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GEORGE WASHINGTON'S PEWS AT TRINITY CHURCH
Period copy of a May 24, 1839 letter sent from an unknown party at Mount Vernon to Rev. Wm. Berrien of New York's Trinity Church, 2pp. legal folio. The writer thanks Berrien for advising him that Washington had been a communicant at the famous Manhattan church after the Revolutionary War. Conversely, additional notes at the bottom of the page indicate that the daughter of a "Major Popham" has seen Washington attend St. Paul's. On the verso appears a fair copy of a 1790 meeting of the vestry at Trinity where it was agreed: "The Rev. to set apart Pews for Pres. of U.S. &c in Trinity", signed by John Jay, Robert C. Livingston, and other church members. Worth researching.

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May 24, 2016 10:30 AM EDT
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