George Washington Papers

To George Washington from Thomas Pleasants, Jr., 25 July 1788

From Thomas Pleasants, Jr.

Raleigh 25th July 1788

Sir

I duly received your obliging answer to the enquiry respecting Mr Dydsburys Claim under Van braam of Land on the Kanhawa—and the obligation will be increased, if you will enable me to extend my enquiry into that part of the County, by Mentioning some person of Character, to whom I may apply for a particular description of its situation and Value.1

When Mr Madison left this State he put into my hands some queries to answer, and desired me to send the answers open, under Cover to you, which I now have the honour of doing.2 I am, With sentiments of great respect & Esteem Yr Mo. ob. Hbble st

Thomas Pleasants jr

ALS, DLC:GW.

1. Pleasants wrote to GW on 2 June and GW responded on 8 June.

2. Pleasants’s answers to the queries that Moustier posed to James Madison on 2 Mar. were enclosed in his letter to Madison of 25 July, both printed in Rutland and Hobson, Madison Papers, description begins William T. Hutchinson et al., eds. The Papers of James Madison, Congressional Series. 17 vols. Chicago and Charlottesville, Va., 1962–91. description ends 11:201–7.

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    To George Washington from Thomas Pleasants, Jr., 25 July 1788
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    Pleasants, Thomas Jr.
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    Washington, George
    Date
    25 July 1788

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    “To George Washington from Thomas Pleasants, Jr., 25 July 1788,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-06-02-0361. [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, p. 396.]

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