From George Washington to Patrick Henry, 10 September 1785

To Patrick Henry

Mt Vernon 10th Septr 1785.

Dear Sir,

The enclosed was put into my hands yesterday; & I take the liberty of forwarding it by the post to day, hoping, if no person is appointed in the place of Mr Massey, that your Excellency for the reason assigned by the Maryland Commrs, & on account of the advanced season, will cause it to be done as soon as convenient.1 With very great esteem & respect I have the honor to be &c.

G: Washington

LB, DLC:GW.

1. The enclosed was a letter from William Deakins, Jr. (1742–1798), of Georgetown, Md., to Henry, seemingly urging the governor to appoint promptly someone to replace Thomas Massey (Massie) who had resigned as Virginia’s commissioner “to open and keep in repair” a road between the Potomac and the Cheat or the Monongahela river (House of Delegates Journal, 1781–1785, description begins Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia; Begun and Held in the Town of Richmond, In the County of Henrico, on Monday, the Seventh Day of May, in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty-One. Richmond, 1828. description ends 101). See Henry to GW, 26 Sept., and note 2 of that document. See also GW to Henry (second letter), 29 October.

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Source Project: Washington Papers
Title: From George Washington to Patrick Henry, 10 September 1785
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: Henry, Patrick
Date: 10 September 1785

Reference

Cite as: “From George Washington to Patrick Henry, 10 September 1785,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-03-02-0221. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series, vol. 3, 19 May 1785 – 31 March 1786, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1994, p. 243.]

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