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“He appears to me to be moped and Stupid. says nothing, and is always in some hole or corner excluded from Company.”
George Washington, 1795
The MET
To David Stuart
Mount Vernon, 13 August 1798
Dear Sir,
If you, or Mrs. Stuart could, by indirect means, discover the State of Washington Custis’s mind, it would be to be wished. He appears to me to be moped and Stupid. says nothing, and is always in some hole or corner excluded from Company. Before he left Annapolis*, he wrote to me desiring to know whether he was to return there, or not, that he might pack up accordingly; I answered, that I was astonished at the question! and that it appeared to me that nothing that could be said to him had the least effect, or left an impression beyond the moment. Whether this, by thwarting his views, is the cause of his present behaviour, I know not. Enclosed is his letter and my answer. to be returned when read. We are as usual; and unite in best regards for you Mrs. Stuart and the family. I am—Dear Sir Yr Obedt & Affecte**
G:o Washington
* George Washington Parke Custis had withdrawn from Princeton and had attended St. John’s College in Annapolis for a short time. Of Parke Custis, George Washington later wrote: “there seems to be in this youth an unconquerable indolence of temper; and a dereliction in fact to all study.”
** “George Washington Parke Custis . . . was commissioned cornet of Light Dragoons in January, 1799 [during the Quasi-War with France], and honorably discharged in June, 1800.” — Fitzpatrick, et al., WGW
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