[Letter to Daniel Parker regarding possible British evacuation of Washington's slaves from New York]
Contributors: Parker, Daniel, recipient; Boston Public Library. American Revolutionary War Manuscripts Collection
Published: 1783
Place of publication: [Newburgh, N.Y.]
Language: eng
Format: [manuscript]
Subjects: Sources; Fugitive slaves; History
Description: Washington requests that Parker, who superintended the evacuation of the British from New York City following the Revolutionary War, do what he can to ensure that the British do not "[convey] off any Negroes or other property of the inhabitants of the United States", including, most particularly, Washington's slaves and those of his cousin and farm manager Lund Washington.
Notes: Holograph, signed.

Title provided by cataloger.

Text on first two of four pages only.

Letter dated: Head Quarters. 28th April 1783.

In April 1783 the Continental Army was based in Newburgh, N.Y., where Washington has his personal headquarters.