Letter, to Mercy Otis Warren, June 9, 1785
- Letter, to Mercy Otis Warren, June 9, 1785
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Letter, to Mercy Otis Warren, June 9, 1785
Creator
Martha Washington
Source
Fields, Joseph E. 'Worthy Partner': The Papers of Martha Washington. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1994
Publisher
Greenwood Press
Date
06/09/1785
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.
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Massachusetts Historical Society
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My dear Madam Mount Vernon June the 9th 1785
I had the pleasure to receive your obliging Letter of the 14th of April by Mrs Macauly Graham - the kind expression of which, added to the Recollection of those days in which you honored me with your friendship, fill me with agreeable sensations; and will everbe dear to my remembrance, -
I thank you for introducing a Lady so well known in the literary world as Mrs Macauly Graham, whose agreeable company we have had the pleasure of a few days - she now returns to make happy those whome she left.
The friendship which subsisted between General Warren and Mr Washington will never be forgotten by the latter. it was among the first formed, and most lasting at Cambridge.- and with equel pleasure would be renewed by him - why it has slept the general cannot tell,- he recollects writing a long letter to Genl Warren in the year 1779, when the enemy were cantoned on the Rariton near Boundbrook in the Jerseys.- since which, all intercourse by letter has ceased: tho friendship is the same, -
He joins me in every good wish for you and General Warrin, and begs me to add the strongest asurances of the sincear esteem and regard he has for you both.- with sentiments of friendship and affection - I am Dear Madam your obed and obliged
M Washington
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Mrs Washington
Mount Vernon
June 9th 1785
I had the pleasure to receive your obliging Letter of the 14th of April by Mrs Macauly Graham - the kind expression of which, added to the Recollection of those days in which you honored me with your friendship, fill me with agreeable sensations; and will everbe dear to my remembrance, -
I thank you for introducing a Lady so well known in the literary world as Mrs Macauly Graham, whose agreeable company we have had the pleasure of a few days - she now returns to make happy those whome she left.
The friendship which subsisted between General Warren and Mr Washington will never be forgotten by the latter. it was among the first formed, and most lasting at Cambridge.- and with equel pleasure would be renewed by him - why it has slept the general cannot tell,- he recollects writing a long letter to Genl Warren in the year 1779, when the enemy were cantoned on the Rariton near Boundbrook in the Jerseys.- since which, all intercourse by letter has ceased: tho friendship is the same, -
He joins me in every good wish for you and General Warrin, and begs me to add the strongest asurances of the sincear esteem and regard he has for you both.- with sentiments of friendship and affection - I am Dear Madam your obed and obliged
M Washington
(Docket)
Mrs Washington
Mount Vernon
June 9th 1785
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Martha Washington, "Letter, to Mercy Otis Warren, June 9, 1785," in Martha Washington, Item #426, https://marthawashington.us/items/show/426 (accessed April 6, 2021).