BIB_ID
136818
Accession number
MA 800
Creator
Washington, Mary Ball, 1708-1789.
Display Date
1782 Mar. 13.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1912.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 21.9 cm
Notes
Endorsed on back in Washington's autograph: "From Mrs. Mary Washington 13th Mar. 82."
Said to have been damaged in the burning of the city of Washington in August 1814.
Said to have been damaged in the burning of the city of Washington in August 1814.
Provenance
J.P. Desforges; sale (Boston, Sullivan Bros. & Libbie, Feb. 8-9, 1887); purchased by John J. French; purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Goodspeed & Co., 1912.
Summary
Regretting that she missed him when he passed through Fredericksburg; worrying that she will not see him again because she is "very unwell"; thanking him for the five guineas he sent her; sending her love to his wife; mentioning a friend's son to him at her friend's request.
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