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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08095 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1796 |
| Title | George Washington to Sir John Sinclair regarding land and nature |
| Date | 11 December 1796 |
| Author | Washington, George (1732-1799) |
| Recipient | Sinclair, John |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Written by President Washington to Sinclair the Scottish politician and writer on finance and agriculture. Describes the natural characteristics of various sections of the country, their chief resources, climates, interests and activities, relative land values, and the planned federal city. Says land in Pennsylvania is more valuable than that in Virginia or Maryland because of immigration and naturalization laws, and because of slavery regulations: "there are laws here for the gradual abolition of slavery, which neither of the two states above mentioned have, at present, but which nothing is more certain than that they must have, and at a period not remote." |
| Subjects | President Geography and Natural History Washington, D.C. Land Transaction Law Immigration and Migration Abolition African American History Slavery |
| People | Sinclair, John (1754-1835) Washington, George (1732-1799) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | The Presidency; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Agriculture; Law |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Signer of the U.S. Constitution. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |