Pickering writes to Anthony Wayne regarding the General's request for leave

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Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Description

Letter, discusses leave of absence from the army for Wayne. Decision to grant or deny leave has been delayed by the absence of General Washington.

Date

10/17/1795

Recipient

Sent from

War Office

Document number

1795101713001

Page start

1

Note

Cited in Wayne to Pickering, 11/09/1795. Document interleaved in Washington Irving's Life of George Washington.

Notable persons

Anthony Wayne
Timothy Pickering
George Washington
President of United States
Secretary of War
War Department

Notable locations

War Office
Baltimore
Mount Vernon
Greeneville

Notable items

leave of absence
army
roads
President