George Washington Papers

From George Washington to Colonel Edward Wigglesworth, 11 March 1779

To Colonel Edward Wigglesworth

Head Quarters Middle Brook 11th March 1779.

Sir

Congress have only answered your request for liberty to resign by a Resolve of which the inclosed is Copy1—Should the determination of the Delegates of Massachusetts be transmitted to me, it shall be forwarded to you by Sir Your most obt Servt2

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LS, in Tench Tilghman’s writing, PWacD: Sol Feinstone Collection, on deposit at PPAmP; Df, DLC:GW; Varick transcript, DLC:GW.

1. The enclosed copy of Congress’s order of 27 Feb. referring Wigglesworth’s resignation request to the Massachusetts delegates has not been identified, but see JCC description begins Worthington Chauncey Ford et al., eds. Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. 34 vols. Washington, D.C., 1904–37. description ends , 13:259 (see also John Jay to GW, 2 March, second letter).

2. For Congress’s acceptance of Wigglesworth’s resignation on 10 March, see John Jay to GW, 12 March, and GW to Wigglesworth, 19 March.

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    From George Washington to Colonel Edward Wigglesworth, 11 March 1779
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    11 March 1779

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    “From George Washington to Colonel Edward Wigglesworth, 11 March 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-19-02-0451. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 19, 15 January–7 April 1779, ed. Philander D. Chase and William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009, p. 445.]

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