Bryan Fairfax to George Washington, 27 October 1774

From Bryan Fairfax

Towlston Octor the 27th 1774

Dear Sir

I have disposed of the Kittocktan Tract to Mr Threlkeld for something more than you mentioned; but I would not have done it for £50 more if I had thought You wanted it and was not in immediate Want of Money.1

I shall be glad to know what Sort of Money You would choose to receive and at what Rates, and when You sett off to Williamsburg that if possible I may wait on You in Time.

Our Compliments to Mrs Washington & Mr & Mrs Custis. I am Dear Sir Yr most obedt Servt

Bryan Fairfax

ALS, DLC:GW.

1. See Fairfax to GW, 3 July 1774 and note 2 of that document.

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Source Project: Washington Papers
Title: Bryan Fairfax to George Washington, 27 October 1774
Author: Fairfax, Bryan
Recipient: Washington, George
Date: 27 October 1774

Reference

Cite as: “Bryan Fairfax to George Washington, 27 October 1774,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-10-02-0115. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, vol. 10, 21 March 1774 – 15 June 1775, ed. W. W. Abbot and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1995, pp. 174–175.]

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