George Washington Papers

To George Washington from John Vaughan, 4 May 1793

From John Vaughan

[Philadelphia] Saturday 4th May [1793]

Dear sir

I take the liberty of enclosing a letter I have just recieved from Carolina—from a house of Character there, the perusal of which may not be improper at the present moment; I would not even wait to make the extract, which if your Excellency should wish can be done at any moment.1 I remain with the greatest respect—Your obt Servt

Jn Vaughan

A Vessel goes to Charleston on Tueday next.

ALS, DNA: RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters. The docket indicates that this letter was written on 4 May 1793.

1. The enclosed letter may have been the original of the extract of 14 May from Vaughan that GW had Tobias Lear send to Thomas Jefferson that same date.

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    To George Washington from John Vaughan, 4 May 1793
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    Vaughan, John
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    Washington, George
    Date
    4 May 1793

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    “To George Washington from John Vaughan, 4 May 1793,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-12-02-0419. [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. 514–515.]

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