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Martha Washington to Abigail Adams, 8 December 1789

Martha Washington to Abigail Adams

Tuesday Eening December 8th. 1789

Mrs. Washington presents her best compliments to Mrs. Adams, and will thank her to say at what hour it will be agreeable to visit Mrs. Graham’s School tomorrow morning.—1 Mrs. Washington encloses Mrs. Graham’s note,2 by which Mrs. Adams may see the time that will be most convenient for Mrs. Graham.— Mrs. Washington will be happy to hear that Mrs. Adams and her family are in good health.—

RC (Adams Papers); addressed: “Mrs. Adams— / Richmond Hill—”

1. In fall 1789, a Mrs. Graham began advertising “Boarding and Education for Young Ladies” at a school at 59 Maiden Lane, New York (New York Daily Advertiser, 26 Sept.). Martha Washington may have been seeking a school for her granddaughter, Eleanor Custis.

2. Not found.

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    8 December 1789

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    “Martha Washington to Abigail Adams, 8 December 1789,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/04-08-02-0245. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Adams Family Correspondence, vol. 8, March 1787 – December 1789, ed. C. James Taylor, Margaret A. Hogan, Jessie May Rodrique, Gregg L. Lint, Hobson Woodward, and Mary T. Claffey. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007, p. 447.]

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