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- GLC#
- GLC06429.02
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- March 20, 1782
- Author/Creator
- Wilson, James, 1742-1798
- Title
- to George Washington
- Place Written
- Philadephia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 22.9 cm, Width: 19 cm
- Primary time period
- American Revolution, 1763-1783
- Sub-Era
- The War for Independence
Formal letter of contract in which Wilson, a prominent Pennsylvania attorney, agrees to let Washington's nephew read law with him. For a fee of one hundred guineas, Wilson agrees to furnish him with reading matter at his lodgings, and says that he may come into the office for information. In a few months Wilson will take him into the office.
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