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Subject Area: War and Peace
Topic: The American Revolution and Constitution

TO JOSEPH JONES, IN CONGRESS. - George Washington, The Writings of George Washington, vol. X (1782-1785) [1891]

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The Writings of George Washington, collected and edited by Worthington Chauncey Ford (New York and London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1890). Vol. X (1782-1785).

Part of: The Writings of George Washington, 14 vols.

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TO JOSEPH JONES, IN CONGRESS.

I cannot close this letter without making a remark upon that part of Sir Guy’s, in which he charges me with want of humanity in selecting a victim from among the British officers so early as I did. He ought to consider, that, by the usage of war and upon the principles of retaliation, I should have been justified in executing an officer of equal rank with Captain Huddy immediately upon receiving proofs of his murder, and then informing Sir Henry Clinton that I had done so. Besides, it was impossible for me to have foreseen, that it would be so very long before the matter would be brought to some kind of issue. I have the honor to be, &c.1

Dear Sir,