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Description
Martha Washington wrote to a Mrs. Warren from New York in December 1789. She describes being first lady as "my new and unwished for situation."
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About This Item
- Title: Letter from Martha Washington to Mrs. Warren, 1789
- Creator: Martha Custis Washington
- Creation Date: 1789-12-26
- Subject Date: 1789
- Location: Washington, DC
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 420, Box 46/2
- Collection: John S. H. Fogg autograph collection
- Object Type: Text
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- First ladies--United States
- Washington, Martha, 1731-1802--Correspondence
- Letters
- Washington, Martha, 1731-1802--Autographs
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