| Show letter by washington discovered by student ann arbor mich A research student at the university of michi gan discovered a hitherto hushed and unknown letter written by george washington the letter found by john alden a teaching fellow in history was dated may 17 1768 it was found in the papers of gen thomas gage in the william L clements library of americana written to john blair acting gov arnor of colonial virginia and passed along to general gage corn com manding the british troops in amer ica during the revolutionary war the letter remained in possession of the gage family for about years washington writing in behalf of virginia friends who were traders engaged in supplying the british garrison at fort pitt wanted to see that a proposed indian boundary line should be drawn far enough west so that what is now south western pennsylvania would remain open to white settlers ceorge ft eorge maer made a trip into ise ne vada over sunday |
