1To George Washington from Howell Lewis, 14 August 1793 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 4th Inst. enclosing a Bank note of one hundred Dollars, came duly to hand. It is, now with pleasure, I can inform you of the great Service, which the rain of last Thursday has been to the growing Crop, it has made a very perceivable difference in the colour of the Corn, & in its Shooting, but I am affraid some of it which grows on the poor Knolls will never recover; you will...