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WASHINGTON, GEORGE, President. Autograph letter signed (G: Washington") to his friend David Gordon Stuart, Mount Vernon, 15 August l786. One page, 4to, integral address leaf with panel in Washington's hand: "Doctr. Stuart Abingdon," in a sunken mat w...

Auction 05.12.1991
05.12.1991
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20.000 $ - 30.000 $
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28.600 $
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 129

WASHINGTON, GEORGE, President. Autograph letter signed (G: Washington") to his friend David Gordon Stuart, Mount Vernon, 15 August l786. One page, 4to, integral address leaf with panel in Washington's hand: "Doctr. Stuart Abingdon," in a sunken mat w...

Auction 05.12.1991
05.12.1991
Schätzpreis
20.000 $ - 30.000 $
Zuschlagspreis:
28.600 $
Beschreibung:

WASHINGTON, GEORGE, President. Autograph letter signed (G: Washington") to his friend David Gordon Stuart, Mount Vernon, 15 August l786. One page, 4to, integral address leaf with panel in Washington's hand: "Doctr. Stuart Abingdon," in a sunken mat with an engraved portrait in a giltwood frame. A FRIEND OF LAFAYETTE AND ADMIRAL D'ESTAING VISITS MOUNT VERNON "Mrs. [Martha] Washington is prevented from dining with you tomorrow by the arrival of a French Gentleman of Rank -- Genl. Duplessis -- who is introduced, and very warmly recommended to me by the Count de Estaing, the Marq. de la Fayette &c - in consequence I have persuaded Col. [David] Humphreys to postpone his visit it Abingdon -- Wishing to shew this Gentleman (Genl. Duplessis) all the civilities in my power, I should be glad if you & Mrs. Stuart would dine with us tomorrow. Other Company are also invited from Alexandria at Dinner, at this time.- That Mr. Stuart may be accomodated, George's Phaeton, & a pair of my horses (two others being sent to Fredericksburgh) is carried up by Charles...." The "French Gentleman of Rank," Brigadier General Jean Baptiste Vigournere Du Plessis, was formerly the Governor of St. Vincent in the West Indies. A friend of Lafayette and Admiral D'Estaing (who had commanded the French fleet in America during the Revolution), Du Plessis had apparently come to America to look into the possibility of settling there. On l9 November, Washington replied to D'Estaing's letter, carried by Du Plessis. He thanked D'Estaing for introducing him to his guest, "a Gentleman of much worth and merit: his own personal qualifications are sufficient to ensure to him the regard and affection of all good men; but when to these are added this being the intimate friend and companion, and having preserved the life of Count d'Estaing, he will be doubly esteemed by every one who has the honor of knowing you. I sincerely wish that he may find the Country answerable to his expectation, and be induced to reside among us; if he should, America will make the valuable acquisition of a useful and worhy citizen" (cf. Fitzpatrick, xxix, 77-78). Washington's correspondent, Stuart, was the second husband of Eleanor Calvert, who had been married to John Parke Custis. Her second son (by the first marriage) was George Washington Parke Custis Dr. Stuart had been educated in Scotland and France, and became a frequent correspondent of Washington. He and his wife were frequent guests at Mount Vernon. At a later date, Stuart was one of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. Apparently unpublished, not in Writings, ed. J. Fitzpatrick.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 129
Auktion:
Datum:
05.12.1991
Auktionshaus:
Christie's
New York, Park Avenue
Beschreibung:

WASHINGTON, GEORGE, President. Autograph letter signed (G: Washington") to his friend David Gordon Stuart, Mount Vernon, 15 August l786. One page, 4to, integral address leaf with panel in Washington's hand: "Doctr. Stuart Abingdon," in a sunken mat with an engraved portrait in a giltwood frame. A FRIEND OF LAFAYETTE AND ADMIRAL D'ESTAING VISITS MOUNT VERNON "Mrs. [Martha] Washington is prevented from dining with you tomorrow by the arrival of a French Gentleman of Rank -- Genl. Duplessis -- who is introduced, and very warmly recommended to me by the Count de Estaing, the Marq. de la Fayette &c - in consequence I have persuaded Col. [David] Humphreys to postpone his visit it Abingdon -- Wishing to shew this Gentleman (Genl. Duplessis) all the civilities in my power, I should be glad if you & Mrs. Stuart would dine with us tomorrow. Other Company are also invited from Alexandria at Dinner, at this time.- That Mr. Stuart may be accomodated, George's Phaeton, & a pair of my horses (two others being sent to Fredericksburgh) is carried up by Charles...." The "French Gentleman of Rank," Brigadier General Jean Baptiste Vigournere Du Plessis, was formerly the Governor of St. Vincent in the West Indies. A friend of Lafayette and Admiral D'Estaing (who had commanded the French fleet in America during the Revolution), Du Plessis had apparently come to America to look into the possibility of settling there. On l9 November, Washington replied to D'Estaing's letter, carried by Du Plessis. He thanked D'Estaing for introducing him to his guest, "a Gentleman of much worth and merit: his own personal qualifications are sufficient to ensure to him the regard and affection of all good men; but when to these are added this being the intimate friend and companion, and having preserved the life of Count d'Estaing, he will be doubly esteemed by every one who has the honor of knowing you. I sincerely wish that he may find the Country answerable to his expectation, and be induced to reside among us; if he should, America will make the valuable acquisition of a useful and worhy citizen" (cf. Fitzpatrick, xxix, 77-78). Washington's correspondent, Stuart, was the second husband of Eleanor Calvert, who had been married to John Parke Custis. Her second son (by the first marriage) was George Washington Parke Custis Dr. Stuart had been educated in Scotland and France, and became a frequent correspondent of Washington. He and his wife were frequent guests at Mount Vernon. At a later date, Stuart was one of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia. Apparently unpublished, not in Writings, ed. J. Fitzpatrick.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 129
Auktion:
Datum:
05.12.1991
Auktionshaus:
Christie's
New York, Park Avenue
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