WASHINGTON, GEORGE. 1732-1799.

WASHINGTON, GEORGE. 1732-1799.
Autograph Note Signed ("Go Washington") to Joseph Jones, transmitting a copy Washington's reply to Governor Chittenden of Vermont (not included), 1 p, 287 x 186 mm, Philadelphia, March 10, 1782, with autograph address laid to verso, repairs, minor staining.

IMPORTANT WASHINGTON TRANSMITTAL LETTER, shedding light on the machinations of the newly formed US Government's role in Vermont independence and ultimate statehood. Washington's note to Joseph Jones providing him a copy of Washington's important January 1, 1782, letter to Governor Thomas Chittenden of Vermont, in which he masterfully negotiates the Vermont claim to lands in New York and New Hampshire, "You must consider sir that the point now in dispute is of the utmost political importance to the future Union and Peace of this great Country." Joseph Jones was a continental congressman from Virginia, and a conduit to General Washington in the negotiations with the independent Vermont.