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George Washington ALS

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George Washington ALS
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Lengthy George Washington autograph letter signed ''G Washington'' as President, dated 6 March 1793. From Philadelphia, Washington writes to his childhood friend the Reverand Bryan Fairfax at Mount Eagle Plantation, Virginia, in response to a letter sent by Fairfax on 17 February, apologizing for misunderstanding a message that Washington had sent, through a servant, that he would be departing from Mount Vernon. Fairfax thought that might have been an invitation to meet him en route and he didn't respond, unsure whether Washington would simply call at his house. Here, Washington responds, ''...and beg you to be assured that nothing was ever farther from my thoughts than taking amiss yr not coming to the road to see me the day I passed your house on my return to this City...Motives of friendship and respect were all I had in view by sending in to know how you did, as I was about to leave the county...'' Washington then acknowledges Fairfax's condolences on the death of his nephew, Major George Augustine Washington, who had been acting as overseer at Mount Vernon. He concludes with reference to the widow of Reverend Charles Green, Margaret, who subsequently married Dr. William Savage. ''...permit me to ask if anything is done, or likely to be done in the case of Savage. - I am extremely anxious to see all matters in which I have had any agency brought to a close although the issue thereof should be unfavorable before I quit the stage of life...'' Two page letter measures 9'' 7.5''. Right third of sheet browned and small edge tears mended with paper. Overall in good condition. This letter appears in ''George Washington Papers, Presidential.''