Washington, George, 1732-1799 to Henry Knox
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09400 Author/Creator: Washington, George, 1732-1799 Place Written: Pompton Lakes, New Jersey Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 30 March 1782 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 31.7 cm, Width: 19.7 cm Order a Copy
General Washington discusses a "character" (possibly Loyalist Henry Van Schaack) present with Knox in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. Instructs Knox to guard his colleague (possibly Gouverneur Morris) against freely discussing matters with this person, believing him to be a traitor to America, in pay of the British. Written from "York Hutts," which constituted the headquarters of a New York Regiment near Pompton (now Pompton Lakes, New Jersey). Docketed in Knox's hand.
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