Alexander Hamilton Papers

George Washington to Captain Samuel Kearsley, 9 July 1779

George Washington to Captain Samuel Kearsley1

New Windsor [New York] July 9, 1779. Regrets that since Kearsley’s resignation has taken place, Kearsley cannot be “reintroduced” into the regiment.

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

1. Kearsley had been a captain of the Eleventh Pennsylvania Regiment.

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    George Washington to Captain Samuel Kearsley, 9 July 1779
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    Washington, George
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    Kearsley, Samuel
    Date
    9 July 1779

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    “George Washington to Captain Samuel Kearsley, 9 July 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-0297. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 2, 1779–1781, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 96.]