George Washington Papers

From George Washington to Charles Pettit, 2 October 1787

To Charles Pettit

Mount Vernon October 2d 1787

Sir,

By the charming Polly Capt. Ellwood I send you patterns for the hearths of Chimneys which I beg may be cast and sent to me by the first conveyance to Alexandria—the cost you will please to annex to the other plates, bespoke before I left the City, and the amount shall be paid when it is maid known to1—Sir—Yr Obedt Hble Servant

G. Washington.

LB, DLC:GW.

1. See GW to Pettit, 7 Sept., and note 1 of that document.

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    From George Washington to Charles Pettit, 2 October 1787
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    Washington, George
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    Pettit, Charles
    Date
    2 October 1787

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    “From George Washington to Charles Pettit, 2 October 1787,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-05-02-0326. [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. 351.]

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