Letter, to Elizabeth Ramsay, January 14, 1774
- Letter, to Elizabeth Ramsay, January 14, 1774
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Letter, to Elizabeth Ramsay, January 14, 1774
Creator
Martha Washington
Source
Fields, Joseph E. 'Worthy Partner': The Papers of Martha Washington. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1994
Publisher
Greenwood Press
Date
1774-01-14
Contributor
Joseph E. Fields, editor
Language
eng
Type
Published version of manuscript document
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Citation
Fields, Joseph E. 'Worthy Partner': The Papers of Martha Washington. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1994.
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Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California
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Dear Miss January the 14th 1774
I shall be very much obliged to you to enquire in town if there is black & white (illegible) lustring - and a handsom plain black satten cloak I had reather not have a lace on it if one with a (illegible) or gimp is to be had - 1 shoud have been very glad to have seen you hear this christmas if you coud have spared so much time out of town My compliments to Mr & Mrs Ramsay and all the little Folks
I am Dr. Miss
your most affetionate
Friend
Martha Washington
Your answer a few days
hence will be as well today
I shall be very much obliged to you to enquire in town if there is black & white (illegible) lustring - and a handsom plain black satten cloak I had reather not have a lace on it if one with a (illegible) or gimp is to be had - 1 shoud have been very glad to have seen you hear this christmas if you coud have spared so much time out of town My compliments to Mr & Mrs Ramsay and all the little Folks
I am Dr. Miss
your most affetionate
Friend
Martha Washington
Your answer a few days
hence will be as well today
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Martha Washington, "Letter, to Elizabeth Ramsay, January 14, 1774," in Martha Washington, Item #395, https://marthawashington.us/items/show/395 (accessed April 6, 2021).