George Washington Papers

From George Washington to James Tilghman, Jr., 25 September 1773

To James Tilghman, Jr.

[25 September 1773]

Dear Sir

Scarce an hour ago, I wrote to you, making an offer of a Seat in my Phaeton; which I hope is unnecessary for me to repeat but if it be more convenient to you to go in a single Chair from Alexandria, than to come here this Evening, my Chair is at your Service, & brought up accordingly. I do not know that I can answer for the wheels. you will examine them, & judge for yourself. I am Yrs Sincerely

Go: Washington

P.S. I shall return on Saturday, or Sunday at furthest. In case of your going with me, you will want your Servant as we shall probably lodge in different Houses.1

ALS, NIC. The letter is docketed “G. Washington without date[.] Written 25. Sept. 1773.”

1. GW does not indicate in his diaries that James Tilghman, Jr., who at this time was living in Alexandria, accompanied him the next morning when he left for Annapolis to attend the races. See Diaries description begins Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, eds. The Diaries of George Washington. 6 vols. Charlottesville, Va., 1976–79. description ends , 3:205–6, 208.

Index Entries

    You Are Looking At

    Source Project
    Washington Papers
    Title
    From George Washington to James Tilghman, Jr., 25 September 1773
    Author
    Washington, George
    Recipient
    Tilghman, James Jr.
    Date
    25 September 1773

    Reference

    Cite as
    “From George Washington to James Tilghman, Jr., 25 September 1773,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-09-02-0259. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, vol. 9, 8 January 1772 – 18 March 1774, ed. W. W. Abbot and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1994, p. 333.]

    More between these correspondents