1800/11/11
Washington, Martha
Autograph letter signed
Title: to Mrs. Mary S. Lear re: Tobias Lear's health and illnesses in family and slaves
Mary Lear was Tobias Lear's mother. Contains much news of the Mount Vernon estate. "[A]ll my family whites, and Blacks, have been very sick, many of them very ill. -- Thank god they have all recovered again and I was so fortunate as not loose [sic] any of them --[.]" Martha Washington free frank on address leaf.
GLC02794.044