https://freerepublic.com/tag/178705/ en-us Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:43:43 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1824454/posts Aaron Houston for The New York Times The 1787 letter from George Washington, beneath his image in a scrapbook begun in 1826. Aaron Houston for The New York TimesBill Schroh, director of operations at the Liberty Hall Museum, looking at the Washington letter. UNION, N.J., April 26 — The letter from George Washington is pasted between poetry and party invitations, stuffed into a dusty scrapbook amid jokes and cutouts of handsome men, and all the highlights of a lucky little girl’s life. It was written in May 1787 and addressed to Jacob Morris, grandfather of Julia Kean, the precocious... NY Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1824454/posts#comment Fri, 27 Apr 2007 10:43:43 GMT