THE WRITINGS

OF

GEORGE WASHINGTON.

VOL. V.

THE

WRITINGS

OF

GEORGE WASHINGTON;

BEING HIS

5051

CORRESPONDENCE, ADDRESSES, MESSAGES, AND OTHER

PAPERS, OFFICIAL AND PRIVATE,

SELECTED AND PUBLISHED FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS ;

WITH

A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,

NOTES, AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

BY JARED SPARKS.

VOLUME V.

HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,

82 CLIFF STREET, NEW YORK.

1847.

Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight

hundred and thirty-five, by JARED SPARKS, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.