To George Washington from Thomas Montgomerie, 5 October 1769

From Thomas Montgomerie

5th October 1769

Sir

Nothing else than Mr Grayson’s not returning Home untill the day before yesterday, could have prevented me from giving you an answer relative to the payment of Mrs Savages annuity long before this time—I now beg leave to inform you, that it is his opinion as well as myne, that it would not be prudent or safe in me to answer your demand in behalf of Mrs Savage. With my best respects to Mrs Washington1 I remain Sir Your most Obt Servt

Thos Montgomerie

ALS, DLC:GW. In Hamilton, Letters to Washington description begins Stanislaus Murray Hamilton, ed. Letters to Washington and Accompanying Papers. 5 vols. Boston and New York, 1898–1902. description ends , 3:363, the letter is printed as from Moses Montgomerie, which is incorrect.

1. William Grayson practiced law in Dumfries and Thomas Montgomerie was one of its leading merchants. Both men visited GW at Mount Vernon in September. See GW to William Ellzey, 3 October.

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Title: To George Washington from Thomas Montgomerie, 5 October 1769
Author: Montgomerie, Thomas
Recipient: Washington, George
Date: 5 October 1769

Reference

Cite as: “To George Washington from Thomas Montgomerie, 5 October 1769,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-08-02-0174. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, vol. 8, 24 June 1767 – 25 December 1771, ed. W. W. Abbot and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1993, p. 252.]

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