Letter, to Frances Bassett Washington

Containers:
Box 1, Folder 1793.02.08
Creator:
Washington, Martha, 1731-1802
Scope and content:

Southern post not in yet -- all are well -- winter has been warm, causes a sickly season -- Mr. Blair says many friends "are dead below" -- warm winter -- farmers ploughed all winter -- afraid there will be no ice for ice houses in the city -- hears from Mrs. Stuart -- she [Mrs. Stuart] hasn't seen Mr. Fairfax and doesn't know whether he got to England -- Mrs. Harrison is well -- Mrs. Mercer in town and sick -- love to the Major -- "I hope ere this that he has got the better of the spitting Blood you mentioned in your last."

Language:
English .

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The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
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