Letter from mother at Blakely to JAW, including notation "Received of John A. Washington five hundred dollars in full of Rent due me by him [for Mount Vernon] for the year 1846" {Until his mother's death John A. Washington had to pay $500 per year rent for Mount Vernon]. Body of letter reads: "I received your letter enclosing the check for $469.55 last evening. I thank you my dear Augustine for your prompt attention... When I wrote you, corn was very low, and it was difficult to make ready money sales even at the then depressed price."