BIB_ID
136760
Accession number
MA 999.1
Creator
Washington, George, 1732-1799, sender.
Display Date
Philadeliphia, Pennsylvania, 1796 March 30.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1924.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 22.6 x 18.7 cm
Notes
Tobias Lear served as personal secretary to George Washington from 1784 until Washington's death in 1799.
Signed by George and Martha Washington.
Docketed in ink on verso "rec'd 1 Apr 1796."
Formerly bound with two additional letters by Martha Washington (MA 1008 and 1014) and a letter from Abigail Adams (MA 1018). These letters were bound together at the Library after being individually acquired; this synthetic collection was disbound in 2015, and the binding was retained.
Accompanied by Company Orders issued by Captain Joseph McIlvaine on the death of General Washington (MA 999.2).
Signed by George and Martha Washington.
Docketed in ink on verso "rec'd 1 Apr 1796."
Formerly bound with two additional letters by Martha Washington (MA 1008 and 1014) and a letter from Abigail Adams (MA 1018). These letters were bound together at the Library after being individually acquired; this synthetic collection was disbound in 2015, and the binding was retained.
Accompanied by Company Orders issued by Captain Joseph McIlvaine on the death of General Washington (MA 999.2).
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr. from Rosenbach, 1924.
Summary
Responding to the death of Tobias Lear's wife Fanny; mentioning that Lear's previous letter had prepared them for the possibility that Fanny was sick; discussing the nature of dealing with grief and sends his condolences; inviting Lear to come stay with them.
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