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(GEORGE WASHINGTON). (1732-1799). Washington was Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, President of the Constitutional Convention and the first President.Contemporary copy. 1pg. November 7, 1780. Passaic Falls. A contemporary copy of a George Washington letter to Colonel Henry Babcock: Sir, I have received your favor of the 24th of October, and have to observe on the Subject, that the plan suggested, for paying and supplying the Army and prosecuting the War with vigor, would undoubtedly be eligible, if practicable; how far this is, or is not the case, I cannot take upon myself to determine. Should the scheme in contemplation be carried into execution; whether it would be most advantageous to have the Plate coined and thrown into circulation, or made the basis of a Bank to support our Credit, might be made a question. But that this aid (if well disposed of) with other vigorous and decisive measures for drawing out the resources of the Country, would have a powerful influence, in retrieving our affairs, disconcerting those of the Enemy, and inducing them to wish for a peace: does not admit of a single doubt. The adoption of the plan spoken of by you might give a credit to the public virtue of this Country at Foreign Courts that would be attended with important advantages to us. Colonel Henry Babcock (1736-1800), a Yale graduate, fought at Fort Ticonderoga in 1775. The next year, he was dismissed from command of Rhode Island troops because of his distempered mind. There is a vertical fold and contemporary writing on the verso.
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