George Washington letter [transcript], Mount Vernon, 17 Aug. 1799 : to Robert Lewis, Fredericksburg
1900
MSS 548 (3)
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Title
George Washington letter [transcript], Mount Vernon, 17 Aug. 1799 : to Robert Lewis, Fredericksburg
Variant Title
Copy of Gen'l Washington's letter on slavery to Cap. Robert Lewis of Fredericksburg
Published
Mount Vernon [ca. 1900]
Description
[6] p. ; 26 cm.
Call Number
MSS 548 (3)
Note
"To sell [extra slaves] I cannot, because I am principled against this kind of traffic in the human species. To hire them out is almost as bad.because they could not be disposed of in families to any advantage, and to disperse the families I have an aversion."
Drought and other ills have affected Mount Vernon's profitability.
On lined paper.
Page [6[ is blank except for pencilled note: For D. Toner to copy
Enclosed in a 10 cm. note: L.W. Washington / My father (possibly in the hand of Mary Ann Washington Keyser, the source of other items in Mss 548.)
A case file locates the original in the collection at Mount Vernon.
For complete text, see The Papers of George Washington (Retirement series), v. 4, p. 256-258.
Drought and other ills have affected Mount Vernon's profitability.
On lined paper.
Page [6[ is blank except for pencilled note: For D. Toner to copy
Enclosed in a 10 cm. note: L.W. Washington / My father (possibly in the hand of Mary Ann Washington Keyser, the source of other items in Mss 548.)
A case file locates the original in the collection at Mount Vernon.
For complete text, see The Papers of George Washington (Retirement series), v. 4, p. 256-258.
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