George Washington Papers

To George Washington from Eleanor Wilson, 7 November 1796 [letter not found]

Letter not found: from Eleanor Wilson, 7 Nov. 1796. Secretary of State Timothy Pickering wrote Wilson from Philadelphia on 15 March 1797: “I had overlooked your petition to the late President Washington dated the 7th of last November, and the papers accompanying it” (DNA: RG 59, Diplomatic and Consular Instructions, 1791–1801).

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    To George Washington from Eleanor Wilson, 7 November 1796 [letter not found]
    Author
    Wilson, Eleanor
    Recipient
    Washington, George
    Date
    7 November 1796

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    “To George Washington from Eleanor Wilson, 7 November 1796 [letter not found],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-21-02-0075. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 21, 22 September 1796–3 March 1797, ed. Adrina Garbooshian-Huggins. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2020, p. 191.]