to Mary S. Lear [Tobias' mother] re: family matters

Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816 to Mary S. Lear [Tobias' mother] re: family matters

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GLC#
GLC02794.037-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1795/01/28
Author/Creator
Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816
Title
to Mary S. Lear [Tobias' mother] re: family matters
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
3 p. : address : Height: 22.4 cm, Width: 18.6 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

Lear apologizes for not writing his mother, complaining that, due to extensive business duties, "I find myself so closely and unremittingly engaged that I begin to feel the effects of it on my health--[.]" Includes lengthy riscussion of Lear's engagement to the niece of George Washington.

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