Autograph letter signed : Washington, [D.C.], to his son Frederic, 1816 Jan. 21.

Record ID: 
361722
Accession number: 
MA 3260.5
Author: 
King, Rufus, 1755-1827.
Credit: 
Gift of Mrs. Seth Dennis, 1978.
Description: 
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 24.7 cm
Notes: 

Addressed to "Master Frederic King / Jamaica L. I."
Docketed.
With trace of a seal.
Part of a collection of letters from Rufus and Mary King to their son Frederic Gore King. Letters are described in individual records; please see collection record for MA 3260 for more details.

Summary: 

Commenting on the deaths of Mrs. Dunn, Mrs. Jones, and "young Jones"; expressing his pleasure at Frederic's standing his Latin class, but telling him to "be more studious in order to advance in [his] Greek class"; requesting more information about his son's weekly place in his class; asking him to check on the progress of their new stable; promising to send him "some of our papers."

Provenance: 
Gertrude W. Dennis.