Letter, to Hannah Stockton Boudinot, January 15, 1784
- Letter, to Hannah Stockton Boudinot, January 15, 1784
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Letter, to Hannah Stockton Boudinot, January 15, 1784
Description
Martha writes to a friend upon her return to Mount Vernon after the war.
Creator
Martha Washington
Source
Fields, Joseph E. 'Worthy Partner': The Papers of Martha Washington. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1994
Publisher
Greenwood Press
Date
01/15/1784
Contributor
Joseph E. Fields, editor
Type
Published version of manuscript document
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Fields, Joseph E. 'Worthy Partner': The Papers of Martha Washington. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1994.
Rights Holder
Dr. Walter Ostromecki, Jr. (private collection)
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My Dear Madam - Mount vernon 15th Jan 84
Your polite and affectionate congratulatory Letter on the termination of our trobles, and the return of the General to domestic life would, under any circumstances; have been highly pleasing to me; but the value of it was particularly enhanced by the friendly terms in which you have conveyed them to us.
In return, permit me to offer you my sincere compliments on your restoration to your own House, after an exile of seven years- and on Miss Boudinots better state of health; which with much pleasure I learnt from the General was considerably amended, if he might be allowed to form a judgment of it from her improved looks.- The difficulties, and distresses to which we have been exposed during the war must now be forgotten.- we must endevor to let our ways be the way of pleasentness and all our paths Peace.
It would give infinite pleasure to see you Mr and Miss Boudinot at this place without which I almost despair of ever enjoying that happyness, as my frequent long Journeys have not only left me without inclination to undertake another, but almost disqualified me from doing it, as I find the fatiegue is too much for me to bear.
My little family are all with me; and have been very well till with in these few days, that they have been taken with the measles. - the worst I hope is over, and that I shall soon have them prattling about me again. - with best respects to Mr. Boudenot, and love to Miss Susan and yourself - in which the General joins I am my dear madam with much esteem
Your most affectionate
Friend
Martha Washington
Your polite and affectionate congratulatory Letter on the termination of our trobles, and the return of the General to domestic life would, under any circumstances; have been highly pleasing to me; but the value of it was particularly enhanced by the friendly terms in which you have conveyed them to us.
In return, permit me to offer you my sincere compliments on your restoration to your own House, after an exile of seven years- and on Miss Boudinots better state of health; which with much pleasure I learnt from the General was considerably amended, if he might be allowed to form a judgment of it from her improved looks.- The difficulties, and distresses to which we have been exposed during the war must now be forgotten.- we must endevor to let our ways be the way of pleasentness and all our paths Peace.
It would give infinite pleasure to see you Mr and Miss Boudinot at this place without which I almost despair of ever enjoying that happyness, as my frequent long Journeys have not only left me without inclination to undertake another, but almost disqualified me from doing it, as I find the fatiegue is too much for me to bear.
My little family are all with me; and have been very well till with in these few days, that they have been taken with the measles. - the worst I hope is over, and that I shall soon have them prattling about me again. - with best respects to Mr. Boudenot, and love to Miss Susan and yourself - in which the General joins I am my dear madam with much esteem
Your most affectionate
Friend
Martha Washington
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Martha Washington, "Letter, to Hannah Stockton Boudinot, January 15, 1784," in Martha Washington, Item #423, https://marthawashington.us/items/show/423 (accessed April 6, 2021).