Alexander Hamilton Papers

George Washington to Lieutenant Colonel Jacob Gerhard Diriks, 21 February 1781

George Washington to
Lieutenant Colonel Jacob Gerhard Diriks1

[New Windsor, New York] February 21, 1781. Discusses question of Diriks’s rank in relation to new arrangement of the Army.

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

1. Diriks was breveted lieutenant colonel, Continental Army, on November 5, 1778. He was honorably discharged on May 17, 1781.

Index Entries

    You Are Looking At

    Source Project
    Hamilton Papers
    Title
    George Washington to Lieutenant Colonel Jacob Gerhard Diriks, 21 February 1781
    Author
    Washington, George
    Recipient
    Diriks, Jacob Gerhard
    Date
    21 February 1781

    Reference

    Cite as
    “George Washington to Lieutenant Colonel Jacob Gerhard Diriks, 21 February 1781,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-1100. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 2, 1779–1781, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 572.]