Letter, Joshua Barney to Robert Lewis

Containers:
Box 15, Folder 1789.07.05
Creator:
Lewis, Robert, 1769-1829
Scope and content:

A.L.S. 2 pages. Sends copy of Committee's report on mode of collecting taxes--how does his memorial stand with President?--any chance of employment?--amusements in N.Y.--hopes President is recovered. Autograph letter signed, integral cover, laminated, docketed, postmarked "Balt. July 5." Name on original manuscript appears as "Joshua Barney." [Barney sailed miniature ship "The Federalist" to Mount Vernon in 1788; gift of merchants of Baltimore.]

Language:
English .

Access and use

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