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To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, 6 April 1792

From George Washington

United States 6. April 1792.

Sir,

You will lay before the House of Representatives such papers from your Department as are requested by the enclosed resolution.1

G: W.

NB. The papers alluded to are such as relate to the Expedition under Genl. St. Clair.

LC, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

1. On April 4, 1792, the House of Representatives “Resolved, That the President of the United States, be requested to cause the proper officers to lay before this House such papers of a public nature, in the Executive Department, as may be necessary to the investigation of the causes of the failure of the late expedition under Major General St. Clair” (Journal of the House, I description begins Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States (Washington, 1826), I. description ends , 561).

For a description of the expedition referred to in this resolution, see “Conversation with George Hammond,” December 15–16, 1791, note 2.

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, 6 April 1792,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-11-02-0200. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 11, February 1792 – June 1792, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1966, p. 252.]

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