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From George Washington to Martin Cockburn, 3 May 1786

To Martin Cockburn

Mount Vernon May 3d 1786

Sir,

Being informed that you receive the lists of Taxable property in Truro Parish, I do, tho’ late, send you that of mine.1

Do you hire your Negro Tailor by the year? If so, on what terms? and is he now, or will he soon be, disengaged? My Compliments, in which Mrs Washington joins, are offered to Mrs Cockburn. With esteem—I am—Sir Yr most Obed. Servt

Go: Washington

ALS, NIC.

Martin Cockburn, of Springfield in Fairfax County, who from 1770 to 1779 served on the Truro Parish vestry, was at this time tax commissioner for Fairfax County. His wife, Ann, was the daughter of Jeremiah Bronaugh.

1. The lists of taxable property have not been found.

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    From George Washington to Martin Cockburn, 3 May 1786
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    Washington, George
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    Cockburn, Martin
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    3 May 1786

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    “From George Washington to Martin Cockburn, 3 May 1786,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-04-02-0039. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series, vol. 4, 2 April 1786 – 31 January 1787, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1995, p. 32.]