To George Washington from St. John de Crèvecoeur, 21 March 1785

From St. John de Crèvecoeur

New York 21st March 1785

I have duely Received Your Excellency’s Letters for France, & have put them in the Mail which is To Sail on Wednesday 1—I beg that whenever Your Excellency may have any Letters or Papers to be Sent to Europe—that they may be addressed To me who will with Great Pleasure & Punctuality Forward Them To their destinaton. I have the Honor To be with the Most Sincere Respect Your Excellency’s Most obedient & Very Humble Servt

St John

ALS, PHi: Gratz Collection; Sprague transcript, DLC:GW.

1. No letters to persons in France written by GW in March 1785 have been found.

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Source Project: Washington Papers
Title: To George Washington from St. John de Crèvecoeur, 21 March 1785
Author: Crèvecoeur, Michel-Guillaume St. Jean de
Recipient: Washington, George
Date: 21 March 1785

Reference

Cite as: “To George Washington from St. John de Crèvecoeur, 21 March 1785,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-02-02-0312. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series, vol. 2, 18 July 1784 – 18 May 1785, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1992, p. 455.]

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