From George Washington to John Francis Mercer, 6 March 1786

To John Francis Mercer

Mount Vernon 6th March 1786.

Dr Sir,

The Treasurer of the Potomack Company being desired by the Directors of it to send a careful hand to Annapolis for the advance due on the State subscription; I pray you to pay the Bearer (who will be that person) the £200—for which you requested me to draw on you at that place.1 I am Dr Sir &c.

G: Washington

P.S. Since writing to you the 30th of Jany on this subject—I have myself sent the 20 guineas &c. to Mr Pine.

LB, DLC:GW.

1. See GW to Mercer, 20 Dec. 1785, n.1.

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Title: From George Washington to John Francis Mercer, 6 March 1786
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: Mercer, John Francis
Date: 6 March 1786

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Cite as: “From George Washington to John Francis Mercer, 6 March 1786,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-03-02-0503. [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. 584.]

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