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DetectiveRiddle #1358

A dealer is selling a letter he says was written in July 1776 for $10,000.

The dealer says

“It's from a soldier to his mother, dated July 1776. He writes that President Washington rode past their camp that morning. The ink is barely faded.”

Why is the letter a fake?

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Detective Riddle: A dealer is selling a letter he says was written in July 1776 for $10,000. The dealer: "It's from a soldier to his mother, dated July 1776. He writes that President Washington rode past their camp that morning. The ink is barely faded." Why is the letter a fake?
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