George Washington Papers

To George Washington from John Rawlins, 10 March 1787

From John Rawlins

Baltimore March 10th 1787

Honored Sir

I have sent you, pr Capn Man’s Packet the freizes for doors and windows, which I hope will please you, Mr Tharp informed me he ad Agreed with you for the Composition work, in your Salloon room, at £43.12s.od. Virginia currency the lowest I can afford to do it for is £45.os.od. Maryland currency which I hope your Excellency will not think too much, if its Conveinient should be Glad, you could send the money by the Bearer Capn Man or A Draft on any Gentleman in this Town, would answer the same,1 your Compliance with the above request will at this time greatly serve and Oblige Yr Most Obdt Hble Svt &c.

John Rawlins

ALS, DLC:GW.

1. GW acknowledged Rawlins’s letter on 13 April and explained why he “did not think proper to comply with the contents of it at this time.” See note 2 of that document.

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    To George Washington from John Rawlins, 10 March 1787
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    Rawlins, John
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    Washington, George
    Date
    10 March 1787

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    “To George Washington from John Rawlins, 10 March 1787,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-05-02-0082. [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. 82.]

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