Letter, Bushrod Washington Jr. to Edward Shippen Burd

Containers:
Box 40, Folder 1805.05.18
Creator:
Washington, Bushrod, 1785-1830 and Burd, Edward Shippen, 1779-1848
Scope and content:

A.L.S. 3 pages. Mount Vernon. Agrees with Burd that horseracing is the favorite sport of Virginians -- mentions races in Virginia and Pennsylvania and Washington -- says spring at Mt. Vernon is the "season when nature presents its most pleasing colours" -- admires ladies in the neighborhood "but none of them has enslaved my happiness" -- speculates that closer relations between Pennsylvania and Virginia might be fostered by intermarriage between the states -- mentions Mr. [Thomas] Jefferson's use of hieroglyphics. Autograph letter signed, integral cover, docketed, postmarked "Alexa. Va. May 18," torn, laminated, watermark. Name on original manuscript appears as "B. Washington."

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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