Alexander Hamilton Papers

George Washington to John Jay, 16 August 1779

George Washington to John Jay

West Point, August 16, 1779. States that England’s rejection of the Spanish offer of mediation “is more strongly tinctured with insanity than any thing she has done in the course of the contest, unless she be sure of very powerful aid from some of the Northern states.” Encloses a letter from Brigadier General Anthony Wayne concerning some of Wayne’s officers.

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    George Washington to John Jay, 16 August 1779
    Author
    Washington, George
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    Jay, John
    Date
    16 August 1779

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    “George Washington to John Jay, 16 August 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-0394. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 2, 1779–1781, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 131.]

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