Asbury’s letters and related documents · Record 24
April 24, 1786 — to His Excellence General Washington Mount Vernon
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
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There are two letters to George Washington, one before he became President and the other afterward. Asbury had friendships among many of the notables of his time. He was a visitor in the homes of several governors and senators.
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
April 24, 1786
[TO HIS EXCELLENCE
1 GENERAL WASHINGTON
MOUNT VERNON]
Honoured Sir:
Give me leave to present you with one of our Prayer Books, and another to your Lady. Please to accept the Sermons also to your candid perusal. Receive them as a small token of my great respect and veneration for your Person— who am your most obedient friend and servant FRANCIS ASBURY
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Notes (1)
- This was written to General Washington before he became President. The sermons may have been those of Wesley. Asbury distributed these. Asbury evidently passed near Mount Vernon coming from Petersburg by Manakintown, Virginia. He preached on Sunday, the twenty-third, in Alexandria in the courthouse and in the evening in the Presbyterian Church. While in Alexandria he set on foot a subscription and drew a plan for a meeting-house. (See Journal, April 23, 1786.) ↩