Letter : Mount Vernon, [Va.], to [Charles] Williamson, Genessee [i.e. Genesee, N.Y.], 1798 Jan. 19.

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Letter : Mount Vernon, [Va.], to [Charles] Williamson, Genessee [i.e. Genesee, N.Y.], 1798 Jan. 19.

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Letter of introduction for Lewis Burwell, Jan. 19, 1798, written by George Washington to Charles Williamson, the resident agent for London speculators who had purchased a huge tract in New York's Genesee country from Robert Morris.

1 item (1 folded sheet (4 p.)) ; 23 cm.

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