George Washington Papers

To George Washington from Ephraim Tebbets, 1 December 1795

From Ephraim Tebbets

Greenland (Newhampshire) Decr 1—1795

Sir

Inclosed I Send you Somthing that appears to me to be a Very Great Curiosity as being the production of Nature Wholly If you Will Condescend to Accept of the Within and To your Servant Send Such Advice as you think most proper You Will Lay an obligation on yours tr⟨ul⟩y.1

the post hastens So I hope you Will Excuse my Scribble.

Ephr. Tebbets

ALS, DLC:GW.

1. The curiosity has not been identified, and no reply to this letter has been found.

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    To George Washington from Ephraim Tebbets, 1 December 1795
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    Tebbets, Ephraim
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    Washington, George
    Date
    1 December 1795

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    “To George Washington from Ephraim Tebbets, 1 December 1795,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-19-02-0154. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 19, 1 October 1795–31 March 1796, ed. David R. Hoth. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, p. 201.]