Alexander Hamilton Papers

George Washington to John Bailey, Junior, Lewis Duboys, and John Van Kleeck, 25 January 1781

George Washington to
John Bailey, Junior, Lewis Duboys,
and John Van Kleeck1

New Windsor [New York] January 25, 1781. Has “always considered Col Hay as a capable useful diligent active and upright servant of the public.”

Df, in writing of H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

1. These men were members of a committee appointed at a town meeting of Poughkeepsie to write to Washington concerning Lieutenant Colonel Udny Hay. Lewis Duboys’s name is frequently spelled “DuBois.”

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    George Washington to John Bailey, Junior, Lewis Duboys, and John Van Kleeck, 25 January 1781
    Author
    Washington, George
    Recipients
    Bailey, John, Jr.
    Duboys, Lewis
    Van Kleeck, John
    Date
    25 January 1781

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    “George Washington to John Bailey, Junior, Lewis Duboys, and John Van Kleeck, 25 January 1781,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-1038. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 2, 1779–1781, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, pp. 543–544.]