George Washington Papers

To George Washington from Timothy Pickering, 14 November 1795

From Timothy Pickering

War Office Saturday Novr 14. 95

The Secretary of War respectfully informs the President of the United States that Henry Abeel, the Cornplanter’s son, is going home, expecting to set off to-day.1 It has some time been evident that he could derive no advantage by continuing here: I therefore made no objection to his going home; and have fitted him out to his satisfaction. He will wait on the President within half an hour to take leave—if that time be convenient.

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1. Henry O’Bail (Young Cornplanter; c.1774–1831) was the eldest son of the Seneca chief Cornplanter. In 1791 Cornplanter had sent him to Philadelphia to be educated.

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    To George Washington from Timothy Pickering, 14 November 1795
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    Pickering, Timothy
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    Washington, George
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    14 November 1795

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    “To George Washington from Timothy Pickering, 14 November 1795,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-19-02-0106. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 19, 1 October 1795–31 March 1796, ed. David R. Hoth. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, pp. 151–152.]

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