Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 to George Washington
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.02772 Author/Creator: Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Autograph document signed Date: 13 November 1783 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 19 x 23.3 cm. Order a Copy
Draft or retained copy of the cover letter for GLC02437.10199, from "the officers of the part of the Army remaining on the banks of the Hudson" in response to hearing General Washington's farewell address to the army. (GLC02437.10186 is a draft of that address.) Written and signed by Pickering; signatures of McDougall and Knox are also in Pickering's hand.
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