Alexander Hamilton Papers

George Washington to Colonel William Grayson, Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton, and Elias Boudinot, 1 April 1778

George Washington to Colonel William Grayson,
Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison
and Alexander Hamilton, and Elias Boudinot1

Head Quarters, Valley Forge 1st: April 1778

Gentlemen

The inclosed Resolutions of Congress2 came to my hand this instant, and as they are essentially necessary for your Government I have sent them immediately by Express.

The first four Resolves are absolute and therefore you are obliged to insist upon the terms therein directed. But do not let the last embarrass you or impede your Business. I have so perfect a reliance upon your judgment and upon your prudence that you may depend upon my confirming whatever you may agree to.

I am with the greatest Regard Gentlemen Yr. most obt. Servt.

Go: Washington

LS, in writing of Tench Tilghman, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

1. For background to this letter, see “Commission,” March 28, 1778.

2. Printed above under date of March 30, 1778.

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    George Washington to Colonel William Grayson, Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton, and Elias Boudinot, 1 April 1778
    Author
    Washington, George
    Recipients
    Grayson, William
    Harrison, Robert Hanson
    Hamilton, Alexander
    Boudinot, Elias
    Date
    1 April 1778

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    “George Washington to Colonel William Grayson, Lieutenant Colonels Robert Hanson Harrison and Alexander Hamilton, and Elias Boudinot, 1 April 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-01-02-0413. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 1, 1768–1778, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 449.]