Letter, Bushrod Washington to "my dear friend"

Containers:

Box 31, Folder 1798.01.10

Creator:

Washington, Bushrod, 1762-1829

Scope and content:

A.L.S. 3 pages. Richmond. Bushrod writes to "My dear friend" and closes with greetings "affectionately to Mrs. P." but the addressee is otherwise not made clear. He answers several queries concerning various legal cases, posed to Bushrod either in a series of letters or in one long unanswered -- includes Mr. Breckenridge's opinion on a horse sold to Ingraham by Lewis -- adds a postscript "Did you ever read such a gloomy letter?" after noting that his wife would have added her own greetings but that the letter was being written in his office. Autograph letter signed, docketed, in a later hand is "Nephew and principal heir of Genl. Washington judge of the Supreme Court of the United States lately deceased," watermark. Date on original catalog card appears [17]98 Jan. 10. Name on original manuscript appears as "B. Washington."

Names:

Washington, Bushrod, 1762-1829

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