Testimonial for Jacob Baur, 4 November 1794

Testimonial for Jacob Baur

Philadelphia, Novem: 4 1794.

I hereby testif.—that Jacob Baur has lived with me in this City, since christmas last past, in the quality of Valet de chambre and Butler. that he has discharged the duties of the above [trusts]1 with fidelity, promptness and sobriety; and that in all respects he has demeaned himself so as to merit my approbation.

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1. The scribe apparently wrote “wusts.”

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Title: Testimonial for Jacob Baur, 4 November 1794
Author: Washington, George
Date: 4 November 1794

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Cite as: “Testimonial for Jacob Baur, 4 November 1794,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-17-02-0094. [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, pp. 140–141.]