Harriet Fitch to Margaret Comegys

Containers:
Box 52
Creator:
Comegys, Margaret Douglass, 1816-1888 and Fitch, Harriet Satterlee
Scope and content:

A.L.S. Washington. Judge C. still ill. Reports on success of excursion for members of Congress, boats to Mount Vernon. Recites trouble in securing speakers. 200 or 300 persons present, platform erected before piazza, seats for audience, speakers fail to appear, substitutes not very satisfactory, members of Washington family present. Miss Tracy has better offer for her services. Regent considers leaving, but hopes Congress will make an appropriation. ER-17, p. 82

Language:
English .

Access and use

Location of collection:
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
3600 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
Mount Vernon, VA 22121
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Parent terms of access:
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