Letter, Charles Cornwallis to Thomas Law

Containers:
Box 28, Folder 1796.03.28
Creator:
Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, 1738-1805 and Law, Thomas, 1756-1834
Scope and content:

A.L.S. 4 pages. Whitehall. Says Americans "cruelly persecuted many worthy and respectable men" during the war, but "that is now past." Offers best wishes for his happiness in America, and that "it may long enjoy the benefits of the Presidency of Washington, whose great character and virtues alone could have preserved order in an infant state, composed of such heterogenous and ungovernable radicals." Discusses war with France and other international affairs.

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Location of collection:
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
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