Letter Written by George Washington Brings in Loads of Money

(courtesy of CNN.com)

Recently, a letter written by first president George Washington was sold though a company called Christie's. The company was expecting anywhere between $1.5 to $2.5 million for the letter. When auction time came, the final bid was an outstanding $3.2 million, the highest one has ever paid for a letter written by George Washington.

The letter was originally sent in November, 1787 to his nephew Bushrod Washington. In the letter, Washington talked about his liking of the new Constitution and he talked about the various benefits and good policies it would provide for the country. "Washington professed neutrality in public, but to Bushrod expressed his unequivocal conviction that the new Constitution must be ratified, in spite of opposition from many special-interest groups," said Christie's, the auction house that sold the letter.

There was a letter last year written by Abraham Lincoln sold for $3.4 million.