George Washington Papers

To George Washington from John Robinson, 17 December 1756

From John Robinson

Wmsburgh Decr 17. 1756

Dear Sir

I recd your favour by Mr Ramsey and as soon as I could get the Committee together I communicated the Contents of it to them, they were generaly of Opinion that the Commissary ought to reside, and they also approved of Mr Carlyle and Ramsey in Case Mr Walker resigned, but did not care to appoint them, till Mr Walker informed them himself of his intentions to resign;1 I am sorry to hear your last Money is gone, and more so that I must tell you that that fund is just exhausted, but will have some ready for you when you send for it I am Dr Sir Your Most Affect. Freind and Servant

John Robinson

ALS, DLC:GW.

1. GW’s letter has not been found. For Dinwiddie’s insistence on retaining Thomas Walker and his refusal to consider John Carlyle and William Ramsay, see especially Dinwiddie to GW, 15 Dec. 1756, n.2.

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    To George Washington from John Robinson, 17 December 1756
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    Robinson, John
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    Washington, George
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    17 December 1756

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    “To George Washington from John Robinson, 17 December 1756,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-04-02-0036. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, vol. 4, 9 November 1756 – 24 October 1757, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1984, p. 62.]

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