From George Washington to Robert Morris, 27 March 1790

To Robert Morris

Saturday 27th March 1790

The President and Mrs W——Compliments and thanks to Mr Morris for his politeness. They have nothing to charge Mr Morris with but their affectionate regards for Mrs Morris and the family; and to wish him a pleasanter journey than the state of the Roads promise, and a safe return to this City when his business in Philadelphia shall be accomplished.1

AL, PWacD: Sol Feinstone Collection, on deposit at PPAmP.

1. Robert Morris left New York for Philadelphia by Tuesday, 30 Mar., and returned by Friday, 16 April (Bowling and Veit, Diary of William Maclay, description begins Kenneth R. Bowling and Helen E. Veit, eds. The Diary of William Maclay and Other Notes on Senate Debates. Baltimore, 1988. description ends 231, 246).

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Title: From George Washington to Robert Morris, 27 March 1790
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: Morris, Robert
Date: 27 March 1790

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Cite as: “From George Washington to Robert Morris, 27 March 1790,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-05-02-0182. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 5, 16 January 1790 – 30 June 1790, ed. Dorothy Twohig, Mark A. Mastromarino, and Jack D. Warren. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1996, pp. 285–286.]

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