S. Pleasonton, n.p., to W[illia]m H. Winder,Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], n.d.

Containers:

Box-folder 6:3

Extent:

2 pages.

Scope and content:

Discusses how he saved the papers of the Revolutionary Government by taking them to Leesburg, [Virginia] before the British burned the District of Columbia [in the War of 1812]. These papers included the Declaration of Independence, the journals of Congress, letter of Gen[eral] [George] Washington,letters of Gen[eral] Greene and papers of the State Department.

Physical description:

ACY of ALS, first part missing.

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