11From George Washington to William Augustine Washington, 26 June 1798 (Washington Papers)
If you could have foreseen the length of passage, to which your letter of the 23d of April was destined, there would have been no occasion to have hurried yourself in writing it in order to receive a conveyance by the brother of Mr Neale: for Saturday last was (and by the way of Richmond too) the first of its appearance, in my hands. Knowing that Mr Corbin Washington had arrived safe in...
12[Diary entry: 26 June 1798] (Washington Papers)
26. Morning Cloudy, & contd. so all day with the wind at So. Mer. 70 in the Morng. 75 at Noon and 72 at Night. Mr. Law & two French Gentn.—viz. Mr. La Guin & Mr. Clarmont. Anna Maria Brodeau Thornton wrote in her diary on 24 June 1798 that “Mr. La Guin & Mr. Flamand two French Gentlemen from New York came” ( DLC : William Thornton Papers). Nelly Custis recorded that they were “old friends” of...