Alexander Hamilton Papers

To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, 16 April 1783

From George Washington

Head Quarters [Newburgh, New York] 16th April 1783

Sir

I have received your letter of the 9th instant in behalf of a Committee of Congress, requestg my Sentiments upon the military Department of a Peace Establishment.

As this Discussion will involve a variety of Considerations, & these of very great Importance, The Committee will indulge me in a little Time to collect & concenter my Ideas on this Subject & they may depend on my communicating them in the best Manner I am able & at the earliest period in my power.1

I am &c

Colo Hamilton—in Congress

Df, in writing of Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

1. Washington submitted his plan for a peace establishment to Congress on May 2, 1783.

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    To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, 16 April 1783
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    Washington, George
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    Hamilton, Alexander
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    16 April 1783

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    “To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, 16 April 1783,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-03-02-0214. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 3, 1782–1786, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1962, pp. 331–332.]

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