“New York, June 12th, 1776. To Mr. Lund Washington, at Mount Vernon, Fairfax county, Virginia.—G. W.”
“To John Parke Custis, Esq., at the Hon. Benedict Calvert's, Esq., Mount Airy, Maryland, June 18th, 1776.—George Washington.”
“New York, July 8th, 1776. To Mr. Lund Washington, at Mt. Vernon, Fairfax county, Virginia.—G. W.”
“New York, July 15, 1776. To Mr. Lund Washington.—G. W.”
“New York, July 16, 1776. To Mr. Lund Washington.—G. W.”
“New York, July 22d, 1776. To Mr. Lund Washington—G. W.”
“June 24th, 1776. To Mrs. Washington.—G. W.”
[115] Mrs. Susan R. Echard, daughter of Colonel Read, now (1860) living in Philadelphia, at the age of eighty-four years. The venerable Rembrandt Peale, of the same city, who, two years before, painted Washington's portrait from life, and now in his eighty-third year, was also present in the gallery on that occasion, and his recollection agrees with that of Mrs. Echard.
[116] Craik.
[117] Harrison.