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Georges Washington de Lafayette to Martha Washington, 1800 1 pages Box 2, Folder 22

Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Georges Washington de Lafayette, La Grange, son of the Marquis de Lafayette, writes a condolence note to Martha after the death of George Washington. Georges writes of Washington's "parental kindness" when he visited Mount Vernon and says, "How far was I to imagine when I left your family that it would be a last farewell."

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Peter family papers, 1722/1932
  3. Series 3. Papers of Martha Washington, 1799/1802

Letter, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney to Tobias Lear, 1799 1 pages Box 34, Folder 1799.12.17

Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney writes from Harper's Ferry three days after George Washington's death offering his condolences for this "irreparable loss" to Tobias Lear at Mount Vernon, Martha Washington, and Nelly Parke Custis Lewis.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Historic manuscript collection, 1601/1933
  3. Series 1. Documents and Manuscripts
  4. Manuscripts Box 34, 1799

Letter, from Julia B. & the Society of Females, 1800 Box 5, Folder 1800.02.14

"Hoping that their condolence letter is not taken to be presumptuous, four women write to Martha Washington that their fathers fought with George Washington--therefore they request a lock of his hair, however small, as a memento--in a postscript, they also request a lock of Martha Washington's hair. (See: copy of Martha Washington's reply, dated March 12, 1800)."

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Martha Washington collection, 1761/1802
  3. To Martha Washington, 1774/1800

Letter, John S. Wright to John Augustine Washington III, 1855 Box 74, Folder 1855.09.23

Autograph letter signed by prominent Chicago machinery producer J. S. Wright. He writes to John Augustine with condolences on the death of his mother, Jane C. Washington. He writes that his mother and John Augustine's were alike: "Both were eminently kind. Religion made both cheerful, animated, companionable... we have known & tried a Mother's love."

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Historic manuscript collection, 1601/1933
  3. Series 1. Documents and Manuscripts
  4. Manuscripts Box 74, 1855/1857

Letter, John Tyler to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, 1844 3 pages Box 10, Folder 15

Autograph letter signed on mourning stationary, with envelope and black seal. John Tyler, Washington, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon. President John Tyler offers his condolences to Britannia W. Peter Kennon on the death of her husband, Beverley Kennon, during the Peacemaker accident aboard the USS Princeton.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Peter family papers, 1722/1932
  3. Series 12. Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, 1824/1909
  4. Subseries 12.3. Correspondence

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