Letter, from Frances Bassett Washington, 1794

Containers:
Box 27, Folder 1794.09.17
Scope and content:

Happy to hear Washington is well and cancerous growth on his face is much improved--weather promises very good corn crop--she asks his permission to set her overseer and carpenters to build a corn house--not satisfied with school her children are in as it is too crowded--her son Fayette has been ill.

Language:
English.

Access and use

Location of collection:
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
3600 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
Mount Vernon, VA 22121
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