George Washington Papers

To George Washington from Joseph Greenleaf, 23 October 1775

From Joseph Greenleaf

Watertown [Mass.] Octr 23rd 1775

Sr

The inclosed plan was presented to me by a country gentleman to make such use of as I should think best. I know no better use I can make of it than to present it to yr excellency being assured that if it affords any good hints they will be improved by you for the public good.1 I am Sr your humb. servt

Joseph Greenleaf

ALS, NNGL: Knox Papers.

Joseph Greenleaf (1720–1809) of Boston, a brother-in-law of Robert Treat Paine, was a member of the committee that the General Court appointed on 6 Aug. 1775 to examine the refugees from Boston landing at Chelsea.

1. The enclosed plan has not been identified.

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    To George Washington from Joseph Greenleaf, 23 October 1775
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    Greenleaf, Joseph
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    Washington, George
    Date
    23 October 1775

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    “To George Washington from Joseph Greenleaf, 23 October 1775,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-02-02-0196. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 2, 16 September 1775 – 31 December 1775, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1987, p. 221.]