Letter not found: from William Strickland, 5 Sept. 1796. GW wrote Strickland on 15 July 1797: “I have been honored with Yours of the 30th of May and 5th of Septr of last Year” (see 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 1:253–59).