/ Letter from George Washington, headquarters Whitemarsh, to Brigadier General James Mitchell Varnum

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Title: Letter from George Washington, headquarters Whitemarsh, to Brigadier General James Mitchell Varnum
Creator: Washington, George, 1732-1799
Contributor: Varnum, James M. (James Mitchell), 1748-1789
Date Created and/or Issued: 1777-11-12
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: American Presidential and Founders Papers
Rights Information: RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
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Description: Letter signed. HM 5304 in hand of Tench Tilghman ; HM 5305 in hand of Richard Kidder Meade, copy of first letter. 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."
Published in Founders Online, National Archives [https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-12-02-0223].
Extent: 1 p.
Identifier: mssGW
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll21/id/931
Language: English
Subject: Washington, George, 1732-1799--Archives
Washington, George, 1732-1799--Autographs (manuscripts)
Washington, George, 1732-1799--Correspondence
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783
Letters (correspondence) United States 18th century. (aat)
Military records United States Revolution, 1775-1783. (aat)
Source: George Washington collection, 1749-1806.
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American Presidential and Founders Papers, Huntington Digital Library

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