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October 24, 1781

Washington to David Ross

Washington answers Ross’s queries. People “whose Owners do not appear” are to be sent into the country and advertised; “Those from N. York are most probably the property of Inhabitants of that State & N. Jersey, and should be there advertised.”

Where it is kept
George Washington Papers, Library of Congress, Series 4 (mgw429688). Draft initialed “GW.”
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