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Field name | Value |
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Collection Reference Number | GLC02793.005 |
From Archive Folder | The Personal side of the Presidency: 32 letters and documents |
Title | George Washington to Harriot Washington Parks, his niece, with congratulations and advice on her marriage |
Date | 22 July 1796 |
Author | Washington, George (1732-1799) |
Recipient | Parks, Harriot Washington |
Document Type | Correspondence |
Content Description | 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. |
Subjects | President Women's History Children and Family Marriage Finance Clothing and Accessories Mount Vernon |
People | Washington, George (1732-1799) |
Place written | Mount Vernon |
Theme | The Presidency; Women in American History; Children & Family |
Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
Additional Information | Signer of the U.S. Constitution. |
Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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