1From George Washington to Robert Edge Pine, 26 February 1786 (Washington Papers)
Your favor of the 16th of Decemr (tho’ some what delayed) came safely to hand. The pictures arrived shortly after in good order, & meet the approbation of Mrs Washington & myself—the first of whom thanks you for the portrait of Fanny Washington, with which you have been so polite to present her—she with the Major are on a visit to her friends in the lower parts of this State, & have been so...