James Madison Papers

From James Madison to George Washington, 20 October 1785

To George Washington

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20 October 1785. In a letter of 29 October from Washington to JM he refers to JM’s “favor of the 20th.” with an enclosure, which contained suggestions of a suitable form for Washington’s letter to the General Assembly requesting the donation to some public institution of the Assembly’s gift of canal shares to Washington.

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    Title
    From James Madison to George Washington, 20 October 1785
    Author
    Madison, James
    Recipient
    Washington, George
    Date
    20 October 1785

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    “From James Madison to George Washington, 20 October 1785,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-08-02-0198. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, vol. 8, 10 March 1784 – 28 March 1786, ed. Robert A. Rutland and William M. E. Rachal. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1973, p. 380.]

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