George W. Bleecker

Major Gen. Leonard Bleecker, father of George W. Bleecker

George Washington Bleecker (January 1, 1800 – November 23, 1859) was an American teacher and politician from New York. He was the son of Leonard Bleecker, a Major General during the Revolutionary war, and personal friend of George Washington.[1][2]

  1. ^ To George Washington from Leonard Bleecker, 4 June 1789, The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia, Washington Papers
  2. ^ Murphy, William D. (1858). Biographical Sketches of the State Officers and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York, in 1858. Albany: J. Munsell. pp. 150–151.