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To George Washington from Alicia Bennett, the Countess of Tankerville, 13 February 1784

From Alicia Bennett, the Countess of Tankerville

upper Gros[venor] St. [London] febry the 13—1784

Sir

I Am, favor’d with yours, and am very sorry it is not Convenient to you to Accept of the Trust, my Sons took the liberty of offering to you,1 I wish’d to give you as little trouble as the Nature of the business wou’d admit of. the Chief thing I look’d to, was the Sanction and Honor it wou’d be to my Son Henry to be under your protection. I have for near twenty years had great trouble and Vexation About the Virginia property, and I did lately flatter myself, with your Assistance, I shou’d have the pleasure of seeing my Son Enjoy a good fortune independant, but how Vain are all our wishes & Expectations in this world. I have the Honor to be with the greatest Respect Sir your Most Obedient Humble Servant

A: Tankerville

ALS, DLC:GW.

1. This was GW’s letter of 30 Oct. 1783. See GW to Tankerville, 20 Jan.1784, especially note 1.

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    To George Washington from Alicia Bennett, the Countess of Tankerville, 13 February 1784
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    Tankerville, Alicia Astley Bennett, countess of
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    Washington, George
    Date
    13 February 1784

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    “To George Washington from Alicia Bennett, the Countess of Tankerville, 13 February 1784,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-01-02-0086. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series, vol. 1, 1 January 1784 – 17 July 1784, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1992, p. 120.]