Tobias Lear to Thomas Janney, 10 June 1793

Tobias Lear to Thomas Janney

Philada 10th June 1793

Sir,

Colo. Lowrey informs me that you are possessed of a horse which he had recommended, previous to your owning him, to be purchased by the President;1 & that you are willing to part with him for one hundred & twenty five pounds. Altho’ this price far exceeds what the President had an idea of giving for him, yet as he is desirous of obtaining a good covering horse to put on his Estate at Mount Vernon—and this has been highly recommended by Colo. Lowrey, he thinks it is probable he may purchase him; but he will not engage to do so until he sees & approves of him himself. And if you will have him brought to Philadelphia immediately after receiving this letter, the President will take him if he should meets his approbation; but in case he should not like him at the price fixed, he will pay the expense of bringing him here, & returning again to Trenton.2 I am sir, &c.

Tobs. Lear.

LB, DLC:GW.

1. For GW’s earlier request for Thomas Lowrey’s assistance in finding a studhorse for Mount Vernon, see Lear to Lowrey & Abraham Hunt, 7 Mar. 1793, and note 3.

2. GW paid Janney five dollars on 12 June “for bringing a Horse from Trenton” to examine. GW apparently did not purchase this horse (Household Accounts description begins Presidential Household Accounts, 1793–97. Manuscript, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. description ends ).

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Title: Tobias Lear to Thomas Janney, 10 June 1793
Author: Lear, Tobias
Recipient: Janney, Thomas
Date: 10 June 1793

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Cite as: “Tobias Lear to Thomas Janney, 10 June 1793,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-13-02-0034. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 13, 1 June–31 August 1793, ed. Christine Sternberg Patrick. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2007, pp. 52–53.]