WASHINGTON, George. Letter signed ("G: o Washington"), to Thomas Brereton, Mount Vernon, 20 April 1786. 2 pages, 4to, creases expertly repaired, catching several words, show through .
WASHINGTON, George. Letter signed ("G: o Washington"), to Thomas Brereton, Mount Vernon, 20 April 1786. 2 pages, 4to, creases expertly repaired, catching several words, show through . WASHINGTON COMPLAINS OF "ALL THE CHICANERY OF LAW AND LAWYERS" USED TO PROLONG A LAWSUIT "SINCE I TOOK COMMAND OF THE AMERICAN FORCES" Washington was a trustee of the estate of the deceased Mrs. Savage, whose affairs have been embroiled in litigation. "When matters came to extremity between Doctr. Savage and his wife, and Mr. Fairfax and myself were obliged to put the trust bond in suit to recover her annuity; the Doctor made use of all the chicanery of law and lawyers, to procrastinate the suit; which the tardiness of our courts (and during one period of the Revolution the suspension of justice) but too well enabled him to effect. It was therefore long before a judgment at common law could be obtained; and this was no sooner done, than he threw the matter into Chancery, where I am told, for I have had no share in the management of this business for the last ten years (that is since I took command of the American forces) it has lain ever since." Washington heard from his co-trustee Fairfax that the matter might soon be adjudicated and he emphatically states, "with great truth I can assure you that not one farthing of Mrs. Savage's annuity was ever paid to the Trustees; whilst we have been obliged to advance money out of our own pockets to carry on the prosecution..." Margaret Green the widow of Rev. Charles Green the rector of Washington's parish, and a woman in her late sixties, remarried to Dr. William Savage A pre-nuptial agreement granted Savage control of his wife's £5,000 estate on condition that he pay Washington and Fairfax, in trust for Mrs. Savage, an annuity of £100. Savage's attempt to welch on this obligation infuriated Washington. A good example of how Washington's local obligations suffered neglect from his eight years of arduous service in the cause of his country's independence. Published in Fitzpatrick, 28:413-414.
WASHINGTON, George. Letter signed ("G: o Washington"), to Thomas Brereton, Mount Vernon, 20 April 1786. 2 pages, 4to, creases expertly repaired, catching several words, show through .
WASHINGTON, George. Letter signed ("G: o Washington"), to Thomas Brereton, Mount Vernon, 20 April 1786. 2 pages, 4to, creases expertly repaired, catching several words, show through . WASHINGTON COMPLAINS OF "ALL THE CHICANERY OF LAW AND LAWYERS" USED TO PROLONG A LAWSUIT "SINCE I TOOK COMMAND OF THE AMERICAN FORCES" Washington was a trustee of the estate of the deceased Mrs. Savage, whose affairs have been embroiled in litigation. "When matters came to extremity between Doctr. Savage and his wife, and Mr. Fairfax and myself were obliged to put the trust bond in suit to recover her annuity; the Doctor made use of all the chicanery of law and lawyers, to procrastinate the suit; which the tardiness of our courts (and during one period of the Revolution the suspension of justice) but too well enabled him to effect. It was therefore long before a judgment at common law could be obtained; and this was no sooner done, than he threw the matter into Chancery, where I am told, for I have had no share in the management of this business for the last ten years (that is since I took command of the American forces) it has lain ever since." Washington heard from his co-trustee Fairfax that the matter might soon be adjudicated and he emphatically states, "with great truth I can assure you that not one farthing of Mrs. Savage's annuity was ever paid to the Trustees; whilst we have been obliged to advance money out of our own pockets to carry on the prosecution..." Margaret Green the widow of Rev. Charles Green the rector of Washington's parish, and a woman in her late sixties, remarried to Dr. William Savage A pre-nuptial agreement granted Savage control of his wife's £5,000 estate on condition that he pay Washington and Fairfax, in trust for Mrs. Savage, an annuity of £100. Savage's attempt to welch on this obligation infuriated Washington. A good example of how Washington's local obligations suffered neglect from his eight years of arduous service in the cause of his country's independence. Published in Fitzpatrick, 28:413-414.
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