George Washington Papers

To George Washington from Brigadier General John Sullivan, 22 January 1776 [letter not found]

Letter not found: from Brigadier General John Sullivan, 22 Jan. 1776. On 23 Jan. Robert Hanson Harrison wrote to Sullivan: “I have it in command from his Excellency to inform you, that General Gates handed him your letter of the 22 inst.”1 (DLC: Peter Force Collection).

1. For the full text of Harrison’s letter to Sullivan of 23 Jan., see GW to Sullivan, 28 Jan. 1776, source note.

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    To George Washington from Brigadier General John Sullivan, 22 January 1776 [letter not found]
    Author
    Sullivan, John
    Recipient
    Washington, George
    Date
    22 January 1776

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    “To George Washington from Brigadier General John Sullivan, 22 January 1776 [letter not found],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-03-02-0119. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 3, 1 January 1776 – 31 March 1776, ed. Philander D. Chase. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1988, p. 168.]

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