Letter, Tobias Lear to Clement Biddle, 1790

Containers:
Box 18, Folder 1790.07.18
Creator:
Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816 and Biddle, Clement, 1740-1814
Scope and content:

A.L.S. 1 page. New York. Keep silver waiter (serving tray) until called for -- they can be made more cheaply in N.Y. -- order Mrs. Washington 2 dozen tea cups and saucers and some slop bowls to match in blue and white china -- send them to Mt. Vernon -- send her some patterns of plain India Jaquinett muslin from which to choose -- will forward a draft next week. Autograph letter signed, draft, docketed by Lear, incomplete watermark. Name on original manuscript appears as "T. Lear." Writings, XXXI, 70. One major variation in number of cups and saucers to buy.

Language:
English.

Access and use

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