Letter, Jane Charlotte Blackburn Washington to John Augustine Washington III, 1854

Containers:

Box 73, Folder 1854.12.26

Creator:

Washington, Jane Charlotte Blackburn, 1786-1855

Scope and content:

Letter written by Jane C. Washington from Blakely near Charlestown, West Virginia a few months before her death to her son John Augustine Washington III. Jane tells John she was "much interested and amused at your correspondence with the Richmond and Manchester Ladies. They no doubt are inspired by sincere and noble feelings of admiration and gratitude to the truly great and good Father of his Country, called forth and appointed by providence as such. His memory will be best preserved and handed down to posterity by the Constitution which he labored to build up and which I devoutly pray may ever be sustained by successive generations. Let dear old Mount Vernon continue forever, if it pleases an all wise providence, in the Washington family and name." Jane adds "I am not very well and fear I am becoming a confirmed Dispeptic, looking as yellow and shrivled as an old cucumber."

Language:

English.

Subjects:

Correspondence

Names:

Washington, John Augustine, III, 1821-1861
Washington, Jane Charlotte Blackburn, 1786-1855

Places:

Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate)

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