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INVITATIONTO MOUNTVERNON
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WASHINGTON, GEORGE. Autograph Letter Signed,
to Chastel de la Vallée, acknowledging his letter and those that
accompanied it from Lafayette and Bouillé [introducing Vallée],
inviting him to Mount Vernon, and sending a letter for him to
deliver to Bouillé [acknowledging his letter; not present]. 1 page,
4to, with integral blank; horizontal folds reinforced with tissue,
faint scattered foxing and soiling.
MountVernon, 1 October 1788
[15,000/25,000]
“
I have been duly honored with your letter dated in Philadelphia, accom-
panied by one from the Marq[ui]s de la Fayette & another from the
Marq[ui]s de Bouille.Whensoever your affairs will induce you to make the
visit you propose toVirginia, I shall be happy to be favored with your com-
pany at Mount Vernon, & to bestow the attentions due to your merits and
their recommendations. I take the liberty of putting under cover to you a
letter in acknowledgement of that from the Marq[ui]s de Bouille, which I
request you will be pleased to forward to him with your Packets.”
Though La Vallée may have visited Mount Vernon, we find no evidence
that he ever accepted Washington’s invitation. Bouillé (1739-1800) was
made byWashington an honorary member of the Society of the Cincinnati
in 1787, but he became a staunch royalist during the French Revolution.