Draft of a letter to the Marquis de LaFayette, 1784 January 20.

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Draft of a letter to the Marquis de LaFayette, 1784 January 20.

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A draft of a personal letter to LaFayette, written shortly after the British troops left New York City and Clinton reclaimed the city. The letter describes how Clinton and General George Washington entered the city, and how all things went well. Clinton goes on to relate how Washington departed New York City and travelled to Anapolis, Md. where he resigned his commission. Clinton states that in a recent letter from Washington he was informed by the general "of his arrival at his own house at Mount Vernon on Christmas Eve and that he is now a private gentleman on the banks of the Potomac where he intends spending the remainder of his days in the cultivation of the friendship of good men and the exercise of the domestic virtues." Written at New York, N.Y.

2 p.

American Periodical Series I

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