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From George Washington to Elias Dayton, 6 November 1786

To Elias Dayton

Mount Vernon Novr 6th 1786

Dear Sir,

Presuming you are Presidt of the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey, I give you the trouble of the enclosed address. If I am mistaken, you will be so good as to hand it to the right person.1

Months ago, I received a number of blank Diplomas for my Signature, which was affixed & held in readiness for Mr Peck or his order. No call has yet been for them. If a good conveyance should offer, I will forward them; but I am not much in the way of meeting this.2 With great esteem and regard I am Dr Sir Yr Most Obedt Hble Ser.

Go: Washington

ALS, CSmH.

1. See GW to the Society of the Cincinnati, 31 Oct. 1786.

2. See John Peck to GW, 16 Aug. and 4 Sept. 1786. GW seems not to have received Peck’s letter of 4 September.

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    From George Washington to Elias Dayton, 6 November 1786
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    Washington, George
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    6 November 1786

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    “From George Washington to Elias Dayton, 6 November 1786,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-04-02-0301. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series, vol. 4, 2 April 1786 – 31 January 1787, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1995, pp. 335–336.]

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