Highest price ever paid for a letter penned by America 's first president . He died at his beloved Mount Vernon at age 67 , plunging the nation into months of mourning . Score: 7 Letter was written to his nephew Bushrod Washington in November 1787 . Last year , a 1864 letter by President Abraham Lincoln sold for $ 3.4 million .
Highest price ever paid for a letter penned by America 's first president . Score: 7 Letter was written to his nephew Bushrod Washington in November 1787 . Last year , a 1864 letter by President Abraham Lincoln sold for $ 3.4 million .