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George Washington to the Committee of Conference, 27 February 1779

George Washington to the Committee of Conference

Middlebrook [New Jersey] February 27, 1779. Proposes centralizing all prisoner exchanges and charging each state for supplies for its prisoners. Asks committee to consider giving a bounty to procure wagoners. States that immediate reorganization of clothing department is necessary.

Df, in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

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    George Washington to the Committee of Conference, 27 February 1779
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    27 February 1779

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    “George Washington to the Committee of Conference, 27 February 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-0038. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 2, 1779–1781, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 13.]

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