Autograph letter signed : Washington, [D.C.], to his son Frederic, 1816 Feb. 14.
Record ID:
361725
Accession number:
MA 3260.9
Credit:
Gift of Mrs. Seth Dennis, 1978.
Description:
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 24.8 cm
Notes:
Addressed to "Master Frederic King / Jamaica / L. Island."
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:
Reporting that he received four of Frederic's letters; giving him directions on how to address his letters so they reach Washington "in due course"; "retract[ing] the expressing of [his] fears" that Frederic had "lost ground in [his] classes"; expressing his happiness that Frederic is in good standing in his Latin class.
Provenance:
Gertrude W. Dennis.
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