George Washington Papers

To George Washington from John Rumney, Jr., 22 January 1788

From John Rumney, Jr.

Alexandria 22d Jany 1788

Sir

I now inclose you all the Papers that I have recd from Mr Swan of Baltimore respecting the Estate of Mr Colville deceas’d, for your Perusal, also a Letter from Mr Scorer of Whitehaven to myself on the same Business.1 If there is any Thing remaining after the Discharge of the Debts, I believe it would be of great Use to the Claimants. You have inclosed the Opinion of Council, respecting their Claim, which I wish may prove satisfactory.2 With the greatest Respect I am Sir Yr most obt Servt

John Rumney

ALS, DLC:GW.

1. GW wrote to Rumney on 6 April 1787 about Thomas Colvill’s estate. See also GW to John Swan, 23 May 1785, and notes. “Mr Scorer” has not been identified.

2. None of the enclosures has been found.

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    To George Washington from John Rumney, Jr., 22 January 1788
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    Rumney, John Jr.
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    Washington, George
    Date
    22 January 1788

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    “To George Washington from John Rumney, Jr., 22 January 1788,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-06-02-0044. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series, vol. 6, 1 January 1788 – 23 September 1788, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1997, pp. 53–54.]

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