WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799). Autograph letter signed ("Go: Washington") to Dr. James Carter, Mount Vernon, 27 April 1772.

One page, 178 x 184mm. Framed with a portrait.

Washington writes to Dr. John Carter, a prominent surgeon and apothecary in Williamsburg, who had provided medical care to the Custis family, including his step-daughter, Martha "Patsy" Parke Custis. Here Washington makes arrangements for an agent to retrieve interest due on a loan involving his stepson, John Parke Custis: "As it has been your usual Custom to discharge the Interest of your Bond at the April Genl Court I have directed Mr James Hill to call upon you for it as I can not be down [to Williamsburg] myself & he is directed in respect to the application of the Money. His receipt with this Letter will be equal to one passed from Sir Yr Most Obedt Servt…."

Philip O. Sang (sale, Sotheby's New York, 16 December 1992, lot 273.)

The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, 9:33.