From George Washington to Bridget Kirk, 20 February 1787

To Bridget Kirk

Mount Vernon February 20 1787

Madam,

I must beg the favor of you to give the bearer (Mr Lear a young Gentlemen who lives with me) a decided answer with respect to the money which is due to me from the Estate of Mr Kirk your late husband,1 I wish it may not be forgotten that the Flour for which this money is due ought to have been paid on the delivery of it notwithstanding I have been kept out of it so long.

I beg leave to add that it is from the real want of it I make such frequent, and pressing applications. I am Madam your most obed. Servant

G. Washington

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1. On 29 Oct. 1788 GW collected £7.18.5 due him from the estate of James Kirk (Ledger B description begins General Ledger B, 1772–1793. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , 275), a wheat merchant originally from England who kept an office and store in Alexandria but lived across the Potomac in Maryland. Kirk, a former mayor of Alexandria, died in April 1786. See references to Mrs. Kirk’s bond in William Deakins to GW, 2 Nov. 1787, and GW to Deakins, 8 Mar. 1788. In 1797 Archibald McClean (McLean) acted to settle the account of the estate of Bridget Kirk with GW (McClean to GW, 4 Aug. 1797).

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Title: From George Washington to Bridget Kirk, 20 February 1787
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: Kirk, Bridget
Date: 20 February 1787

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Cite as: “From George Washington to Bridget Kirk, 20 February 1787,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-05-02-0037. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series, vol. 5, 1 February 1787 – 31 December 1787, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1997, p. 43.]