Manuscripts
Letter from George Washington, headquarters Whitemarsh, to Brigadier General James Mitchell Varnum
- Description
Letter signed. HM 5304 in hand of Tench Tilghman (2 pages); HM 5305 in hand of Richard Kidder Meade, copy of first letter (1 page). Postscript on duplicate in hand of Tilghman: "The above is a Copy of a letter sent you yesterday, but that may have miscarried." Place name on second document given only as "headquarters."
- Date
- 1777 November 12
- Call number
- HM 5304, HM 5305
- Provenance
- Purchased from George D. Smith, 1920-1921.
- Purchased from William K. Bixby, 1918.
- Purchased from Anderson Galleries, 1912-1920.
- Purchased from Maggs Bros, 1920-1923.
- Purchased from American Art Association, 1920-1926.
- Purchased from A.S.W. Rosenbach, 1923.
