George Washington Papers

To George Washington from Joseph Vanmeter, 1 September 1796

From Joseph Vanmeter

1 Sept. 1796. Writing from Fort Pleasant (Van Meter’s Fort) on the North Branch of the Potomac River, Vanmeter explains how he procured a sword presented to GW.

ALS, DLC:GW. For a full transcription and other information related to the sword, see GW to John Quincy Adams, 25 June 1797, in Papers, Retirement Series, description begins W. W. Abbot et al., eds. The Papers of George Washington, Retirement Series. 4 vols. Charlottesville, Va., 1998–99. description ends 1:210–14.

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    To George Washington from Joseph Vanmeter, 1 September 1796
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    Vanmeter, Joseph
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    Washington, George
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    1 September 1796

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    “To George Washington from Joseph Vanmeter, 1 September 1796,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-20-02-0396. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 20, 1 April–21 September 1796, ed. David R. Hoth and William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, p. 639.]