George Washington Papers

To George Washington from Philip Wilson, 3 Dec. 1796 [letter not found]

Letter not found: from Philip Wilson, 3 Dec. 1796. Secretary of State Timothy Pickering wrote Wilson from Philadelphia on 13 March 1797: “Your petition dated the 3d of December 1796, addressed to the President, Senate and Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, was delivered to me by the late President Washington” (DNA: RG 59, Diplomatic and Consular Instructions, 1791–1801).

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    To George Washington from Philip Wilson, 3 Dec. 1796 [letter not found]
    Author
    Wilson, Philip
    Recipient
    Washington, George
    Date
    3 December 1796

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    “To George Washington from Philip Wilson, 3 Dec. 1796 [letter not found],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-21-02-0130. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 21, 22 September 1796–3 March 1797, ed. Adrina Garbooshian-Huggins. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2020, p. 296.]