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George Washington to Harriot Washington Parks, his niece, with congratulations and advice on her marriage, 22 July 1796
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George Washington to Harriot Washington Parks, his niece, with congratulations and advice on her marriage, 22 July 1796.
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[Place of production not identified : producer not identified, 1796]
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1 online resource.
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Notes
Collection: The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859.
Signer of the U.S. Constitution.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2014. Digitized from a copy held by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
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Summary
Written as President, offering his congratulations and suggestions for a prudent deportment towards her husband, including the accomodation of your views to his circumstances. Also advocating frugality, he adds always keep the old adage in remembrance - 'Take your measure according to your cloth' and do not... endulge yourself either in dress, or mode of living that will be productive of embarrassmen[t]. He concludes by noting the amount of company present at Mount Vernon and their best wishes for her marriage. Harriot Washington Parks (1776-1822) was the daughter of George Washington's brother Samuel Washington (1734-1781). Until her marriage to Andrew Parks of Baltimore in 1796, she remained dependent on the Washingtons for support.
Variant and related titles
American history, 1493-1945. Module I.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 18, 2024
Series
American history module 1
Genre/Form
Correspondence
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AM (Publisher), digitiser.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, owner.
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