George Washington Papers

To George Washington from George Turner, 1 December 1794

From George Turner

Kaskaskia, December 1st 1794

Sir,

I have taken the liberty to place your Name upon a keg filled with Pekán Nuts. May I beg of you to present them to your Lady—whose acceptance I should feel as an honour conferred on one who subscribes himself, impressed with Sentiments of the highest respect, Sir, Your most obedient and very humble Servant

G. Turner

ALS, DLC:GW. This letter is docketed “From Judge Turner 1st Dec. 1795,” but that date probably is an error. On 24 May 1795 GW sent a “bundle of Pekan, or Illinois nuts” to Mount Vernon for planting, and a payment by his steward for “a keg of nuts from N. Orleans” was recorded in GW’s household accounts on 25 May 1795 (GW to William Pearce, 24 May 1795, ViMtvL; Household Accounts description begins Presidential Household Accounts, 1793–97. Manuscript, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. description ends ).

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    To George Washington from George Turner, 1 December 1794
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    Turner, George
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    Washington, George
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    1 December 1794

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    “To George Washington from George Turner, 1 December 1794,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-17-02-0152. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 17, 1 October 1794–31 March 1795, ed. David R. Hoth and Carol S. Ebel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2013, p. 225.]

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