CONFIDENTIAL:
Document 1798Enclosed info shows frustration with unresolved political issues, hopes Washington will visit Philadelphia. Disagreement with Major Generals.
16 Octr. 1798 Geo. Washington F[undecipherable] copy in my true hand Trenton 16 Octb.r 1798 (Confidential) My Dear Sir, You will see by the inclosed the steps I have taken, and the information and aid which I expect to derive from the major generals in case it is approved, and also the deisre I have to draw you for a short time to Philadelphia. I know not how all this is to end, and feel myself perfectly tired of the uncertainty in which so many important measure are kept fettered & involved. I hope you will approve of the exposition I have given of my views, and the propriety of my fortifying or correcting my own opinions by those of the Generals. I have informed Hamilton of the points upon which I shall look for his assistance that he may come prepared. I am extremely anxious to know the result of your letter to the President. Yours ever & affectionately James W Henry Geo. Washington Eqr
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