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To George Washington from Thomas Law, 24 April 1796

From Thomas Law

Baltimore 24 April [1796]1

Dear Sir.

I took the liberty of introducing Mr Barry at Mount Vernon, he now waits upon you to inform you of Eliza’s health, & of our mutual happiness.2

We regret very much that the business of Congress has caused so long a detention of Mrs Washington & you from your retirement & comfort—& are very anxious to wellcome you home. I remain With much respect & unfeigned esteem & affection Yrs mt Sy & Obly

Thomas Law

ALS, DLC:GW.

1. The year is taken from the docket.

2. This visitor probably was James Barry, a Baltimore merchant with business interests in the Federal City.

Law had married Elizabeth Parke Custis on 21 March 1796 (see GW to Law, 10 Feb., and to Custis, 21 March; see also GW and Martha Washington to Law, 28 March).

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    To George Washington from Thomas Law, 24 April 1796
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    24 April 1796

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    “To George Washington from Thomas Law, 24 April 1796,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-20-02-0061. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 20, 1 April–21 September 1796, ed. David R. Hoth and William M. Ferraro. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, pp. 71–72.]

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