1From George Washington to James Mease McRea, 21 May 1798 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to James Mease McRea, c.21 May 1798. On 21 May 1798 GW wrote to John Fitzgerald : “The enclosed, I would thank you for forwarding to the Postmaster in Alexandria.”
2From George Washington to James Mease McRea, 4 August 1798 (Washington Papers)
The letters enclosed, were sent up to your Office yesterday afternoon, and were returned to me. It is not the first, nor second time I have been served in this manner; but it may be considered as an evidence of the inattention with which the duties of your Office are discharged. I am Sir Your Hble Servant ALS (letterpress copy), DLC:GW . James Mease McRea (c.1765-1809) served as postmaster at...