To George Washington from Timothy Pickering, 1 March 1796
From Timothy Pickering
March 1. 1796.
Sir,
I have the great satisfaction to inform you that Mr Lear has purchased the lands at the junction of the Potowmac & Shenandoah, on the original terms. His letter, which I have just received, is inclosed.1 I take liberty to inclose also my letter to Mr Lear to make the purchase;2 and am with the greatest respect sir your obt servant
Timothy Pickering
ALS, DNA: RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters; LB, DNA: RG 59, GW’s Correspondence with His Secretaries of State.
1. Tobias Lear’s letter to Pickering announcing the purchase has not been identified, but see Lear to GW, 23 February.
2. For Pickering’s letter to Lear of 28 Jan., see Lear to GW, 10 Feb., and n.2.