George Washington Papers

From George Washington to Adam Ferguson, 9 June 1778

To Adam Ferguson

Head Qrs [Valley Forge] June 9: 1778

Sir

The Letter which accompanies this will inform Sir Henry Clinton, that I can not grant the passport requested by his Favor of this date, without the previous instructions of Congress upon the subject.1 This I have thought proper to advise you of to prevent you the inconvenience of proceeding, should this find you on the way. I have the Honor to be Sir Your Most Obedt servt

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LS, in Robert Hanson Harrison’s writing, University of Edinburgh Library; Df, DLC:GW; copy, P.R.O.: Colonial Office, Miscellaneous; copy, MiU-C: Clinton Papers; Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. See GW to Henry Clinton, this date.

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    From George Washington to Adam Ferguson, 9 June 1778
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    Washington, George
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    Ferguson, Adam
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    9 June 1778

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    “From George Washington to Adam Ferguson, 9 June 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-15-02-0377. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 15, May–June 1778, ed. Edward G. Lengel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2006, p. 363.]