1From George Washington to Robert Townsend Hooe, 18 July 1784 (Washington Papers)
Hearing that you have a Vessel bound to some port in Spain, I am induced to ask if it is safe & practicable to bring from thence a good Jack Ass, to breed from—The late Don Juan de Miralles, resident from the Court of Spain at Philadelphia, promised to procure one for me; but in his death I met a disappointment. Another Gentleman of his nation, not long since, has also given me a promise—but...
2From George Washington to Robert Townsend Hooe, 29 March 1785 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Robert Townsend Hooe, 29 Mar. 1785. On the same day Hooe wrote to GW : “I had the honor of receiving Your Excellency’s favor of this date.”
3From George Washington to Robert Townsend Hooe, 3 April 1785 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Robert Townsend Hooe, 3 April 1785. On the same day Hooe wrote to GW : “Your favor of this Date I have just rec’d.”