1To George Washington from Robert Edge Pine, 16 December 1785 (Washington Papers)
I should have had the honour of addressing your Excellency before, had I sooner receiv’d the enclosed, by the date of which, I must hope that the Case is all ready arrived at Mount Vernon, and its content free from damage. That the Pictures may meet with an endulgent reception has been my hope, and my ambittion, that they may be honour’d with some degree of approbation, by your Excelly and Mrs...
2To George Washington from Robert Edge Pine, 17 September 1787 (Washington Papers)
This Work was Executed, by Order of his late Royal Highness William Duke of Cumberland and a few Setts given to the most Illustrious Millitary Characters in Europe—after which, the Plates were distroyed His R. H. having been pleased to give this Sett to the late John Pine, who Engrav’d it—his Son, Robt Edge Pine, has now the honour of presenting it to his Excellency General Washington. AL...