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Livingston, Robert L., 1746-1813 to George Washington

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02018 Author/Creator: Livingston, Robert L., 1746-1813 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Manuscript letter Date: 22 March 1783 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 34 cm, Width: 20.4 cm Order a Copy

Written in the hand of Jonathan Trumbull, Jr., Washington's Secretary. Marked as a copy of a letter from Secretary of Foreign Affairs Livingston to General Washington. Docket in Knox's hand. Sends "the agreeable Intelligence of Peace, upon which I most sincerely congratulate you and the Army - Harmony, a Regard for Justice, & Fidelity to our Engagements, are all that now remains to render us a happy people." Says the vessel with the news was sent by Comte d'Estaing, who was recalling French cruisers from America waters. Says this news should be immediately sent to British commander Sir Guy Carleton by either Congress or Washington. Says he received a private letter stating the Bahama Islands were ceded to the British. Believes that "Holland seems to have come worst off, & France, by getting little for herself, has laid in a Store of Reputation which will be worth more than much Territory." Postscript states that with the permission of Congress he sent Lewis Morris to inform Carleton of the peace. Originally enclosed with GLC02437.09383, Washington's 27 March 1783 letter to Knox.

Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813
Washington, George, 1732-1799

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