Letter, 1775 April 23, Fredericksburg, [Va.], to Colo[nel] George Washington, "Mt. Vernon," [Va.].

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Letter, 1775 April 23, Fredericksburg, [Va.], to Colo[nel] George Washington, "Mt. Vernon," [Va.].

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Has received for Washington from Thomas Lewis a survey of land along the Ohio River. Plans to keep the plasterer currently in his employ [at Kenmore] for a while longer, will then send him to work on Mt. Vernon. Lewis has sent to Baltamore [sic] for gun powder. If it cannot be obtained there he will send money for Washington to buy it in Philadelphia. [With later typed marginalia discussing plasterwork at Kenmore and Mt. Vernon.].

2 p. ; 36 cm.

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library

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Lewis, Fielding, 1725-1781 or 1782

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