To George Washington from William Persse, 27 August 1796
From William Persse
Roxburrow Near Loughrea
Ireland August 27th 1796
Sr
Mr Abraham Bradly of the Town of Loughrea, Informs me that a Mr Abraham Bradly of Carolina, has Lodged in your Hands a sum of Money, amounting to four Hundred and fifty pounds, to be paid to any of his Brors if Liveing, if not to his next Heirs—I request the Favor of you to Inform me, if such Sum has been left with you for the above purposes—& what Steps will be Necessary for obtaining it1 please to Excuse the Trouble I give you & believe me Sr your Faithfull Huml. Servt
Wm Persse
P:S: Mr Wallace Desires his best respects to you & Mrs Washington.2
ALS, DLC:GW.
1. No reply has been found, and no evidence of the reported deposit of money has been identified.
An Abraham (Abram) Bradley appears in the 1790 and 1800 U.S. censuses for Greenville County, South Carolina.
2. Persse probably is referring to John Wallace, a minister who was Edward Newenham’s son-in-law. Newenham had introduced “a Mr. Wallace,” who visited Mount Vernon in 1786 (see 4:301–3, 344; see also GW to Newenham, 10 June 1786, and Alexander McCabe to GW, 26 June 1786, in 4:105–6, 129–30). Persse’s daughter had married one of Newenham’s sons.