W.W. Vest, Williamsburg, to Mary Watkins (Mary Garrett Vest). At this time George S. Vest is dead and Mary has remarried. Concerns careers for his grandsons, George and Walter. Suggests they alter plans for railroad work or college and take up farming, 15 February 1887.

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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
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