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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.

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Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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NPS Museum Catalog Number : LONG 18632
NPS Museum Catalog Number : LONG 17314

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana Papers (LONG 17314)
Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Museum Collection

Title: Finding Aid to the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana (1881-1950) Papers
URL: https://www.nps.gov/long/learn/historyculture/archives.htm#HWLD

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04/03/1776

Document in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana Papers, Series IX. Collected Materials, C. Miscellaneous Famous People. (1002/9.3-166#001)

George Washington Continental Army

Nicholas Cooke Governor of Rhode Island

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