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TRANSCRIPT GLC 967
George Washington. Autograph letter signed: Mount Vernon,
to Major John Polson, 1788 Sept. 28. 2 p.
Mount Vernon Sept[embe]r 28th 1788
Sir,
Your letter of the 25th of July by Capt[ai]n Milford came
duly to hand; but I did not recollect to have received one
dated Sept[embe]r 2d. 1783, spoken of therein. At that period
I was with the Army in the State of New York and did not return
to Virginia until the beginning of the succeeding year –
all foreign letters to me, therefore, must either have passed
the British Lines or take their change in Merchantmen. Both,
were hazardous conveyances.
Every information (and small indeed it is) that I can give
respecting your Land on the Great Kanhawa, is communicated
to Capt[ai]n Milford; with a request that he would transmit
a copy of it, with this letter, to you. His ship lays near
Willisburgh where your late attorney Mr. Cray lived, at the
time of his decease – and where I presume his Executors
(from whom the best information I conceive is to be had) must
now live. Besides, in this situation Capt[ai]n Milford is
not far distant from Richmond, the Seat of the government
and information, on account of the general resort to it for
the purposes of attending the Courts – the Assemblies
– Public Offices – &ct – &ct. From
me, this place is far removed; and one to which I seldom or
revenge. Indeed I rarely stir from home, and having made an
enquiry into the matter, am entirely ignore as to the disposition
of any of the Land, which were granted to the Virginia Regiment
raised in 1754, after Patents were obtained for them [2] except
those of my own; and these were within an ace of being sold
for the paying of Taxes due on them, before I received information
thereof.
If it was in my power to point you to a proper character
(who lived convenient, and would accept it) for an agent,
I would do it with pleasure – but for the reasons above,
it really is not. From Richmond there is a continual intercous
with the Western Country – from hence we scarcely have
any – Cap[tai]n Milford will have it much more in his
power than to serve you in this respect.
I am – Sir
Your Most Obed[ien]t H[onora]ble Serv[an]t
Go: Washington
Maj[o]r J[oh]n Polson
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