Washington, George. Autograph letter signed to Governor William Moultrie of South Carolina, 18 August 1786

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WASHINGTON, GEORGE

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("GO: WASHINGTON"), TO GOVERNOR WILLIAM MOULTRIE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INTRODUCING AN INTIMATE FRIEND OF D'ESTAING AND LAFAYETTE

One page (9 x 7 1/8 in.; 227 x 180 mm) on a bifolium, Mount Vernon, 18 August 1786, integral autograph address, initially directed to Colonel Bannister at Petersburgh, reception docket; some fold separations and repair, seal tear, light browning. Matted, double-glazed, and framed (label of Kennedy Galleries).

A warm introduction for Jean-Baptiste Vigoureux Duplessis. "General Duplesses, late Governor of the Island of St. Vincent, and Brigadier in the Armies of His Most Christian Majesty, is the Gentleman who does me the honor of handing this letter to your Excellency. He is the most intimate friend & companion of the Count de Estaing, by whom—& the Marqs. de la Fayette, he is very warmly introduced to me, and is the reason of my introducing him to your civilities on his rout[e] to Georgia, where he means to become a citizen."

Not in the Papers of George Washington, and evidently unrecorded and unpublished.