1To George Washington from Joseph Brown, 12 September 1785 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Joseph Brown, 12 Sept. 1785. On 30 May 1786 GW wrote Brown : “I have been favored with your letter of 12th September.” See note 1 in GW’s letter .
2From George Washington to Joseph Brown, 30 May 1786 (Washington Papers)
I have been favored with your letter of the 12th of September, & thank you for the prints which accompanied it, by the Ship Potomac which arrived safely. The frames of these pictures are quite equal to my wishes, & you will please to accept my best acknowledgments of it; & assurances that an apology for their being inferior to those sent to Congress, was altogether unnecessary. It gives me...
3To George Washington from Joseph Brown, 2 April 1794 (Washington Papers)
A few years ago I had the honour to address to your Excellency a pair of Prints, one of Yourself, another of the late General Green, the receipt of which you did me the favour to acknowledge, another pair of them very elegantly framed were sent to Congress, whose acceptance of them, I requested on condition of their being hung up in some public part of the Building wherein they held their...