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Collection Reference Number GLC02794.042
From Archive Folder Tobias Lear papers 
Title George Washington to Tobias Lear regarding misplaced bank shares and George Washington Parke Custis' difficulties adjusting to Princeton College
Date 16 November 1796
Author Washington, George (1732-1799)  
Recipient Lear, Tobias  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Written while serving as President. Apologizes for misplacing Bank of Columbia certificates, which he has found. Mentions business of Mr. [William?] Dandridge, and George Washington Parke Custis' difficulties adjusting to Princeton College. "Maria" is Anna Maria, the daughter of George Augustine Washington.
Subjects President  Banking  Finance  Children and Family  Education  Women's History  
People Washington, George (1732-1799)  Lear, Tobias (1762-1816)  Custis, George Washington Parke (1781-1857)  
Place written Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme The Presidency; Banking & Economics; Children & Family; Education; Women in American History; Merchants & Commerce
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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