Hannah Farnsworth to Margaret Comegys

Containers:
Box 72
Creator:
Farnsworth, Hannah Blake, 1802-1879 and Comegys, Margaret Douglass, 1816-1888
Scope and content:

A.L.S. Portion of letter missing (cut out).Detroit. Will not attend June Council. Begs Vice Regents Chase and Comegys to be there. Mrs. Mitchell attends to Masons and to repair Tomb walls. Refers to discussion of Association finances with Regent, (refuses a salary), funds advanced by her, etc. Mrs. Ritchie suggests assigning a definite yearly sum to her. Vice Regent Farnsworth holds proxies for Van Antwerp, Fitch, Richie and Sibley. She will turn these over to Vice Regent Fitch if she attends Council. Discusses a vacancy and an ex-member. Vice Regent Harper's possible gift of $20,000. The boat is the main source of revenue, repairs needed this summer. Masons may undertake Tomb restoration if given estimate of cost. ER-17, p. 154-155

Language:
English .

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The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
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