From George Washington to Anthony Walton White, 6 October 1794

To Anthony Walton White

Monday 6. October [1794]

The President of the U. States requests the pleasure of Genl Whites and Aids company to dine tomorrow at Mr Pollock’s tavern at 3 o’Clock.1

D, NjP: Von Hemert Autograph Collection. Anthony Walton White of New Jersey was serving as a brigadier general of cavalry during the Whiskey Insurrection campaign.

1. James Pollock (d. 1800) kept a tavern at the southwest corner of High and Pitt streets in Carlisle (Merri Lou Scribner Schaumann, Taverns of Cumberland County Pennsylvania 1750–1840 [Carlisle, Pa., 1994], 30).

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Title: From George Washington to Anthony Walton White, 6 October 1794
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: White, Anthony Walton
Date: 6 October 1794

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Cite as: “From George Washington to Anthony Walton White, 6 October 1794,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-17-02-0019. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 17, 1 October 1794–31 March 1795, ed. David R. Hoth and Carol S. Ebel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2013, p. 25.]

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