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- GLC#
- GLC03818
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 23 July 1785
- Author/Creator
- Washington, George, 1732-1799
- Title
- to John Fitzgerald
- Place Written
- Mount Vernon, Virginia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address : docket Height: 28.5 cm, Width: 19.2 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
General Washington discusses legal matters regarding his disputed land holdings on the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers, with his former aide-de-camp. Refers to a forthcoming survey of the Potomac River, necessary for a canal-building enterprise he sought to undertake as the first President of the Potomac Company. Expresses concern that he will be unable to simultaneously handle legal matters at both locations.
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