ALS (draft) : Philadelphia, to Frances Bassett Washington, 1793 Mar. 17.

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ALS (draft) : Philadelphia, to Frances Bassett Washington, 1793 Mar. 17.

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A letter to the recently widowed wife of his nephew George Augustine Washington, inviting her and her children to live at Mount Vernon and giving advice on probating her husband's will and some matters involving employees on her estate. (Frances, who was also a niece of Martha Washington, later married Washington's secretary Tobias Lear.).

1 item (3 p.) ; 24 cm.

Rosenbach Museum & Library

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Rosenbach Museum & Library

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