Washington, Martha, 1731-1801 to Fanny Bassett Washington
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01055 Author/Creator: Washington, Martha, 1731-1801 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: September 29, 1794 Pagination: 4 p. : docket ; Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy
Letter discusses Fanny's children's health and schooling, and a possible suitor named Tobias Lear, who was Washington's secretary. In regard to the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania, she notes that "The insurgents in the back country has carr[i]ed matter[s] so high that the President has been obliged to send a larg[e] body of men to settle the matter."
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