Ron Chernow Quote

On December 12, 1799, Washington sent Hamilton a letter applauding his outline for an American military academy: The establishment of an institution of this kind . . . has ever been considered by me as an object of primary importance to this country.44 It was the last letter George Washington ever wrote. After riding in a snowstorm, he developed a throat infection and died two days later. Washington did not live to see the government transferred to the new capital that was to bear his name.

Ron Chernow

On December 12, 1799, Washington sent Hamilton a letter applauding his outline for an American military academy: The establishment of an institution of this kind . . . has ever been considered by me as an object of primary importance to this country.44 It was the last letter George Washington ever wrote. After riding in a snowstorm, he developed a throat infection and died two days later. Washington did not live to see the government transferred to the new capital that was to bear his name.

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