Letter, Sarah Craufurd to Christian Scott Blackburn

Containers:
Box 34, Folder 1799.12.21
Creator:
Craufurd, Sarah Blackburn, 1772-1862 and Blackburn, Christian Scott, 1745-1815
Scope and content:

A.L.S. 3 pages. Greenwood. Craufurd bewails the recent death of George Washington -- "it haunts my slumbers and in the day I can think of nothing else" -- wishes to write Sister Nancy [Ann Blackburn Washington] -- poor Bushrod Washington, his uncle first and "I suppose next his Brother [Corbin] will fall victims to the unrelenting hand of death." -- speaks of Mr. Craufurd's illness and other family matters. Autograph letter signed, integral cover, docketed in a later hand "Death of Gen. Washington mentioned," Ms. badly torn and disintegrated, laminated, watermark. Name on original manuscript appears as "S. Craufurd."

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