Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
March 1818
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 91
Additional Source Text:
"Since returned to him by his request."
Notes:
This original letter to Gen. Nathanael Greene (1742-1786), regarding the building of boats at Albany, N.Y., is unlocated; for the copy at the National Archives see Washington Papers, Founders Online, National Archives / https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-22-02-0328
The donor (actually "depositor" since he reclaimed the item) was Francis Shallus (1773-1821), a Philadelphia engraver and son of Jacob Shallus (ca. 1750-1796), the engrosser of the original U.S. Constitution.
