Letter, Tobias Lear to Clement Biddle, 1789

Containers:
Box 14, Folder 1789.06.22
Creator:
Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816 and Biddle, Clement, 1740-1814
Scope and content:

A.L. initial S. 1 page. New York. Billy [Lee] arrived--"The President thinks those ornaments will not answer the purpose as the two sets are not made to join each other & neither separate are large enough for his table"--President much indisposed--fever and a tumor on his thigh. Autograph letter initial signed, docketed, watermark. Name on original manuscript appears as "T. L."

Language:
English.

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The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
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