Ann Pamela Cunningham to Margaret Sweat

Containers:
Box 65
Creator:
Cunningham, Ann Pamela, 1816-1875 and Sweat, Margaret J.M. (Margaret Jane Mussey), 1823-1908
Scope and content:

A.L. Draft. Mount Vernon. Confidential. Great financial crisis, on Dec. 3 only $107 in treasury. Revenue from visitors, wharfage, sale of photographs. Investments hard to sell. Riggs' unsought report to Council and misunderstanding; Regent cancels debt to him, he resigns. Owes Mr. Herbert $1500, Sec. Tracy $200, Council's budget impractical with no funds. Regent decides to retrench drastically awaiting spring boat service. Loans made by Mr. Herbert and G.W. Riggs. ER-11, p. 151

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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