BIB_ID
120684
Accession number
MA 1002
Creator
Lewis, Nelly Custis, 1779-1852.
Display Date
1797 Mar. 19.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1924.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Mrs. Wolcott / Philadelphia."
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. from J.F. Sabin, 1924.
Summary
Giving a report of her trip from Philadelphia to Mount Vernon with her grandparents [George and Martha Washington]; describing a visit to see her sisters and nieces; noting that Martha Washington is suffering from "a violent cold" and George Washington is "much pleased with being once more Farmer Washington"; inviting Mrs. Wolcott and her family to visit Mount Vernon next summer; sending her regards to friends in Philadelphia.
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