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- GLC#
- GLC08930
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 29 April 1793
- Author/Creator
- Washington, George, 1732-1799
- Title
- to Robert Lewis
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 26.8 cm, Width: 20.7 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Gives to his nephew "The Land which was given to me by my Mother, or as Heir at law I am entitled I do," as a present. Describes the tract in Virginia. Also asks if "Major Harrison went to Mount Vernon as you expected" and about Harrison's intentions regarding his adjoining land. Signed "GWn." Lewis served as his uncle's private secretary.
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