From George Washington to Thomas Digges, 5 November 1787
To Thomas Digges
Mount Vernon Novr 5th 1787.
Revd Sir,
If this letter should be put into your hands, it will be delivered by Mr Powell a Gentleman of character from Philadelphia; who with his Lady are returning from a visit to Mrs Byrd (Sister to Mrs Powell) in this State.1
As I am sure it will afford pleasure to Mrs Digges and yourself to shew them civility, I will make no apology for the liberty I take in introducing them to your acquaintance but with respectful compliments to that Lady, in which Mrs Washington’s are united, beg leave to assure you of the respect and regard with which I have the honr to be Revd Sir, Yr Most Obedt Hble Ser.
Go: Washington
ALS, ViMtvL. GW addresses the letter to “The Revd Mr Digges Mellwood Honored by Mr Powell.”
After the death of his brother Ignatius Digges in 1785, the Rev. Thomas Digges, a Roman Catholic priest, continued to live at Melwood in Prince Georges County, Md., with his brother’s widow, Mary Carroll Digges (d. 1825).