1To George Washington from Martha Washington, c.3 Oct. 1794 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Martha Washington, c.3 Oct. 1794. On 3 Oct., Edmund Randolph wrote to GW: “Mrs Washington’s letter is inclosed in the packet.”
2From George Washington to Martha Washington, c.6 Oct. 1794 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Martha Washington, c.6 Oct. 1794. On 8 Oct., Edmund Randolph wrote GW: “I was honored by your private letter of the 6th instant, about half an hour ago; and immediately delivered to Mrs Washington the one, addressed to her.”
3From George Washington to Martha Washington, 9 October 1778 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Martha Washington, c.9 Oct. 1778. GW wrote Benjamin Lincoln on 9 Oct. : “I have declined troubling you with more than one [letter of introduction] to Mrs Washington.”
4To George Washington from Martha Washington, 16 Oct. 1794 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Martha Washington, 16 Oct. 1794. In his private letter to GW of this date, Edmund Randolph wrote: “Mrs Washington informs you in her own letter of the health of your family.”
5From George Washington to Martha Washington, 29 June 1778 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found : to Martha Washington, 29 June 1778. On 30 June , Maj. Gen. Benedict Arnold acknowledged receipt of a letter from GW to him, “with the Letter Inclosed for Mrs Washington.”
6To George Washington from Martha Washington, 20 Oct. 1794 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Martha Washington, 20 October. On this date, Edmund Randolph wrote to GW: “Mrs Washington having written herself, I need not add, that I saw her this morning in good health.”
7From George Washington to Martha Washington, 2–9 May 1791 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Martha Washington, c.2–9 May 1791. Tobias Lear informed GW on 22 May 1791 that “Mrs Washington had the pleasure to receive two letters from you” by the brig Philadelphia, which had just arrived from Charleston.
8From George Washington to Martha Washington, 7 November 1777 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Martha Washington, 7 Nov. 1777. In a letter to Anna Maria Dandridge Bassett of 18 Nov., Martha Washington wrote her sister that “the last Letter I had from the General was dated the 7th of this month he says nothing hath happend since the unsuccessful attack upon our forts on the Dalaware” ( ViMtvL ).
9To George Washington from Martha Washington, 6 January 1778 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Martha Washington, c.6 Jan. 1778. James Craik wrote GW on this date : “I get the favour of Mrs Washington to Send this under Cover to you.”
10From George Washington to Martha Washington, c.17 April 1795 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Martha Washington, c.17 April 1795. On 20 April, Randolph wrote GW that on the previous Saturday he had received GW’s letter of 17 April “together with the one inclosed for Mrs Washington, which I immediately sent to her.”
11To George Washington from Martha Washington, 15 June 1775 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Martha Washington, 15 June 1775. On 18 June 1775 GW wrote to his wife : “I have receivd your Letter of the 15th.”
12To George Washington from Martha Washington, April 1793 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Martha Washington, April 1793. On 12 April, GW wrote Tobias Lear , “I was sorry to learn by a letter from Mrs. Washingn. that little Lincoln has been unwell.”
13To George Washington from Martha Washington, 13 Oct. 1794 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Martha Washington, 13 Oct. 1794. Edmund Randolph wrote GW on this date: “Mrs Washington having written this morning will have told you, that she and the family are in good health.”
14From George Washington to Martha Washington, 24–26 April 1791 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Martha Washington, c.24–26 April 1791. On 15 May Tobias Lear wrote to GW : “a letter for Mrs Washington came under cover to me, which she informed me was dated Wilmington.” GW was at Wilmington, N.C., from 24 to 26 April.
15From George Washington to Martha Washington, 10 June 1777 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Martha Washington, c.10 June 1777. On 10 June GW wrote Maj. Gen. Thomas Mifflin : “If Mrs Washington is in Philada be pleased to deliver the enclosed,” and on 11 June Mifflin wrote GW : “Mrs Washington is still here to whom I deliverd your Letter.”
16From George Washington to Martha Washington, 12–15 May 1791 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Martha Washington, c.12–15 May 1791. On 5 June Martha Washington wrote Frances Bassett Washington from Philadelphia: “I have had letters from the President from savanna” ( Fields, Papers of Martha Washington, Joseph E. Fields, ed. “Worthy Partner”: The Papers of Martha Washington . Westport, Conn., and London, 1994. 231–32).
17From George Washington to Martha Washington, 25 October 1776 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Martha Washington, 25 Oct. 1776. GW wrote Hancock on 14 Nov . that Gen. William Howe had returned the letter “from myself to Mrs Washington of the 25 Ulto” that had been intercepted at Bristol, Pa., on 28 Oct. (see also Hancock to GW, 28 Oct. , and William Howe to GW, 11 November ).
18To George Washington from Martha Washington, 30 March 1767 (Washington Papers)
It was with very great pleasure I see in your letter th⟨at⟩ you got safely down we are all very well at this time but it still ⟨is⟩ rainney and wett I am sorry you will not be at home soon as I expe⟨ct⟩ed you I had reather my sister woud not come up so soon, as May woud be much plasenter time than april we wrote to you las⟨t⟩ post as I have nothing new to tell you I must conclude my self your...
19George and Martha Washington to Elizabeth Willing Powel, 21 February 1793 (Washington Papers)
The President and Mrs Washington offer the Compliments of the day to Mrs Powell. They sincerely wish her the return of many anniversaries of it. that with each her happiness may increase—& the satisfaction of her friends thereby promoted. The President and Mrs Washington would, with pleasure, have been of Mrs Powell’s party on the present occasion, this evening, had it not been for the late...
20From George Washington to Martha Washington, 26 March 1791 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Martha Washington, 26 Mar. 1791. On 27 Mar. 1791 GW referred Tobias Lear “to a letter I wrote to Mrs Washington from Annapolis yesterday.” Only three of GW’s letters to his wife have survived to the present. Martha Washington’s granddaughter Martha Parke Custis Peter wrote in 1828 that shortly after GW’s death on 14 Dec. 1799 Martha had burned all but two of his letters to...
21From George Washington to Martha Washington, 23 June 1775 (Washington Papers)
As I am within a few Minutes of leaving this City, I could not think of departing from it without dropping you a line; especially as I do not know whether it may be in my power to write again till I get to the Camp at Boston—I go fully trusting in that Providence, which has been more bountiful to me than I deserve, & in full confidence of a happy meeting with you sometime in the Fall—I have...
22George and Martha Washington to Samuel and Elizabeth Willing Powel, 13 February 1793 (Washington Papers)
Genl & Mrs Washington return Complimts to Mr & Mrs Powell, & beg leave to inform them, that they are engaged to Dine with Mr Jacob Morris on Saturday next —where, in conformity to custom, they will be obliged to drink Tea, and consequently must be deprived of the pleasure intended them by Mr & Mrs Powell. AL , ViMtvL . The cover of this letter is addressed to “Mr Powell.” The only year during...
23From George Washington to Martha Washington, 18 June 1775 (Washington Papers)
I am now set down to write to you on a subject which fills me with inexpressable concern—and this concern is greatly aggravated and Increased when I reflect on the uneasiness I know it will give you—It has been determined in Congress, that the whole Army raised for the defence of the American Cause shall be put under my care, and that it is necessary for me to proceed immediately to Boston to...
24Enclosure: Order on Bank of England, 16 November 1759 (Washington Papers)
Pay Mr John Moorey or Robt Cary Esqr. all Dividends now due, or shall hereafter become due £1650 Bank Stock standing in the name Jno. Custis decd and this shall be your Sufficient Warrant. Go: Washington & Martha Washington late wife of Danl Parke Custis Decd DS , Bank of England. The document is in GW’s hand and was signed by him and Martha Washington. John Moorey was a partner in the firm of...
25Invitation to Colonel Henry and Lucy Flucker Knox, 1 February 1776 (Washington Papers)
The General & Mrs Washington, present their Compliments, to Colo. Knox & Lady, begs the favor of their Company at dinner, on Friday half after 2 oClock. D , in George Baylor’s writing, NNGL : Knox Papers. Henry Knox married Lucy Flucker (c.1756–1824), a daughter of the royal secretary of Massachusetts, on 16 June 1774.