From George Washington to Elizabeth Powel, 23 July 1787

To Elizabeth Powel

[Philadelphia] Monday Morng [23 July 1787]

Genl Washington presents his respectful Compliments to Mrs Powell and will do himself the honor of calling upon her at, or before 5 oclock (in his Carriage) in hopes of the pleasure of conducting her to Lansdown this Evening.1

AL, ViMtvL.

1. GW’s diary entry for Monday, 23 July, was: “In Convention as usual. Dined at Mr. [Robert] Morris’s and drank Tea at Lansdown (the Seat of Mr. [John] Penn)” (Diaries description begins Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, eds. The Diaries of George Washington. 6 vols. Charlottesville, Va., 1976–79. description ends , 5:177).

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Title: From George Washington to Elizabeth Powel, 23 July 1787
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: Powel, Elizabeth
Date: 23 July 1787

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Cite as: “From George Washington to Elizabeth Powel, 23 July 1787,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-05-02-0249. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series, vol. 5, 1 February 1787 – 31 December 1787, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1997, p. 269.]

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