Philip Bateman was a gardener at Mount Vernon for many years whose indenture GW purchased for £35 in 1773. Lund Washington wrote GW on 1 Oct. 1783: “As to Bateman (the Old Gardener) I have no expectation of his ever seeking Another home—indulge him but in getg Drunk now and then, and he will be happy—he is the best Kitchen gardener to be met with” (see GW to Lund Washington, 3 April 1779, and n.7).
Philip Bateman may be the same man as Philip Bater, who was also a gardener at Mount Vernon until at least 1789 (see Ledger B, 264, 275, 300).
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The Papers of George Washington Digital Edition, ed. Theodore J. Crackel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, Rotunda, 2008.