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Dates:

( noDate conjectural )

1789 to 1790

Original paper slip text:n.d. [1789–90?]

Author:

Martha Washington

Original paper slip text:Martha Washington

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Recipient:

Abigail Smith Adams

Original paper slip text:AA.

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Canceled draft of a dinner invitation, on page 1 of a draft of an undated letter by

Robert Lewis

Original paper slip text:Robert Lewis

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Ann Willis

Original paper slip text:Mrs. Ann Willis

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Length:

2 p.

Notes:

Note. Mr. John A. Castellani, Librarian, Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, says Lewis's letter "was probably penned during [his] year in New York (1789–90) when employed as one of Washington's secretaries." See his letter of 22 April 1975.

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