From George Washington to Elizabeth Powel, 31 August 1787

To Elizabeth Powel

[Philadelphia] Friday Morning [31 August 1787]

Genl Washington presents respectful compliments to Mrs Powell. The afternoons being short, it is proposed, to set off for Mr Pen’s precisely at 4 Oclock; for this purpose the Generals horses & Servts will be at Mr Powells a quarter before that hour; & the General will be ready for Mr Powells call at it.1

AL, ViMtvL.

1. On Friday, 31 Aug., after dining at Robert Morris’s, GW “with a Party went to Lansdale [Landsdowne] & drank Tea with Mr. & Mrs. [John and Ann Allen] Penn” (Diaries description begins Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, eds. The Diaries of George Washington. 6 vols. Charlottesville, Va., 1976–79. description ends , 5:182).

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Title: From George Washington to Elizabeth Powel, 31 August 1787
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: Powel, Elizabeth
Date: 31 August 1787

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Cite as: “From George Washington to Elizabeth Powel, 31 August 1787,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-05-02-0280. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series, vol. 5, 1 February 1787 – 31 December 1787, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1997, p. 306.]

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