Manuscript letter on single leaf signed by George Washington.
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George Washington to James Warren, 15 January 1776 (LONG 18684)
Manuscript letter on single leaf signed by George Washington.
A letter from George Washington at Cambridge to James Warren, Speaker for the General Courts of Massachusetts Bay. The letter references Peleg Wadsworth, grandfather of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. "The inclosed amount was this day sent me by Captain Wadsworth for payment, as you will see by his order. The services being done for the benefit of the province & at the Instance of your Honourable body, I have referrd him to you for payment." Collected in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana Papers, Miscellaneous Famous People.
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Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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NPS Museum Catalog Number : LONG 18684
NPS Museum Catalog Number : LONG 17314
Title: Finding Aid to the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana (1881-1950) Papers
URL: https://www.nps.gov/long/learn/historyculture/archives.htm#HWLD
08/23/2017
01/15/1776
Document in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana Papers, Series IX. Collected Materials, C. Miscellaneous Famous People. (1002/9.3-166#002)
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