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To George Washington from Samuel Gist, 17 June 1769

From Samuel Gist

London June 17th 1769

Sir

I take this opportunity to acquaint you of the Death of Mr Capel Hanbury1 & as he chiefly Managed the Buiseness it will Probably be a means of some of their Friends changeing their Corrospondants here, I therefore beg leave to Offer you my best Services & to Assure you if it suits you to make Tryal of me that you shall be dealt with by the Strictest Rules of Justice & Honor.

There is very little Tobacco at present in this Market & what comes home this Year will sell well, I am very Respecy Sir Your most Obed. St

Saml Gist

ALS, DLC:GW.

Samuel Gist, one of the original members of the Dismal Swamp Land Company (see Dismal Swamp Land Company Articles of Agreement, 3 Nov. 1763, n.4), was a merchant at no. 25, Savage Gardens, Tower Hill, London.

1. See Hanbury to GW, 26 July 1769.

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    “To George Washington from Samuel Gist, 17 June 1769,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-08-02-0148. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, vol. 8, 24 June 1767 – 25 December 1771, ed. W. W. Abbot and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1993, pp. 216–217.]