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- GLC#
- GLC03770
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- March 3, 1783
- Author/Creator
- Washington, George, 1732-1799
- Title
- to William S[tephens] Smith
- Place Written
- Newburgh, New York
- Pagination
- 2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 31.8 cm, Width: 20.3 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Written by General Washington to Lieutenant Colonel Smith as commander of the post at Dobbs Ferry, New York. Discusses the problems of trading with British-occupied New York City and the issue of states ignoring the "barrier between us and the enemy."
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