1From George Washington to Lund Washington, 6 May 1783 (Washington Papers)
By the last Post I informed you of my intended meeting with Sir Guy Carleton for settling, among other things, a plan for restoring the Negros and other property belonging to the Citizens of the United States. This meeting I have held; & tho it has been interrupted by the indisposition of Sir Guy, which has, this morning, carried him back to New York; yet, I have collected enough to convince...
2From George Washington to Lund Washington, 22 March 1778 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Lund Washington, 22 Mar. 1778. On 1 April, Lund Washington wrote GW , “By the last Post I got two Letters from you of the 15th & 22d of March.”
3From George Washington to Lund Washington, 13 August 1783 (Washington Papers)
I have received your letter of the 30th Ulto with a Catalogue of my Books—When you go next to Abingdon, see if there is any there with my name or Arms in them, & forwd the list. I am truly unfortunate that after all the expence I have been at about my House, I am to encounter the third Edition, with the trouble & inconvenience of another cover to it, after my return. That there can have been...
4From George Washington to Lund Washington, 9 January 1778 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Lund Washington, 9 Jan. 1778. Lund Washington wrote GW on 28 Jan. : “Yours of the 9th Inst. came to hand yesterday.”
5From George Washington to Lund Washington, 11 June 1783 (Washington Papers)
I do not blame you for the wages which you gave Evans; I have no doubt of your having engaged him upon as good terms as you could, and as it was my wish to have the work forwarded, this was all I had a right to expect. In one of your letters (speaking of the difficulty of getting workmen) you recommend it to me to engage some of the Enemy who were prisoners with us—Many of whom you say, are...
6From George Washington to Lund Washington, 20 December 1785 (Washington Papers)
Having come to a fixed determination (whatever else may be left undone) to attend to the business of my plantations; and having enquired of Geo: Washington how far it would be agreeable to him & his wife to make this place a permanent residence, (for before it was only considered as their temporary abode, until some plan could be settled for them) & finding it to comport with their...
7From George Washington to Lund Washington, 6 May 1782 (Washington Papers)
If the bearer Baren de Closen an aide de camp to Count Rochambeau, Should call at Mount Vernon, I request you will treat him with every civility in your power & furnish him with everything he may require. I am Dr Sir yr Friend &c. NhD .
8From George Washington to Lund Washington, 30 April 1781 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 18th came to me by the last Post. I am very sorry to hear of your loss—I am a little sorry to hear of my own—but that which gives most concern, is, that you should go on board the enemys vessels & furnish them with refreshments. It would have been a less painful circumstance to me, to have heard, that in consequence of your non compliance with their request, they had burnt...
9From George Washington to Lund Washington, 15 October 1775 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Lund Washington, 15 Oct. 1775. On 5 Nov. Lund Washington wrote to GW : “I have just reciev’d two letters from you Octbr 15th & 23d.”
10From George Washington to Lund Washington, 7 May 1787 (Washington Papers)
Company, and several other matters which pressed upon me yesterday, and which has obliged me to postpone my gourney a day longer is the reason why I did not acknowledge the receipt of your letter by Ned. I need not tell you, because a moments recurrance to your own accounts will evince the fact, that there is no source from which I derive more then a sufficienty for the daily calls of my...
11From George Washington to Lund Washington, 7 September 1775 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Lund Washington, 7 Sept. 1775. On 15 Oct. 1775 Lund Washington wrote to GW : “I recieve’d on Sunday last two Letters . . . dated 7th & 11th of Septmbr.”
12From George Washington to Lund Washington, 20 November 1775 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Lund Washington, 20 Nov. 1775. On 17 Dec. Lund Washington wrote to GW : “Your Letter of 20th Novmbr I have recieve’d.”
13From George Washington to Lund Washington, 29 May 1779 (Washington Papers)
Your Letter of the 19th which came to hand by the last Post gives a melancholy acct of your prospects for a Crop—& a still more melancholy one of the decay of public spirit, & virtue—The first I submit to with the most perfect resignation and chearfulness—I look upon every dispensation of Providence as designed to answer some valuable purpose, and hope I shall always possess a sufficient...
14From George Washington to Lund Washington, 17 August 1775 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Lund Washington, 17 Aug. 1775. In a letter of 15 Oct. 1775 to GW , Lund Washington referred to GW’s letter of “Augst 17th.”
15From George Washington to Lund Washington, 20 September 1783 (Washington Papers)
Mrs Custis has never suggested in any of her Letters to Mrs Washington (unless ardent wishes for her return, that she might then disclose it to her, can be so construed) the most distant attachment to D.S.— but if this should be the case, and she wants advice upon it; a Father Mother, who are at hand, & competent to give it, are at the same time most proper to be consulted on so interesting an...
16From George Washington to Lund Washington, 9 October 1775 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Lund Washington, 9 Oct. 1775. On 29 Oct. Lund Washington wrote to GW : “On Sunday last I got three Letters from you dated the 2d 7th and 9th of Octbr.”
17From George Washington to Lund Washington, 8 July 1775 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Lund Washington, 8 July 1775. In a letter of 15 Oct. 1775 to GW , Lund Washington referred to GW’s letter of “July 8th.”
18From George Washington to Lund Washington, 6 October 1776 (Washington Papers)
Your Letter of the 25th Ulto has reached my hands since the date of my last about this day Week. nothing material has happened since that time—We are strengthning ourselves in this Post, as the Enemy also are in theirs. They have moved some of their Ships up the North River opposite to their own Lines, & a little below ours; whether with a view to cover their own Flanks, or at a proper time to...
19From George Washington to Lund Washington, 20 July 1775 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Lund Washington, 20 July 1775. In a letter of 15 Oct. 1775 to GW , Lund Washington referred to GW’s letter of “July . . . 20th.”
20From George Washington to Lund Washington, 11 April 1790 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Lund Washington, 11 April 1790. In a letter to GW, 28 April 1790 , Lund Washington refers to “Yours of the 11th.”
21From George Washington to Lund Washington, 28 February 1778 (Washington Papers)
If you should happen to draw a prize in the militia , I must provide a man, either there or here, in your room; as nothing but your having the charge of my business, and the entire confidence I repose in you, could make me tolerable easy from home for such a length of time as I have been, and am likely to be. This therefore leads me to say, that I hope no motive, however powerful, will induce...
22From George Washington to Lund Washington, 14 September 1779 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 25th Ulto which ought to have come by the last Post, & the one of the 1st Instt, both came to my hands yesterday. Two reasons induced me to except the Mercers when I desired you to decline receiving payment of any more old Bonds —the one was, a presumption that theirs actually were paid—the other that you might be under obligation or promise to receive them, & I never choose...
23From George Washington to Lund Washington, 5 February 1776 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Lund Washington, 5 Feb. 1776. On 29 Feb. Lund Washington wrote to GW : “Your Letters of the 5th and 8th Inst. are come to hand.”
24From George Washington to Lund Washington, 21 September 1775 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Lund Washington, 21 Sept. 1775. On 15 Oct. Lund Washington wrote to GW : “I recieve’d on Sunday last . . . one . . . of the 21st Septmbr.”
25From George Washington to Lund Washington, 8 July 1782 (Washington Papers)
I have not been able to discover, from any enquiries I could make—while I was in Philadelphia—that it was necessary to do any thing with the inclosed, to secure the Title—& therefore return them; with the Patents for my Land on which Simpson lives; to be deposited with my Papers. Some indeed were of opinion that yours, as well as other Patents of a similar nature, & under like circumstances,...
26From George Washington to Lund Washington, 17 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
Since my last from Elizabeth town, I have arrived at these my Quarters for the Winter; and have received your Letters of the 25th of last month and 2d of this; and have also heard of Mrs Washingtons safe arrival at Philadelphia. The list of Horses has come safe, but I thought their had been more of them. I observe what you say in your Letter of the 2d Instt respecting the measurement of...
27From George Washington to Lund Washington, 9 August 1767 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Lund Washington, 9 Aug. 1767. On 22 Aug. Lund Washington wrote to GW : “The Sunday after you left home [3 Aug.], I lodge’d a Letter in Mr Carlyle’s Counting House.”
28From George Washington to Lund Washington, 28 March 1781 (Washington Papers)
Since my last, your letter of the 14th Instt is received. If Mr Triplet has got as much Land as he has given, & you have paid him the cash difference with a proper allowance for the depreciation since the bargain was made, I am at a loss to discover the ground of his complaint—and if men will complain without cause, it is a matter of no great moment. it always was, and now is my wish to do him...
29From George Washington to Lund Washington, 30 November 1778 (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Lund Washington, c.30 Nov. 1778. On 17 Dec., in a letter to Lund Washington , GW referred to his letter to Lund of “about the last of November.”
30From George Washington to Lund Washington, 21 November 1782 (Washington Papers)
My last letter would have informed you, that I was disappointed in my application at Philadelphia for money, & that I have given up all thoughts of purchasing Dows Land. Since then, I have met with an offer of £2000 York Currency, for which—if I take it, I shall have to pay at the rate of 7 ⅌ per annum, interest. Under this disadvantage and the difficulty I may experience in procuring money...
31From George Washington to Lund Washington, 12 October 1775 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Lund Washington, 12 Oct. 1775. On 29 Oct. Lund Washington wrote to GW : “Mr Milner came here on Fryday with a Letter from you dated the 12th.”
32From George Washington to Lund Washington, 8 January 1782 (Washington Papers)
Your letters of the 12th & 19th Ulto are now before me, unacknowledged, & this being Post day, will probably produce a third if not a fourth, as I missed one by the last Post and understood that no letters further So. than Annapolis were received in the Mail. I beg you to examine my Papers, & send me those which relate to the Tract on which Simpson lives, which I think consists of five Surveys...
33From George Washington to Lund Washington, 31 May 1781 (Washington Papers)
I returned last Saturday from a conference with the Counte de Rochambeau at Weathersfield, on Connecticut River, & found your letter of the 9th Instt; & the last Post brought me another of the 16th. We have heard nothing yet of the detachment (consisting of about 2000 men) which left New York the 13th Instt, nor do we know whether those Troops were bound for Virginia, North or South Carolina,...
34From George Washington to Lund Washington, 8 February 1776 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Lund Washington, 8 Feb. 1776. On 29 Feb. Lund Washington wrote to GW : “Your Letters of the 5th and 8th Inst. are come to hand.”
35From George Washington to Lund Washington, 20 August 1775 (Washington Papers)
Your Letter by Captn Prince came to my hands last Night —I was glad to learn by it that all are well. the acct given of the behaviour of the Scotchmen at Port Tobacco & Piscataway surprizd & vexed me—Why did they Imbark in the cause? what do they say for themselves? What does other say of them? are they admitted into Company? or kicked out of it? what does their Countrymen urge in...
36From George Washington to Lund Washington, 18 December 1778 (Washington Papers)
Your Letter of the 9th Instt came to my hands this day after I had dispatched a long letter to you by Colo. Harrison —The quantity of Land mentioned therein, as appears by my plats, is I dare say, the exact number of Acres held by Marshall; for more than which he ought not to expect payment—The three small quantities which serve to compose the agregate 480½ are (I presume) those which lye on...
37From George Washington to Lund Washington, 15 August 1778 (Washington Papers)
Your Letter of the 29th Ulto, Inclosing a line from Captn Marshall to you came to my hands yesterday—I have no reason to doubt the truth of your observation, that this Gentleman’s Land, & others equally well situated, & under like circumstances, will sell very high —The depreciation of our money—the high prices of every article of produce, & the redundancy of circulating paper, will, I am...
38From George Washington to Lund Washington, 6 November 1775 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Lund Washington, 6 Nov. 1775. On 3 Dec. Lund Washington wrote to GW : “Two Letters from you came to hand this Week dated Nvmr the 6th & 12th.”
39From George Washington to Lund Washington, 4 September 1775 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Lund Washington, 4 Sept. 1775. On 15 Oct. 1775 Lund Washington wrote to GW : “In your Letter of the 7th you mention haveg wrote one on the 4th.”
40From George Washington to Lund Washington, 25 December 1782 (Washington Papers)
I approve of your conduct with respect to Dows Land and am very glad you have bought it whether I get Dulany’s or not; as I have no idea of loosing by it if it will Rent for £120 ⅌ Ann.—which is more than the Virginia Interest of the Sum given, though less than what I am to pay for the loan of it in this State. This circumstance, independant of the desire I have to repay the Money borrowed in...
41From George Washington to Lund Washington, 7 October 1775 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Lund Washington, 7 Oct. 1775. On 29 Oct. Lund Washington wrote to GW : “On Sunday last I got three Letters from you dated the 2d 7th and 9th of Octbr.”
42From George Washington to Lund Washington, 2 October 1775 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Lund Washington, 2 Oct. 1775. On 29 Oct. Lund Washington wrote to GW : “On Sunday last I got three Letters from you dated the 2d 7th and 9th of Octbr.”
43From George Washington to Lund Washington, 13 January 1776 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Lund Washington, 13 Jan. 1776. On 8 Feb. 1776 Lund Washington wrote to GW : “your Letter of Janry 13th I have recieve’d.”
44From George Washington to Lund Washington, 12 November 1775 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Lund Washington, 12 Nov. 1775. On 3 Dec. Lund Washington wrote to GW : “Two Letters from you came to hand this Week dated Nvmr the 6th & 12th.”
45From George Washington to Lund Washington, 25 January 1776 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Lund Washington, 25 Jan. 1776. On 15 Feb. 1776 Lund Washington wrote to GW : “Your Letter of January 25th is come to ha[n]d.”
46From George Washington to Lund Washington, 3 April 1779 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 24th Ulto reached me yesterday—all that Frazer says about the Clarett are in the following words “As Captn Sanford passes by your house, I have sent you a Hhd of the best Bordeaux Claret in bottles, I hope it will come safe to hand.” Whether under the circumstances to write to him for the acct of cost, & direction to whom to pay the amount; or to remit him something of equal...
47From George Washington to Lund Washington, 11 September 1775 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Lund Washington, 11 Sept. 1775. On 15 Oct. 1775 Lund Washington wrote to GW : “I recieve’d on Sunday last two Letters . . . dated 7th & 11th of Septmbr.”
48From George Washington to Lund Washington, 19 March 1783 (Washington Papers)
I did not write to you by the last Post—I was too much engaged at that time, in counteracting a most insiduous attempt to disturb the repose of the Army, & sow the seeds of discord between the Civil & military powers of the continent, to attend to small matters. The Author of this attempt, whoever he may be, is yet behind the Curtain; and as conjectures might be wrong, I shall be silent at...
49From George Washington to Lund Washington, 15 April 1780 (Washington Papers)
The Letter which incloses this, did not go off so soon as I expected. I received no letter from you by the last Post. I have ordered a Chariot to be made in Phila. The price £210 in specie, or Paper equivalent—have you any ways or means of coming at the former by your traffic with Mr Hooe or others? The difference between Specie and Paper in Phila. some little time ago was 60 or 70—I have...
50From George Washington to Lund Washington, 26 August 1776 (Washington Papers)
Your Letter of the 14th is now before me —You are fully acquainted with my unwillingness to be concerned in Vessels, but if you cannot dispose of my Flour in the Country (which I should much prefer) you must then do the best you can with it, without waiting for particular Instructions from me, as the distance is too great to do this; and you know I shall not disapprove of any thing you do...