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Washington, George, 1732-1799 to Thomas Paine

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02858 Author/Creator: Washington, George, 1732-1799 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 7 September 1795 Pagination: 1 p. + docket 17 x 21 cm Order a Copy

President Washington thanks "Thos Paine - of Boston" (not the famous author of "Common Sense," who was in Paris until 1802) for a poem inscribed to him.

Washington, George, 1732-1799
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809

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