1From George Washington to Philip Marsteller, 27 November 1786 (Washington Papers)
I send my Barge for the German family with which I agreed on Saturday last, & for their necessaraies if they have any to bring. As I have no body about me who can converse with them in their own language, I pray you to inform them that it will be necessary they should exert themselves to learn English; that their residences in the room into which they will be first introduced may be temporary,...
2From George Washington to Philip Marsteller, 15 December 1786 (Washington Papers)
To the severity of the weather, wch has in a manner shut every thing up, and put a stop to all intercourse; & to some other circumstances unnecessary to mention, is to be ascribed my silence ’till now: and even now, when I recollect how fully I have already explained my ideas to you on what is intended to be the subject of this letter, I find that I have hardly anything to trouble you with by...
3From George Washington to Philip Marsteller, 25 July 1787 (Washington Papers)
You would oblige me by letting me know whether there is a prospect of your purchasing, on the terms specified in my letter of Instructions, any of the Articles mentioned in the list handed to you therewith—particularly Blankets—as the Season in which these will be wanted, is now fast approaching, and against which they must be provided for the accomodation of my Negros. If there is a moral...