1To George Washington from Charles Vaughan, 25 September 1785 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Charles Vaughan, 25 Sept. 1785. GW wrote Vaughan on 18 Nov. : “I have had the honor to receive your favor of the 25th of Septr.”
2From George Washington to Charles Vaughan, 18 November 1785 (Washington Papers)
I have had the honor to receive your favor of the 25th of Septr by Mr Corbett. I am at a loss to express my sense of the great attention of Mr Vaughan (your good father) to me, or of the obliging manner in which you have executed his request. The Puncheon of rum is safe arrived. & I pray you to receive my acknowledgments of, and to present my thanks for it, to your generous Parent. I wish I...