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Title: Letter from George Washington, Philadelphia, to Tobias Lear
Creator: Washington, George, 1732-1799
Contributor: Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816
Date Created and/or Issued: 1794-05-06
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: American Presidential and Founders Papers
Rights Information: RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
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Description: Autograph letter signed. Letter regarding U.S. relations with Great Britain and Washington's desire to sell some of his lands. Includes a note marked "private" concerning Washington's possible plan to free enslaved persons at Mount Vernon.
Published in Founders Online, National Archives [https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-16-02-0023].
Extent: 12 p.
Identifier: mssGW
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll21/id/2898
Language: English
Subject: Washington, George, 1732-1799--Archives
Washington, George, 1732-1799--Autographs (manuscripts)
Washington, George, 1732-1799--Correspondence
Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate)
Letters (correspondence) United States 18th century. (aat)
Source: George Washington collection, 1749-1806.
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American Presidential and Founders Papers, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance: William K. Bixby.

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