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1792 Receipt from Tobias Lear

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1792 Receipt from Tobias Lear
<B>1792 Receipt from Tobias Lear as Washington's Personal Secretary.</B></I> One page, 6.5" x 4.5", Mount Vernon, Virginia, May 7, 1792. Manuscript receipt for a payment made by Tobias Lear to William Couch for "<I>100 Bundles of Straw</B></I>" likely for President Washington, which was delivered to feed the animals at his home at Mt. Vernon. This original document was written in brown ink, and William Couch personally signs at the lower right, "<I>Wm. Couch</B></I>". The reverse has a docket with the necessary information of date, name, and material, as well as bears its own receipt Number 318. It makes perfect sense that Tobias Lear would be the one to handle at least some of Washington's bill for Mt. Vernon. Tobias Lear served as George Washington's personal secretary at that time and remained a very close colleague until Washington's death in December of 1799. Tobias Lear arrived in Virginia in 1786 and remained when Washington was selected as the first president of the United States three years later. True to Washington's word, the young man from Portsmouth became part of the family and intimate with the most famous people of his time. The young secretary attended the Commander in Chief's inauguration in New York City, the nation's temporary capital. Later, traveling through New England, Washington made a courtesy call at Hunking Street in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where he met the family of Tobias Lear. The document is in fine condition, though faintly dampstained, especially in the lower right portions, and a very dark fold line runs through the center. <BR><BR><B>Important notice:<
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