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Varick, Richard, 1753-1831 to Henry Glen

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03266 Author/Creator: Varick, Richard, 1753-1831 Place Written: Poughkeepsie, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 10 May 1783 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; Height: 35 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy

George Washington's secretary describes to Glen, a deputy quartermaster general in the Revolutionary War, his eyewitness account of Washington's meeting with Sir Guy Carleton at Tappan, New York. Provides details of the meeting, which was intended to arrange the terms of British withdrawal.

Varick, Richard, 1753-1831
Glen, Henry, 1739-1814
Washington, George, 1732-1799

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