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WASHINGTON, George, 1st President of the United States (1732-1799). Autograph letter signed ('G.: Washington') to the Reverend Jonathan Boucher, Mount Vernon, 2 October 1772, announcing his intention to visit him, 'I snatch a few moments from Company to inform you that it is my intention at present to be with you on Sunday, in my way to Annapolis', but he has Colonel Robert Burwell with him, 'who has ninety nine minds to see the Races for one to attend his duty in Williamsburg'; Burwell does not wish it to be thought that his presence as a Judge can be dispensed with, so that Washington may not set out when he chooses and they should not await him for dinner; he sends compliments to Boucher's family in which Mrs Washington and Miss Custis join him, one page, 4to, addressed on integral leaf to 'the Rev. Jn. Boucher', and endorsed in lower left corner 'By Joe' (seal tear, traces of was).
This charming letter was written when the Washington family, now in their fourteenth year at Mount Vernon, was enjoying a season of amusement and conviviality. Washington records in his diary that he went hunting, fishing and visiting; there were many guests, and Colonel Burwell was among those who dined at Mount Vernon, on October 1st. On October 4th Washington left for Annapolis races, accompanied by his stepson John Parke Custis, and there he enjoyed the theatre, balls and dinners. He dined and lodged with Boucher on October 4th, and also visited him on his return journey on October 10th. He had engaged in a very similar round of pleasure in September the previous year.
His correspondent, Jonathan Boucher, went out to Virginia in 1759, as a private tutor. He later took Orders, and was appointed rector of St. Mary's, Caroline County, where he remained for seven years. He took private pupils, of whom Washington's stepson, John Custis was one, and later moved to Annapolis. A firm loyalist, he returned to England on the outbreak of the Revolution, and died at Epsom in 1804. George Washington exchanged letters with Boucher from May 1769, when 'Jackie' Custis became his pupil. Their correspondence was interrupted on the outbreak of hostilities, but after Independence Boucher wrote to Washington and dedicated to him his View on the Causes and the Consequences of the American Revolution in 1797. Washington sent a more formal but kindly reply the following year. A selection of their correspondence was published by Washington Chauncey Ford in 1899.
Robert Burwell, who could not succumb to the temptation to join the racing party, was associated with Washington in a speculative venture in the swamplands known as 'The Great Dismal' in South Virginia.
This charming letter was written when the Washington family, now in their fourteenth year at Mount Vernon, was enjoying a season of amusement and conviviality. Washington records in his diary that he went hunting, fishing and visiting; there were many guests, and Colonel Burwell was among those who dined at Mount Vernon, on October 1st. On October 4th Washington left for Annapolis races, accompanied by his stepson John Parke Custis, and there he enjoyed the theatre, balls and dinners. He dined and lodged with Boucher on October 4th, and also visited him on his return journey on October 10th. He had engaged in a very similar round of pleasure in September the previous year.
His correspondent, Jonathan Boucher, went out to Virginia in 1759, as a private tutor. He later took Orders, and was appointed rector of St. Mary's, Caroline County, where he remained for seven years. He took private pupils, of whom Washington's stepson, John Custis was one, and later moved to Annapolis. A firm loyalist, he returned to England on the outbreak of the Revolution, and died at Epsom in 1804. George Washington exchanged letters with Boucher from May 1769, when 'Jackie' Custis became his pupil. Their correspondence was interrupted on the outbreak of hostilities, but after Independence Boucher wrote to Washington and dedicated to him his View on the Causes and the Consequences of the American Revolution in 1797. Washington sent a more formal but kindly reply the following year. A selection of their correspondence was published by Washington Chauncey Ford in 1899.
Robert Burwell, who could not succumb to the temptation to join the racing party, was associated with Washington in a speculative venture in the swamplands known as 'The Great Dismal' in South Virginia.