Alexander Hamilton Papers

George Washington to John Mathews, 26 February 1781

George Washington to John Mathews1

New Windsor [New York] February 26, 1781. Explains difficulties that will probably arise in trying to exchange the prisoners at St. Augustine.

Df, in writings of Tench Tilghman and H, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

1. Mathews was a member of Congress from South Carolina.

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    George Washington to John Mathews, 26 February 1781
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    Washington, George
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    Mathews, John
    Date
    26 February 1781

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    “George Washington to John Mathews, 26 February 1781,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-02-02-1117. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 2, 1779–1781, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1961, p. 579.]

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