Jan. 16, 2026

Many Letters to George–January 17, 1776

Many Letters to George–January 17, 1776
Many Letters to George–January 17, 1776
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Many Letters to George–January 17, 1776
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Cover art for January 17, 1776: copy of a letter send in April 1776 by Washington to the Continental Congress. via Library of Congress.
Copy of a letter sent in April 1776 by Washington to the Continental Congress. via Library of Congress.

George Washington was a prolific letter writer, and as such he also tended to receive a great number of letters.

We have to day three missives sent to George Washington on this day in 1776.

(Pardon my brevity for this episode; as I write this my wife has spent the better part of the day in the hospital for a surgical procedure, and I’m too exhausted to be my usual clever self.)

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