Scope and Contents Note Autographed letter signed; Washington, with cover letter. Discusses the bad news about Chesapeake and the Shannon. Quantity of combustable matter thrown on board from the English ship, seting great part of our vessel in compleat flame... Discusses the success of the Canadian campaign by the army. States that he misses home. Mentions that Alex Sevier was wounded in the arm in a duel in which he wounded his opponent in the breast, but not to be...

Scope and Contents Note Autographed letter signed; Washington, with cover letter. Discusses having taken GWS' advice and that of the Rhea in regard his land in Overton and the affair of the Hill. They are laying every scheime in the their power to get that property out of my hands by some rouguish scheime or other... Discusses British naval maneuvers along the coast. Discusses the success of American arms in Canada: We have taken nearly every garrison and place of importance in...