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George Washington Parke Custis
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George Washington
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A letter from my sister this morning informed me of your safe arrival at Mt. Vernon, which has hitherto prevented me from writing. I congratulate you on a thing so evidently wished for by all those...
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Mar. 1797
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George Washington Parke Custis
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George Washington
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Words cannot express my present sensations, a heart overflowing with joy at the success of conscience over disposition is all I lhave to give. Dearest sir, did you but know the effect your letter...
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May 1797
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George Washington Parke Custis
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George Washington
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With a heart overflowing with gratitude, love and joy, I return you thanks for your favour of the 4th ultimo, and could my words do justice to my feelings, I would paint their lightest tints, but...
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Jun. 1797
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George Washington Parke Custis
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George Washington
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It is with pleasure I acknowledge the receipt of your obliging favour of the 23d instant, and must congratulate you on the enjoyment of your health, the preservation of which should allways be a...
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Jul. 1797
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George Washington Parke Custis
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George Washington
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I have just received your kind favour of the 10th ultimo, together with the enclosed, for all of which accept my thanks. I congratulate you on the enjoyment of your health and prospects of future...
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Jul. 1797
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George Washington Parke Custis
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George Washington
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Since my last, nothing material has occurred, the weather is exceedingly sultry, the thermometer being generally at 98 degrees, which makes study and confinement very disagreeable. We sometimes go...
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Jul. 1797
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George Washington Parke Custis
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George Washington
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I arrived here in due season after a very agreeable journey, I found all my relations well and Annapolis a very pleasant place. I visited the principle inhabitants while the Doctor was here and...
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Mar. 1798
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George Washington Parke Custis
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George Washington
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Your letter arrived by the ordinary course of the mail which goes by Baltimore and gave me sincere pleasure in hearing that you were in good health and likewise the family.I was somewhat unwell for...
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Apr. 1798
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George Washington Parke Custis
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George Washington
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Colonel Fitzgerald arrived here about an hour ago and has politely offered to convey a letter to you. Nothing material has occurred since my last letter, only that we now attend College at six in...
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May 1798
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George Washington Parke Custis
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George Washington
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Your last letter arrived by the ordinary course of the mail and conveyed the pleasing tidings of your health, a theme always acceptable to my grateful heart.With respect to my expenses I did not...
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May 1798
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George Washington Parke Custis
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George Washington
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[First of line gone] transmitted my last letter to you by the way of a gentleman who was going to Baltimore that it might arrive a little sooner and quiet your mind on the subject which you...
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Jun. 1798
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George Washington Parke Custis
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George Washington
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My not receiving any favour from you in answer to my last and having received one from Doctor Stuart subsequent to that in which he mentions but little respecting the affair (which you expressed a...
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Jul. 1798
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George Washington Parke Custis
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George Washington
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By the returning mail I heartily acknowledge your last favour and am sincerely happy in having given you full satisfaction in an affair so interest and mutually effecting to both my friends and...
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Jul. 1798
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George Washington Parke Custis
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George Washington
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Since my last I have collected all my accounts which I transmit for your perusal, the only article I apologize for is an umbrella which I was unavoidably obliged to procure as I lost one belonging...
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Jul. 1798
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