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From George Washington to John Langdon, 14 April 1789

To John Langdon

Mount Vernon April 14th 1789.

Sir,

I had the honor to receive your Official Communication, by the hand of Mr Secretary Thompson, about one o’clock this day.1 Having concluded to obey the important & flattering call of my Country, and having been impressed with an idea of the expediency of my being with Congress at as early a period as possible; I propose to commence my journey on thursday morning which will be the day after to morrow. I have the honor to be with sentiments of esteem Sir Your most obedt Servt

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1. See Langdon to GW, 6 April 1789.

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    From George Washington to John Langdon, 14 April 1789
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    Washington, George
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    Langdon, John
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    14 April 1789

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    “From George Washington to John Langdon, 14 April 1789,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-02-02-0055. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 2, 1 April 1789 – 15 June 1789, ed. Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1987, p. 54.]

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