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To George Washington from Richard Adamson, 2 July 1793

From Richard Adamson

July 2d 1793

Sir

I humbly Submit to your Excellency the inclos’d for your consideration,1 and, conscious as I am of the boldness of this Intrusion, I shall not add to my presumption by attempting an apology where none is adequate to the occasion.

I shall only therefore observe, that my distress is occasioned by a late Severe ilness, to shake off the Effects of which, I am advis’d to have recourse to the Berkley Springs,2 in which undertaking I humbly crave your Excellencys assistance. I have the honour to be, Sir—Your Excellency’s devoted And humble Servant.

Richard Adamson

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1. The enclosure has not been identified.

2. This small settlement in Berkeley County, Va., was officially incorporated as the town of Bath in 1776, but it was more popularly known as Berkeley Springs (Va. Statutes [Hening] description begins William Waller Hening, ed. The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, from the First Session of the Legislature, in the Year 1619. 13 vols. 1819–23. Reprint. Charlottesville, Va., 1969. description ends , 9:247–49). It is now part of Morgan County, West Virginia. Its warm springs and mineral waters made it a popular health resort.

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    To George Washington from Richard Adamson, 2 July 1793
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    “To George Washington from Richard Adamson, 2 July 1793,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-13-02-0118. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 13, 1 June–31 August 1793, ed. Christine Sternberg Patrick. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2007, p. 170.]