LETTER TO JARED SPARKS, HISTORIAN OF WASHINGTON, NOV. 22, 1860. FROM
THE BOSTON DAILY ADVERTISER.
BOSTON, November 22, 1860.
MY DEAR SIR,--Since our last conversation I have received from
Earl Spencer precise copies of the two “Memorial Stones” of the
English family of George Washington, which I described to you
as harmonizing exactly with the pedigree having the sanction
of your authority.[41] The copies are, as I understand, of the
same stone and of the same size with the originals, and have the
original inscriptions,--being in all respects _fac-similes_. They
will therefore give you an exact idea of those most interesting
memorials in the parish church near Althorp, in Brington,
Northamptonshire.
The largest is of Lawrence Washington, father of John Washington,
who with his brother Lawrence emigrated to America. It is a slab
of bluish-gray sandstone, and measures five feet nine inches long
and two feet six inches broad.