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To George Washington from Thomas Attwood Digges, 28 April 1791 [letter not found]

Letter not found: from Thomas Attwood Digges, c.28 April 1791. On 28 April Digges introduced William Pearce to Thomas Jefferson and wrote: “I have so little time before the Vessel sails to address The President and yourself. . . , that I hope You will escuse haste & inaccuracys” (Jefferson Papers, description begins Julian P. Boyd et al., eds. The Papers of Thomas Jefferson. 41 vols. to date. Princeton, N.J., 1950–. description ends 20:313–15).1

1. William Pearce arrived at Philadelphia and presented to GW Digges’s letter of introduction on 12 July (see GW to Thomas Jefferson, 12 July and note 2).

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    To George Washington from Thomas Attwood Digges, 28 April 1791 [letter not found]
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    Digges, Thomas Attwood
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    Washington, George
    Date
    28 April 1791

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    “To George Washington from Thomas Attwood Digges, 28 April 1791 [letter not found],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-08-02-0106. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 8, 22 March 1791 – 22 September 1791, ed. Mark A. Mastromarino. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1999, p. 140.]

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