colonel Elias Dayton HM 5480
1777 July 26
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Robert Hanson Harrison. No addressee on document; addressee determined by Huntington staff/Founders
Online. No place name given on document. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 5, Folder 9
Letter from John Hancock, Philadelphia, to George Washington HM 5022
1777 July 28
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 5, Folder 10
Letter from George Washington, Coryell's Ferry, to William Alexander, Lord Stirling HM 5310
1777 July 29
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Tench Tilghman. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 5, Folder 11
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to Governor Thomas Johnson HM 5386
1777 August 4
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Samuel Shaw. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
See Founders Online for numerous other copies of the same letter signed to various governors.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 5, Folder 12
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to Governor George Clinton HM 5461
1777 August 4
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of John Fitzgerald. Franked. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
See Founders Online for numerous other copies of the same letter signed to various governors.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives (as Circular to Various States).
Box 5, Folder 13
Letter from George Washington, headquarters camp at Crossroads, to Colonel Elias Dayton HM 5481
1777 August 14
Scope and Contents
Letter signed with signed cover. In hand of Alexander Hamilton. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 23, Folder 15
Letter from George Washington, camp near Schykill, to Brigadier General Alexander McDougall or officer commanding detachment
marching from Peekskill through Jerseys
HM 5155
1777 September 14
Scope and Contents
Letter signed and franked. In hand of Tench Tilghman. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph draft signed and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 5, Folder 14
Letter from George Washington, four miles from Pottsgrove, to Elbridge Gerry HM 5366
1777 September 26
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed and franked. In hand of Robert Hanson Harrison. Docketed by Gerry. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 5, Folder 15
Letter from George Washington, headquarters at Frederick Wampols (Towamencin), to Brigadier General James Mitchell Varnum HM 5299
1777 October 9
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries, 1915.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Robert Hanson Harrison. Place name given as "headquarters at Frederick Wampols." (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 5, Folder 16
Letter from George Washington, camp near Whitemarsh 15 miles from Philadelphia, to George Clinton HM 5462
1777 October 26
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (1915 purchase).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Robert Hanson Harrison. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcripts in Library of Congress, George Washington papers; dated October 25, with different wording.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 5, Folder 17
Circular letter from George Washington, headquarters Whitpain Township, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5156
1777 October 26
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Alexander Hamilton. Place name given only as "headquarters." (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed addressed to Henry Knox, in Gilder Lehrman Collection, The New-York Historical Society, Henry Knox Papers (GLC02437);
letter signed, addressed to Anthony Wayne, in Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Anthony Wayne Papers (0699); letter signed,
addressed to George Weedon, in American Philosophical Society, George Weedon military correspondence (Mss.B.W41); autograph
draft signed and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 5, Folder 18
Letter from George Washington, headquarters near Whitemarsh, to Brigadier General James Mitchell Varnum HM 5300
1777 November 1
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Tench Tilghman. Place name given only as "headquarters." (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 5, Folder 19
Letter from Henry Laurens, Yorktown, to George Washington HM 22535
1777 November 4
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. With draft of letter to John Sullivan. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter book copy in National Archives, papers of the Continental Congress, item 13.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 23, Folder 16
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Whitemarsh, to Brigadier General James Mitchell Varnum HM 5301
1777 November 8
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Tench Tilghman. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 23, Folder 17
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Whitemarsh, to Brigadier General James Mitchell Varnum HM 5302
1777 November 11
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries, 1915.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of John Fitzgerald. Place name given only as "headquarters." (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 5, Folder 20
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Whitemarsh, to Brigadier General James Mitchell Varnum HM 5303
1777 November 12
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Tench Tilghman. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcripts in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 5, Folder 21
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Whitemarsh, to Brigadier General James Mitchell Varnum HM 5304, HM 5305
1777 November 12
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. HM 5304 in hand of Tench Tilghman (2 pages); HM 5305 in hand of Richard Kidder Meade, copy of first letter
(1 page). Postscript on duplicate in hand of Tilghman: "The above is a Copy of a letter sent you yesterday, but that may have
miscarried." Place name on second document given only as "headquarters."
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 5, Folder 22
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Whitemarsh, to Brigadier General James Mitchell Varnum HM 5306
1777 November 13
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of John Laurens. Place name given only as "headquarters." (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 5, Folder 23
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Whitemarsh, to Brigadier General James Mitchell Varnum HM 5307
1777 November 15
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of John Laurens. Place name given only as "headquarters." (3 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 5, Folder 24
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Whitemarsh, to Brigadier General William Woodford HM 5286
1777 November 15
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Place name given only as "headquarters." (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 5, Folder 25
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Whitemarsh, to Brigadier General James Mitchell Varnum HM 5308
1777 November 19
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Tench Tilghman. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 6, Folder 1
Letter from George Clinton, Poughkeepsie, to George Washington HM 22413
1777 December 20
Immediate Source of Acquisition
G.H. Richmond.
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (6 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph letter signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 6, Folder 2
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Valley Forge, to Brigadier General George Weedon HM 5452
1778 January 18
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Richard Kidder Meade. Identified in Founders Online as Circular to Brigadiers of the Virginia Line
with note that copies also were sent to William Woodford, Peter Muhlenberg, and Charles Scott. Place name given only as "headquarters."
(1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 6, Folder 3
Letter from Major General Alexander McDougall, Morristown, to George Washington HM 5111
1778 February 17?
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (4 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph letter signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 6, Folder 4
Letter from John Lacey, Camp Bucks, to George Washington HM 22547
1778 February 20
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft signed. (1 page)
Separated Materials
Removed from HM 614, manuscript orderly book of Brigadier General John Lacey, 1778 January 22-September 1.
Existence and Location of Copies
Sprague transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 6, Folder 5
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Valley Forge, to Stephen Chambers HM 5348
1778 February 27
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Maggs Bros.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with signed cover (franked). In hand of Richard Kidder Meade. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 6, Folder 6
Letter from Diego Jose de Navarro, Havana, to George Washington HM 5047
1778 March 11
Scope and Contents
Contemporary copy, English translation. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed in Spanish in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 6, Folder 7
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Valley Forge, to Stephen Chambers HM 5349
1778 March 15
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with signed cover. In hand of Richard Kidder Meade. Place name given only as "headquarters." (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 6, Folder 8
Circular letter from George Washington, headquarters Valley Forge, to James Mitchell Varnum HM 5309
1778 March 19
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Richard Kidder Meade. Cover probably does not belong to letter (see Founders Online). (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed, Independence National Historic Park; letter signed Morristown National Historic Park; draft and Varick transcript
in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives (as Circular to the Brigade Commanders).
Box 6, Folder 9
Letter from Silvanus Seely, headquarters Elizabethtown, to George Washington HM 5060
1778 March 20
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 6, Folder 10
Letter from George Washington to unknown addressee HM 5520
1778 March 20
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Richard Kidder Meade. Letter regarding Colonel Stephen Moylan's appointment to succeed Comte Pulaski
in command of the Cavalry, possibly written to a commanding officer of Blaud's, Sheldon's or Baylor's Light Dragoons, Valley
Forge. (1 page)
Box 6, Folder 11
Letter from Major General Alexander McDougall, Fishkill, to George Washington HM 5112
1778 March 29
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 6, Folder 12
Letter from George Washington, Valley Forge, to Brigadier General John Lacey HM 5388
1778 April 4
Immediate Source of Acquisition
American Art Association 587, February 1920.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with signed cover. In hand of Tench Tilghman. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 6, Folder 13
Letter from George Washington, Valley Forge, to Major General Arthur St. Clair HM 5266
1778 April 10
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph draft signed and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 6, Folder 14
Letter from Major General Alexander McDougall, Fishkill, to George Washington HM 5113
1778 April 13
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 6, Folder 15
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Valley Forge, to Israel Shreve HM 5318
1778 April 25
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of John Laurens. Place name given only as "headquarters." (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 6, Folder 16
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Valley Forge, to Israel Shreve HM 5319
1778 May 7
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with signed cover. In hand of Peregrine Fitzhugh. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 6, Folder 17
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Valley Forge, to General William Smallwood HM 5433
1778 May 30
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries, September 1915.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Tench Tilghman. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 6, Folder 18
Orders from George Washington, Valley Forge HM 5519
1778 June 17?
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Document signed, endorsed by Washington. In hand of Alexander Hamilton, Nathanael Greene, and Samuel Shaw. Orders regarding
march from Valley Forge. Place name not given on document. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Copy (extract) in Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Chaloner and Whitde records (0120).
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 6, Folder 19
Resolution by Continental Congress empowering George Washington to call upon state militias HM 8242
1778 July 11
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries J-8 309, 1915.
Scope and Contents
Contemporary copy. Letter regarding assistance in carrying out operations with Count d'Estaing. Certified by Henry Laurens.
(1 page)
Box 6, Folder 20
Letter from George Washington, White Plains, to George Clinton HM 5463
1778 August 21
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Tench Tilghman. (1 page)
Box 6, Folder 21
Letter from George Hurlbut, New Rochelle, to George Washington HM 5031
1778 August 26
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 6, Folder 22
Letter from George Washington, headquarters White Plains, to George Clinton HM 5464
1778 August 28
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of James McHenry. (3 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 6, Folder 23
Letter from George Washington, White Plains, to Henry Laurens HM 52251
1778 September 4
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed, with autograph cover. (2 pages)
Separated Materials
Removed from Washington Irving, Life of George Washington, volume 1, 5/87; RB 131135.
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph draft signed and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers; copy in South Carolina Historical
Society, Henry Laurens Papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 6, Folder 24
Letter from Udney Hay, Fishkill, to George Washington HM 5028
1778 September 21
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Sprague transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 6, Folder 25
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Fredericksburg, to Colonel James Wood HM 5285
1778 September 21
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Robert Hanson Harrison. Place name given only as "headquarters." (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed, addressed to Brigadier General James Clinton, 18 October, Rosenbach Museum and Library; letter signed [mutilated],
addressed to Brigadier General William Smallwood, 21 October, Davenport Public Museum; draft, addressed to Colonel James Hogun,
16 September, signed by Harrison by Washington's command, National Archives (RG 93), manuscript file no. 14496; draft signed,
addressed to Brigadier General William Woodford, 21 September, National Archives (RG 93), manuscript file no. 31532; copy,
addressed to Smallwood, 21 October, Davenport Public Museum.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives (as Circular Enlistment Instructions to Brigadier Generals and Brigade Commandants).
Box 7, Folder 1
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Fishkill, to Major General William Alexander, Lord Stirling HM 5311
1778 October 4
Physical Description: Slight damage, some text missing.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with signed cover (franked). In hand of John Laurens with postscript in hand of Alexander Hamilton. Place name
given only as "headquarters." (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 7, Folder 2
Letter from George Washington, headquarters near Fredericksburg, to the Marquis de Vienne HM 5364
1778 October 16
Language of Material: Endorsements in English and French.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (1915 purchase).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Robert Hanson Harrison. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives; Fitzpatrick, ed., Writings of Washington, volume 8.
Box 7, Folder 3
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Fredericksburg, to George Clinton HM 5465
1778 October 20
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Tench Tilghman. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 7, Folder 4
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Fredericksburg, to Major General William Alexander, Lord Stirling HM 5312
1778 October 21
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Alexander Hamilton. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 7, Folder 5
Letter from George Washington, Fredericksburg, to Major General William Alexander, Lord Stirling HM 5313
1778 October 24
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 7, Folder 6
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Fredericksburg, to Major General William Alexander, Lord Stirling HM 5314
1778 November 7
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Richard Kidder Meade. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 7, Folder 7
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Fredericksburg, to Major General William Alexander, Lord Stirling HM 5315
1778 November 27
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of James McHenry. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 7, Folder 8
Letter from George Washington, Fishkill, to Colonel John Lamb HM 5389
1778 November 30
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries 360, 1917.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Tench Tilghman. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 7, Folder 9
Letter from George Washington, Elizabethtown, to Daniel Morgan HR 458
1778 December 4
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Robert Hanson Harrison. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 7, Folder 10
Letter from George Washington, Middlebrook, to John Jay MH 125
1778 December 13
Scope and Contents
Draft. In hand of James McHenry with corrections by Washington (4 pages); additional note/abstract in Washington's hand. (1
page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph letter signed in National Archives, Papers of the Continental Congress, item 152. Draft and Varick transcript in
Library of Congress, George Washington papers; copy in National Archives, Papers of the Continental Congress, item 169.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 7, Folder 11
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Middlebrook, to Major General Nathanael Greene HM 5369
1778 December 16
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries, 1917.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with signed cover. In hand of Tench Tilghman. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 7, Folder 12
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Middlebrook, to Major Thomas Posey HM 5423
1778 December 20
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with signed cover. In hand of Richard Kidder Meade. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 7, Folder 13
Letter from George Washington to John Parke Custis, Williamsburg HM 5361
1778?
Scope and Contents
Autograph cover only. (1 page)
Box 7, Folder 14
Letter from Alexander McNutt, Philadelphia?, to George Washington HM 5042
1779 January 4
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 23, Folder 18
Letter from James Clinton, Albany, to George Washington HM 5010
1779 January 9
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Contemporary copy. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 7, Folder 15
Letter from Major General Alexander McDougall, headquarters Peekskill, to George Washington HM 5114
1779 January 11
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (16 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 7, Folder 16
Letter from John Parke Custis, Mount Vernon, to George Washington HM 5013
1779 January 13
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 7, Folder 17
Letter from Major General Alexander McDougall, headquarters Peekskill, to George Washington HM 5115
1779 January 25
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (3 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 23, Folder 19
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Philadelphia, to George Clinton HM 5466
1779 January 25
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of John Laurens. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 7, Folder 18
Letter from Major General Alexander McDougall, headquarters Peekskill, to George Washington HM 5116
1779 February 4
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (3 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 7, Folder 19
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Middlebrook, to Major General Benjamin Lincoln HM 5398
1779 February 8
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of John Laurens. Place name given only as "headquarters." (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 7, Folder 20
Letter from Anthony Wayne, Philadelphia, to George Washington HM 5096
1779 February 10
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph draft signed in Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Wayne Papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 7, Folder 21
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Middlebrook, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5157
1779 February 25
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Tench Tilghman. (4 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Box 7, Folder 22
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Middlebrook, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5158
1779 March 3
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Alexander Hamilton. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 7, Folder 23
Letter from Major General Alexander McDougall, headquarters Peekskill, to George Washington HM 5117
1779 March 4
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 7, Folder 24
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Middlebrook, to Moses Rawlings HM 71718
1779 March 7
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Edward W. and Joyce G. Engs, February 24, 2004.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of James McHenry. (3 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives. Also in The Papers of George Washington, volume 19.
Box 7, Folder 25
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Middlebrook, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5159
1779 March 16
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with franked cover. In hand of Alexander Hamilton. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 8, Folder 1
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Middlebrook, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5160
1779 March 17
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, franked. In hand of Alexander Hamilton, postscript by James McHenry. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 8, Folder 2
Letter from Major General Alexander McDougall, headquarters Peekskill, to George Washington HM 5118
1779 March 20
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 8, Folder 3
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Middlebrook, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5161
1779 March 21
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, franked. (1 page)
Box 8, Folder 4
Letter from Major General Alexander McDougall, headquarters Peekskill, to George Washington HM 5119
1779 March 31
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 8, Folder 5
Letter from Major General Alexander McDougall, headquarters Peekskill, to George Washington HM 5120
1779 April 1
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (3 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 8, Folder 6
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Middlebrook, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5162
1779 April 1
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of James McHenry; endorsed by McDougall. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 8, Folder 7
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Middlebrook, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5163
1779 April 5
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Robert Hanson Harrison; endorsed by McDougall. Place name given only as "headquarters." (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 8, Folder 8
Letter from Major General Alexander McDougall, headquarters Peekskill, to George Washington HM 5121
1779 April 6
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 8, Folder 9
Letter from Major General Alexander McDougall, headquarters Peekskill, to George Washington HM 5122
1779 April 15
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 8, Folder 10
Letter from Major General Alexander McDougall, headquarters Peekskill, to George Washington HM 5123
1779 April 17
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 8, Folder 11
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Middlebrook, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5164
1779 April 19
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Richard Kidder Meade. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 8, Folder 12
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Middlebrook, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5165
1779 April 23
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Tench Tilghman; endorsed by McDougall. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 8, Folder 13
Letter from Major General Alexander McDougall, headquarters Peekskill, to George Washington HM 5124
1779 April 24
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (4 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 8, Folder 14
Letter from Major General Alexander McDougall, headquarters Peekskill, to George Washington HM 5125
1779 April 28
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 8, Folder 15
Letter from Major General Alexander McDougall, headquarters Peekskill, to George Washington HM 5126
1779 April 30
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 8, Folder 16
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Middlebrook, to Richard Henry Lee HM 5395
1779 April 30
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries, 1917.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Alexander Hamilton. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 8, Folder 17
Letter from Major General Alexander McDougall, headquarters Peekskill, to George Washington HM 5127
1779 May 1
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 8, Folder 18
Letter from Major General Alexander McDougall, headquarters Peekskill, to George Washington HM 5128
1779 May 1
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (5 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 8, Folder 19
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Middlebrook, to Elias Boudinot HM 5346
1779 May 3
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph draft signed and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 8, Folder 20
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Middlebrook, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5166
1779 May 3
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of James McHenry; endorsed by McDougall. (3 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 8, Folder 21
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Middlebrook, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5167
1779 May 6
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with signed cover. In hand of James McHenry; endorsed by McDougall. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft signed and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers; copies (extracts) in National Archives,
Papers of the Continental Congress, items 152 and 169.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 8, Folder 22
Letter from Major General Alexander McDougall, headquarters Peekskill, to George Washington HM 5129
1779 May 8
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (5 pages)
Box 8, Folder 23
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Middlebrook, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5168
1779 May 8
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Robert Hanson Harrison. (3 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 8, Folder 24
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Middlebrook, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5169
1779 May 12
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with signed cover. In hand of James McHenry. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 8, Folder 25
Letter from Major General Alexander McDougall, headquarters Peekskill, to George Washington HM 5130
1779 May 13
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 9, Folder 1
Letter from Major General Alexander McDougall, headquarters Peekskill, to George Washington HM 5131
1779 May 14
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (4 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed in National Archives (RG 93), manuscript file no. 2087.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 9, Folder 2
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Middlebrook, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5170
1779 May 14
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with signed cover. In hand of James McHenry; endorsed by McDougall. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers; copies (extracts) in National Archives, Papers
of the Continental Congress, items 152 and 169.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 9, Folder 3
Letter from Major General Alexander McDougall, headquarters Peekskill, to George Washington HM 5132
1779 May 16
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (1 page)
Box 9, Folder 4
Letter from Major General Alexander McDougall, headquarters Peekskill, to George Washington HM 5133
1779 May 18
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 9, Folder 5
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Middlebrook, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5171
1779 May 20
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with signed cover. In hand of Richard Kidder Meade; endorsed by McDougall. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 9, Folder 6
Letter from Major General Alexander McDougall, headquarters Peekskill, to George Washington HM 5134
1779 May 23
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (3 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 9, Folder 7
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Middlebrook, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5172
1779 May 23
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Alexander Hamilton; endorsed by McDougall. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers; copies (extracts) in National Archives, Papers
of the Continental Congress, items 152 and 169.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 9, Folder 8
Letter from Israel Shreve, Elizabethtown, to George Washington HM 5073
1779 May 23
Scope and Contents
Contemporary copy (extract). In hand of James McHenry. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph letter signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 9, Folder 9
Letter from Major General Alexander McDougall, headquarters Peekskill, to George Washington HM 5135
1779 May 25
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (3 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 9, Folder 10
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Middlebrook, to Brigadier General William Smallwood HM 5432
1779 May 28
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with signed cover. In hand of Richard Kidder Meade. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed, addressed to Nathanael Greene in Princeton University, De Coppet Collection; letter signed, addressed to William
Irvine in Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Papers of William Irvine; letter signed, addressed to Henry Knox in Princeton
University, De Coppet Collection; draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives (as Circular to General Officers).
Box 9, Folder 11
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Middlebrook, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5173, HM 5174
1779 May 30
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with signed cover, in hand of Alexander Hamilton. (1 page) Contemporary copy, in hand of Richard Kidder Meade.
(1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 9, Folder 12
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Middlebrook, to Brigadier General Henry Knox HM 5280
1779 May 30
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Richard Kidder Meade. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript, dated 29 May, in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 9, Folder 13
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Middlebrook, to Major General Arthur St. Clair HM 5267
1779 May 31
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Caleb Gibbs. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 9, Folder 14
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Middlebrook, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5175, HM 5176
1779 May 31
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with signed cover, in hand of Alexander Hamilton. (2 pages) Contemporary copy, in hand of Richard Kidder Meade.
(2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 9, Folder 15
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Middlebrook, to Major General John Sullivan HM 1590
1779 May 31
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries, 232/1490, 1920.
Scope and Contents
Contemporary copy. Instructions for expedition against tribes of the Six Nations. (4 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers; copies in National Archives, Papers of the Continental
Congress, items 166 and 169.
Existence and Location of Originals
Letter with clipped signature in Richard Kidder Meade's writing, Massachusetts Historical Society.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives; Ford, ed., Writings of Washington, volume 7; Sparks, ed., Writings of Washington,
volume 6; Fitzpatrick, ed., Writings of Washington, volume 15.
Box 9, Folder 16
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Middlebrook, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5177
1779 June 2
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Alexander Hamilton. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 9, Folder 17
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Middlebrook, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5178
1779 June 3
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Robert Hanson Harrison. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 9, Folder 18
Letter from George Washington, Smith's Tavern in the Clove, to Colonel Otho Williams HM 5284
1779 June 11
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Richard Kidder Meade. (1 page)
Box 9, Folder 19
Letter from George Washington, West Point, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5179
1779 June 19
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with signed cover. In hand of Richard Kidder Meade. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 9, Folder 20
Letter from George Washington, headquarters New Windsor, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5180
1779 June 24
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with signed cover. In hand of Robert Hanson Harrison. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 9, Folder 21
Letter from George Washington, headquarters New Windsor, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5181
1779 June 25
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with signed cover. In hand of Robert Hanson Harrison. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 9, Folder 22
Letter from Major General Alexander McDougall, West Point, to George Washington HM 5136
1779 June 26
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (1 page)
Box 9, Folder 23
Letter from George Washington, headquarters New Windsor, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5182
1779 June 28
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with signed cover. In hand of Caleb Gibbs. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 9, Folder 24
Letter from George Washington, New Windsor, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5183
1779 July 3
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with signed cover. In hand of Richard Kidder Meade. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 9, Folder 25
Letter from Robert Hanson Harrison, headquarters New Windsor, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5023
1779 July 12
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Written by order of Washington. Place name given only as "headquarters." (2 pages)
Box 10, Folder 1
Letter from George Washington, headquarters New Windsor, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5184
1779 July 14
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Alexander Hamilton. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 10, Folder 2
Letter from George Washington, West Point, to Colonel Goose Van Schaick HM 5429
1779 July 22
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with signed cover. In hand of Robert Hanson Harrison. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 10, Folder 3
Letter from George Washington, West Point, to Stephen Moylan HM 5410
1779 August 12
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed, with signed cover. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph draft signed and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 10, Folder 4
Letter from George Washington, headquarters West Point, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5185
1779 August 14
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Richard Kidder Meade; endorsed by McDougall. Place name given only as "headquarters." (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 10, Folder 5
Letter from George Washington, headquarters West Point, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5186
1779 August 16
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Tench Tilghman; endorsed by McDougall. Place name given only as "headquarters." (1 page)
Box 10, Folder 6
Certificate of service of Chevalier De la Colombe in the Continental Army, headquarters West Point HM 5526
1779 September 12
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (1915 purchase).
Scope and Contents
Document signed by Washington. In hand of Tench Tilghman. (1 page)
Box 10, Folder 7
Letter from George Washington, headquarters West Point, to Jonathan Trumbull, Sr. HM 5467
1779 September 27
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Alexander Hamilton. Place name given only as "headquarters." Founders Online identifies recipient
as Jonathan Trumbull, Sr. (3 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed addressed to New Jersey governor William Livingston, New Jersey State Library; draft and Varick transcript in
Library of Congress, George Washington papers; copy (extract) in New York State Archives, George Clinton Papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 10, Folder 8
Letter from Tench Tilghman, headquarters, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5081
1779 November 13
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by McDougall. (1 page)
Box 10, Folder 9
Letter from George Washington, headquarters West Point, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5187
1779 November 17
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of James McHenry. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 10, Folder 10
Memorial from Moses Hazen, camp Peekskill, to George Washington HM 5029
1779 November 20
Scope and Contents
Document signed. (4 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Document signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 10, Folder 11
Letter or report from George Washington to unknown addressee MH 158
approximately 1779
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft of sketch. John McHenry autograph note signed on reverse. (1 page)
Box 22, Folder 16
Manuscript wrapper for Alexander McDougall letters
approximately 1779
Scope and Contents
Wrapper endorsed "Copies to General Washington for 1779" with McDougall's name on reverse; appears to have been used for Alexander
McDougall drafts of letters written to Washington at Peekskill.
Box 10, Folder 12
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Morristown, to General Arthur St. Clair HM 5268
1780 February 12
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Tench Tilghman. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 24, Folder 4
Warrant for execution of Samuel Crawford, Morristown, from George Washington HM 5293
1780 February 19
Physical Description: 45 x 29 cm
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Document signed, with seal. Also signed by Robert Hanson Harrison. With endorsement indicating pardon was granted. (1 page)
Box 10, Folder 13
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Morristown, to Colonel Stephen Moylan HM 5411
1780 February 21
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with signed cover. In hand of Tench Tilghman. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 10, Folder 14
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Morristown, to Major Benjamin Tallmadge HM 5277
1780 March 8
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Richard Kidder Meade. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 10, Folder 15
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Morristown, to Brigadier General Alexander McDougall HM 5188
1780 March 9
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with signed cover. In hand of James McHenry; endorsed by McDougall. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 10, Folder 16
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Morristown, to Jedediah Huntington HM 19938
1780 May 4
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Henry D. Lyman, July 1959.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Richard Kidder Meade. (1 page)
Box 10, Folder 17
Letter from Baron de Kalb, Philadelphia, to George Washington HM 5033
1780 May 12
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Sparks, ed., Correspondence of the American Revolution: Letters to Washington, volume 2.
Box 10, Folder 18
Resolutions by Continental Congress, Philadelphia, to George Washington HM 5097
1780 May 20?
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries, 366, 1917.
Scope and Contents
Contemporary copy. Letter regarding state quotas of troops. No place name given on document. (2 pages)
Box 10, Folder 19
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Morristown, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5189
1780 May 25
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with signed cover. In hand of Robert Hanson Harrison; endorsed by McDougall. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 10, Folder 20
Letter from Horatio Gates, Travellers Rest, to George Washington HM 5021
1780 June 17
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Box 10, Folder 21
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Colonel Deys near Great Falls of Passaic, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5190
1780 July 2
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with signed cover. In hand of Tench Tilghman, endorsed by McDougall. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft and Varick transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 10, Folder 22
Letter from Benedict Arnold, Robinson's House, Highlands, New York, to George Washington HM 22424
1780 September 8
Scope and Contents
Draft In hand of Richard Varick. Place name given as "Robinson's House." (1 page)
Separated Materials
Formerly with HM 893.
Box 10, Folder 23
Letter from Benedict Arnold, Highlands, to George Washington HM 22425
1780 September 14
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Place name not given on document. (3 page)
Separated Materials
Formerly with HM 893.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 10, Folder 24
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Bergen County, to Nathaniel Peabody HM 5416
1780? September 14
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of David Humphreys. Place name only given as "headquarters." (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 10, Folder 25
Letter from George Washington, Robinson's Farms, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5191
1780 September 27
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Endorsed by McDougall. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 11, Folder 1
Letter from George Washington, Passaic Falls, to Robert Morris HM 5409
1780 October 11
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed, with signed cover (franked). (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 11, Folder 2
Letter from George Washington, headquarters near Passaic Falls, to George Clinton HM 5468
1780 October 16
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. In hand of Richard Kidder Meade. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 11, Folder 3
Letter from George Washington, headquarters near Passaic Falls, to Colonel Christopher Greene HM 5368
1780 October 21
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Tench Tilghman. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 11, Folder 4
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Passaic Falls, to Arthur Lee HM 5393
1780 November 20
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries, 656.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 11, Folder 5
Letter from George Washington, headquarters New Windsor, to Charles Rene Chevalier Destouches DE 73
1780 December 23
Physical Description: Damaged and repaired, some text missing.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
American Art Association 116, January 1926.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 11, Folder 6
List by George Washington of tenants and acreage in Fauquier, Loudoun and Berkeley Counties HM 5292
approximately 1780
Scope and Contents
Autograph document. (1 page)
Box 11, Folder 7
Memoranda by James Duane for Colonel John Laurens, Philadelphia HM 1594
1781 January 2 and 3
Immediate Source of Acquisition
American Art Association, January 1921.
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. Some annotations in hand of Washington. (7 pages)
Box 11, Folder 8
Letter from George Washington, New Windsor, to Colonel Timothy Pickering HM 5420
1781 January 25
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 11, Folder 9
Letter from George Washington, New Windsor, to John Laurens HM 5391
1781 January 30
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 11, Folder 10
Letter from Major General Alexander McDougall, Philadelphia, to George Washington HM 5137
1781 February 15
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 11, Folder 11
Letter from George Washington, New Windsor, to John Hancock HM 5427
1781 February 17
Physical Description: Lower portion of letter with closing and signature cut off.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter. Endorsed by Hancock. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 11, Folder 12
Letter from Continental Congress, in Congress, Philadelphia, to George Washington HM 5098
1781 February 20
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries, 367, 1917.
Scope and Contents
Contemporary copy. Place name given only as "in Congress." (3 pages)
Box 11, Folder 13
Letter from George Washington, New Windsor, to Charles Rene Chevalier Destouches? DE 1
1781 February 22
Immediate Source of Acquisition
American Art Association, 114, January 1926.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 11, Folder 14
Letter from George Washington, New Windsor, to Joseph Jones HM 5260
1781 March 24
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (4 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 11, Folder 15
Letter from George Washington, headquarters New Windsor, to Thomas Jefferson HM 5383
1781 April 4
Scope and Contents
Letter signed (recipient's copy). In hand of Tench Tilghman. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 11, Folder 16
Letter from George Washington, headquarters New Windsor, to Brigadier General James Clinton HM 5354
1781 May 5
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with signed cover (franked). In hand of David Humphreys. (3 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 11, Folder 17
Letter from George Washington, headquarters New Windsor, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5192
1781 May 13
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with signed cover (franked). In hand of David Humphreys. (1 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 11, Folder 18
Letter from George Washington, headquarters New Windsor, to George Clinton HM 5469
1781 June 16
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Tench Tilghman. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 11, Folder 19
Letter from George Washington, headquarters New Windsor, to George Clinton HM 5470
1781 June 21
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of David Humphreys. (4 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 11, Folder 20
Letter from George Washington, headquarters New Windsor, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5193
1781 June 21
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with signed cover (franked). In hand of Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 11, Folder 21
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Peekskill, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5194
1781 June 28
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with signed cover (franked). In hand of Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 11, Folder 22
Letter from George Washington, headquarters near Dobbs Ferry, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5195
1781 July 6
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with signed cover (franked). In hand of David Cobb. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 11, Folder 23
Letter from George Washington, headquarters near Dobbs Ferry, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5196
1781 July 9
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with signed cover (franked). In hand of Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 11, Folder 24
Letter from George Washington, headquarters near Dobbs Ferry, to Major General Arthur St. Clair HM 5269
1781 July 10
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with signed cover (franked). In hand of David Cobb. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 11, Folder 25
Letter from George Washington, headquarters, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5197
1781 July 12
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Tench Tilghman; endorsed by McDougall. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 12, Folder 1
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Dobbs Ferry, to Colonel Elias Dayton? HM 5482
1781 July 12
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Tench Tilghman. Place name given only as "headquarters." (1 page)
Box 12, Folder 2
Letter from George Washington, headquarters near Dobbs Ferry, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5198
1781 July 15
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with signed cover (franked). In hand of William Stephens Smith. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 12, Folder 3
Letter from Philip John Schuyler?, Albany, to George Washington HM 5457 A and B
1781 July 15
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson (Lossing) 958/221, 1912.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter. Endorsed by Schuyler; contemporary copy of letter intended to mislead British (3 pages). Includes second
copy by Benson Lossing, 1800s. (4 pages plus envelope)
Box 12, Folder 4
Letter from Major General Alexander McDougall, West Point, to George Washington HM 5138
1781 July 17
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (3 pages)
Box 12, Folder 5
Letter from George Washington, headquarters near Dobbs Ferry, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5199
1781 July 21
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of William Stephens Smith, endorsed by McDougall. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 12, Folder 6
Letter from George Washington, headquarters near Dobbs Ferry, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5200
1781 July 25
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of David Humphreys, endorsed by McDougall. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 12, Folder 7
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Dobbs Ferry, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5201
1781 July 27
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with signed cover (franked). In the hand of Tench Tilghman. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 12, Folder 8
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Dobbs Ferry, to David Forman HM 5322
1781 August 5
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Tench Tilghman. Franked cover. (2 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 12, Folder 9
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Dobbs Ferry, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5202
1781 August 10
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In the hand of Tench Tilghman, endorsed by McDougall. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 12, Folder 10
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Dobbs Ferry, to Major General Alexander McDougall HM 5203
1781 August 19
Scope and Contents
Contemporary copy. Certified true copy by E. Haskell. Place name given only as "headquarters." (2 pages)
Box 12, Folder 11
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Kings Ferry, to Major General Arthur St. Clair HM 5270
1781 August 22
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of David Cobb. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 23, Folder 20
Address to the army upon joining the command of the Marquis de Lafayette, headquarters Williamsburg HM 5549
1781 September 15
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries, 273, 1912.
Scope and Contents
Contemporary copy. (2 pages)
Box 12, Folder 12
Letter from George Washington, camp before York, to Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Walton White HM 5454
1781 October 8
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Tench Tilghman. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 12, Folder 13
Letter from George Washington, headquarters before York, to Brigadier General George Weedon HM 5453
1781 October 12
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 12, Folder 14
Letter from George Washington, headquarters near York, to Thomas Nelson HM 5414
1781 October 27
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Maggs Bros.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of David Humphreys. (3 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 12, Folder 17
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to Major General Benjamin Lincoln HM 5396
1781 December 5
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 12, Folder 18
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to David Forman HM 5323
1781 December 17
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Tench Tilghman. Franked. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 12, Folder 19
Letters from George Washington to Philip John Schuyler, 1781-1798 HM 18787
1800s
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson (Lossing sale) 1271/1, January 29, 1917.
Scope and Contents
Copies of 14 letters. (18 pages)
Box 12, Folder 20
Letter from Major General Alexander McDougall, West Point, to George Washington HM 5139
1782 January 2
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (2 pages)
Box 12, Folder 21
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to Colonel Elias Dayton HM 5483
1782 January 3
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of William Stephen Smith. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 12, Folder 22
Order by George Washington, Philadelphia, to Officers and Quarter Masters in South Carolina HM 5501
1782 January 3
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. Regarding aid for Mrs. Greene on her journey to South Carolina. Incorrectly dated 1781. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 12, Folder 23
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to George Grieve HM 5370
1782 March 18
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 12, Folder 24
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Newburgh, to Major General William Alexander, Lord Stirling HM 5316
1782 April 4
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of David Humphreys. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 12, Folder 25
Answers from William Alexander, Lord Stirling, Fishkill, to George Washington HM 1603
1782 April 19
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries, 245/958, 1912.
Scope and Contents
Autograph document. Place name not given on document. (2 pages)
Box 13, Folder 1
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Newburgh, to Oliver Phelps HM 5417
1782 April 21
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 13, Folder 2
Letter from Philip John Schuyler, Albany, to George Washington HM 5459
1782 May 3
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries (Lossing sale), 958/225, 1912.
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (4 pages)
Box 23, Folder 21
Warrant from George Washington, Newburgh, to Asa Andrus HM 5296
1782 May 12
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Also signed by Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. Warrant for execution of Lud Gaylord. (1 page)
Box 13, Folder 3
Letter from George Washington, Newburgh, to Colonel Timothy Pickering HM 5419
1782 May 15
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 13, Folder 4
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to James McHenry MH 126
1782 July 18
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 13, Folder 5
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to Benjamin Harrison HM 5373
1782 July 22
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 13, Folder 6
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Newburgh, to Major Benjamin Tallmadge HM 5278
1782 August 10
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of David Cobb. (3 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 13, Folder 7
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Newburgh, to David Forman HM 5324
1782 August 25
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. Place name given only as "headquarters." (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 13, Folder 8
Letter from Major General Alexander McDougall, West Point, to George Washington HM 5140
1782 September 4
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (2 pages)
Box 13, Folder 9
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Newburgh, to Governor George Clinton HM 5471
1782 September 4
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. Endorsed by Clinton. Place name given only as "headquarters." (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 13, Folder 10
Letter from George Washington, Verplanck's Point, to James McHenry MH 127
1782 September 12
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 13, Folder 11
Letter from William Alexander, Lord Stirling, Albany, to George Washington HM 22462
1782 September 21
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries, 246/958, 1912.
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. No place name given on document. (2 pages)
Box 13, Folder 12
Letter from Louis-Antoine-Jean-Baptiste, chevalier de Cambray-Digny, Philadelphia, to George Washington HM 5016
1782 October 8
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph manuscript signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 13, Folder 13
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Verplanck's Point, to Governor George Clinton HM 5472
1782 October 9
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Tench Tilghman. Place name given only as "headquarters." (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 13, Folder 14
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Verplanck's Point, to Major General William Alexander, Lord Stirling HM 5317
1782 October 9
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. Place name given only as "headquarters." (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 13, Folder 15
Letter from George Washington, Verplanck's Point, to James McHenry MH 128
1782 October 17
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 13, Folder 16
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Verplanck's Point, to Benjamin Lincoln MH 129
1782 October 22
Scope and Contents
Contemporary copy. In hand of David Cobb. Place name given only as "headquarters." (2 pages)
Box 13, Folder 17
Letter from George Washington, Verplanck's Point, to James McHenry MH 130
1782 October 23
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (4 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 13, Folder 18
Letter from William Barber, New Windsor, to George Washington HM 5004
1782 November 22
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Box 23, Folder 22
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Newburgh, to David Forman HM 5325
1782 December 3
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (1915 purchase).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Tench Tilghman. Place name given only as "headquarters." (3 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 13, Folder 19
Letter from George Washington, Newburgh, to Joseph Jones HM 5261
1782 December 14
Physical Description: Signature cut off.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter. (3 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 13, Folder 20
Letter from George Washington, Newburgh, to Edmund Randolph HM 5425
1782 December 25
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 13, Folder 21
Letter from John Lamb, West Point, to George Washington HM 5036
1783 January 7
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Also signed by Ebenezer Stevens. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 13, Folder 22
Letter from George Washington, Newburgh, to Lieutenant Colonel Tench Tilghman HM 5441
1783 January 10
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Tilghman. (4 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 13, Folder 23
Letter from George Washington, Newburgh, to John Francis Mercer HM 5403
1783 January 30
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 13, Folder 24
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Newburgh, to Major Coggeshall? Olney HM 5415
1783 February 18
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Benjamin Walker. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 13, Folder 25
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Newburgh, to Benjamin Tallmadge HM 5279
1783 February 26
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Benjamin Walker. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 14, Folder 1
Letter from George Washington, Newburgh, to John Pierce HM 5421
1783 February 27
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 14, Folder 2
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Newburgh, to Jonathan Arnold HM 5344
1783 March 5
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Benjamin Walker. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 14, Folder 3
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Newburgh, to George Clinton HM 5473
1783 March 10
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (1915 purchase).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. Place name given only as "headquarters." (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 14, Folder 4
Letter from George Washington, Newburgh, to Joseph Jones HM 5262
1783 March 12
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Franking signature has been cut away. (4 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 14, Folder 5
Letters from George Washington, Newburgh, to Joseph Jones HM 5263
1783 March 12, 18
Scope and Contents
Contemporary copies. In hand of James Madison. (4 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 14, Folder 6
Letter from Robert R. Livingston, Philadelphia, to George Washington HM 22591
1783 March 13
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Box 23, Folder 23
Address to officers by George Washington, Newburgh HM 1607
1783 March 16
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Stephen Caplin Library sale, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Contemporary copy. Address regarding anonymous "Newburgh Letters." Place name not given on manuscript. (3 pages) On reverse
of page 3: proceedings of the meeting of the officers of the American Army, following the withdrawal of his excellency, General
Washington. (1 page)
Box 14, Folder 7
Letter from George Washington, Newburgh, to Joseph Jones HM 5264
1783 March 18
Physical Description: Signature cut away.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter. (3 pages)
Box 14, Folder 8
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Newburgh, to David Forman HM 5326
1783 March 25
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. Franked. Place name given only as "headquarters." (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 14, Folder 9
Letter from George Clinton, Poughkeepsie, to George Washington HM 5490
1783 April 8
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft signed. (1 page)
Box 14, Folder 10
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Newburgh, to Colonel Marinus Willett HM 5283
1783 April 14
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Benjamin Walker, with postscript by Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 14, Folder 11
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Newburgh, to George Clinton HM 5474
1783 April 14
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of David Cobb. Place name given only as "headquarters." (3 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 14, Folder 12
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Newburgh, to Colonel Marinus Willett HM 5455
1783 April 23
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Baker, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed, with signed cover (franked). In hand of Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 14, Folder 13
Letter from George Washington, Newburgh, to James McHenry MH 131
1783 April 24
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 14, Folder 14
Letter from George Washington, Tappan, to Robert R. Livingston? BR 208
1783 May 7
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Box 14, Folder 15
Letter from George Washington, Newburgh, to James McHenry MH 132
1783 May 14
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Marginal note by McHenry. (1 page) Includes copies of letters to Washington from James Madison (1783
April 29) (1 page) and Robert R. Livingston (1783 May 2) (1 page) in the hand of Martha Washington, endorsed by George Washington.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 14, Folder 16
Certificate of discharge to John Hilton, headquarters Newburgh HM 5374
1783 June 7
Physical Description: Damaged and incomplete.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Document signed (printed form, filled in). Signed by George Washington and Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. Place name given only as
"headquarters." (1 page)
Box 14, Folder 17
Certificate of discharge to John Southerd, headquarters Newburgh HM 1254
1783 June 8
Scope and Contents
Document signed (printed form, filled in). Signed by George Washington and Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. Place name given only as
"headquarters." (1 page)
Box 14, Folder 18
Letter from Elias Boudinot, Princeton, to George Washington HM 5536
1783 July 17
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (2 pages)
Box 14, Folder 19
Letter from William Barber, West Point, to George Washington HM 5005
1783 August 23
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Box 14, Folder 20
Letter from George Washington, Rocky Hill, to Lieutenant Colonel William Stephens Smith HM 5434
1783 August 31
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of David Humphreys. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 14, Folder 21
Letter from George Washington, Rocky Hill, to General Philip John Schuyler HM 5431
1783 October 8
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Benjamin Walker. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 14, Folder 22
Letter from George Washington, Rocky Hill, to Conrad Alexandre Gérard de Rayneval HM 5365
1783 October 29
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Benjamin Walker. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 14, Folder 23
Letter from Lachlan McIntosh, Savannah, to George Washington HM 5489
1783 November 1
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries, 249, 1917.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 14, Folder 24
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to George Clinton HM 5475
1783 December 28
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 14, Folder 25
Account of the United States with George Washington, Mount Vernon HM 5502
1783 December 28
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. Place name not given on document. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 14, Folder 26
Envelope from George Washington to Governor Benjamin Harrison BR Box 2(4)
approximately 1783
Scope and Contents
Envelope only, addressed and franked.
Box 15, Folder 1
Letter from Marquise de la Rouerie, a la Rouerie, to George Washington HM 5542
1784 January 30
Language of Material: In French.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Washington. (3 pages)
Box 15, Folder 2
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Colonel Richard Varick HM 5443
1784 February 22
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Varick. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 15, Folder 3
Resolution by Society of Cincinnati, Philadelphia HM 5075
1784 May 17
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Signed by Washington. Place name not given on document. (1 page)
Box 15, Folder 4
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Colonel Henry Lee HM 5394
1784? November 24
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 15, Folder 5
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Colonel David Humphreys HM 5378
1784 November 25
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 24, Folder 5
Survey by George Washington of exchange of land with William Triplett HM 5507
approximately 1785 February
Physical Description: 38 x 28 cm
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph document, includes diagram with explanation.
Box 15, Folder 6
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Major Daniel Jenifer HM 5384
1785 April 12
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 15, Folder 7
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Charles Washington BR 200
1785 April 12
Physical Description: Text torn.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives; Fitzpatrick, ed., Writings of Washington, volume 28.
Box 15, Folder 8
Account of George Clinton with George Washington, statement of 1782 December 1 - 1785 May 1 HM 5476
approximately 1785 May 1
Scope and Contents
Autograph document. (1 page)
Box 15, Folder 9
Letter from William Augustine Washington, Blenheim, to George Washington HM 5094
1785 June 1
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by George Washington. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 15, Folder 10
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to James McHenry MH 133
1785 August 22
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (4 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 24, Folder 6
List of loan office certificates belonging to George Washington payable in the state of Maryland HM 5506
1785
Physical Description: 31 x 38 cm
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. Includes signed receipts of Washington and Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer.
Box 15, Folder 11
Bill to John Keyth from the Potomac Company HR 220
approximately 1785
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Signed by James Rumsey, George Washington, John Fitzgerald, George Gilpin. (1 page)
Box 15, Folder 12
Letter from Warner Washington to George Washington HM 5093
1786 March 7
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 15, Folder 13
Receipt from Richard Sharp, Mount Vernon HM 5061
1786 June 3
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Receipt for work done at Mount Vernon. In hand of George Washington; witnessed by George Augustine Washington.
(1 page)
Box 15, Folder 14
Bill to Charles Morrow & Company from the Potomac Company HR 355
1786 June 29
Scope and Contents
Received from James Rumsey, endorsed by William Dark; signed by George Washington, John Fitzgerald, George Clinton. (1 page)
Box 15, Folder 15
Account for gunpowder from Joseph Fenwick, Georgetown, to William Deakins HM 25504
1786 July 3
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Janes Collection, 1943.
Scope and Contents
Receipt signed by William Bayly; endorsement signed by George Washington, John Fitzgerald, George Gilpin. (1 page)
Box 15, Folder 16
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to the Marquis de Chastellux, with French translation HM 5350, HM 5351
1786 August 18
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed (HM 5350). (4 pages) Includes translation in French (HM 5351). (3 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers; copy in Charleston Library Society.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 15, Folder 17
Letter from Fielding Lewis, Bloomsbery Frederick, to George Washington HM 5037
1786 October 11
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Washington. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 15, Folder 18
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to General Elias Dayton HM 5484
1786 November 6
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 15, Folder 19
Letter from Comtesse d'Anteroche to George Washington HM 5516
1786 November 16
Language of Material: In French.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (1915 purchase).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Washington. (3 pages)
Box 15, Folder 20
Instructions from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear HM 5204
1786 November 30
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 15, Folder 21
Observations on the harvesting of grain by George Washington HM 5560
1786
Scope and Contents
Autograph document. (2 pages)
Box 15, Folder 22
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Battaile Muse HM 5413
1787 January 24
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 15, Folder 23
Order from Potomac Company to William Hartshorne HM 5503
1787 April 3
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Document signed. In hand of John Fitzgerald. Signed by George Washington, George Gilpin, John Fitzgerald. (1 page)
Box 15, Folder 24
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to George Augustine Washington HM 5250
1787 May 27
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (6 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 15, Folder 25
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to George Augustine Washington HM 5251
1787 June 3
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 16, Folder 1
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to George Augustine Washington HM 5252
1787 June 15
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 16, Folder 2
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to George Augustine Washington HM 5253
1787 July 1
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (6 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 16, Folder 3
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to George Augustine Washington HM 5254
1787 July 8
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (4 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 16, Folder 4
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to George Augustine Washington HM 5255
1787 July 15
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (4 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 16, Folder 5
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to George Augustine Washington HM 5256
1787 July 24
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (4 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 16, Folder 6
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to George Augustine Washington HM 5257
1787 July 29
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (5 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 16, Folder 7
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to General Robert Lawson HM 5392
1787 November 25
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (1915 purchase).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Box 16, Folder 8
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Pinckney HM 5422
1787 November 25
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries, 1031, 1920.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Box 16, Folder 9
Letter from John Pendleton, Richmond, to George Washington HM 5051
1788 March 6
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Washington. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Sprague transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 16, Folder 10
Letter from Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., Lebanon, to George Washington HM 5554
1788 June 20
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries, 365, 1917.
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. (3 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph letter signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 16, Folder 11
Receipt for subscription from William Spotswood HM 5551
1788 July
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries, 368, 1917.
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed (printed form, filled in). Receipt for George Washington subscription for Columbian magazine. (1
page)
Box 16, Folder 12
Letter from George Steptoe Washington, Alexandria, to George Washington HM 5090
1788 August 8
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Washington. (4 pages)
Box 16, Folder 13
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Clement Biddle? HM 5485
1788 October 15
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 16, Folder 14
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to James Madison HM 5099
1788 November 17
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Madison. (3 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 16, Folder 15
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Bushrod Washington HM 5447
1788 November 17
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Box 16, Folder 16
Letter from John Dixon, Whitehaven, to George Washington HM 5015
1789 March 5
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Washington. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 16, Folder 17
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Battaile Muse HM 5412
1789 April 6
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries, 509, 1917.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Tobias Lear. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 16, Folder 18
Letter from Anthony Wayne, Richmond, Georgia, to George Washington HM 5488
1789 April 6
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries, 664.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph draft signed in Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Wayne Papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 16, Folder 19
Letter from George Washington, New York, to Abraham Baldwin BN 433
1789 May 7
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers; copy in National Archives (RG 59).
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 16, Folder 20
Letter from Warner Lewis, Warner Hall, to George Washington HM 5040
1789 May 9
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Washington. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 16, Folder 21
Letter from George Washington, New York, to John Eager Howard HM 5376
1789 July 30
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. (1 page)
Box 16, Folder 22
Letter from George Washington, New York, to Samuel Huntington HM 5381
1789 August 4
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Marked duplicate. (1 page)
Box 16, Folder 23
Letter from George Washington, New York, to George Walton HM 5444
1789 August 4
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. (1 page)
Box 16, Folder 24
Letter from George Washington to James Madison HM 5100
1789 August 5
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Madison. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 16, Folder 25
Letter from George Washington, New York, to Thomas Mifflin HM 5404
1789 August 11
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Marked duplicate. (1 page)
Box 17, Folder 1
Letter from George Washington, New York, to George Walton HM 5445
1789 August 11
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. (1 page)
Box 17, Folder 2
Letter from George Washington, New York, to John Eager Howard HM 5377
1789 August 30
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. (1 page)
Box 17, Folder 3
Letter from George Washington to George Walton HM 5446
1789 September 11
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. (1 page)
Box 17, Folder 4
Letter from George Washington to Samuel Huntington HM 22574
1789 September 21
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Gunther III, 93.
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. (1 page)
Box 24, Folder 7
Appointment by George Washington, New York, of Robert Forsyth as Marshall of Georgia District HM 5559
1789 September 26
Physical Description: On parchment with paper impressing of seal of the United States; 29 x 35 cm
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries, 1917.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. (1 page)
Box 17, Folder 5
Letter from George Washington to Thomas Mifflin HM 5405
1789 October 3
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Circular letter to the governors; proclamation for a general Thanksgiving. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed, to John Sullivan, in Boston Public Library; letter signed, to George Walton, in Duke University, George Walton
Papers; letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers; draft in National Archives (RG 59), Miscellaneous
Letters. There are minor changes in wording in the letters.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 17, Folder 6
Letter from Martha Washington, New York, to Mercy Otis Warren HM 18781
1789 November 26
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries (Lossing sale), 1271/1, January 27, 1917.
Scope and Contents
Nineteenth century copy. Endorsed by Benson J. Lossing, approximately 1850. (2 pages)
Box 17, Folder 7
Letter from George Washington, New York, to James McHenry MH 134
1789 November 30
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (4 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft, partly in the writing of Washington, in National Archives (RG 59), Miscellaneous Letters; letter book copy in Library
of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 17, Folder 8
Letter from George Washington, Tarboh, North Carolina, to George Washington HM 5088
1789 December 8
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. George Washington of North Carolina seeking a Naval appointment. Endorsed by Washington. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 17, Folder 9
Letter from George Washington, New York, to Beverley Randolph HM 5424
1789 December 14
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Tobias Lear. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft in National Archives (RG 59), Miscellaneous Letters; letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 17, Folder 10
Letter from Tobias Lear, New York, to Henry Knox HM 5515
approximately 1789
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Written on behalf of Washington. (1 page)
Box 17, Folder 11
Field notes for survey of Mount Vernon HM 74696
probably 1784-1789
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The manuscript was among the Washington items offered by the Philadelphia auction house Thomas Birch's Sons in December 1890
(Catalog No. 657, Lot 21). The sale was part of the final settlement of the estate of the widow of Lorenzo Lewis (1803-1847),
Washington's grandnephew. According to a typewritten note attached to the manuscript and signed by H.D.L. Lewis, the executor
of the estate, the lot was purchased by "Messrs. Mitchell of 830 Broadway, N.Y."
Scope and Contents
Autograph manuscript. Pages from a book of field notes of a survey of Mount Vernon, including Ferry Plantation, Muddy Hole
farm, and River farm. With attached note (typescript signed) regarding provenance. (5 pages)
Box 17, Folder 12
Letter from George Washington to Edward Tellfair HM 5439
1790 February 20
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Marked duplicate. (1 page)
Box 17, Folder 13
Letter from George Washington HM 5440
1790 February 20
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (1915 purchase).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Unaddressed form letter regarding act of Congress. (1 page)
Box 17, Folder 14
Letter from George Washington to Samuel Huntington HM 5380
1790 February 26
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Marked duplicate. (1 page)
Box 17, Folder 15
Letter from George Washington to the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia HM 5294
1790 April 27
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 17, Folder 16
Power of Attorney from George Washington, New York, to Tobias Lear, New York HM 5530
1790 August 30
Scope and Contents
Draft signed. In hand of Tobias Lear. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 17, Folder 17
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia and New York, to Tobias Lear HM 5205
1790 September 5
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (4 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 17, Folder 18
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear HM 5206
1790 September 20
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (6 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 17, Folder 19
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear HM 5207
1790 September 27
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 17, Folder 20
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear HM 5208
1790 October 3
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 17, Folder 21
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear HM 5209
1790 October 10
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (4 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 17, Folder 22
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear HM 5210
1790 October 27
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 17, Folder 23
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear HM 5211
1790 October 31
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (4 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 17, Folder 24
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear HM 5212
1790 November 7
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (4 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 17, Folder 25
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear HM 5213
1790 November 14
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (4 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 17, Folder 26
Letter from George Washington to James Madison HM 5486
approximately 1790
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter. Endorsed by James Madison. (1 page)
Box 18, Folder 1
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to Angelica Schuyler Church HM 5352
1791 February 6
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 23, Folder 24
Bond from John Joseph DeBarth, Philadelphia, to George Washington HM 15886
1791 March 21
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Printed form, filled in. Bond for 6,000 French crowns. Signed by DeBarth, Peter Miller, Tobias Lear. (1 page)
Box 18, Folder 2
Letter from William Jackson, Wilmington, to Alexander Hamilton HM 5523
1791 April 25
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (1915 purchase).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Written on behalf of Washington. (3 pages)
Box 18, Folder 3
Letter from George Washington, Fredericksburg, to Tobias Lear HM 5214
1791 June 12
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. In Founders Online dated June 11 with note stating Washington mistakenly dated later. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 18, Folder 4
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear HM 5215
1791 June 15
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (4 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 18, Folder 5
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear HM 5216
1791 June 19
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Mentions Paris and Giles, enslaved persons at Mount Vernon. (6 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 18, Folder 6
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Jean-Baptiste de Ternant HM 5442
1791 September 24
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 18, Folder 7
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear HM 5217
1791 September 26
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 18, Folder 8
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear HM 5218
1791 October 2
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 18, Folder 9
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear HM 5219
1791 October 7
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (4 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 18, Folder 10
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear HM 5220
1791 October 14
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 18, Folder 11
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to Arthur St. Clair HM 5271
1792 March 28
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (1915 purchase).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Tobias Lear. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers; draft in National Archives (RG 59).
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 18, Folder 12
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia?, to Henry Knox HM 5282
1792 April 4?
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 18, Folder 13
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to Sir Isaac Heard HM 21704
1792 May 2
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired with the collection of Elihu D. Church.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed.
Separated Materials
Bound with enclosure HM 913. See also HM 9665 and HM 74699 (Box 23, Folder 25; Box 24, Folder 14).
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph letter signed (letterpress copy) and letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives. Also published by Reverand Melitiah Everett Dwight in The New York Genealogical
and Biographical Record, volume 33 (October 1902).
Box 18, Folder 13
Washington family genealogy narrative HM 913
1792 May 2
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed.
Separated Materials
Enclosure to and bound with HM 21704. See also HM 9665 and HM 74699 (Box 23, Folder 25; Box 24, Folder 14).
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph document signed (letterpress copy) and letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 23, Folder 25
Washington family genealogy chart HM 9665
approximately 1792 May
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed.
Separated Materials
Enclosure to HM 913. See also HM 74699, 1793 August 15 (Box 24, Folder 14).
Box 24, Folder 8
Commission to John Paul Jones, Philadelphia HM 1256
1792 June 1
Physical Description: On vellum; 39 x 53 cm
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Also signed by Thomas Jefferson. Document in hand of Jefferson. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Facsimile available (FAC 341).
Box 18, Folder 14
Letter from George Augustine Washington, Berkley County, to George Washington HM 5089
1792 June 26
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Washington. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 18, Folder 15
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear HM 5221
1792 July 30
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 18, Folder 16
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to James McHenry MH 135
1792 August 13
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by McHenry. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph draft signed and letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers, both dated 1792 August 12.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 18, Folder 17
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to James McHenry MH 136
1792 August 31
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed, with signed cover (franked). Endorsed by McHenry. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Copy in Library of Congress, James McHenry Papers; autograph draft signed in National Archives (RG 59), Miscellaneous Letters;
letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 18, Folder 18
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Gouverneur Morris HM 5406
1792 September 10
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Facsimile of autograph letter signed. Discovered to be facsimilie in 1989. (1 page)
Box 18, Folder 19
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear HM 5222
1792 September 21
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 18, Folder 20
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear HM 5223
1792 October 1
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 18, Folder 21
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to James McHenry MH 137
1792 October 3
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed, with signed cover (franked). Endorsed by McHenry. (1 page)
Box 18, Folder 22
Letter from Harriet Washington, Fredericksburg, to George Washington HM 5091
1793 January 5
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Docketed by Washington. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 18, Folder 23
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to Colonel Robert Hooe HM 5375
1793 February 7
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr. (3 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft, in Tobias Lear's writing, in Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union; letter book copy in Library of Congress,
George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 18, Folder 24
Letter from William Moultrie, Charleston, to George Washington HM 22862
1793 February 15
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 18, Folder 25
Letter from Henry Lee to George Washington HM 22472
1793 February 28?
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 19, Folder 1
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to Robert Lewis HM 25794
1793 March 7
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft signed. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph letter signed in New York Public Library, Washington Collection. Letter book copy in Library of Congress, George
Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 19, Folder 2
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to Frances Bassett Washington HM 5449
1793 March 11
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Includes copy of letter to Burwell Bassett 1793 March 4. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 19, Folder 3
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to James Keith HM 5387
1793 March 17
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Draft. In hand of Tobias Lear with additions by Washington. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 19, Folder 4
Certificate for Tobias Lear HM 5224
1793 March 25
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. Certificate expressing satisfaction with accounts kept by Lear. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph draft and letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 19, Folder 5
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear HM 5225
1793 April 5
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 19, Folder 6
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear HM 5226
1793 April 8
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (4 pages)
Box 23, Folder 26
Address by George Washington to the Chiefs and Warriors of the Wabash and Illinois Indians, Philadelphia HM 3988
1793 May 7
Immediate Source of Acquisition
W.C. Wyman.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Washington titled document "To the Soldier." Clerk's docket reads: "To Chief 'Soldier,' of the Mianas, 'She-moc-ah-nes-yah.'
" Founders Online identifies as Shamekunnesah, an Eel River chief. (3 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Folder Oversize 1
Letter of Protection to "the Nation of Indians called the Eel Rivers" HM 5550
1793 May 7
Physical Description: 70 x 57 cm
Immediate Source of Acquisition
American Art Association, 593, 1920.
Scope and Contents
Document signed, with seal of United States. Signed by Washington and Jefferson. Printed form, filled in. Item would have
been an attachement to Washington's address to the Chiefs and Warriors of the Wabash and Illinois Indians, 1793 May 7 (HM
3988). (1 page)
Box 19, Folder 7
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear HM 5227
1793 June 21
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 23, Folder 26
Circular letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to William Stuart, Hiland Crow, and Henry McCoy HM 5438
1793 July 14
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr. Instructions to overseers of Mount Vernon regarding work to be completed.
(9 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 19, Folder 8
Letter from Frances Bassett Washington, Mount Vernon, to George Washington HM 5087
1793 August 7
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Washington. (4 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 24, Folder 14
Richard Wykham, Sulgrave near Banbury, England, letter to Sir Issac Heard, London HM 74699
1793 August 15
Physical Description: 32 x 40 cm
Immediate Source of Acquisition
From collection of Elihu D. Church.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Regarding Washington family genealogy in England. With seal and seven color family crests/ coats
of arms. (4 pages)
Separated Materials
With Washington family geneaology material HM 913, HM 21704, HM 9665, May 1792 (Box 18, Folder 13; Box 23, Folder 25).
Box 19, Folder 9
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear HM 5228
1793 September 25
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (4 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 24, Folder 9
Survey by George Washington of Mount Vernon and neighboring farms HM 5995
1793 December
Survey and plot of Mount Vernon and neighboring farms, 1793, Dec.
Physical Description: 38 x 54 cm
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph manuscript map. Drafted by Washington in connection with plan to rent Mount Vernon farms. Endorsed by Bushrod Washington,
1822. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Facsimile available (HM 5995 FAC); in Huntington Digital Library.
Box 19, Folder 10
Letter from Martha Washington, Philadelphia, to Frances Washington HM 5063
1794 January 14
Immediate Source of Acquisition
J.F. Meegan, 1920s.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (4 pages)
Box 19, Folder 11
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to Thomas Johnson HM 5385
1794 January 23
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (4 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Processing Information
The three lottery tickets mentioned on this item's catalog card and accessioned with the letter are facsimiles and have been
transferred to the George Washington collection information file.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 19, Folder 12
Letter from Martha Washington, Philadelphia, to Frances Washington HM 5505
1794 February 10
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Box 19, Folder 13
Proclamation by George Washington prohibiting the unlawful enlistment of U.S. citizens in Kentucky HM 5295
1794 March 19
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (1915 purchase).
Scope and Contents
Draft. Additions and corrections in pencil, hand of Alexander Hamilton. Added notes by Edmund Randolph and Hamilton; affirmed
by Henry Knox. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in James D. Richardson, ed., A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897, volume 1.
Box 19, Folder 14
Letter from Martha Washington, Philadelphia, to Frances Washington HM 5064
1794 March 23
Immediate Source of Acquisition
J.F. Meegan, 1920s.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Box 19, Folder 16
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to Tobias Lear HM 5229
1794 May 6
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter regarding U.S. relations with Great Britain and Washington's desire to sell some of his lands.
Includes a note marked "private" concerning Washington's possible plan to free enslaved persons at Mount Vernon. (12 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph letter signed (letterpress copy) and letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 24, Folder 10
Clearance papers granted to Jonathan Radax of schooner Hopewell HM 5289
1794 June 12
Physical Description: Printed document with U.S. seal, 41 x 33 cm
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Signed by Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Joseph Hiller, and Isaac Osgood. (1 page)
Box 19, Folder 17
Letter from Martha Washington, Philadelphia, to Frances Washington HM 5065
1794 July 14
Immediate Source of Acquisition
J.F. Meegan, 1920s.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Box 19, Folder 18
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to John Cowper HM 5358
1794 July 30
Scope and Contents
Contemporary copy. In hand of Bartholomew Dandridge. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 19, Folder 19
Letter from George Washington, Germantown, to Tobias Lear HM 5230
1794 August 28
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph letter signed (letterpress copy) in New York Public Library; letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington
papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 19, Folder 20
Letter from George Washington, Germantown, to Tobias Lear HM 5231
1794 August 28
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph letter signed (letterpress copy) in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 19, Folder 21
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to Christopher Cowper HM 5357
1794 September 4
Scope and Contents
Contemporary copy. In hand of Bartholomew Dandridge. (1 page)
Box 19, Folder 22
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to John Cowper HM 5359
1794 September 4
Scope and Contents
Contemporary copy. In hand of Bartholomew Dandridge. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 19, Folder 23
Letter from Martha Washington, Germantown, to Frances Washington HM 5066
1794 September 15
Immediate Source of Acquisition
J.F. Meegan, 1920s.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Box 19, Folder 24
Letter from Martha Washington, Philadelphia, to Frances Washington HM 5067
1794 November 10
Immediate Source of Acquisition
J.F. Meegan, 1920s.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Box 19, Folder 25
Letter from Martha Washington, Philadelphia, to Frances Washington HM 5068
1794 November 30
Immediate Source of Acquisition
J.F. Meegan, 1920s.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Portion of address in hand of George Washington. (1 page)
Box 20, Folder 1
Letter from Henry Knox, Philadelphia, to George Washington HM 5487
1794 December 28
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries (George D. Smith), 158.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed and letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 20, Folder 2
Letter from Martha Washington to Abigail Adams HM 5069
1794?
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Box 20, Folder 3
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to Tobias Lear HM 5232
1795 January 12
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (4 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph letter signed (letterpress copy) in New York Public Library; letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington
papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 20, Folder 4
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to Colonel Israel Shreve HM 5320
1795 February 21
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 20, Folder 5
Notification by George Washington to Theodore Foster HM 5288
1795 March 3
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Identical letters sent to each U.S. senator regarding the convening of the Senate. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter signed, to John Adams, in Massachusetts Historical Society, Adams papers; letter book copy, to John Adams, in Library
of Congress, George Washington papers; letter signed, to Caleb Stone, in Forbes Library; letter signed, to Henry Tazewell
in University of Virginia; letter book copy in National Archives (RG 59), Domestic Letters; copy in National Archives (RG
46), entry 55.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 20, Folder 6
Letter from Robert Brooke, Richmond, to George Washington HM 5008
1795 April 3
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. (1 page)
Box 20, Folder 7
Letter from Martha Washington, Philadelphia, to Frances Washington HM 5070
1795? May 10
Immediate Source of Acquisition
J.F. Meegan, 1920s.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Box 20, Folder 8
Letter from Martha Washington, Philadelphia, to Frances Washington HM 5071
1795 May 24
Immediate Source of Acquisition
J.F. Meegan, 1920s.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (4 pages)
Box 20, Folder 9
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to Reverend Clement Cruttwell HM 5360
1795 July 10
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Box 20, Folder 10
Power of Attorney from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear HM 5233
1795 August 4
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. Power of attorney appointing Lear to represent Washington at meeting of Potomac Company. (1 page)
Box 20, Folder 11
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear HM 5234
1795 August 5
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 24, Folder 11
Commission of Thomas Humphrey Cushing as major in First Sub Legion, Philadelphia HM 5397
1795 August 27
Physical Description: On vellum; 48 x 39 cm
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Engraved form, filled in. Also signed by Timothy Pickering. (1 page)
Separated Materials
Transferred from Rare Books 1934 January 12 (former acc no 63265).
Existence and Location of Copies
Has facsimile.
Box 20, Folder 12
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Colonel Timothy Pickering HM 5418
1795 October 2
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph draft signed and letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers; transcript with the original
cover in Massachusetts Historical Society, Pickering Papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 20, Folder 13
Letter from George Lewis, Fredericksburg, to George Washington HM 78269
1795 October 24
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase from Gary Milan, December 2011.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Includes note in hand of Washington. (2 pages)
Box 20, Folder 14
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to Tobias Lear HM 5235
1795 November 2
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Wiliam K. Bixby?
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Copy and letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 20, Folder 15
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to Tobias Lear HM 5236
1795 November 30
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 20, Folder 16
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to Tobias Lear HM 5237
1796 February 15
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph letter signed (letterpress copy) and letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 20, Folder 17
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to George Clinton HM 5477
1796 February 28
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph draft signed (photocopy), Sotheby's catalog 5918, Fine Printed and Manuscript Americana Including Property of Lawrence
C. Affron … (New York, 1989), item 160; letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 20, Folder 18
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to Tobias Lear HM 5238
1796 March 13
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph letter signed (letterpress copy) and letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 24, Folder 12
Patent certificate to Thomas Bedwell, Philadelphia HM 39469
1796 April 20
Physical Description: Seal missing; 39 x 33 cm
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Signed by Washington, Thomas Pickering, and Charles Lee. Patent for "mode of forming a yellow colour." Includes
description of method by Charles Mason, 1853 September 27. (2 pages)
Box 20, Folder 19
Letter from Robert Lewis, Alexandria, to George Washington HM 5038
1796 April 21
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 20, Folder 20
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to Tobias Lear HM 5239
1796 June 3
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 20, Folder 21
Letter from Elizabeth Lewis to George Washington HM 5101
1796 June 26
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 20, Folder 22
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Alexander Addison HM 5343
1796 July 8
Scope and Contents
Contemporary copy. Endorsed by Washington. (4 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 23, Folder 27
Letter from George Washington to William Pearce HM 31200
1796 August 28
Physical Description: Damaged and repaired, some text missing.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Edgar F. Vance Collection, August 24, 1950.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (4 pages)
Box 20, Folder 23
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to Joseph Whipple SL 314
1796 November 28
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Letter regarding Ona (Oney) Judge, the enslaved personal maid to Martha Washington who had recently
self-emancipated to New Hampshire. (4 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Draft in Boston Public Library.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives; Fitzpatrick, ed., Writings of Washington, volume 35.
Box 20, Folder 24
Memorandums of George Washington to William Pearce? HM 5287
approximately 1796 November
Scope and Contents
Autograph manuscript. Listed in Founders Online as to William Pearce. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 20, Folder 25
Letter from Joseph Whipple, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to George Washington SL 315
1796 December 22
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft. Letter regarding Ona (Oney) Judge, the enslaved personal maid of Martha Washington, who had recently self-emancipated
to New Hampshire.
Box 24, Folder 15
Estimate of rents, hiring, expenses of George Washington HM 5290
approximately 1796
Physical Description: 37 x 30 cm
Scope and Contents
Autograph document. "Estimate of the rent of Dogue Run Farm, the Distillery and Mill… Hire of the negroes and other expenses."
(2 pages)
Box 21, Folder 1
Letter from Martha Washington, Philadelphia, to Jonathan Trumbull Jr. HM 21962
1797 January 12
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Baker, 1918.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Box 24, Folder 13
Grant of land by George Washington, Philadelphia, to Archibald Blair HM 19937
1797 March 2
Physical Description: 37 x 32 cm
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Edwin T. Luckey, July 1, 1959.
Scope and Contents
Document signed. Also signed by Timothy Pickering. Grant of 1,000 acres of bounty land in Southwest Ohio. (1 page)
Box 21, Folder 2
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear HM 5240
1797 March 25
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 21, Folder 3
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to David Humphreys HM 5379
1797 June 26
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (6 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph letter signed (letterpress copy) and letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 21, Folder 4
Letter from Burgess Ball, Berkeley, to George Washington HM 5539
1797 August 31
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Washington. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 21, Folder 5
Letter from Richard Randolph, Williamsburg, to George Washington HM 5057
1797 September 20
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Washington. (3 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 21, Folder 6
Letter from Elizabeth Foote Washington, Hay Field, to George Washington HM 5086
1797 October 7
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Washington. (3 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 21, Folder 7
Check from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to David Stuart HM 5437
1797 October 17
Scope and Contents
Document signed. (1 page)
Box 21, Folder 8
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear HM 5241
1797 November 10
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 21, Folder 9
Envelope addressed by George Washington to Earl of Buchan HM 5347
approximately 1797
Scope and Contents
Autograph document. Endorsed by Rufus King. (1 page)
Box 21, Folder 10
Letter from William Hartshorne, Alexandria, to George Washington HM 5025
1798 March 27
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Washington. (1 page)
Box 21, Folder 11
Letter from Israel Shreve, Washingtons Bottom, to George Washington HM 5072
1798 May 14
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Washington. (3 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 21, Folder 12
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Reverend William Lynn HM 5399
1798 June 4
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Franked. (1 page)
Box 21, Folder 13
Letter from Samuel Chase, Baltimore, to George Washington HM 22829
1798 June 28
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bristol Collection.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Washington. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Sprague transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 21, Folder 14
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Richard Clough Anderson AND 1757
1798 July 30
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Box 21, Folder 15
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear HM 5242
1798 August 2
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph letter signed (letterpress copy) and letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 21, Folder 16
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Israel Shreve HM 5321
1798 October 1
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph letter signed (letterpress copy) and letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 21, Folder 17
Letter from the commissioners of the federal city, Washington, D.C., to George Washington HM 5095
1798 October 3
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Endorsed by Washington. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Letter book copy in National Archives (RG 42), Records of the Commissioners for the District of Columbia, Letters Sent, 1791-1802.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 21, Folder 18
Letter from William Thornton, Washington, D.C., to George Washington HM 5543
1798 October 30
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Washington. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 23, Folder 28
Letter from Alexander Spotswood, Newpost, to George Washington HM 5076
1798 November 24
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Washington. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 21, Folder 19
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to Philip Schuyler HM 5430
1798 December 4
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Box 21, Folder 20
Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to Charles Carroll, Jr. HM 21960
1798 December 13
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Sessler 43.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph draft signed in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 21, Folder 21
Note by George Washington regarding Colonel William Heth HM 5291
approximately 1798
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed (initialed). Unaddressed note. (1 page)
Box 21, Folder 22
Letter from Samuel Lewis, War Department, to George Washington HM 5039
1799 January 10
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Washington. (1 page)
Box 21, Folder 23
Letter from George Turner, Washington, D.C., to George Washington HM 5083
1799 January 14
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Washington. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 23, Folder 30
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Patrick Henry HM 5401
1799 January 15
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Marked as "confidential" by Washington. (6 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph letter signed (letterpress copy) and letter book copy in Library of Congress, George Washington papers; copy in
The New-York Historical Society.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 21, Folder 24
Letter from William B. Harrison, Loudoun County, to George Washington HM 5024
1799 January 24
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Washington. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 21, Folder 25
Letter from John Tayloe, Mount Airy, to George Washington HM 5077
1799 February 10
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Washington. (4 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 22, Folder 1
Letter from William Thornton, Washington, D.C., to George Washington HM 5080
1799 February 12
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Washington. (2 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 22, Folder 2
Letter from William Thornton, Washington, D.C., to George Washington HM 5079
1799 February 14
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Washington. (3 pages)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 22, Folder 3
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear HM 5243
1799 March 18
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby?
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. The letter was sent "By Charles." (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 22, Folder 4
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Samuel Washington HM 5451
1799 April 2
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (3 pages)
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph letter signed (letterpress copy) in New York Public Library, Washington Collection.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 22, Folder 5
Letter from Samuel Washington, Charlestown, to George Washington HM 5517
1799 May 1
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (1915 purchase).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by Washington. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 22, Folder 6
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to General Henry Knox HM 5281
1799 May 22
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William K. Bixby.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Box 22, Folder 7
Letter from Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Charleston, to George Washington HM 5052
1799 June 4
Existence and Location of Copies
Sprague transcript in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (2 pages)
Box 22, Folder 8
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to General John Marshall HM 5402
1799 June 17
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. In hand of Tobias Lear. (1 page)
Box 22, Folder 9
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to James McHenry HM 5338
1799 June 30
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (Grenville Kane collection).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Endorsed by McHenry. (1 page)
Existence and Location of Copies
Autograph letter signed (letterpress copy) in Library of Congress, George Washington papers.
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives.
Box 22, Folder 10
Letter from George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Solomon Cotton & Company HM 5356
1799 July 10
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (1915 purchase).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. (1 page)
Box 25
Plan by George Washington of part of Mount Vernon lands HM 5994
1799 September 20
Physical Description: Item has separate housing; 66 x 37 cm
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Grenville Kane, purchased from Dr. Emmet, January 1893.
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed. Pen and ink with colored boundary lines; with table. Scale: 1 inch = 40 poles. (1 page)
Publication Note
Published in Founders Online, National Archives (table only).
Box 22, Folder 11
Letter from Jonathan Trumbull, Lebanon, to Martha Washington HM 5553
1799 December 30
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries, 371, 1917.
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft signed. Condolence letter. (2 pages)
Box 22, Folder 12
Poem by Joseph Ward? HM 5545
1800 February
Scope and Contents
Manuscript. Poem "Sympathy for Mrs Washington on the Death of her illustrious Husband" and signed "Acirema or J.W." (1 page)
Box 22, Folder 13
Letter from Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, to John Nicholson HM 5511
1800 October 31
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George D. Smith (1915 purchase).
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Franked by Martha Washington. (1 page)
Box 22, Folder 14
Account by George Clinton with George Washington estate HM 1828
1806
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Anderson Galleries, 99/1449, 1919.
Scope and Contents
Autograph draft signed. (3 pages)
Box 22, Folder 15
Fabric samples, Washington family
1700s
Immediate Source of Acquisition
George Upshur, 1924.
Scope and Contents
Fabric samples labeled by George Upshur, descendant of George Washington. Samples of fabric and lace from Martha Washington's
wedding dress, furniture covering from Mount Vernon, and curtain used by Washington while president in New York and Philadelphia.
Includes note and envelope from George Upshur, 1924 July 1.
Box 22, Folder 17
Federal City lottery ticket no. 12084
approximately 1794
Scope and Contents
Signed by Samuel Blodget. Possibly accessioned with George Washington letter to Thomas Johnson, 1794 January 23 (HM 5385)
but was most likely not an enclosure to that letter.