Letter : to Maj. Law[rence] Washington, Fairfax County, 1746 September 5.

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Letter : to Maj. Law[rence] Washington, Fairfax County, 1746 September 5.

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Letter of family interest expresses pleasure at Lawrence's recovery; congratulations on birth of a son; "You need not have been so severe on the Salts as you were in your last, if you would but consider how much you are indebted to them ..." He doesn't approve of taking up large tracts of land so far back, "it is a ready way to keep your Self always behind hand." Warner Washington is to marry Betty Mason at the end of the month.

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