John Stagg, Jr., to Tobias Lear, 16 January 1793

John Stagg, Jr., to Tobias Lear

War-department, Jany 16th 1793.

Sir.

I have the honor to transmit you, enclosed, by order of the Secretary of War, and which he requests may be laid before the President, a letter just received from brigadier general Wilkinson of the 11th December 1792, with several enclosures.1 I am Sir, with respectful consideration, Your obedt Servt

Jno: Stagg Junr
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ALS, DLC:GW; LB, DLC:GW.

1. The letter from James Wilkinson, commandant of Fort Washington, to Henry Knox of 11 Dec. 1792 has not been identified, but extracts of this letter and its several enclosures are recorded in GW’s executive journal (see JPP, description begins Dorothy Twohig, ed. The Journal of the Proceedings of the President, 1793–1797. Charlottesville, Va., 1981. description ends 22–27).

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Title: John Stagg, Jr., to Tobias Lear, 16 January 1793
Author: Stagg, John Jr.
Recipient: Lear, Tobias
Date: 16 January 1793

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Cite as: “John Stagg, Jr., to Tobias Lear, 16 January 1793,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-12-02-0004. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 12, 16 January 1793 – 31 May 1793, ed. Christine Sternberg Patrick and John C. Pinheiro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2005, pp. 4–5.]

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