Collections : [The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon]

Contains copies of letters written in the course of Clement Biddle's business dealings in Philadelphia. Includes copies of letters to George Washington (28 in number), Henry Knox, James Wilkinson, and Timothy Pickering, and others. The Washington letters concern his efforts to procure household goods, furniture, agricultural implements and supplies for the Washington family, providing a record of the development of the Mount Vernon estate in the period between the Revolutionary War and Washington's presidency. The letters also reveal interesting insights into life in Philadelphia during the period of the Constitutional Convention.

Letter from Don Diego Gardoqui to George Washington, copied by the State Department in 1881. According to corresponding notes, the copy was made from a copy in the hand of Bushrod Washington. The original letter sent in 1787 accompanied the gift of a 4-volume Spanish edition of Don Quixote for Washington's library.

D.S. 1 page. Signed by J[?] Berry to the fact that John Milton, deputy sheriff served notice to William Kerchival and John Williams that judgement would be brought in October for payment of bond to George Washington. Milton served notice on Aug. 21, 1787. Addressed to Francis Whiting on the other side.

At court held for Westmoreland County the 31st day of July 1787, the Will and Codicil made 1785 November 19 by John Augustine Washington and under the oath of executors Bushrod Washington and Corbin Washington along with William Augustine Washington was entered into and acknowledged bond with conditions as the law direct. Certificate is granted them for obtaining a probate. Signed by James Bland, C.W.C and William Butler, D.C. and noted as 'A true Copy.' Autograph document signed, 1 page.