Letter, to Mary Stilson Lear

Containers:
Box 1, Folder 1794.08.24
Creator:
Washington, Martha, 1731-1802
Scope and content:

Mrs. Washington writes to Mrs. Lear, (mother of Tobias Lear) "... be so good ... as to tell dear Lincoln that I send my love ... we all are anxious to see the dear little creature ... My grand children are very much grown, Nelly is a woman in size--and Washington begins to be a sturdy Boy. My children often talk of dear little Lincoln ... Tobias Lear will be returning to America from England ...".

Language:
English .

Access and use

Location of collection:
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
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Mount Vernon, VA 22121
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