From George Washington to Warner Lewis, 30 April 1775
To Warner Lewis
Mount Vernon 30th April 1775
Dr Sir
I shall be much obliged to you for the interest due on your Bond in Novr last, to wit £401—It is not in my power to attend the meeting of Merchants in Williamsburg this Spring, but Colo. Fielding Lewis will do me the favour to negotiate my business this Court.2 I am with respectful compliments to Mrs Lewis & your Family3—& with very great esteem Dr Sir, Your most Obt Servt
G: Washington
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1. For Warner Lewis’s debt to John Parke Custis, see .
3. Warner Lewis was married in 1746 to Eleanor Bowles Gooch, widow of William Gooch, Jr., son of the former governor.