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Washington McDonogh to Walter Lowrie

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Title
Washington McDonogh to Walter Lowrie
Description
David and Washington are getting along well with their studies.

When there is work in the garden, Washington works before 7 a.m. and sometimes three hours a day.

When work is finished, Washington "gets at my studys I can study much better then go to play but I like to play now and then as well as any body."

Washington wrote a composition last Saturday for the first time this summer and he expects to write one every two weeks.

Washington asks for Lowrie to send him a flaginnet. "I would like to learn to play the flaginnet."

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Original letter at the PRESBYTERIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Philadelphia)
Identifier
31
Date
1840-07-04 00:00:00
Subject
Washington tells of his daily routines.
Creator
Washington
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