1From George Washington to John Canon, 13 April 1787 (Washington Papers)
I have recd your letter of 22d of Jany and as I wish to dispose of my Land near you (as well as the tract in Fayette County) I will with pleasure mention my terms to you, that you may make them known and give assurances of the title upon their being complied with. The Land in Washington County will sell @ 30/Pensylvania Currency pr Acre (payable in Specie)—one fourth down, and the other 3/4 in...
2From George Washington to John Canon, 16 September 1787 (Washington Papers)
I was suprized to find by your letter of the 8th of may, dated in this City (received after I came to it) that you had not got the letter I wrote to you sometime before under cover to Colo. Bayard of Pittsburg especially as the Colonel has acknowledged the receipt of it, and promised that it should be carefully forwarded to your house. In that letter, to the best of my recollection, I...