George Washington Papers

To George Washington from Josiah Parker, 29 March 1785

From Josiah Parker

Norfolk [Va.] March 29th 1785

Sometime since I did myself the pleasure of sending you some shrubs & vines which I hope got safe up; with this goes Some more but I am affraid this will be too late.1 With pleasure Dear sir I do myself the honor of subscribeing your respectfull & Obedient servt

J: Parker

ALS, DLC:GW.

1. GW received the first of the plants and acorns from Parker on 18 March. He set out the plants on 6 April. On 13 April he sowed the acorns and also planted the live oaks that came in the second shipment from Parker. See Diaries description begins Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, eds. The Diaries of George Washington. 6 vols. Charlottesville, Va., 1976–79. description ends , 4:104, 114, and 118.

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    To George Washington from Josiah Parker, 29 March 1785
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    Parker, Josiah
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    Washington, George
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    29 March 1785

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    “To George Washington from Josiah Parker, 29 March 1785,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-02-02-0328. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series, vol. 2, 18 July 1784 – 18 May 1785, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1992, p. 472.]

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