Manuscript letter on one leaf with signature of G. Washington.
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George Washington to Nicholas Cooke, 3 April 1776
Manuscript letter on one leaf with signature of G. Washington.
A letter from George Washington to Nicholas Cooke, Governor of Rhode Island telling him the courier carries letter to Congress: "the post which conveys this to you Carrys letters of importance to Congress, I therefore request, that you will give him positive orders to avoid going by any road, where there may be the least danger of his being intercepted by the enemy" Collected in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana Papers, Miscellaneous Famous People.
Archives Number: 1002/9.3-166#001
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Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Latitude: 42.3769989013672, Longitude: -71.1264038085938

NPS Museum Catalog Number : LONG 18632
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
04/03/1776
Document in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana Papers, Series IX. Collected Materials, C. Miscellaneous Famous People. (1002/9.3-166#001)
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Nicholas Cooke Governor of Rhode Island
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