Request for Copy of Past Correspondence

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Request for Copy of Past Correspondence

Description

Congenial letter requesting copy of previous correspondence due to illegible copy currently in the hands of Washington.

year created

1798

month created

02

day created

06

sent from location

Mount Vernon

recipient

sent to location

Philadelphia

in image

notable person/group

Timothy Pickering
George Washington

notable location

Philadelphia
Mount Vernon

notable phrase

my retirement from the chair of government
take up in your bureau
can readily by your hands upon
all of it except the last half sufficiently legible
write with me in offering you the compliments of the season

document number

1799020640101

page start

1

number of pages

2

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) EEA04 (2 pages) Collection: Franklin D. Roosevelt Naval & Maritime Collection [unknown]
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Microfilm: Quincy, Wendell, Holmes & Upham Families Microfilm [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author George Washington Mount Vernon [n/a]
Recipient Timothy Pickering Philadelphia [n/a]