Alexander Hamilton Papers

George Washington to Captain David Hopkins, 1 February 1779

George Washington to Captain David Hopkins1

Philadelphia, February 1, 1779. Cannot grant furlough requested, but has ordered Hopkins’s regiment to Baltimore.

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

1. Hopkins was a captain in the First Continental Dragoons.

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    George Washington to Captain David Hopkins, 1 February 1779
    Author
    Washington, George
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    Hopkins, David
    Date
    1 February 1779

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    “George Washington to Captain David Hopkins, 1 February 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-0018. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 2, 1779–1781, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 7.]