BIB_ID
136738
Accession number
MA 503.2
Creator
Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Display Date
1796 Feb. 10.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
The following three items are bound together and described in individual records: two letters from Washington to Elizabeth Parke Custis, Sept. 14, 1794 (MA 503.1) and Feb. 10, 1796 (MA 503.2), and a letter from Washington to Thomas Law, Feb. 10, 1796 (MA 503.3). See individual records for more details.
Summary
Approving plans for her marriage with Mr. [Thomas] Law; including his "fervent wishes that [she] may be as happy in this important event as [her] most Sanguine imagination has ever presented to [her] view"; asking her to give him the details of when she is to be married and to "relate all [her] feelings to [him] on this occasion"; inviting them to stay with him after their marriage if Mr. Law needs to come to Philadelphia; reminding her of how much he loves her.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (33 cm)
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