Adams Family Correspondence, volume 9
1790]
Mrs. Washington presents her compliments to Mrs. Adams— She wishes to know how the Vice-President and Mrs. Adams are to day— Mrs. Washington is happy to inform that the President is a little better to day than he was yesterday1
RC (Adams Papers); addressed: “Mrs. Adams—”
George Washington, unwell through much of the spring, became gravely ill from influenza and pneumonia in mid-May and did not fully recover until the middle of June (Washington, Papers, Presidential Series
, 5:393–399).
