1To George Washington from Robert Lewis & Sons, 8 March 1785 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Robert Lewis & Sons, 8 Mar. 1785. On 5 April they again wrote to GW : “We had the pleasure of writing to your Excellency the 8th Ulto by Post.”
2To George Washington from Robert Lewis & Sons, 5 April 1785 (Washington Papers)
We had the pleasure of writing to your Excellency the 8th Ulto by Post, under cover from Coln. Biddle, & have now to acquaint you, that we have partly engaged one Joseph Davenport to serve you as a Miller for one Year on trial, or longer as may hereafter be agreed on by both parties. He served an Apprenticeship at one of our Mills, & we have known him from a Boy, to be of good Character, is...
3Memorandum of Agreement with Joseph Davenport, 23 May 1785 (Washington Papers)
Memorandum of an Agreement made & enter’d into by Robert Lewis & Sons of Philadelphia, for & in behalf of his Excellency George Washington Esquire of Mount Vernon in the State of Virginia of the one part, and Joseph Davenport of the County of Burlington in the State of New-Jersey of the other part, Witnesseth, that the said Davenport shall immediately proceed with his Family to a Mill near...