MARCH 25th
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ON THIS DAY IN 1796
FRANCES BASSETT LEAR DIES*
“The Dispensations of Providence are as inscrutable, as they are wise and uncontroulable. It is the duty therefore of Religion and Philosophy, to submit to its decrees, with as little repining as the sensibility of our natures, will permit.”
Artist: Charles Fevret. National Gallery of Art
To Elizabeth Parke Custis Law**
Philadelphia, 30 March 1796
My dear Betsey,
Melancholy as the event is, on which you wrote the 25th. instant; and unwelcome as you knew the information must be, yet it was the part of prudence to communicate it as early as you did: and the precaution you took of writing to me, was well judged; and wd. have been necessary, had we not been previously prepared for the shock, by letters from Mr. Lear; giving an account of her situation, which left no hope, in me of a different result.
Mrs. Lear was good and amiable, and your Society will feel the loss of her. But the Dispensations of Providence are as inscrutable, as they are wise and uncontroulable. It is the duty therefore of Religion and Philosophy, to submit to its decrees, with as little repining as the sensibility of our natures, will permit.
My compliments to Mr. Law. In a joint letter, written a few days ago to him, by your Grandmamma and myself, we offered you both our congratulations on your union. and I repeat them again, with sincerity, being Your Affectionate
G:o Washington
* “Frances Bassett Washington Lear [Martha Washington’s niece].” She was married to Tobias Lear, Washington’s personal secretary and close friend. — Fitzpatrick, et al., WGW
** Washington’s step-granddaughter
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