1From George Washington to George William Fairfax, 10 November 1785 (Washington Papers)
Inclosed you have a copy of my last; since which nothing has occurred worthy of observation, except that in this part of the Country our Crops—particularly of Indian Corn, have suffered exceedingly by a drought in July & august, and a storm in September. As I am in the habit of giving you trouble, I will add a little more to what my last, I fear, may have occasioned. The two youngest children...