Summary Of Francis Dandridge's Letter To George Washington

This primary source is a letter from George Washington to his wife’s uncle, Francis Dandridge. It is a very interesting piece due to the fact that Dandridge did not approve of his niece’s marriage to Washington; Washington notes that he, nor his wife had received any word from Dandridge in months due to his disapproval of Washington. Furthermore, he decides to use this letter as an opportunity to note some grievances he has over the Stamp Act. He makes a special note about the Stamp Act stating, “The Stamp Act Imposed on the Colonies by the Parliament of Great Britain engrosses the conversation of the Speculative part of the Colonists, who look upon this unconstitutional method of Taxation as a direful attack upon their Liberties, & loudly