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Within each series, materials are generally separated by format and listed chronologically, with undated materials listed last.","Series 1. Papers of George Washington Series 2. Papers of Tobias Lear Series 3. Miscellaneous Series 4. Papers of Martha Washington Series 5. Papers of Eliza Parke Custis Law Series 6. Papers of Thomas Law : Subseries 6.1. Legal Documents, Subseries 6.2. Correspondence Series 7. Papers of William Costin Series 8. Papers of John Law Series 9. Papers of Lloyd Nicholas Rogers Series 10. Papers of Edmund Law Rogers Series 11. Papers of Robert Peter : Subseries 11.1. Accounts, Subseries 11.2. Financial Documents, Subseries 11.3. Legal Documents, Subseries 11.4. Land Documents, Subseries 11.5. Estate Documents Series 12. Papers of Thomas Peter : Subseries 12.1. Financial Documents, Subseries 12.2. Land Documents, Subseries 12.3. Estate Documents, Subseries 12.4. Correspondence Series 13. Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, 1824-1909 : Subseries 13.1. Financial Documents, Subseries 13.2. Legal Documents, Subseries 13.3. Correspondence","The Peters were a prominent family in Washington, D.C. during the eighteenth and nineteen centuries. Martha Parke Custis, Martha Washington's granddaughter, married into the Peter family in 1795.","George Washington (1732-1799) : George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 at a modest farm in Westmoreland County, Virginia to parents Augustine and Mary Ball Washington. In 1749, George Washington was appointed surveyor for Culpepper County. In 1752, he started his military career in the Virginia militia. During the Revolutionary War he was the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and later was elected as the first President of the United States of America. He lived with his wife, Martha Washington, at Mount Vernon, where he passed away December 14, 1799.","Martha Washington (1731-1802) : Martha Dandridge Custis Washington was born on June 2, 1731 to parents John and Frances Jones Dandridge. She married her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis, on May 15, 1750. Together they had four children, two of whom died in childhood. On July 8, 1757, her husband unexpectedly died, leaving her a widow with their two remaining children, John Parke Custis and Martha Parke Custis. On January 6, 1759, Martha Dandridge Custis married George Washington. Martha Parke Custis or Patsy, died at the age of 17. On February 3, 1774, John Parke Custis married Eleanor Calvert, and together they had four children who survived to adulthood. However, on November 5, 1781, John Parke Custis passed away, and the younger two of his children went to live at Mount Vernon with their grandmother. Martha Dandridge Custis Washington died on May 22, 1802.","Tobias Lear (1762-1816) : Tobias Lear was born in 1762. He was employed by George Washington in 1786 to manage expense reports to Congress and also as the personal tutor to Martha Washington's grandchildren. In 1790 Tobias Lear married Mary \"Polly\" Long; however she died in 1793. Lear then married Martha Washington's niece, Frances Bassett Washington, but she died shortly they were married. Lear married for a third time to Frances Dandridge Henley, another niece of Martha Washington. He died in 1816.","Elizabeth (Betsy, Beth, Eliza) Parke Custis Law (1776-1831) : Wife to Thomas Law, Eliza Parke Custis Law was born on August 21, 1776. She was the daughter of John (Jacky) Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Calvert. Upon the death of her father in 1781, Eliza's two younger siblings, George Washington (Washy) Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Parke Custis went to live with their grandmother, Martha Washington, and her second husband, George Washington. Eliza and her other sister Martha stayed at home with their mother. Shortly after, their mother remarried Dr. David Stuart and had thirteen more children. On March 21, 1796, Eliza Parke Custis Law married Thomas Law and together they had one child, Eliza Law. In 1804, the couple separated and their daughter went to live with her father. They officially divorced in 1811. Eliza Parke Custis Law lived with one of her uncles for a time after the separation, and soon purchased a house in Alexandria called \"Mount Washington.\" Eliza Law Rogers died in 1822, leaving behind a husband (Lloyd Nicholas Rogers) and two children. Eliza Parke Custis Law died on December 31, 1831.","Thomas Law (1756-1834) : Thomas Law was born on October 23, 1756 in Cambridge, England. He started his career working for the East India Trading Company and began building his reputation, as well as his income. In 1794, he left England to start a new life in America where he began to invest in lands, particularly in the nation's capital. Over time, Law became extremely passionate about the arts, particularly poetry, which he wrote and published. He even founded the first dance society, theater, and the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences. Thomas Law married Eliza Parke Custis on March 21, 1796. Together they had one child, Eliza Law, who married Lloyd Nicholls Rogers in 1817. Thomas Law died in 1834.","William Costin (1780-1842) : William Costin was a prominent free black man in early 19th-century Washington DC. He was a messenger for the Bank of Washington and ran a hack business in the city. In 1800, he married his cousin Philadelphia (\"Delphy\"), a dower slave of Martha Washington. Upon Martha Washington's death in 1802, Delphy became the property of Eliza Parke Custis Law, wife to Thomas Law. Delphy and their children were granted freedom shortly after, and the couple decided to stay in Washington, D.C. Together the Costins had seven children. He died in 1842.","John Law (1784-1822) : John Law was born in India about 1784 to Thomas Law and an unidentified Indian woman. In 1794 Thomas Law came to America after living about two decades in India; presumably John and his brothers came with him. Thomas Law married Eliza Parke Custis in 1796 and raised the boys until their separation around 1804. John Law graduated from Harvard University in 1804; he was a member of the Columbian Dragoons in 1811; and was the commissioner to adjust the Yazoo claims in 1814. He died on October 4, 1822.","Lloyd Nicholas Rogers (1787 or 1788-1860) : Lloyd Nicholas Rogers was born on September 20, 1788 to parents Nicholas and Eleanor Buchanan Rogers. Lloyd Nicholas Rogers married Eliza Law Rogers in 1817. Together they had two children, Edmund Law Rogers and Eleanor Agnes Rogers. They lived on Druid Hill which had been passed down by Lloyd's Scottish father. Very shortly after the death of Lloyd's father in 1822, Eliza also died. In 1829, Rogers was married to Hortensia Monroe Hay who was the granddaughter of James Monroe. Together, they had an additional three daughters, Harriet, Hortensia, and Mary Custis. Lloyd was a proprietor of his estate and practiced law out of his home on Druid Hill. Hortensia died in the 1850s, leaving Lloyd all alone. All of his children except for Eleanor had already married and moved out. Eleanor would not marry until 1862, following her father's death. Lloyd Nicholas Rogers died on November 12, 1860.","Edmund Law Rogers (1818-1896) : Edmund Law Rogers was born in 1818 to Lloyd Nicholas Rogers and Eliza Law Rogers. He grew up and lived in Baltimore all of his life, and was a founding member of the Maryland and Harvard Club, as well as a member of various other organizations, such as, the Sons of the Revolution and the Baltimore Historical Society. He spoke several different languages and was a lover of the arts. He married Charlotte Matilda Plater and together they had two children, Edmund Law Rogers, Jr., and Charlotte Plater Rogers. He died of paralysis on January 24, 1896.","Robert Peter (1726-1806) : Robert Peter was born in 1726 in Scotland to Thomas Peter and Jean Dunlop, who were prosperous merchants. He immigrated to the United States around 1745, but there is no definite reason why he chose to leave. He first settled in the town, Bladensburg, along the Anacostia River. In 1751, Georgetown was established, and Robert purchased a lot in the town the following year, and slowly began to build up his land holdings. His land holdings grew to be quite extensive, including owning the entire square from M, K, and 31st Streets, and Wisconsin Ave. From 1789 to 1798, Robert Peter was the first mayor of Georgetown. On December 27, 1767, he married Elizabeth Scott, and together they had 10 children, one of whom died as an infant. Their names were: Thomas, Alexander, Elizabeth, Walter, Robert, Jean, Margaret, David, George, and James. He died in 1806.","Thomas Peter (1769-1834) : Thomas Peter was born January 4, 1769 to Robert and Elizabeth Scott Peter. Thomas Peter married Martha Parke Custis, granddaughter to Martha Washington, in 1795. Together, they had eight children. Martha Eliza Eleanor, Columbia Washington, John Parke Custis, Robert Thomas, George Washington, America Pinckney, Martha Custis Castania (who died young), and Britannia Wellington. In 1805, Thomas and Martha purchased eight-and-a-half acres in \"Georgetown Heights.\" [For more information on Tudor Place, see Tudor Place: Historic House and Gardens.] They later hired architect Dr. William Thornton to design and build Tudor Place located in Georgetown. It was completed in 1816 and still stands today. Thomas Peter was a prominent lawyer of the time and was one of the executors of Martha Washington's will. He died April 16, 1834.","Martha (Patty) Parke Custis Peter (1777-1854) : was born to John Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Calvert Custis on December 31, 1777. She was one of four children in their family to survive to adulthood: Eliza Parke, Martha Parke, Eleanor Parke (Nelly), and George Washington (Washy) Parke. Following the death of their father in 1781, Patty and her older sister, Eliza, lived with their mother and stepfather, Dr. David Stuart, and their large family, while their younger siblings, Nelly and Washy, lived with their grandparents at Mount Vernon. There were frequent visits to Mount Vernon in both childhood and following her marriage to Thomas Peter in 1795. She died July 13 or 15, 1854.","Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon (1815-1911) : Britannia Wellington Peter was born January 28, 1815, as the youngest child of Martha Parke (Patty) Custis Peter and Thomas Peter. In 1842, she married Commodore Beverley Kennon, and together they had one child, Martha Custis Kennon, on October 18, 1843. Commodore Kennon died from a gun explosion on the frigate Princeton on February 28, 1844. Martha Custis Kennon married Dr. Armistead Peter in 1867. When Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon's mother passed in 1854, she inherited Tudor Place, where she lived until her death in 1911.","Major George Peter (1779-1861) : Major George W. Peter was born on September 28, 1779 to Robert and Elizabeth Scott Peter. He was married three times during his life. First, to Ann Plater in 1809. Together they had two children, George and Thomas. His wife and two children all died in 1814. Secondly, in 1815 he married Agnes Buchanon Freeland. They had five children, Robert, Ann, James, Agnes, and David. Agnes, his wife, died in 1825. Only a month later, he again married, this time to Sarah Norfleet Freeland, the sister of his second wife. Together, they had nine children: Sarah Agnes, George, Alexander Scott, Margaret Dick, Elizabeth, Armistead, Walter Gibson, William, and Katherine Norfleet. Major George Peter was an officer in the army, a representative in Congress, and a farmer. During his career in the army, he was first appointed first lieutenant 2nd, Artillery and Engineers on February 16, 1801. He was promoted to Captain on November 3, 1807, and finally was transferred to the Light Artillery in May of 1808. He resigned in June 11, 1809. In 1815, he was elected to Congress to cover the sixth district in Maryland. He would continue this appointment until after 1828. He died June 22, 1861.","Dr. Armistead Peter (1840-1902) : Dr. Armistead Peter was one of George Peter's sons from his third marriage to Sarah Norfleet Freeland Peter. He was born on February 23, 1840. Dr. Armistead Peter was a cousin to his wife Martha Custis Kennon Peter, whom he married in 1867. Together, Martha and Armistead had five children: Walter Gibson, Armistead, Beverley Kennon, George Freeland, and Agnes. He and Martha Custis Kennon Peter both moved into Tudor Place and Dr. Armistead Peter converted a portion of the house for his medical practice. He created a very successful business as one of the best doctors in the city of Washington. During the Civil War he was employed by the U.S. Army as ward surgeon, as well as serving in a smallpox hospital. Martha Custis Kennon Peter died suddenly in 1886. Armistead died in 1902, his mother-in-law, Britannia W. Peter Kennon outliving both of them. The land in Bethesda was divided between their four children. After Britannia W. Peter Kennon died, the house was left to her grandson, Armistead Peter II. Dr. Armistead Peter died on January 28, 1902.","Agnes Peter (1880-1957) : Agnes Peter, born on February 3, 1880, was the daughter of Dr. Armistead Peter and Martha Custis Kennon Peter. She lived in France for a period of time during WWI conducting work for the YMCA. Agnes Peter was the director of a Foyer du Soldat and helped to receive soldiers and refugees. She was also in charge of the Graves Registration Section in Rheims. She was the first woman in France to be awarded the silver Medal of Honor for her distinguished services to the country during the war. In 1946, when she was 73, she married Nobel Prize winner, Dr. John R. Mott, who is most acclaimed for his work creating international Christian programs with a goal to establish peace. She died in 1957.","Peter family owned books are cataloged in the Library Catalog. The 23 titles (36 volumes) are searchable in the\n the Catalog's Peter Family Collection .","see Century Magazine, May 1890, p. 17","This collection consists of papers collected by various members of the Peter families. It includes letters from George Washington, letters of condolence to Martha Washington after George Washington's death, estate documents, Major George Peter's military papers, land plats and surveys, photo albums, letterbooks, and notebooks that tell of the life of this prominent family in Virginia and the City of Washington.","Autograph letter signed from Eliza, Hope Park, asking her grandfather for a picture of him. Docketed in Washington's hand on verso.","Autographed letter signed (signature cut out) George Washington, German Town, to Eliza Parke Custis. Washington offers his granddaughter advice on love and marriage.","Autograph letter in Washington's hand, initialed by both George and Martha. George and Martha Washington, Philadelphia, to Thomas Law. The Washingtons congratulate Law on his marriage to their grandaughter Eliza.","Autograph letter signed by George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter, discussing the purchase of English cattle.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Docketed in Washington's hand.Thomas Peter, George Town, to George Washington, Mount Vernon. Peter asks Washington to secure a spot for his brother in the Army and shares rumors about a bill coming up in Congress.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel and seal. George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter. Washington writes about the sale of tobacco.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel.George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter. Washington writes about farming and congratulates Thomas and Patsy on the birth of their son.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. John Mercereau, Union Township, to George Washington. John Mercereau, a businessman who served with his brother and nephew in a spy ring during the Revolutionary War, writes to Washington asking if he may come and visit, reflecting that no memories give him greater satisfaction than those he spent \"Devoted to my Countrys Service.\" Tragically, Mercereau did not know that Washington had died 10 days before his letter was sent.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., London, to George Washington.  Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., writes to his uncle about his business ventures from London. He had not yet received word of Washington's death on December 14, 1799.","Autograph letter unsigned in the hand of Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart and most likely addressed to Tobias Lear. The letter is dated 7 February with no year but was most likely written in 1790, since it mentions Lear's first marriage, which occured in 1790.","Autograph letter signed, undated, with integral free franked address panel. Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart to Tobias Lear, New York. Docketed in Lear's hand as received 2 October 1790. Eleanor writes of her unhappiness at being parted from her children Nelly and Wash.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear, New York. Eleanor writes about the lottery and her family, noting that \"My Dear Nelly \u0026 Wash. are still spoilt by Grand Mama but chearfully obey every word I say to them.\"","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Docketed in hand of George Washington. Lucretia Constance Radcliffe, Charleston, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Mrs. Radcliffe writes seeking an Army commission for her son and sends a packet of crane feathers and melon seeds. She also sends news of Major Pinkney.","Manuscript resolution of the \"Sixth Congress of the United States: At the first session Begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the second of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine\" stating that a marble monument to George Washington be erected in the City of Washington and that his remains be interred beneath it. It is also resolved that a funeral procession from Comgress Hall to the German Lutheran Church shall take place on Thursday, December 26, 1799, and that the nation will wear crepe arm bands for thirty days of mourning.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Maria S. Ross, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. A condolence letter from Maria S. Ross of Lancaster, Pennsylvania to Martha Washington on the death of her husband.","Autograph letter, copy. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response to Maria Ross's condolence letter to Martha Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel with seal of John Adams. Abigail Adams, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Condolence letter written by Abigail Adams to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Martha Washington's response to Abigail Adams's condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Mary Stead Pinckney, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Pinckney also sends her regards and congratulations to Nelly Parke Custis Lewis, who was recovering from the birth of her first child, Frances Parke Lewis.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Jonathan Trumbull Jr., Governor of Connecticut, Lebanon, Connecticut, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Elias Boudinot, New Jersey Congressman and Director of the United States Mint, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, to Elias Boudinot. Tobias Lear's response on behalf of Martha Washington to Elias Boudinot's condolence letter.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Bushrod Washington, Walnut Farm, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Bushrod writes to Martha about purchasing corn from Colonel Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Condolence letter written by Ann Huntington, New London, Connecticut,  to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon, on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response on behalf of Martha to Hamilton's condolence letter.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Condolence letter from Reverend Samuel Miller, New York, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon, on the death of George Washington. He writes that he is inclosing a discourse he recently delivered on the occasion of Washington's death.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response on behalf of Martha to Samuel Miller's, New York, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Stephen Williamson, Philadelphia, State Prison, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Stephen Williamson introduces himself as the captain of a company in the Rhode Island Regiment who served under Washington in the Revolutionary War. He recounts a dream he had in which she gives birth to a son following Washington's death. He also tells Martha the details of his arrest for buying a stolen horse and requests her assistance in getting him out of prison.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Former Secretary of War Henry Knox, Montpelier, St. Georges, sends Martha his condolences after the passing of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Henry Knox's condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Mayor of New York City Richard Varick offers his condolences to Martha after the death of George Washington. He also incloses, on behalf of the Common Council of New York City, an oration delivered on the occassion of Washington's death by Gouverneur Morris.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha Washington in response to Richard Varick's, New York, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Richard Washington,Bermuda, a former business associate of Washington's in London, offers his condolences to Martha after George Washington's death.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Theodore Sedgwick, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Sedgwick writes that he is inclosing a second edition of General Lee's funeral oration.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha in response to Theodore Sedgwick's condolence letter after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter written by the Marquis de Lafayette, La Grange, to Martha after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. A condolence letter from Auguste Belin, Secretary of the Loge Française l'Aménité of Philidelphia, a freemason lodge of French and Saint-Dominguen émigrés. Belin writes that he is inclosing copies of a funeral oration performed at the lodge in honor of George Washington's death.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Auguste Belin's, Philadelphia, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter. Condolence note from Reverend William Rogers, Philadelphia, to Martha on the death of George Washington. Rogers writes that he is enclosing a copy of a funeral oration he delivered in Washington's honor.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, on behalf of Martha Washington, thanks William Rogers for sending \"a copy of the Religious Exercises, at the time of the Eulogy, at the German Reformed Church.\"","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha Washington, requests that Gilbert Stuart's original portrait of Washington be given to Martha, in exchange for fair compensation. Lear writes that Martha has expressed no desire for her own portrait, but Lear thinks it would be nice to display alongside the portrait of Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence note written by Charles Humphrey Atherton, Amherst, New Hampshire, to Martha Washington after the death of George Washington. Atherton writes that he is enclosing a funeral oration delivered at the request of the citizens of Amherst, New Hampshire in Washington's honor.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha Washington in response to Charles H. Atherton's, Amherst, New Hampshire, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Georges Washington de Lafayette, La Grange, son of the Marquis de Lafayette, writes a condolence note to Martha after the death of George Washington. Georges writes of Washington's \"parental kindness\" when he visited Mount Vernon and says, \"How far was I to imagine when I left your family that it would be a last farewell.\"","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Condolence letter written by Alexandria merchant Thomas Porter to Martha after the death of George Washington. Porter writes that he is sending an eulogy along with the letter.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. A condolence letter written by Revered James Kemp, Cambridge, Maryland, to Martha Washington after the death of George Washington. Kemp writes that he is enclosing a copy of a sermon he delivered on the day appointed by Congress to honor George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, responds on behalf of Martha Washington to James Kemp's, Cambridge, Maryland, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Peleg Wadsworth, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Wadsworth requests, on behalf of his daughter, a relic of the late General.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Peleg Wadsworth's condolence letter after the death of George Washington. Lear writes that he is enclosing a lock of Washington's hair for Wadsworth's daughter as requested.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha Washington, thanks Reverend John D. Blair for sending his condolences and two orations delivered in Richmond on February 22 in honor of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. William Griffiths, Burlington, New Jersey, offers his condolences on behalf of the citizens of Burlington, New Jersey to Martha after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, responds on behalf of Martha to William Griffith's, Burlington, New Jersey, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Theodore Sedgwick, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon","Autograph letter signed \"John Lemayere.\" Jean Pierre Le Mayeur, Sweet Springs, was George Washington's dentist during the Revolutionary War. He writes his condolences to Martha on the death of Washington, apologizing that his servant lost the first condolence letter he had written on February 24.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, to Dr. Jean Pierre Le Mayeur, Sweet Springs","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., New York, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Bartholomew Dandridge Jr. writes his aunt inquiring about letters sent to him from Washington before his death that Dandridge never received.","Autograph letter signed. Sir John Sinclair, London, writes to Martha in praise of her late husband and sends her a volume of his letters.","3 letters written by Elizabeth Parke Custis Law Rogers to her mother between December 5, 1819 - November 21, 1821.","7 letters written by Brigadier General Simon Bernard, Washington City, to Eliza Parke Custis Law between March 28, 1828 and May 21, 1830.","Lloyd Rogers to Elizabeth Parke Custis Law, Alexandria","Printed legal document: Statement of the defendant's case. Docketed on verso \"Papers relating to case of Law v. Morris Nicholson \u0026 Greenleaf.\"","Manuscript legal statement of Thomas Law in regards to a property dispute in Washington City between William Mayne Duncason and Tench Ringgold.","Manuscript memoranda regarding property dispute over square 744 in the City of Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Concerning Tench Ringgold and property dealings in the City of Washington.","Manuscript descriptions of the architectural plans for the Thomas Law House, designed by architect William Lovering and built circa 1794 on the 689 square in the City of Washington.","Thomas Law, Washington City, discusses his plan for construction of New Jersey Avenue on lot 744 of Washington City, along the public canal.","Gustavus Scott, William Thornton, and Alexander White, Washington City, to Thomas Law","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. George Washington Parke Custis, Philadelphia to Thomas Law, Federal City. George Washington Parke Custis writes to Law of the pleasure he will have in serving Washington City, which is to be \"the pride of future ages\" and \"the metropolis of America.\"","A manuscript copy of the address read by W. M. Duncanson at a meeting of the Managers of Washington Canal Lottery - Law, Carroll, Young, and Duncanson. Their reply is copied on the verso.","Autograph letter signed. Duncanson writes that Thomas Law has resigned his title to Lot 744 of Washington City in favor of Tench Ringgold.","Unsigned, undated manuscript, docketed \"Tench Ringgold Arbitration.\"","James Piercy, City of Washington, to Gustavus Scott, William Thornton, and Alexander White. Three manuscript copies by Thomas Munroe of letters written by James Piercy to the Commissioners of the City of Washington about his claims to lot 744.","Manuscript copy made by Thomas Munroe of a letter written by the Commissioners of the City of Washington to James Piercy in response to Piercy's claims on lot 744. Scott and Thornton write to Piercy that \"no intention exists of granting you the square you mention.\"","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Elizabeth Parke Custis Law Rogers, Druid Hill, to Thomas Law, City of Washington","Lloyd Rogers, Druid Hill, to Thomas Law, Washington City","Thomas Law to Lloyd Rogers, Baltimore","Writing from New Orleans in 1832, John Taylor reports that fifty to sixty people a day are dying from yellow fever and smallpox.","Elizabeth Parke Custis Law, Washington, to Thomas Law, London","Letter written by Lawrence Lewis to William \"Billy\" Costin requesting Costin's service in transporting his family from Mr. Charles Carter's residence in Culpepper County to their home. Lewis provides a suggested route and expected arrival date stating, 'you must not disappoint me.' A postscript in the hand of Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis requests additional and immediate transportation for herself to Philadelphia. She offers Costin's mother payment in Pork if she will accompany them on the trip. Autograph letter signed, 1 page, with integral address panel.","Undated note from Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis asking \"Billy\" to ask her sister Betsy to send the things by which she [Eleanor] wrote to her for. Directs Billy to be very careful of them as they are easily broken. Autograph note signed E Lewis, 1 page.","Autograph letter signed with integral adddress panel.","Autograph letter signed. George Washington Parke Custis writes William \"Billy\" Costin at the Bank of Washington. He mentions he expects to go with Lafayette to visit Woodlawn.","5 letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law. The first letter is addressed to John at George Town College and the other four to Harvard University.","Edmund Law, Washington, to John Law, Baltimore","5 dated letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.","Letter discussing the court martial of Commodore James Barron, who would later kill Commodore Stephen Decatur in duel in 1820.","4 undated letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.","15 undated letters and notes written by Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. John Law asks William Thornton if he can borrow a book on calvary maneuvers.","2 letters written by William Thornton in response to John Law's August 10, 1807 letter.","An undated letter from John Law to his half sister, Eliza Law. He writes that he is sending sweetmeats from Woodlawn by William, as promised.","William D. Sims, Pittsburgh, to John Law, Washington City","Three letters","A series of four letters and their draft copies written over the course of two days by John Law to his father, criticizing his conduct, particularly in regards to Eliza Law's marriage to Lloyd Nicholas Rogers.","5 letters written by Thomas Law to his son John Law, Washington City, around 1817, addressing John's criticisms of him, his divorce, and his friendship with Elizabeth Bordley Gibson.","Autograph letter signed. A letter of reconciliation sent by John Law to his father.","Draft of letter from Lloyd Nicholas Rogers, New York, to Major-General Henry Lee discussing the life of Baron de Kalb.","2 letters about the sale of property in Washington.Lenman and Brother, Washington City, to Edmund Law Rogers, Baltimore.","Documents related to the sale of property in Washington.","Correspondence about the sale of property in Washington.","2 letters about the sale of property in Washington. N. Callan, Washington, to Edmund Law Rogers, Baltimore.","Bond of conveyance for Lot No. 1 in Square 260 in Washington City, District of Columbia.","1 survey plat of lots in Washington along Canal St, and 2 pages of notes listing the prices of lots and the names of their purchasers.","Letter from the Commisioners of the Sinking Fund of the Corporation of Washington. William McCormick, Registers Office, Washington, to Edmund Law Rogers.","An indenture form reassigning a parcel of property in Washington City. The Deed of Trust form is marked at the top of the first page \"Printed and Sold by Robert A. Waters, D. st., bet. 9th \u0026 10th.\"","1 page autograph letter signed by George Washington Parke Custis to Edmund Law Rogers, with additional letter from Martha Custis Williams, Arlington House, written on verso. Custis writes, \"From the very graphic account you gave Martha Williams of your visit to Mr Fenno, I see but a poor chance of my Drama being brought out [in Baltimore].\" He asks Rogers to inquire of his \"theater going friends\" if any other Baltimore theatres will perform the work. If not, he asks Rogers to return the book care of William Adam Bookseller Pennsylvania Avenie Washington.","In her letter, Williams passes on a request from \"Aunt B\" (Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon) to send the \"little manuscript book, containing an inventory of the Mt Vernon relics at Tudor Place, as she is much at a loss, with regard to the history of many things in the House.\" Britannia Peter had inherited Tudor Place the year before, in 1854. Williams adds to Rogers that she hopes he will not make too much effort to have Uncle Custis's play produced because \"Cousin Mary Lee and all his family are so much opposed to it.\" Williams hopes Custis will focus on finishing his Recollections instead.","Bill for $21 addressed to Edmund Law Rogers for advertising the sale of lots in the City of Washington in the newspaper the National Intelligencer.","Unsigned indenture for the sale of lots in the City of Washington. Docketed in pencil \"sale not made.\"","Invoices, notes, and receipts from accounts between Robert Peter and the firm O'Neill and Dearkins. Includes an invoice for tobacco, sugar, corduroy, gauze, linen, chocolate, silk, muslin, paper, wine, ribbons, pins, cotton, and tea.","Unknown list of accounts, believed to be from Robert Peter.","Pages from account book with the note \"These leaves was received by James S Webber from Mrs. Esther H Webber wife of Mr Levi Webber of Vassalboro Kennebeck Co. Maine being a part of account Book of Charles Webber, my Grand Father, his own handwriting. Received by me June 22 1878.\" The accounts include invoices for cod fish, bacon, molasses, tea, rum, sugar, silk, shoes, brandy, wine, coffee, and corn.","Includes accounts for flour, pork, beef, lamb, and veal.","Bond for the conveyance of a parcel of property called Black Oak Thickett in Frederick County, Maryland.","rent paid","Page of rent payment accounts in unknown hand.","Bond of Thomas Nicholls of John to Robert Peter","Bond of Isaiah and Edward Nicholls to Robert Peter","Lawsuit against Robert Peter by James Gordon, Henry Riddell, John Campbell, John Campbell Junior, Alexander Low, and William Ingram","Three documents related to disputed accounts between Robert Peter and Benjamin Ray. One with a note by John T. Mason dated February 27, 1799, \"He has no shadow of right to one shilling on this [account].\"","List of Robert Peter's court appearances","Court documents and accounts related to Robert Peter, 5 manuscripts.","Court documents and accounts related to Robert Peter, 19 small manuscript receipts","Survey of land called Bealls Plaines in what became Washington City, along Goose Creek, later renamed Tiber Creek.","Manuscript on parchment with large seal attached by a ribbon.","1766, Survey to Forrest, May 12, 1773, (six documents) Bladenburg, Sept., 21, 1766; Rock Creek, Nov. 13, 1766 \"to Robert Peter, merchant in Georgetown.\"","One undated note by Thomas Peter and one letter from William Dearkins and Ben Stoddert to Stephen Chiswell about resurveying about 200 acres called Partnership granted to Elting Williams.","The Resurvey of Brandy and transfer of several named enslaved people.","A letter about resurveying a parcel of propery called Hazard. George Scott to Robert Peter, George Town.","Four autograph documents dealing with land ownership. Two notes on fragments; one half sheet giving history of a property in Prince George's County; and an 8 page survey document, with reference to points on a drawn survey, of Cross Basket, Balantyre, and other properties (9 lots) belonging to Robert Peter and divided amongst George and Thomas Peter.","Certificate and plat for 5 3/4 acres of vacant land granted by special warrant to Robert Peter out of the Western Shore Land Office of Washington County in the District of Columbia. Surveyed by Joseph Elgar, Jr. Autograph document signed, 1 page.","Hand colored survey plat showing the division of Robert Peter's Square in George Town. Docketed on verso \"Plat belonging to Thomas Peter's Square in George Town.\"","Tobacco sales","Tabacco Sales, Real Estate, Transfer of enslaved people","Deed of trust book is dated 1790","One dollar printed in Annapolis by F. Green, 7 December 1775. Two thirds of a dollar printed in Philadelphia by Hall and Sellers, 17 February 1776.","List of items purchased by Martha Washington from Macleod \u0026 Lumsdon, dated at the top 18 February 1800, Alexandria. The accounts, dated 8 July and 9 August, include entries for 47 panes of glass, oil, paint for 30 mahoghany chairs, paint for a wine cooler, varnishing, picture frame gilding, and glazing. Signed by Macleod \u0026 Lumdsdon at the bottom, noting that the above money was received in full 9 October 1800.","Receipt signed \"Daniel Lecock\" for payment received by the hands of James Anderson on behalf of Martha Washington for 790 bushels of corn on 2 May 1800.","Receipt for $25 paid by Thomas Carwood to James Anderson for 100 barrels of fish from Mount Vernon.","Accounts dated February 13, March 11, and April 12, 1800 for newspaper advertisements and handbills purchased by Martha Washington from Ellis Price, printer of The Columbian Mirror and Alexandria Gazette. Items Martha purchased include 26 advertisements for a house to rent, an advertisement about the Mount Vernon fishery, 23 advertisements about the donkey Knight of Malta, and notice about the runaway slave Marcus.","Accounts dated 23 April-23 September 1800 for weaving yards of cotton, wool, and other fabrics. The payments are marked as having been paid \"By balance due the Estate of General Washington,\" by cash, by 41 gallons of whiskey, and barrells of herring. The final payment is marked as received from James Anderson on 10 November 1801.","Bill addressed to the Estate of Mrs. Martha Washington, Deceased for $200 due to James Craik for medical services rendered Mrs. Washington during her last illness and $5 for cash paid Heyskill for the hire of his carriage. A signed oath by Jacob Hoffman testifies to the validity of the charges.","Receipt of payment from Thomas Peter to Lawrence Lewis for three hundred dollars for one hundred barrels of corn sold to Mount Vernon for the use of the estate. Signed by John Anderson.","Receipt written by Dr. David Stuart for the receipt from Thomas Peter for five guineas, the leagcy left by Martha Washington to Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart.","Payment from Thomas Law to Griffith Coombs for repairs to Martha Washington's townhome in the District Columbia occupied by Henry Dearborn. Payment marked by Coombs as received in full from Thomas Peter on August 23, 1802.","Twenty dollars wages paid to Richard Burnett of the City of Washingon by Thomas Peter for the year 1802.","Payment of $50 received by George Smith of Woodlawn from Thomas Peter on 12 January 1803 for hire as a blacksmith at Mount Vernon in the year 1802. Signed by George Smith (his mark) and Lawrence Lewis. George Smith was one of George Washington's slaves who was freed after Washington's death. His wife, Lydia, was one of Martha Washington's dower slaves and was inherited by Nelly Parke Custis Lewis of Woodlawn.","Receipt for one hundred pounds Virginia currency received by Benjamin Lincoln Lear from Thomas Peter, one of the executors of Martha Washington's estate.","Accounts of Mr. James Dunlop with Thomas Peter, for horses, ploughs, and an enslaved woman named Peg. Peg is likely one of the slaves Martha Parke Custis Peter inherited from the Custis estate.","Receipt for funeral arrangements paid by Thomas Peter to William King on December 4, 1820 following the death of his twenty-three-year-old daughter Columbia Washington Peter. The arrangements include a \"walnut coffin lined,\" silver plate and engraving, and rental of horses, a hearse, and attendants.","H. B. Morris, Philadelphia, to Thomas Peter, Georgetown. Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. A letter about bank accounts and stock certificates.","Bill from Dr. Warfield to Thomas Peter for a visit to a \"black man in the night\" on March 5, 1824 which resulted in the amputation of the man's leg.","Two bills from P.L. Dupont paid by Martha Parke Custis Peter for dancing lessons for her daughter Britannia.","Two stock share certificates for the Patowmack Company (Potomac Company). Share No. 89 is for Martha Peter, and No. 91 for Thomas Peter.","Land office papers for the resurvey of Bear Denn, Daniels Discovery, and Partnership in Maryland","With unknown survey plat on verso.","Aquila Johns to Thomas Peter on sale of Seneca plantation","Autograph letter signed by Sarah Norfleet Freeland Peter, wife of Thomas Peter's brother George, relinquishing right title and interest on a tract of land called Forrest, property of her husband, in order to pay his debts.","Letter about resurveying property owned by George Washington Peter.","List of property in Montgomery County Maryland owned by Thomas Peter","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Regarding financial matters.","Horatio Edmondson of Taylor County, Maryland","Pamphlet stitch binding with marbled paper covers. Contains notes about purchases made by Thomas Peter 1813-1814.","Calling card from Le Baron de Maltitz, Secretaire de la Legation Imperiale de Russie. Manuscript date 1823 on verso.","John Dandridge writes to Thomas Peter, George Town, asking to borrow money from the estate of Martha Washington.","Thomas Peter, George Town, to George Peter","Autograph letter signed, with envelope. Josiah Quincy, Cambridge, to Martha Parke Custis Peter, Georgetown. Josiah Quincy thanks Martha Parke Custis Peter for her generous reeption of his children at Tudor Place and thanks her for the relic of George Washington that she sent back with them.","A contemporary manuscript copy of a letter in which Nelly Parke Custis describes having seen George Washington writing his farewell address at Mount Vernon. When the address was finished, she says he asked her to bring him silk string, and she watched him stitch the address together in front of her. Nelly writes this as a rebuke to one of Alexander Hamilton's sons, who claims his father wrote the farewell address.","A list of accounts between the Estate of George Washington and Alexandria apothecary Edward Stabler, including purchases for Turlington's Balsam, castor oil, arsenic, balsam copaiva, British oil, salts, purified Salt Petre, cantharides, ipecacuanha, laudanum, tumeric, and opodildo. Payments are marked as received from James Anderson. Autograph document, 1 page.","Manuscript titled \"A List of Negroes belonging to Mrs. Washington.\" A list of 121 enslaved persons who were Martha's dower slaves. Unlike the slaves owned by George Washington, Martha's slaves were not freed after her death and were inherited by the Custis descendants. Men, boys, women, and girls and listed in separate columns, each further broken down into the places where they worked: Mansion house, River Farm, Muddy Hole, and Union Farm. Five women - Amy, Alice, Peg, Agnes, and Old Judy - are listed as \"Free but yet remain.\"","Signed certificate from the executors of General George Washington to the Clerk of Fairfax.","Accounts from 1802 for furniture and household goods purchased by George Washington Parke Custis from the Estate of Martha Washington. The final payment was made in 1826, and the account is signed by Thomas Peter, executor of the estate.","A list of the household belongings sold by Thomas Peter from the personal estate of Martha Washington. Includes a listing of who purchased each item and the price it sold for.","Signed indenture for sale of land in the City of Washington.","Articles of agreement between George Calvert and Thomas Peter with Thomas Law, agreeing that Thomas Law and his wife Eliza Parke Custis Law will live separately. Eliza will receive $1500 per year from Law, and all the interest from her inheritance from George Washington will go to her and her daughter.","3 sheets of accounts between the estate of Robert Peter and James Dunlop, including the sale of \"5 negroes willed Mrs. Peter.\" These are some of Martha's dower slaves inherited by Martha Parke Custis Peter. One additional account between Jonathan Hicks and the heirs of Robert Peter, dated 1809-1811.","Receipt written by Lawrence Lewis acknowledging receipt from Thomas Peter of three hundred and twenty-six dollars eighteen cent left to his son Lorenzo Lewis as a legacy from Martha Washington.","Receipt signed by George Washington Parke Custis acknowledging the receipt from Thomas Peter of one thousand dollars as a legacy left to his daughter from the late Martha Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Thomas Peter, George Town, to Bushrod Washington, Mount Vernon. Thomas Peter writes to Bushrod about money owed for two purchases he made from the estate of George Washington.","Two documents related to a settlement made by John Dandridge against George Washington Parke Custis and Thomas Peter, executors of Martha Washington's estate. One is a 1829 decree from the U. S. Circuit Court, signed by William Thomas Carroll; and the other is an account of money owed to John Dandridge signed by Benjamin Lincoln Lear, 1830 June 21. Autograph documents signed (2).","3 documents related to the death of Beverley Kennon, husband of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, who died aboard the USS Princeton during the 1844 Peacemaker accident: a newspaper clipping with an excerpt from a sermon by Reverend Mr. Magoon on the Princeton Tragedy, a plan of the burying ground belonging to Mrs. Beverly Kennon, and a certificate from the Vestry of Washington Parish granting Mrs. Beverley Kennon four sites in the Washington Parish Burial Ground.","Receipts for two legacies received of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, executor of Martha Parke Custis Peter's estate. One is for a grandson named Thomas Peter and another for her grandson John Parke Custis Peter.","Manuscript resolution of the Senate of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, offering sympathy to the families of those killed aboard the USS Princeton during the Peacemaker accident. This copy was given by the President of the United States to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, whose husband, Beverley Kennon, was killed in the accident.","Printed form signed by Britannia W. Peter Kennon and witnessed by William Purcell, esquire, Judge of the Orphans' Court of Washington county, District of Columbia.","A list of collections and payments made to sundry persons to settle the estate of Martha Parke Custis Peter.","Document bound with blue ribbon, with envelope. Last will and testament of Ann Gertrude Wightt, a former nun at the Georgetown Visitation Convent who later lived at Tudor Place. Autograph document, 8 pages.","Autograph letter, with envelope. Ann Gertrude Wightt, Rochester, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place","Papers related to the sale of Lot 9 in Square 72 of Washington City to William A. Gordon. Letter from William E. Edmonston to William A. Gordon, 1891 May 30. Two letters from William A. Gordon to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, 1891 June 3 and 1889 October 4. Typescript signed by William Gordon of Declaration of Trust for sale of Lot Nine, Square Seventy Two in Washington City, D.C..","Indenture made between Britannia Wellington Kennon, party of the first part, and Walter Gibson Peter, Armistead Peter Jr., and George Freeland Peter, parties of the second part, all of the District of Columbia, regarding relics and heirlooms at Tudor Place acquired by Britannia W. Peter Kennon from her mother Martha Custis Peter grand-daughter of Martha the wife of George Washington, known in the family as \"The Mount Vernon Heirlooms.\" Other relics are from the estates of Thomas Peter and Beverley Kennon. Britannia wishes that these relics be preserved by her descendants and that none of them be sold or disposed of.","These include pictures, miniatures, engravings, glass, china, silver, jewelry, furniture, needlework, and other relics, including a sago palm formerly belonging to Martha Parke Custis Peter. The relics and heirlooms are to be divided into five parts after Britannia's death and delivered to her grandchildren.","A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language (New York : Printed and published by William A. Davies) Inscribed Britannia W. Peter.","Autograph letter signed. Beverley Kennon, Navy Yard, Washington, to Reverend W. Hoff, George Town. Kennon asks Reverend Hoff to be present at Mrs. Peter's place in George Town on the 8th to marry him to Britannia W. Peter.","2 autograph letters signed.","Autograph letter signed on mourning stationary, with envelope and black seal. John Tyler, Washington, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon. President John Tyler offers his condolences to Britannia W. Peter Kennon on the death of her husband, Beverley Kennon, during the Peacemaker accident aboard the USS Princeton.","G. T. Kennon to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place","Autograph letter signed with envelope docketed \"A letter written to Uncle Bev. by my mother while at boarding school given to me after Uncle Bev's death by Aunt G.\". Martha Custis Kennon, Georgetown, to Beverley Kennon Jr. Beverley Kennon Jr. was Martha Custis Kennon's half brother.","According to Martha Custis Peter, this illustration was at the Tudor Place.","W. Van Ness, New York, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place, Georgetown","Department of the Interior, Pension Office, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place, Georgetown","Mrs. Charles Carroll Simms to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Georgetown","Mattie D. Abbot to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place. From the Secretary of the Ladies Aid Society of Christ Church accepting Britannia Kennon's resignation as President.","Letters from James Mackubin, Ellicott City, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon","Two letters from Justine Van Rensselaer Townsend, Vice Regent of New York for the Mount Vernon Ladies Association, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon. In the 26 November 1890 letter, Justine asks Britannia to help the Ladies determine what is genuine at the upcoming 1890 Thomas Birch's Sons sale of Washington relics in Philadelphia. The sale will include \"General Washington's papers, a clock, a punch bowl, and many other things.\"","Invitation from The Board of World's Fair Managers of Virginia inviting Britannia W. Peter Kennon to be present at the ceremonies of Virginia Day at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Enclosed with an envelope and the calling card of Mrs. William Radford Beale.","Calling cards for Martha Custis Kennon and Armistead Peter. At home card with envelope for Britannia W. Peter Kennon, engraved by Dempsey \u0026 O. Toole of Baltimore \u0026 Washington.","Engraved form ceritifying that \"Cream Ladle No 68944 is an exact reproduction of one onwed by General and Mrs. Washington and used for a number of years at Mr. Vernon.\" The ladle was produced by Galt \u0026 Bro. Jewellers, Silversmiths, Stationers, Washington D.C..","Regarding the purchase of a clock.","Typescript lists of letters and items from Mount Vernon that were part of  Britannia W. Peter Kennon's collection at Tudor Place.","Unbound notebook with list of items and letters from Mount Vernon that belonged to Britannia W. Peter Kennon at Tudor Place. Includes a list of how the items were divided amongst Britannia's grandchildren.Includes furniture and household items.","Includes a list of how the items were divided amongst Britannia W. Peter Kennon's grandchildren.","Manuscript list of books, jewelry, and locks of hair at Tudor Place","Includes both manuscript and typescript inventories of books, furniture, and objects from Tudor Place.","Newsclippings and correspondence related to Washington relics loaned by Walter G. Peter to the National Museum in the early 1900s.","Lent by Walter G. Peter from the Britannia W. Peter Kennon Collection of Washington Relics.","R. Davidson, Pinckneyville, to George Peter, George Town","Includes a $5 charge on 23 October 1813 for a coffin \"for a black man.\" On 9 February 1814, Peter was charged $50.00 for a lined coffin covered with black cloth, among other expenses, possibly following the death of his first wife, Ann Plater Peter, or one of their young sons.","Thomas Anderson, Clarksburgh, to George Peter","Autograph letter signed with printed cash form from the Office of Discount and Deposit, Washington.","Joseph Delaplaine, Philadelphia, to George Peter. Deplaine requests Major Peter's portrait for his gallery.","U. McInder, Petersburg, to George Peter","Letter from unidentified, Annapolis, to George Peter","W. Coor, Rockville, to George Peter","Partially printed form from the District of Columbia. Major Peter grants Charles A. Burnett power of attorney to sell, assign, and transfer his 50 shares of stock in the Books of the Washington Turnpike Company.","Letter from unidentified, Annapolis, to George Peter","Charles Bunting, Montgomery County, to George Peter","James H., Georgetown, to George Peter","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Benjamin Lincoln Lear, Washington, to George Peter. Lear writes regarding two suits againist Mrs. Sarah Peter.","John Wootton, Rockville, to George Peter","Benjamin Lincoln Lear, Washington, to George Peter. Printed letter with manuscript additions, from B. L. Lear, Attorney of the Bank, Bank of the United States.","W. W. Ramsay, Washington, to George Peter","Letter from unidentified, Washington, to George Peter","Letter from unidentified, Washington City, to George Peter","B. H., Rockville, to George Peter","Clement Cod, Georgetown, to George Peter","William Thompson, Union School, to George Peter","Michael Keepers, Frederick Town, to George Peter","John Wootton, Rockville, to George Peter","G. D., George Town, to George Peter","J. Orme, Georgetown, to George Peter","W. Sellman, Clarksburg, to George Peter","Samuel C. Ulens, Poolesville, to George Peter","J. Higgins, Poolesville, to George Peter","Jesse V., Poolesville, to George Peter, Darnestown","J. Falls, Baltimore, to George Peter","Geo. Howson Mason, Annapolis, to George Peter","Alfred Spates, Cumberland, to George Peter","Letter from unidentified, Baltimore, to George Peter","W. Matthews, George Town, to George Peter","Geo. Hownson Mason, Annapolis, to George Peter","Benj. Fawcett, Colesville, to George Peter","J. Williams, Washington D.C., to George Peter","A letter from the Treasuries Office of the Baltimore and Ohion Railroad Company, offering Peter free tickets to pass over the roads of their company.","Printed election ballot for \"The Constitution and Union Ticket,\" promising \"Civil and Religious Liberty.\" George Peter is listed as the candidate for Commisioner of Public Works.","A list of clothing purchased by Martha Washington from William Jones of Alexandria. Includes suits purchased for enslaved workers Daniel, Marcus, Christopher, and Frank. According to notes on the verso, payments were received from James Anderson on 12 April 1800 and 15 May 1800.","Five receipts for goods and services paid for by James Anderson in 1800, including repairs to old shoes, paper lampblack, freight for one box from Philadelphia, 93 yards of cloth, and leather.","Promissory notes from George Peter","Promissory notes and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.","Bills and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.","Bills and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.","Promissory notes and bank notes from George Peter","Bills and bank notes from George Peter","Bills and bank notes from George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter with F. S. Poole and Bro","Bills and accounts of George Peter with F. S. Poole and Bro.","Undated Bills and accounts of George Peter","George H. Peter, Carlise, writes to his uncle asking for money for an upcoming vacation.","3 letters from James Peter to his uncle George Peter.","George Peter, George Town","3 letters sent by James Freeland Peter to his father from Alexandria, Buffalo, and Detroit.","Manuscript acrostic written for Uncle George Peter.","Sarah Peter, Georgetown, to George Peter","4 letters from George Peter, Jr., to his father.","Typescript list of \"Things from Mt. Vernon\" with manuscript annotations by George Freeland Peter of which Peter heirs inherited the items.","Typescript and manuscript inventories of items fro Tudor Place, with notes on which Peter heirs inherited them.","Identification key to \"The battle at Bunker's Hill\" engraved by Johann Gotthard Müller after the painting by John Trumbull. Printed in London by A. C. de Poggi.","Accounts for shoes, boots, and repairs, including shoes for enslaved people.","Major George Peter's troops are invited to attend Divine Service. \"It is hoped they will attend \u0026 conduct themselves with a reverence suited to the character of Christian soldiers, who have taken arms in defence of their homes \u0026 country \u0026 who look for success \u0026 preservation to the favor of the Almighty Giver of all victory.\"","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel and red wax seal.","2 letters to George Peter from his brother David Peter, George Town.","Deed of sale for land purchased by Peter on Gay Street and Dumarton Street in George Town.","A list of 322 volumes, showing title, number of volumes, size, and type of bookbinding.","8 letters and 1 receipt, mostly addressed to George Peter from his niece, Jane Beverley and her husband, James.","printed pages","Roger Brooke Taney, Annapolis, to George Peter regarding upcoming elections [December 20] to the U. S. Senate specifically the potential election of Mr. [Alexander C.] Hanson as a means to heal and reconcile the differences in the Federal Party. Also discuss Mr. Washington's 'zeal and industry' in supporting Hanson's candidacy. Autograph letter signed, 2 pages. Docketed 'Roger B. Taney - Hanson \u0026 Washington'","W. Cook, Hyates Town,","William Brewer, Aix la Chapelle, to George Peter","James Summers, New Market, to George Peter","G. Dalls S., Colesville, to George Peter, Poolesville","Elisha Jones, Clarksburg, to George Peter","Includes the papers granting George and Sarah Peter guardianship of David Peter's children Elizabeth, William, Jane, George H., and James.","trust, property, and expenses of land","material and clothing","Receipt for the purchase of Lot No. 15 in Square No. 170 in the City of Washington.","Receipts from Leonard W. Candler, Darnes Town, to George Peter. Receipts for the purchase of dry goods, clothing, and other household goods.","3 copies of the will of Sarah Freeland, George Peter's mother-in-law.","appraisal authorization of Alexander Broome and Samuel Darby","Accounts of Margaret Dick with William Parson. Includes an account for shoes soled and nailed for James Peter.","Medical bills, pharmacy, doctor","tuition bills","Letter, T.H. Paul to George Peter. Letter, Unknown  to the Secretary of the Interior of the United States.","Receipts from Leonard W. Candler, Darnes Town, to George Peter. Receipts for the purchase of dry goods, clothing, and other household goods.","typescript copy","deed of conveyance","Indenture, George Peter to Thomas Peter, Land from estate of Robert Peter, Jr.","copies of letters","Military exemption for Armistead Peter","Bill, George Peter, Esq. to Dr. Armistead Peter, 1869 February 11; Col. Richard L. Maury, Attorney, to Dr. Armistead Peter, 1876 October 10","Includes story of Abraham Lincoln and the Maryland Barbecue by Agnes Peter","Memento for either Walter Gibson Peter or W. Orton Williams from Mrs. Laura Cassaway, small American flag and small ivory mirror with flower [Fragile]","Includes receipt of letter, 1873 January 24. Letter regarding interest in farm from Robert Dick.","lock of hair","From Binder 1","From Binder 1","From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- Fragmented letter - From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Four envelopes","Goes up to Britannia W. Peter Kennon -From Binder 1","Condolence letter","Signed by Governor Horatio Sharpe","Indenture, September 30, 1791; Resurvey of Forrest, 1796. Document signed by Gov. Haywood","Resurvey of Pipe Tomhock; Copy of Platt (sic) and Illustrations, August 14, 1798; July 11, 1766, Explanation of Survey, September 19, 1797, May 26, 1796, February 16, 1797","Deed, Elizabeth and John Scrivenor, April 18, 1799, June 11, 1799, Resurvey of Brandy, June 9, 1792, June 18, 1792","December 24, 1871, wrapper","List of enslaved persons, livestock, and tools sold at Slashes, Sugar Lands, and Rock Creek Quarters totaling $9,308.00. Autograph document, 3 pages, with docket.","Bernard Gilpin firmly bound to Thomas Peter for $5520","wove paper","Photocopy, \"Account Book 1, Robert Peter, Esq. with the Commissioners of the Federal Buildings; On division of the Tract, Mexico within the City of Washington, Exclusive of what are called \"Old divisions of squares\" and water lots of which no account is key by the Commissioners. 21 pp. Note from Walter Gibson Peter re: History of book, how it ended up in the Library of Congress Thomas Peter","signed by James Madison, B. Crowninshield, Secretary of the Navy","James Madison signature","The most important ones delivered to F.S. Keys Esq. and recorded in suit pending in Court Dt. Columbia","9 manuscripts","under the orders of Lt. Col. E. Robert, USTE","Building 3044 O Street","copies","Includes Allison's Forrest Enlarged; Fort Grubby Hill, July 1, 1732","Includes Indenture, Daniel Veetch, February 19, 1758 Document signed by Gov. Horatio Sharpe","Bathsheba","First found in Thomas Peter's Letterbooks","Photos, Photos from Survey (4) and Ivory Cross [First found in Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon] Interesting small religious carved cross, made from Mother-of-Pearl","Letter, William A. Coffin to Britannia Kennon, February 23, 1889; Brouchure for Exhibition, April 30, 1889; Letter, A. W. Drake to Britannia Kennon, January 29, 1889, May 16, 1889, including: carte de visite of George Washington and calling card of Mr. A. W. Drake (Photo) [First found in Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon]","First found in Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","First found in Major George Peter's Letterbooks","Frenzel Gallery, Georgetown. Moved from Papers of Dr. Armistead Peter.","Includes Sir Thomas Nicholson, William Scott Blair, General Scott of Malenie, Robert Buchanan, William Dunlop, Elizabeth Roberton, J. Horsburgh, Lord Abbots Hall, Isabel Corbet, Cunningham Scott. First found in Papers of Dr. Armistead Peter.","First found in Papers of Dr. Armistead Peter","Containing photographs of Peter relatives","Pictures of Tudor Place, Vacation, Content Farm, Ellen Beale Peter 1931 (Walter Gibson's Wife) Made by Walter Gibson Peter, [Loose photographs], Half Full.","Elizabeth Peter, wife of Robert Peter. Made by Walter Gibson Peter [Note: Some loose pages]","Book of tobacco sales, list of enslaved persons belonging to Robert Peter, and lots of Robert Peter in the City of Washington with division by squares for the Commissioners and how they are disposed. The bound volume is made up of 178 pages. Pages 52-147 are blank. At some point the volume is flipped and entries are begun at the back of the book from pages 178-154. For viewing purposes those pages have been reoriented and reordered.","\"Tobacco Book,\" All letters received pertaining to his business of selling tobacco in Europe and trading across the Atlantic, including captains, lawyers, and buyers in Europe.","Includes personal letters that were sent to the family, photocopied letters from Thomas and General Washington, various financial papersNot in order [Documents are fragile and book in poor condition]. Made by Walter Gibson Peter.","Contains photographs and letters. Created by Walter Gibson Peter, received documents from Britannia W. Peter Kennon.","Commissions, Letters, Orders, etc. Relating to service in the U.S. Army and Major Georgetown Field Artillery, Created by Walter Gibson Peter. Items signed by John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.","Corps of the Artillerists, New Orleans and Fort McHenry, Garrison and Regimental Orders, Major George Peter; Order and prisoner tries and punishments, List from Fort McHenry, Morning Reports [Note: Book in poor condition]","Ledger of real estate holdings of George Peter with Robert Peter and James Peter [pages 2-17]. Also includes, \"The following Table exhibits a view of the Squares and Lots, the Number of square feet therein contained, and the value of the same, now owned by Capt. George Peter, in the City of Washington\" [pages 74-78]. Stitch binding with marbled paper covers, 88 pages. Real estate accounts appear on pages 2-7, 10-11, 14-17, 74, 76, and 78. The remaining page are blank. In 1813, the ledger is flipped and a single page (page 88) includes a list of names under the title 'Rent Roll for 1813.'","Ledger for the estate of Robert Peter maintained by his son Thomas Peter. The bond volume contains 176 pages, partially completed. Accounts are entered on pages 6-54, pages 55-173 are blank, and pages 174-176 include bank notes at the Bank of Columbia and the Branch Bank of Washington City. A scrap of paper with calculations was found between pages 49 and 50 and is included in the digitization.","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","Lessons and Exercises in Vocal Music by Benjamin Carr","Contains letters, pictures, U.S. Navy Commissions (James Madison, John Tyler, and Franklin Pierce), invitations, and a memorandum of Britannia and Beverley made by Walter Gibson Peter- Grandson to Britannia.","After resigning from the army, notes made from Walter George Peter. Includes letters, a list of enlaved people from Montanaverde, bills, and business transactions.","Repairs made on properties of Robert Peter, Jr.  Stitch binding with marbled paper covers, 98 pages. Real estate accounts appear on pages 2-5, 8-23, and 26-33. The remaining pages are blank.","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","Copies made February 1 and 2, 1849 by Edmund Law Rogers at Tudor Place, the residence of his Great-Aunt Martha Peter.","Communion Alms, Christmas and Easter Offerings, June 5, 1850. In Memory of Mrs. Britannia Wellington Kennon, From the Trustees of the Louise Home, 1911.","Four account books. Account Money paid for the Estate of Mrs. Martha Peter","\"Commenced the practice of medicine the latter end of March 1867. Left town the first of May 1867 and returned June 28th- recommended practicing 8th of July, etc., Expense Log and Visiting List\"","First found in Dr. Armistead Peter's files. 9 volumes, dated 1863, 1866, 1870, 1873, 1876, 1878, 1889, 1892, and 1896.","List of patients from practice and paid or unpaid, in alphabetical order, Bills Due, Cash Paid to Mrs. Peter, other accounts, small pox vaccination count","Notes on visits, family seal, copied letters, list of articles from Mount Vernon, notes about clothes and jewelry; Copy of Album was acquired by Martha Custis Peter, great-great granddaughter to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, which Britannia had given to her grandson, Walter Gibson Peter. Her father was Walter Gibson Peter, Jr.","contains dried flowers","Includes folders of France and WWI soldiers","Contains deeds, inventories, and papers pertaining to Robert Peter's estates and his sons, Robert, James, David, George, and Thomas. Various notes about David Peter's death, and letters from George Peter. Made by Walter Gibson Peter. [Note: There are loose pages]","Includes voice and music notes for the saxon ground, will you come to the bower, nobody coming to marry me, the rose, rondo, and others.","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","No. 5116, volume 190, covering the coronation of George VI.","Printed volume, includes a facsimile handwritten section entitled \"accounts, G. Washington with the United States, commencing June 1775, and ending June 1773, comprehending a space of eight years.\"","Special Collections at The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon","Washington, George, 1732-1799","Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816","Washington, Martha, 1731-1802","Law, Elizabeth Parke Custis, 1776-1831","Law, Thomas, 1756-1834","Costin, William, 1780?-1842","Law, John, 1784?-1822","Rogers, Lloyd Nicholas, approximately 1788-1860","Rogers, Edmund Law","Peter, Robert, 1726-1806","Peter, Thomas, 1769-1834","Peter, Martha Parke Custis, 1777-1854","Kennon, Britannia Wellington Peter, 1815-1911","Peter, George, 1779-1861","Peter, Armistead, 1840-1902","Peter, Agnes, 1840-1902","Mercereau, John, 1732-1820","Dandridge, Bartholomew, approximately 1774-1802","Stuart, Eleanor Calvert Custis, approximately 1758-1811","Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834","Madison, James, 1751-1836","Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818","Pinckney, Mary Stead, approximately 1751-1812","Trumbull, Jonathan, 1740-1809","Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821","Washington, Bushrod, 1762-1829","Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804","Miller, Samuel, 1769-1850","Knox, Henry, 1750-1806","Varick, Richard, 1753-1831","Sedgwick, Theodore, 1746-1813","Rogers, William, 1751-1824","Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828","Atherton, Charles H.  (Charles Humphrey), 1773-1853","Lafayette, Georges Washington Louis Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1779-1849","Kemp, James, 1764-1827","Wadsworth, Peleg, 1748-1829","Blair, John D.  (John Durbarrow), 1759-1823","Griffith, William, 1766-1826","Le Mayeur, Jean Pierre","Sinclair, John, Sir, 1754-1835","Rogers, Elizabeth Parke Custis Law, 1797-1822","Bernard, Simon, 1779-1839","Ringgold, Tench","Lovering, William (Architect)","Scott, Gustavus, 1753-1800","Thornton, William, 1759-1828","White, Alexander, 1738-1804","Custis, George Washington Parke, 1781-1857","Lewis, Lawrence, 1767-1839","Lewis, Eleanor Parke Custis, 1779-1852","Law, Edmund, 1790-1829","Decatur, Susan Wheeler","Hay, George, 1765-1830","Lee, Henry, 1756-1818","De Kalb, Johann, 1721-1780","Elgar, Joseph","Anderson, James, 1745-1807","Craik, James, 1730-1814","Anderson, John","Stuart, David, 1753-1814","Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829","Smith, George (Blacksmith)","Lear, Benjamin L. (Benjamin Lincoln), 1792-1832","Peter, George Washington, 1801-1877","Maltitz, Apollonius August von, 1795-1870","Quincy, Josiah, 1772-1864","Stabler, Edward, 1769-1831","Lewis, Lorenzo, 1803-1847","Kennon, Beverley, 1793-1844","Peter, Martha Custis Kennon, 1843-1886","Peter, Walter G.  (Walter Gibson), 1868-1945","Peter, Armistead, 1870-1960","Peter, George Freeland, 1875–1953","Tyler, John, 1790-1862","Peter, Walter Gibson, 1842-1863","Townsend, Justine Van Rensselaer, 1828-1912","Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777-1864","Delaplaine, Joseph, 1777-1824","Bunting, Charles","Key, Philip Barton, 1757-1815","Hanson, Alexander Contee, 1786-1819","English \n.    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Papers of Robert Peter : Subseries 11.1. Accounts, Subseries 11.2. Financial Documents, Subseries 11.3. Legal Documents, Subseries 11.4. Land Documents, Subseries 11.5. Estate Documents Series 12. Papers of Thomas Peter : Subseries 12.1. Financial Documents, Subseries 12.2. Land Documents, Subseries 12.3. Estate Documents, Subseries 12.4. Correspondence Series 13. Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, 1824-1909 : Subseries 13.1. Financial Documents, Subseries 13.2. Legal Documents, Subseries 13.3. Correspondence"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Peters were a prominent family in Washington, D.C. during the eighteenth and nineteen centuries. Martha Parke Custis, Martha Washington's granddaughter, married into the Peter family in 1795.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eGeorge Washington (1732-1799)\u003c/emph\u003e: George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 at a modest farm in Westmoreland County, Virginia to parents Augustine and Mary Ball Washington. In 1749, George Washington was appointed surveyor for Culpepper County. In 1752, he started his military career in the Virginia militia. During the Revolutionary War he was the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and later was elected as the first President of the United States of America. He lived with his wife, Martha Washington, at Mount Vernon, where he passed away December 14, 1799.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eMartha Washington (1731-1802)\u003c/emph\u003e: Martha Dandridge Custis Washington was born on June 2, 1731 to parents John and Frances Jones Dandridge. She married her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis, on May 15, 1750. Together they had four children, two of whom died in childhood. On July 8, 1757, her husband unexpectedly died, leaving her a widow with their two remaining children, John Parke Custis and Martha Parke Custis. On January 6, 1759, Martha Dandridge Custis married George Washington. Martha Parke Custis or Patsy, died at the age of 17. On February 3, 1774, John Parke Custis married Eleanor Calvert, and together they had four children who survived to adulthood. However, on November 5, 1781, John Parke Custis passed away, and the younger two of his children went to live at Mount Vernon with their grandmother. Martha Dandridge Custis Washington died on May 22, 1802.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eTobias Lear (1762-1816)\u003c/emph\u003e: Tobias Lear was born in 1762. He was employed by George Washington in 1786 to manage expense reports to Congress and also as the personal tutor to Martha Washington's grandchildren. In 1790 Tobias Lear married Mary \"Polly\" Long; however she died in 1793. Lear then married Martha Washington's niece, Frances Bassett Washington, but she died shortly they were married. Lear married for a third time to Frances Dandridge Henley, another niece of Martha Washington. He died in 1816.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eElizabeth (Betsy, Beth, Eliza) Parke Custis Law (1776-1831)\u003c/emph\u003e: Wife to Thomas Law, Eliza Parke Custis Law was born on August 21, 1776. She was the daughter of John (Jacky) Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Calvert. Upon the death of her father in 1781, Eliza's two younger siblings, George Washington (Washy) Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Parke Custis went to live with their grandmother, Martha Washington, and her second husband, George Washington. Eliza and her other sister Martha stayed at home with their mother. Shortly after, their mother remarried Dr. David Stuart and had thirteen more children. On March 21, 1796, Eliza Parke Custis Law married Thomas Law and together they had one child, Eliza Law. In 1804, the couple separated and their daughter went to live with her father. They officially divorced in 1811. Eliza Parke Custis Law lived with one of her uncles for a time after the separation, and soon purchased a house in Alexandria called \"Mount Washington.\" Eliza Law Rogers died in 1822, leaving behind a husband (Lloyd Nicholas Rogers) and two children. Eliza Parke Custis Law died on December 31, 1831.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThomas Law (1756-1834)\u003c/emph\u003e: Thomas Law was born on October 23, 1756 in Cambridge, England. He started his career working for the East India Trading Company and began building his reputation, as well as his income. In 1794, he left England to start a new life in America where he began to invest in lands, particularly in the nation's capital. Over time, Law became extremely passionate about the arts, particularly poetry, which he wrote and published. He even founded the first dance society, theater, and the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences. Thomas Law married Eliza Parke Custis on March 21, 1796. Together they had one child, Eliza Law, who married Lloyd Nicholls Rogers in 1817. Thomas Law died in 1834.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eWilliam Costin (1780-1842)\u003c/emph\u003e: William Costin was a prominent free black man in early 19th-century Washington DC. He was a messenger for the Bank of Washington and ran a hack business in the city. In 1800, he married his cousin Philadelphia (\"Delphy\"), a dower slave of Martha Washington. Upon Martha Washington's death in 1802, Delphy became the property of Eliza Parke Custis Law, wife to Thomas Law. Delphy and their children were granted freedom shortly after, and the couple decided to stay in Washington, D.C. Together the Costins had seven children. He died in 1842.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eJohn Law (1784-1822)\u003c/emph\u003e: John Law was born in India about 1784 to Thomas Law and an unidentified Indian woman. In 1794 Thomas Law came to America after living about two decades in India; presumably John and his brothers came with him. Thomas Law married Eliza Parke Custis in 1796 and raised the boys until their separation around 1804. John Law graduated from Harvard University in 1804; he was a member of the Columbian Dragoons in 1811; and was the commissioner to adjust the Yazoo claims in 1814. He died on October 4, 1822.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLloyd Nicholas Rogers (1787 or 1788-1860)\u003c/emph\u003e: Lloyd Nicholas Rogers was born on September 20, 1788 to parents Nicholas and Eleanor Buchanan Rogers. Lloyd Nicholas Rogers married Eliza Law Rogers in 1817. Together they had two children, Edmund Law Rogers and Eleanor Agnes Rogers. They lived on Druid Hill which had been passed down by Lloyd's Scottish father. Very shortly after the death of Lloyd's father in 1822, Eliza also died. In 1829, Rogers was married to Hortensia Monroe Hay who was the granddaughter of James Monroe. Together, they had an additional three daughters, Harriet, Hortensia, and Mary Custis. Lloyd was a proprietor of his estate and practiced law out of his home on Druid Hill. Hortensia died in the 1850s, leaving Lloyd all alone. All of his children except for Eleanor had already married and moved out. Eleanor would not marry until 1862, following her father's death. Lloyd Nicholas Rogers died on November 12, 1860.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eEdmund Law Rogers (1818-1896)\u003c/emph\u003e: Edmund Law Rogers was born in 1818 to Lloyd Nicholas Rogers and Eliza Law Rogers. He grew up and lived in Baltimore all of his life, and was a founding member of the Maryland and Harvard Club, as well as a member of various other organizations, such as, the Sons of the Revolution and the Baltimore Historical Society. He spoke several different languages and was a lover of the arts. He married Charlotte Matilda Plater and together they had two children, Edmund Law Rogers, Jr., and Charlotte Plater Rogers. He died of paralysis on January 24, 1896.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eRobert Peter (1726-1806)\u003c/emph\u003e: Robert Peter was born in 1726 in Scotland to Thomas Peter and Jean Dunlop, who were prosperous merchants. He immigrated to the United States around 1745, but there is no definite reason why he chose to leave. He first settled in the town, Bladensburg, along the Anacostia River. In 1751, Georgetown was established, and Robert purchased a lot in the town the following year, and slowly began to build up his land holdings. His land holdings grew to be quite extensive, including owning the entire square from M, K, and 31st Streets, and Wisconsin Ave. From 1789 to 1798, Robert Peter was the first mayor of Georgetown. On December 27, 1767, he married Elizabeth Scott, and together they had 10 children, one of whom died as an infant. Their names were: Thomas, Alexander, Elizabeth, Walter, Robert, Jean, Margaret, David, George, and James. He died in 1806.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThomas Peter (1769-1834)\u003c/emph\u003e: Thomas Peter was born January 4, 1769 to Robert and Elizabeth Scott Peter. Thomas Peter married Martha Parke Custis, granddaughter to Martha Washington, in 1795. Together, they had eight children. Martha Eliza Eleanor, Columbia Washington, John Parke Custis, Robert Thomas, George Washington, America Pinckney, Martha Custis Castania (who died young), and Britannia Wellington. In 1805, Thomas and Martha purchased eight-and-a-half acres in \"Georgetown Heights.\" [For more information on Tudor Place, see Tudor Place: Historic House and Gardens.] They later hired architect Dr. William Thornton to design and build Tudor Place located in Georgetown. It was completed in 1816 and still stands today. Thomas Peter was a prominent lawyer of the time and was one of the executors of Martha Washington's will. He died April 16, 1834.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eMartha (Patty) Parke Custis Peter (1777-1854)\u003c/emph\u003e: was born to John Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Calvert Custis on December 31, 1777. She was one of four children in their family to survive to adulthood: Eliza Parke, Martha Parke, Eleanor Parke (Nelly), and George Washington (Washy) Parke. Following the death of their father in 1781, Patty and her older sister, Eliza, lived with their mother and stepfather, Dr. David Stuart, and their large family, while their younger siblings, Nelly and Washy, lived with their grandparents at Mount Vernon. There were frequent visits to Mount Vernon in both childhood and following her marriage to Thomas Peter in 1795. She died July 13 or 15, 1854.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eBritannia Wellington Peter Kennon (1815-1911)\u003c/emph\u003e: Britannia Wellington Peter was born January 28, 1815, as the youngest child of Martha Parke (Patty) Custis Peter and Thomas Peter. In 1842, she married Commodore Beverley Kennon, and together they had one child, Martha Custis Kennon, on October 18, 1843. Commodore Kennon died from a gun explosion on the frigate Princeton on February 28, 1844. Martha Custis Kennon married Dr. Armistead Peter in 1867. When Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon's mother passed in 1854, she inherited Tudor Place, where she lived until her death in 1911.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eMajor George Peter (1779-1861)\u003c/emph\u003e: Major George W. Peter was born on September 28, 1779 to Robert and Elizabeth Scott Peter. He was married three times during his life. First, to Ann Plater in 1809. Together they had two children, George and Thomas. His wife and two children all died in 1814. Secondly, in 1815 he married Agnes Buchanon Freeland. They had five children, Robert, Ann, James, Agnes, and David. Agnes, his wife, died in 1825. Only a month later, he again married, this time to Sarah Norfleet Freeland, the sister of his second wife. Together, they had nine children: Sarah Agnes, George, Alexander Scott, Margaret Dick, Elizabeth, Armistead, Walter Gibson, William, and Katherine Norfleet. Major George Peter was an officer in the army, a representative in Congress, and a farmer. During his career in the army, he was first appointed first lieutenant 2nd, Artillery and Engineers on February 16, 1801. He was promoted to Captain on November 3, 1807, and finally was transferred to the Light Artillery in May of 1808. He resigned in June 11, 1809. In 1815, he was elected to Congress to cover the sixth district in Maryland. He would continue this appointment until after 1828. He died June 22, 1861.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eDr. Armistead Peter (1840-1902)\u003c/emph\u003e: Dr. Armistead Peter was one of George Peter's sons from his third marriage to Sarah Norfleet Freeland Peter. He was born on February 23, 1840. Dr. Armistead Peter was a cousin to his wife Martha Custis Kennon Peter, whom he married in 1867. Together, Martha and Armistead had five children: Walter Gibson, Armistead, Beverley Kennon, George Freeland, and Agnes. He and Martha Custis Kennon Peter both moved into Tudor Place and Dr. Armistead Peter converted a portion of the house for his medical practice. He created a very successful business as one of the best doctors in the city of Washington. During the Civil War he was employed by the U.S. Army as ward surgeon, as well as serving in a smallpox hospital. Martha Custis Kennon Peter died suddenly in 1886. Armistead died in 1902, his mother-in-law, Britannia W. Peter Kennon outliving both of them. The land in Bethesda was divided between their four children. After Britannia W. Peter Kennon died, the house was left to her grandson, Armistead Peter II. Dr. Armistead Peter died on January 28, 1902.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAgnes Peter (1880-1957)\u003c/emph\u003e: Agnes Peter, born on February 3, 1880, was the daughter of Dr. Armistead Peter and Martha Custis Kennon Peter. She lived in France for a period of time during WWI conducting work for the YMCA. Agnes Peter was the director of a Foyer du Soldat and helped to receive soldiers and refugees. She was also in charge of the Graves Registration Section in Rheims. She was the first woman in France to be awarded the silver Medal of Honor for her distinguished services to the country during the war. In 1946, when she was 73, she married Nobel Prize winner, Dr. John R. Mott, who is most acclaimed for his work creating international Christian programs with a goal to establish peace. She died in 1957.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["The Peters were a prominent family in Washington, D.C. during the eighteenth and nineteen centuries. Martha Parke Custis, Martha Washington's granddaughter, married into the Peter family in 1795.","George Washington (1732-1799) : George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 at a modest farm in Westmoreland County, Virginia to parents Augustine and Mary Ball Washington. In 1749, George Washington was appointed surveyor for Culpepper County. In 1752, he started his military career in the Virginia militia. During the Revolutionary War he was the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and later was elected as the first President of the United States of America. He lived with his wife, Martha Washington, at Mount Vernon, where he passed away December 14, 1799.","Martha Washington (1731-1802) : Martha Dandridge Custis Washington was born on June 2, 1731 to parents John and Frances Jones Dandridge. She married her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis, on May 15, 1750. Together they had four children, two of whom died in childhood. On July 8, 1757, her husband unexpectedly died, leaving her a widow with their two remaining children, John Parke Custis and Martha Parke Custis. On January 6, 1759, Martha Dandridge Custis married George Washington. Martha Parke Custis or Patsy, died at the age of 17. On February 3, 1774, John Parke Custis married Eleanor Calvert, and together they had four children who survived to adulthood. However, on November 5, 1781, John Parke Custis passed away, and the younger two of his children went to live at Mount Vernon with their grandmother. Martha Dandridge Custis Washington died on May 22, 1802.","Tobias Lear (1762-1816) : Tobias Lear was born in 1762. He was employed by George Washington in 1786 to manage expense reports to Congress and also as the personal tutor to Martha Washington's grandchildren. In 1790 Tobias Lear married Mary \"Polly\" Long; however she died in 1793. Lear then married Martha Washington's niece, Frances Bassett Washington, but she died shortly they were married. Lear married for a third time to Frances Dandridge Henley, another niece of Martha Washington. He died in 1816.","Elizabeth (Betsy, Beth, Eliza) Parke Custis Law (1776-1831) : Wife to Thomas Law, Eliza Parke Custis Law was born on August 21, 1776. She was the daughter of John (Jacky) Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Calvert. Upon the death of her father in 1781, Eliza's two younger siblings, George Washington (Washy) Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Parke Custis went to live with their grandmother, Martha Washington, and her second husband, George Washington. Eliza and her other sister Martha stayed at home with their mother. Shortly after, their mother remarried Dr. David Stuart and had thirteen more children. On March 21, 1796, Eliza Parke Custis Law married Thomas Law and together they had one child, Eliza Law. In 1804, the couple separated and their daughter went to live with her father. They officially divorced in 1811. Eliza Parke Custis Law lived with one of her uncles for a time after the separation, and soon purchased a house in Alexandria called \"Mount Washington.\" Eliza Law Rogers died in 1822, leaving behind a husband (Lloyd Nicholas Rogers) and two children. Eliza Parke Custis Law died on December 31, 1831.","Thomas Law (1756-1834) : Thomas Law was born on October 23, 1756 in Cambridge, England. He started his career working for the East India Trading Company and began building his reputation, as well as his income. In 1794, he left England to start a new life in America where he began to invest in lands, particularly in the nation's capital. Over time, Law became extremely passionate about the arts, particularly poetry, which he wrote and published. He even founded the first dance society, theater, and the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences. Thomas Law married Eliza Parke Custis on March 21, 1796. Together they had one child, Eliza Law, who married Lloyd Nicholls Rogers in 1817. Thomas Law died in 1834.","William Costin (1780-1842) : William Costin was a prominent free black man in early 19th-century Washington DC. He was a messenger for the Bank of Washington and ran a hack business in the city. In 1800, he married his cousin Philadelphia (\"Delphy\"), a dower slave of Martha Washington. Upon Martha Washington's death in 1802, Delphy became the property of Eliza Parke Custis Law, wife to Thomas Law. Delphy and their children were granted freedom shortly after, and the couple decided to stay in Washington, D.C. Together the Costins had seven children. He died in 1842.","John Law (1784-1822) : John Law was born in India about 1784 to Thomas Law and an unidentified Indian woman. In 1794 Thomas Law came to America after living about two decades in India; presumably John and his brothers came with him. Thomas Law married Eliza Parke Custis in 1796 and raised the boys until their separation around 1804. John Law graduated from Harvard University in 1804; he was a member of the Columbian Dragoons in 1811; and was the commissioner to adjust the Yazoo claims in 1814. He died on October 4, 1822.","Lloyd Nicholas Rogers (1787 or 1788-1860) : Lloyd Nicholas Rogers was born on September 20, 1788 to parents Nicholas and Eleanor Buchanan Rogers. Lloyd Nicholas Rogers married Eliza Law Rogers in 1817. Together they had two children, Edmund Law Rogers and Eleanor Agnes Rogers. They lived on Druid Hill which had been passed down by Lloyd's Scottish father. Very shortly after the death of Lloyd's father in 1822, Eliza also died. In 1829, Rogers was married to Hortensia Monroe Hay who was the granddaughter of James Monroe. Together, they had an additional three daughters, Harriet, Hortensia, and Mary Custis. Lloyd was a proprietor of his estate and practiced law out of his home on Druid Hill. Hortensia died in the 1850s, leaving Lloyd all alone. All of his children except for Eleanor had already married and moved out. Eleanor would not marry until 1862, following her father's death. Lloyd Nicholas Rogers died on November 12, 1860.","Edmund Law Rogers (1818-1896) : Edmund Law Rogers was born in 1818 to Lloyd Nicholas Rogers and Eliza Law Rogers. He grew up and lived in Baltimore all of his life, and was a founding member of the Maryland and Harvard Club, as well as a member of various other organizations, such as, the Sons of the Revolution and the Baltimore Historical Society. He spoke several different languages and was a lover of the arts. He married Charlotte Matilda Plater and together they had two children, Edmund Law Rogers, Jr., and Charlotte Plater Rogers. He died of paralysis on January 24, 1896.","Robert Peter (1726-1806) : Robert Peter was born in 1726 in Scotland to Thomas Peter and Jean Dunlop, who were prosperous merchants. He immigrated to the United States around 1745, but there is no definite reason why he chose to leave. He first settled in the town, Bladensburg, along the Anacostia River. In 1751, Georgetown was established, and Robert purchased a lot in the town the following year, and slowly began to build up his land holdings. His land holdings grew to be quite extensive, including owning the entire square from M, K, and 31st Streets, and Wisconsin Ave. From 1789 to 1798, Robert Peter was the first mayor of Georgetown. On December 27, 1767, he married Elizabeth Scott, and together they had 10 children, one of whom died as an infant. Their names were: Thomas, Alexander, Elizabeth, Walter, Robert, Jean, Margaret, David, George, and James. He died in 1806.","Thomas Peter (1769-1834) : Thomas Peter was born January 4, 1769 to Robert and Elizabeth Scott Peter. Thomas Peter married Martha Parke Custis, granddaughter to Martha Washington, in 1795. Together, they had eight children. Martha Eliza Eleanor, Columbia Washington, John Parke Custis, Robert Thomas, George Washington, America Pinckney, Martha Custis Castania (who died young), and Britannia Wellington. In 1805, Thomas and Martha purchased eight-and-a-half acres in \"Georgetown Heights.\" [For more information on Tudor Place, see Tudor Place: Historic House and Gardens.] They later hired architect Dr. William Thornton to design and build Tudor Place located in Georgetown. It was completed in 1816 and still stands today. Thomas Peter was a prominent lawyer of the time and was one of the executors of Martha Washington's will. He died April 16, 1834.","Martha (Patty) Parke Custis Peter (1777-1854) : was born to John Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Calvert Custis on December 31, 1777. She was one of four children in their family to survive to adulthood: Eliza Parke, Martha Parke, Eleanor Parke (Nelly), and George Washington (Washy) Parke. Following the death of their father in 1781, Patty and her older sister, Eliza, lived with their mother and stepfather, Dr. David Stuart, and their large family, while their younger siblings, Nelly and Washy, lived with their grandparents at Mount Vernon. There were frequent visits to Mount Vernon in both childhood and following her marriage to Thomas Peter in 1795. She died July 13 or 15, 1854.","Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon (1815-1911) : Britannia Wellington Peter was born January 28, 1815, as the youngest child of Martha Parke (Patty) Custis Peter and Thomas Peter. In 1842, she married Commodore Beverley Kennon, and together they had one child, Martha Custis Kennon, on October 18, 1843. Commodore Kennon died from a gun explosion on the frigate Princeton on February 28, 1844. Martha Custis Kennon married Dr. Armistead Peter in 1867. When Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon's mother passed in 1854, she inherited Tudor Place, where she lived until her death in 1911.","Major George Peter (1779-1861) : Major George W. Peter was born on September 28, 1779 to Robert and Elizabeth Scott Peter. He was married three times during his life. First, to Ann Plater in 1809. Together they had two children, George and Thomas. His wife and two children all died in 1814. Secondly, in 1815 he married Agnes Buchanon Freeland. They had five children, Robert, Ann, James, Agnes, and David. Agnes, his wife, died in 1825. Only a month later, he again married, this time to Sarah Norfleet Freeland, the sister of his second wife. Together, they had nine children: Sarah Agnes, George, Alexander Scott, Margaret Dick, Elizabeth, Armistead, Walter Gibson, William, and Katherine Norfleet. Major George Peter was an officer in the army, a representative in Congress, and a farmer. During his career in the army, he was first appointed first lieutenant 2nd, Artillery and Engineers on February 16, 1801. He was promoted to Captain on November 3, 1807, and finally was transferred to the Light Artillery in May of 1808. He resigned in June 11, 1809. In 1815, he was elected to Congress to cover the sixth district in Maryland. He would continue this appointment until after 1828. He died June 22, 1861.","Dr. Armistead Peter (1840-1902) : Dr. Armistead Peter was one of George Peter's sons from his third marriage to Sarah Norfleet Freeland Peter. He was born on February 23, 1840. Dr. Armistead Peter was a cousin to his wife Martha Custis Kennon Peter, whom he married in 1867. Together, Martha and Armistead had five children: Walter Gibson, Armistead, Beverley Kennon, George Freeland, and Agnes. He and Martha Custis Kennon Peter both moved into Tudor Place and Dr. Armistead Peter converted a portion of the house for his medical practice. He created a very successful business as one of the best doctors in the city of Washington. During the Civil War he was employed by the U.S. Army as ward surgeon, as well as serving in a smallpox hospital. Martha Custis Kennon Peter died suddenly in 1886. Armistead died in 1902, his mother-in-law, Britannia W. Peter Kennon outliving both of them. The land in Bethesda was divided between their four children. After Britannia W. Peter Kennon died, the house was left to her grandson, Armistead Peter II. Dr. Armistead Peter died on January 28, 1902.","Agnes Peter (1880-1957) : Agnes Peter, born on February 3, 1880, was the daughter of Dr. Armistead Peter and Martha Custis Kennon Peter. She lived in France for a period of time during WWI conducting work for the YMCA. Agnes Peter was the director of a Foyer du Soldat and helped to receive soldiers and refugees. She was also in charge of the Graves Registration Section in Rheims. She was the first woman in France to be awarded the silver Medal of Honor for her distinguished services to the country during the war. In 1946, when she was 73, she married Nobel Prize winner, Dr. John R. Mott, who is most acclaimed for his work creating international Christian programs with a goal to establish peace. She died in 1957."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Name and date of item], Peter Family papers, [Folder], Special Collections, The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon [hereafter Washington Library], Mount Vernon, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Name and date of item], Peter Family papers, [Folder], Special Collections, The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon [hereafter Washington Library], Mount Vernon, Virginia."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePeter family owned books are cataloged in the Library Catalog. The 23 titles (36 volumes) are searchable in the\n\u003ca href=\"https://mountvernonlibrary.on.worldcat.org/search?queryString=%2A\u0026amp;clusterResults=false\u0026amp;groupVariantRecords=false\u0026amp;subscope=wz%3A46368%3A%3Azs%3A39386\u0026amp;changedFacet=scope\"\u003ethe Catalog's Peter Family Collection\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003esee Century Magazine, May 1890, p. 17\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials","Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Peter family owned books are cataloged in the Library Catalog. The 23 titles (36 volumes) are searchable in the\n the Catalog's Peter Family Collection .","see Century Magazine, May 1890, p. 17"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection consists of papers collected by various members of the Peter families. It includes letters from George Washington, letters of condolence to Martha Washington after George Washington's death, estate documents, Major George Peter's military papers, land plats and surveys, photo albums, letterbooks, and notebooks that tell of the life of this prominent family in Virginia and the City of Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed from Eliza, Hope Park, asking her grandfather for a picture of him. Docketed in Washington's hand on verso.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutographed letter signed (signature cut out) George Washington, German Town, to Eliza Parke Custis. Washington offers his granddaughter advice on love and marriage.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter in Washington's hand, initialed by both George and Martha. George and Martha Washington, Philadelphia, to Thomas Law. The Washingtons congratulate Law on his marriage to their grandaughter Eliza.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed by George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter, discussing the purchase of English cattle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Docketed in Washington's hand.Thomas Peter, George Town, to George Washington, Mount Vernon. Peter asks Washington to secure a spot for his brother in the Army and shares rumors about a bill coming up in Congress.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel and seal. George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter. Washington writes about the sale of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel.George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter. Washington writes about farming and congratulates Thomas and Patsy on the birth of their son.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. John Mercereau, Union Township, to George Washington. John Mercereau, a businessman who served with his brother and nephew in a spy ring during the Revolutionary War, writes to Washington asking if he may come and visit, reflecting that no memories give him greater satisfaction than those he spent \"Devoted to my Countrys Service.\" Tragically, Mercereau did not know that Washington had died 10 days before his letter was sent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., London, to George Washington.  Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., writes to his uncle about his business ventures from London. He had not yet received word of Washington's death on December 14, 1799.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter unsigned in the hand of Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart and most likely addressed to Tobias Lear. The letter is dated 7 February with no year but was most likely written in 1790, since it mentions Lear's first marriage, which occured in 1790.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed, undated, with integral free franked address panel. Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart to Tobias Lear, New York. Docketed in Lear's hand as received 2 October 1790. Eleanor writes of her unhappiness at being parted from her children Nelly and Wash.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear, New York. Eleanor writes about the lottery and her family, noting that \"My Dear Nelly \u0026amp; Wash. are still spoilt by Grand Mama but chearfully obey every word I say to them.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Docketed in hand of George Washington. Lucretia Constance Radcliffe, Charleston, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Mrs. Radcliffe writes seeking an Army commission for her son and sends a packet of crane feathers and melon seeds. She also sends news of Major Pinkney.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript resolution of the \"Sixth Congress of the United States: At the first session Begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the second of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine\" stating that a marble monument to George Washington be erected in the City of Washington and that his remains be interred beneath it. It is also resolved that a funeral procession from Comgress Hall to the German Lutheran Church shall take place on Thursday, December 26, 1799, and that the nation will wear crepe arm bands for thirty days of mourning.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Maria S. Ross, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. A condolence letter from Maria S. Ross of Lancaster, Pennsylvania to Martha Washington on the death of her husband.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter, copy. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response to Maria Ross's condolence letter to Martha Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel with seal of John Adams. Abigail Adams, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Condolence letter written by Abigail Adams to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Martha Washington's response to Abigail Adams's condolence letter on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Mary Stead Pinckney, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Pinckney also sends her regards and congratulations to Nelly Parke Custis Lewis, who was recovering from the birth of her first child, Frances Parke Lewis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Jonathan Trumbull Jr., Governor of Connecticut, Lebanon, Connecticut, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Elias Boudinot, New Jersey Congressman and Director of the United States Mint, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, to Elias Boudinot. Tobias Lear's response on behalf of Martha Washington to Elias Boudinot's condolence letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Bushrod Washington, Walnut Farm, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Bushrod writes to Martha about purchasing corn from Colonel Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Condolence letter written by Ann Huntington, New London, Connecticut,  to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon, on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response on behalf of Martha to Hamilton's condolence letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Condolence letter from Reverend Samuel Miller, New York, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon, on the death of George Washington. He writes that he is inclosing a discourse he recently delivered on the occasion of Washington's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response on behalf of Martha to Samuel Miller's, New York, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Stephen Williamson, Philadelphia, State Prison, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Stephen Williamson introduces himself as the captain of a company in the Rhode Island Regiment who served under Washington in the Revolutionary War. He recounts a dream he had in which she gives birth to a son following Washington's death. He also tells Martha the details of his arrest for buying a stolen horse and requests her assistance in getting him out of prison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Former Secretary of War Henry Knox, Montpelier, St. Georges, sends Martha his condolences after the passing of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Henry Knox's condolence letter on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Mayor of New York City Richard Varick offers his condolences to Martha after the death of George Washington. He also incloses, on behalf of the Common Council of New York City, an oration delivered on the occassion of Washington's death by Gouverneur Morris.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha Washington in response to Richard Varick's, New York, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Richard Washington,Bermuda, a former business associate of Washington's in London, offers his condolences to Martha after George Washington's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Theodore Sedgwick, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Sedgwick writes that he is inclosing a second edition of General Lee's funeral oration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha in response to Theodore Sedgwick's condolence letter after the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Condolence letter written by the Marquis de Lafayette, La Grange, to Martha after the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. A condolence letter from Auguste Belin, Secretary of the Loge Française l'Aménité of Philidelphia, a freemason lodge of French and Saint-Dominguen émigrés. Belin writes that he is inclosing copies of a funeral oration performed at the lodge in honor of George Washington's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Auguste Belin's, Philadelphia, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter. Condolence note from Reverend William Rogers, Philadelphia, to Martha on the death of George Washington. Rogers writes that he is enclosing a copy of a funeral oration he delivered in Washington's honor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, on behalf of Martha Washington, thanks William Rogers for sending \"a copy of the Religious Exercises, at the time of the Eulogy, at the German Reformed Church.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha Washington, requests that Gilbert Stuart's original portrait of Washington be given to Martha, in exchange for fair compensation. Lear writes that Martha has expressed no desire for her own portrait, but Lear thinks it would be nice to display alongside the portrait of Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Condolence note written by Charles Humphrey Atherton, Amherst, New Hampshire, to Martha Washington after the death of George Washington. Atherton writes that he is enclosing a funeral oration delivered at the request of the citizens of Amherst, New Hampshire in Washington's honor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha Washington in response to Charles H. Atherton's, Amherst, New Hampshire, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Georges Washington de Lafayette, La Grange, son of the Marquis de Lafayette, writes a condolence note to Martha after the death of George Washington. Georges writes of Washington's \"parental kindness\" when he visited Mount Vernon and says, \"How far was I to imagine when I left your family that it would be a last farewell.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Condolence letter written by Alexandria merchant Thomas Porter to Martha after the death of George Washington. Porter writes that he is sending an eulogy along with the letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. A condolence letter written by Revered James Kemp, Cambridge, Maryland, to Martha Washington after the death of George Washington. Kemp writes that he is enclosing a copy of a sermon he delivered on the day appointed by Congress to honor George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, responds on behalf of Martha Washington to James Kemp's, Cambridge, Maryland, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Peleg Wadsworth, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Wadsworth requests, on behalf of his daughter, a relic of the late General.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Peleg Wadsworth's condolence letter after the death of George Washington. Lear writes that he is enclosing a lock of Washington's hair for Wadsworth's daughter as requested.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha Washington, thanks Reverend John D. Blair for sending his condolences and two orations delivered in Richmond on February 22 in honor of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. William Griffiths, Burlington, New Jersey, offers his condolences on behalf of the citizens of Burlington, New Jersey to Martha after the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, responds on behalf of Martha to William Griffith's, Burlington, New Jersey, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Theodore Sedgwick, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed \"John Lemayere.\" Jean Pierre Le Mayeur, Sweet Springs, was George Washington's dentist during the Revolutionary War. He writes his condolences to Martha on the death of Washington, apologizing that his servant lost the first condolence letter he had written on February 24.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, to Dr. Jean Pierre Le Mayeur, Sweet Springs\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., New York, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Bartholomew Dandridge Jr. writes his aunt inquiring about letters sent to him from Washington before his death that Dandridge never received.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Sir John Sinclair, London, writes to Martha in praise of her late husband and sends her a volume of his letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 letters written by Elizabeth Parke Custis Law Rogers to her mother between December 5, 1819 - November 21, 1821.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e7 letters written by Brigadier General Simon Bernard, Washington City, to Eliza Parke Custis Law between March 28, 1828 and May 21, 1830.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLloyd Rogers to Elizabeth Parke Custis Law, Alexandria\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted legal document: Statement of the defendant's case. Docketed on verso \"Papers relating to case of Law v. Morris Nicholson \u0026amp; Greenleaf.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript legal statement of Thomas Law in regards to a property dispute in Washington City between William Mayne Duncason and Tench Ringgold.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript memoranda regarding property dispute over square 744 in the City of Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Concerning Tench Ringgold and property dealings in the City of Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript descriptions of the architectural plans for the Thomas Law House, designed by architect William Lovering and built circa 1794 on the 689 square in the City of Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Law, Washington City, discusses his plan for construction of New Jersey Avenue on lot 744 of Washington City, along the public canal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGustavus Scott, William Thornton, and Alexander White, Washington City, to Thomas Law\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. George Washington Parke Custis, Philadelphia to Thomas Law, Federal City. George Washington Parke Custis writes to Law of the pleasure he will have in serving Washington City, which is to be \"the pride of future ages\" and \"the metropolis of America.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA manuscript copy of the address read by W. M. Duncanson at a meeting of the Managers of Washington Canal Lottery - Law, Carroll, Young, and Duncanson. Their reply is copied on the verso.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Duncanson writes that Thomas Law has resigned his title to Lot 744 of Washington City in favor of Tench Ringgold.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnsigned, undated manuscript, docketed \"Tench Ringgold Arbitration.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Piercy, City of Washington, to Gustavus Scott, William Thornton, and Alexander White. Three manuscript copies by Thomas Munroe of letters written by James Piercy to the Commissioners of the City of Washington about his claims to lot 744.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript copy made by Thomas Munroe of a letter written by the Commissioners of the City of Washington to James Piercy in response to Piercy's claims on lot 744. Scott and Thornton write to Piercy that \"no intention exists of granting you the square you mention.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Elizabeth Parke Custis Law Rogers, Druid Hill, to Thomas Law, City of Washington\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLloyd Rogers, Druid Hill, to Thomas Law, Washington City\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Law to Lloyd Rogers, Baltimore\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWriting from New Orleans in 1832, John Taylor reports that fifty to sixty people a day are dying from yellow fever and smallpox.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Parke Custis Law, Washington, to Thomas Law, London\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter written by Lawrence Lewis to William \"Billy\" Costin requesting Costin's service in transporting his family from Mr. Charles Carter's residence in Culpepper County to their home. Lewis provides a suggested route and expected arrival date stating, 'you must not disappoint me.' A postscript in the hand of Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis requests additional and immediate transportation for herself to Philadelphia. She offers Costin's mother payment in Pork if she will accompany them on the trip. Autograph letter signed, 1 page, with integral address panel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUndated note from Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis asking \"Billy\" to ask her sister Betsy to send the things by which she [Eleanor] wrote to her for. Directs Billy to be very careful of them as they are easily broken. Autograph note signed E Lewis, 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral adddress panel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. George Washington Parke Custis writes William \"Billy\" Costin at the Bank of Washington. He mentions he expects to go with Lafayette to visit Woodlawn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law. The first letter is addressed to John at George Town College and the other four to Harvard University.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdmund Law, Washington, to John Law, Baltimore\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 dated letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter discussing the court martial of Commodore James Barron, who would later kill Commodore Stephen Decatur in duel in 1820.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 undated letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e15 undated letters and notes written by Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. John Law asks William Thornton if he can borrow a book on calvary maneuvers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters written by William Thornton in response to John Law's August 10, 1807 letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn undated letter from John Law to his half sister, Eliza Law. He writes that he is sending sweetmeats from Woodlawn by William, as promised.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam D. Sims, Pittsburgh, to John Law, Washington City\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree letters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA series of four letters and their draft copies written over the course of two days by John Law to his father, criticizing his conduct, particularly in regards to Eliza Law's marriage to Lloyd Nicholas Rogers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 letters written by Thomas Law to his son John Law, Washington City, around 1817, addressing John's criticisms of him, his divorce, and his friendship with Elizabeth Bordley Gibson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. A letter of reconciliation sent by John Law to his father.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDraft of letter from Lloyd Nicholas Rogers, New York, to Major-General Henry Lee discussing the life of Baron de Kalb.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters about the sale of property in Washington.Lenman and Brother, Washington City, to Edmund Law Rogers, Baltimore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments related to the sale of property in Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence about the sale of property in Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters about the sale of property in Washington. N. Callan, Washington, to Edmund Law Rogers, Baltimore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond of conveyance for Lot No. 1 in Square 260 in Washington City, District of Columbia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 survey plat of lots in Washington along Canal St, and 2 pages of notes listing the prices of lots and the names of their purchasers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from the Commisioners of the Sinking Fund of the Corporation of Washington. William McCormick, Registers Office, Washington, to Edmund Law Rogers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn indenture form reassigning a parcel of property in Washington City. The Deed of Trust form is marked at the top of the first page \"Printed and Sold by Robert A. Waters, D. st., bet. 9th \u0026amp; 10th.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page autograph letter signed by George Washington Parke Custis to Edmund Law Rogers, with additional letter from Martha Custis Williams, Arlington House, written on verso. Custis writes, \"From the very graphic account you gave Martha Williams of your visit to Mr Fenno, I see but a poor chance of my Drama being brought out [in Baltimore].\" He asks Rogers to inquire of his \"theater going friends\" if any other Baltimore theatres will perform the work. If not, he asks Rogers to return the book care of William Adam Bookseller Pennsylvania Avenie Washington.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn her letter, Williams passes on a request from \"Aunt B\" (Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon) to send the \"little manuscript book, containing an inventory of the Mt Vernon relics at Tudor Place, as she is much at a loss, with regard to the history of many things in the House.\" Britannia Peter had inherited Tudor Place the year before, in 1854. Williams adds to Rogers that she hopes he will not make too much effort to have Uncle Custis's play produced because \"Cousin Mary Lee and all his family are so much opposed to it.\" Williams hopes Custis will focus on finishing his Recollections instead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for $21 addressed to Edmund Law Rogers for advertising the sale of lots in the City of Washington in the newspaper the National Intelligencer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnsigned indenture for the sale of lots in the City of Washington. Docketed in pencil \"sale not made.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoices, notes, and receipts from accounts between Robert Peter and the firm O'Neill and Dearkins. Includes an invoice for tobacco, sugar, corduroy, gauze, linen, chocolate, silk, muslin, paper, wine, ribbons, pins, cotton, and tea.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnknown list of accounts, believed to be from Robert Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePages from account book with the note \"These leaves was received by James S Webber from Mrs. Esther H Webber wife of Mr Levi Webber of Vassalboro Kennebeck Co. Maine being a part of account Book of Charles Webber, my Grand Father, his own handwriting. Received by me June 22 1878.\" The accounts include invoices for cod fish, bacon, molasses, tea, rum, sugar, silk, shoes, brandy, wine, coffee, and corn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes accounts for flour, pork, beef, lamb, and veal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for the conveyance of a parcel of property called Black Oak Thickett in Frederick County, Maryland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003erent paid\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePage of rent payment accounts in unknown hand.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond of Thomas Nicholls of John to Robert Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond of Isaiah and Edward Nicholls to Robert Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLawsuit against Robert Peter by James Gordon, Henry Riddell, John Campbell, John Campbell Junior, Alexander Low, and William Ingram\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree documents related to disputed accounts between Robert Peter and Benjamin Ray. One with a note by John T. Mason dated February 27, 1799, \"He has no shadow of right to one shilling on this [account].\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of Robert Peter's court appearances\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt documents and accounts related to Robert Peter, 5 manuscripts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt documents and accounts related to Robert Peter, 19 small manuscript receipts\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of land called Bealls Plaines in what became Washington City, along Goose Creek, later renamed Tiber Creek.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript on parchment with large seal attached by a ribbon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1766, Survey to Forrest, May 12, 1773, (six documents) Bladenburg, Sept., 21, 1766; Rock Creek, Nov. 13, 1766 \"to Robert Peter, merchant in Georgetown.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne undated note by Thomas Peter and one letter from William Dearkins and Ben Stoddert to Stephen Chiswell about resurveying about 200 acres called Partnership granted to Elting Williams.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Resurvey of Brandy and transfer of several named enslaved people.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA letter about resurveying a parcel of propery called Hazard. George Scott to Robert Peter, George Town.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFour autograph documents dealing with land ownership. Two notes on fragments; one half sheet giving history of a property in Prince George's County; and an 8 page survey document, with reference to points on a drawn survey, of Cross Basket, Balantyre, and other properties (9 lots) belonging to Robert Peter and divided amongst George and Thomas Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCertificate and plat for 5 3/4 acres of vacant land granted by special warrant to Robert Peter out of the Western Shore Land Office of Washington County in the District of Columbia. Surveyed by Joseph Elgar, Jr. Autograph document signed, 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHand colored survey plat showing the division of Robert Peter's Square in George Town. Docketed on verso \"Plat belonging to Thomas Peter's Square in George Town.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco sales\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTabacco Sales, Real Estate, Transfer of enslaved people\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed of trust book is dated 1790\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne dollar printed in Annapolis by F. Green, 7 December 1775. Two thirds of a dollar printed in Philadelphia by Hall and Sellers, 17 February 1776.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of items purchased by Martha Washington from Macleod \u0026amp; Lumsdon, dated at the top 18 February 1800, Alexandria. The accounts, dated 8 July and 9 August, include entries for 47 panes of glass, oil, paint for 30 mahoghany chairs, paint for a wine cooler, varnishing, picture frame gilding, and glazing. Signed by Macleod \u0026amp; Lumdsdon at the bottom, noting that the above money was received in full 9 October 1800.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt signed \"Daniel Lecock\" for payment received by the hands of James Anderson on behalf of Martha Washington for 790 bushels of corn on 2 May 1800.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for $25 paid by Thomas Carwood to James Anderson for 100 barrels of fish from Mount Vernon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts dated February 13, March 11, and April 12, 1800 for newspaper advertisements and handbills purchased by Martha Washington from Ellis Price, printer of The Columbian Mirror and Alexandria Gazette. Items Martha purchased include 26 advertisements for a house to rent, an advertisement about the Mount Vernon fishery, 23 advertisements about the donkey Knight of Malta, and notice about the runaway slave Marcus.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts dated 23 April-23 September 1800 for weaving yards of cotton, wool, and other fabrics. The payments are marked as having been paid \"By balance due the Estate of General Washington,\" by cash, by 41 gallons of whiskey, and barrells of herring. The final payment is marked as received from James Anderson on 10 November 1801.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill addressed to the Estate of Mrs. Martha Washington, Deceased for $200 due to James Craik for medical services rendered Mrs. Washington during her last illness and $5 for cash paid Heyskill for the hire of his carriage. A signed oath by Jacob Hoffman testifies to the validity of the charges.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of payment from Thomas Peter to Lawrence Lewis for three hundred dollars for one hundred barrels of corn sold to Mount Vernon for the use of the estate. Signed by John Anderson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt written by Dr. David Stuart for the receipt from Thomas Peter for five guineas, the leagcy left by Martha Washington to Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment from Thomas Law to Griffith Coombs for repairs to Martha Washington's townhome in the District Columbia occupied by Henry Dearborn. Payment marked by Coombs as received in full from Thomas Peter on August 23, 1802.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwenty dollars wages paid to Richard Burnett of the City of Washingon by Thomas Peter for the year 1802.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of $50 received by George Smith of Woodlawn from Thomas Peter on 12 January 1803 for hire as a blacksmith at Mount Vernon in the year 1802. Signed by George Smith (his mark) and Lawrence Lewis. George Smith was one of George Washington's slaves who was freed after Washington's death. His wife, Lydia, was one of Martha Washington's dower slaves and was inherited by Nelly Parke Custis Lewis of Woodlawn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for one hundred pounds Virginia currency received by Benjamin Lincoln Lear from Thomas Peter, one of the executors of Martha Washington's estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts of Mr. James Dunlop with Thomas Peter, for horses, ploughs, and an enslaved woman named Peg. Peg is likely one of the slaves Martha Parke Custis Peter inherited from the Custis estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for funeral arrangements paid by Thomas Peter to William King on December 4, 1820 following the death of his twenty-three-year-old daughter Columbia Washington Peter. The arrangements include a \"walnut coffin lined,\" silver plate and engraving, and rental of horses, a hearse, and attendants.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH. B. Morris, Philadelphia, to Thomas Peter, Georgetown. Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. A letter about bank accounts and stock certificates.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill from Dr. Warfield to Thomas Peter for a visit to a \"black man in the night\" on March 5, 1824 which resulted in the amputation of the man's leg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo bills from P.L. Dupont paid by Martha Parke Custis Peter for dancing lessons for her daughter Britannia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo stock share certificates for the Patowmack Company (Potomac Company). Share No. 89 is for Martha Peter, and No. 91 for Thomas Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLand office papers for the resurvey of Bear Denn, Daniels Discovery, and Partnership in Maryland\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith unknown survey plat on verso.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAquila Johns to Thomas Peter on sale of Seneca plantation\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed by Sarah Norfleet Freeland Peter, wife of Thomas Peter's brother George, relinquishing right title and interest on a tract of land called Forrest, property of her husband, in order to pay his debts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter about resurveying property owned by George Washington Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of property in Montgomery County Maryland owned by Thomas Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Regarding financial matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHoratio Edmondson of Taylor County, Maryland\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePamphlet stitch binding with marbled paper covers. Contains notes about purchases made by Thomas Peter 1813-1814.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCalling card from Le Baron de Maltitz, Secretaire de la Legation Imperiale de Russie. Manuscript date 1823 on verso.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Dandridge writes to Thomas Peter, George Town, asking to borrow money from the estate of Martha Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Peter, George Town, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed, with envelope. Josiah Quincy, Cambridge, to Martha Parke Custis Peter, Georgetown. Josiah Quincy thanks Martha Parke Custis Peter for her generous reeption of his children at Tudor Place and thanks her for the relic of George Washington that she sent back with them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA contemporary manuscript copy of a letter in which Nelly Parke Custis describes having seen George Washington writing his farewell address at Mount Vernon. When the address was finished, she says he asked her to bring him silk string, and she watched him stitch the address together in front of her. Nelly writes this as a rebuke to one of Alexander Hamilton's sons, who claims his father wrote the farewell address.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list of accounts between the Estate of George Washington and Alexandria apothecary Edward Stabler, including purchases for Turlington's Balsam, castor oil, arsenic, balsam copaiva, British oil, salts, purified Salt Petre, cantharides, ipecacuanha, laudanum, tumeric, and opodildo. Payments are marked as received from James Anderson. Autograph document, 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript titled \"A List of Negroes belonging to Mrs. Washington.\" A list of 121 enslaved persons who were Martha's dower slaves. Unlike the slaves owned by George Washington, Martha's slaves were not freed after her death and were inherited by the Custis descendants. Men, boys, women, and girls and listed in separate columns, each further broken down into the places where they worked: Mansion house, River Farm, Muddy Hole, and Union Farm. Five women - Amy, Alice, Peg, Agnes, and Old Judy - are listed as \"Free but yet remain.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned certificate from the executors of General George Washington to the Clerk of Fairfax.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts from 1802 for furniture and household goods purchased by George Washington Parke Custis from the Estate of Martha Washington. The final payment was made in 1826, and the account is signed by Thomas Peter, executor of the estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list of the household belongings sold by Thomas Peter from the personal estate of Martha Washington. Includes a listing of who purchased each item and the price it sold for.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned indenture for sale of land in the City of Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles of agreement between George Calvert and Thomas Peter with Thomas Law, agreeing that Thomas Law and his wife Eliza Parke Custis Law will live separately. Eliza will receive $1500 per year from Law, and all the interest from her inheritance from George Washington will go to her and her daughter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 sheets of accounts between the estate of Robert Peter and James Dunlop, including the sale of \"5 negroes willed Mrs. Peter.\" These are some of Martha's dower slaves inherited by Martha Parke Custis Peter. One additional account between Jonathan Hicks and the heirs of Robert Peter, dated 1809-1811.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt written by Lawrence Lewis acknowledging receipt from Thomas Peter of three hundred and twenty-six dollars eighteen cent left to his son Lorenzo Lewis as a legacy from Martha Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt signed by George Washington Parke Custis acknowledging the receipt from Thomas Peter of one thousand dollars as a legacy left to his daughter from the late Martha Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Thomas Peter, George Town, to Bushrod Washington, Mount Vernon. Thomas Peter writes to Bushrod about money owed for two purchases he made from the estate of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo documents related to a settlement made by John Dandridge against George Washington Parke Custis and Thomas Peter, executors of Martha Washington's estate. One is a 1829 decree from the U. S. Circuit Court, signed by William Thomas Carroll; and the other is an account of money owed to John Dandridge signed by Benjamin Lincoln Lear, 1830 June 21. Autograph documents signed (2).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 documents related to the death of Beverley Kennon, husband of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, who died aboard the USS Princeton during the 1844 Peacemaker accident: a newspaper clipping with an excerpt from a sermon by Reverend Mr. Magoon on the Princeton Tragedy, a plan of the burying ground belonging to Mrs. Beverly Kennon, and a certificate from the Vestry of Washington Parish granting Mrs. Beverley Kennon four sites in the Washington Parish Burial Ground.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts for two legacies received of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, executor of Martha Parke Custis Peter's estate. One is for a grandson named Thomas Peter and another for her grandson John Parke Custis Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript resolution of the Senate of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, offering sympathy to the families of those killed aboard the USS Princeton during the Peacemaker accident. This copy was given by the President of the United States to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, whose husband, Beverley Kennon, was killed in the accident.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted form signed by Britannia W. Peter Kennon and witnessed by William Purcell, esquire, Judge of the Orphans' Court of Washington county, District of Columbia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list of collections and payments made to sundry persons to settle the estate of Martha Parke Custis Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocument bound with blue ribbon, with envelope. Last will and testament of Ann Gertrude Wightt, a former nun at the Georgetown Visitation Convent who later lived at Tudor Place. Autograph document, 8 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter, with envelope. Ann Gertrude Wightt, Rochester, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers related to the sale of Lot 9 in Square 72 of Washington City to William A. Gordon. Letter from William E. Edmonston to William A. Gordon, 1891 May 30. Two letters from William A. Gordon to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, 1891 June 3 and 1889 October 4. Typescript signed by William Gordon of Declaration of Trust for sale of Lot Nine, Square Seventy Two in Washington City, D.C..\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndenture made between Britannia Wellington Kennon, party of the first part, and Walter Gibson Peter, Armistead Peter Jr., and George Freeland Peter, parties of the second part, all of the District of Columbia, regarding relics and heirlooms at Tudor Place acquired by Britannia W. Peter Kennon from her mother Martha Custis Peter grand-daughter of Martha the wife of George Washington, known in the family as \"The Mount Vernon Heirlooms.\" Other relics are from the estates of Thomas Peter and Beverley Kennon. Britannia wishes that these relics be preserved by her descendants and that none of them be sold or disposed of.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThese include pictures, miniatures, engravings, glass, china, silver, jewelry, furniture, needlework, and other relics, including a sago palm formerly belonging to Martha Parke Custis Peter. The relics and heirlooms are to be divided into five parts after Britannia's death and delivered to her grandchildren.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language (New York : Printed and published by William A. Davies) Inscribed Britannia W. Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Beverley Kennon, Navy Yard, Washington, to Reverend W. Hoff, George Town. Kennon asks Reverend Hoff to be present at Mrs. Peter's place in George Town on the 8th to marry him to Britannia W. Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 autograph letters signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed on mourning stationary, with envelope and black seal. John Tyler, Washington, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon. President John Tyler offers his condolences to Britannia W. Peter Kennon on the death of her husband, Beverley Kennon, during the Peacemaker accident aboard the USS Princeton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eG. T. Kennon to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with envelope docketed \"A letter written to Uncle Bev. by my mother while at boarding school given to me after Uncle Bev's death by Aunt G.\". Martha Custis Kennon, Georgetown, to Beverley Kennon Jr. Beverley Kennon Jr. was Martha Custis Kennon's half brother.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccording to Martha Custis Peter, this illustration was at the Tudor Place.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW. Van Ness, New York, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place, Georgetown\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDepartment of the Interior, Pension Office, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place, Georgetown\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Charles Carroll Simms to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Georgetown\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMattie D. Abbot to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place. From the Secretary of the Ladies Aid Society of Christ Church accepting Britannia Kennon's resignation as President.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from James Mackubin, Ellicott City, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo letters from Justine Van Rensselaer Townsend, Vice Regent of New York for the Mount Vernon Ladies Association, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon. In the 26 November 1890 letter, Justine asks Britannia to help the Ladies determine what is genuine at the upcoming 1890 Thomas Birch's Sons sale of Washington relics in Philadelphia. The sale will include \"General Washington's papers, a clock, a punch bowl, and many other things.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation from The Board of World's Fair Managers of Virginia inviting Britannia W. Peter Kennon to be present at the ceremonies of Virginia Day at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Enclosed with an envelope and the calling card of Mrs. William Radford Beale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCalling cards for Martha Custis Kennon and Armistead Peter. At home card with envelope for Britannia W. Peter Kennon, engraved by Dempsey \u0026amp; O. Toole of Baltimore \u0026amp; Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEngraved form ceritifying that \"Cream Ladle No 68944 is an exact reproduction of one onwed by General and Mrs. Washington and used for a number of years at Mr. Vernon.\" The ladle was produced by Galt \u0026amp; Bro. Jewellers, Silversmiths, Stationers, Washington D.C..\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding the purchase of a clock.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypescript lists of letters and items from Mount Vernon that were part of  Britannia W. Peter Kennon's collection at Tudor Place.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnbound notebook with list of items and letters from Mount Vernon that belonged to Britannia W. Peter Kennon at Tudor Place. Includes a list of how the items were divided amongst Britannia's grandchildren.Includes furniture and household items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a list of how the items were divided amongst Britannia W. Peter Kennon's grandchildren.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript list of books, jewelry, and locks of hair at Tudor Place\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes both manuscript and typescript inventories of books, furniture, and objects from Tudor Place.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewsclippings and correspondence related to Washington relics loaned by Walter G. Peter to the National Museum in the early 1900s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLent by Walter G. Peter from the Britannia W. Peter Kennon Collection of Washington Relics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR. Davidson, Pinckneyville, to George Peter, George Town\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a $5 charge on 23 October 1813 for a coffin \"for a black man.\" On 9 February 1814, Peter was charged $50.00 for a lined coffin covered with black cloth, among other expenses, possibly following the death of his first wife, Ann Plater Peter, or one of their young sons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Anderson, Clarksburgh, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with printed cash form from the Office of Discount and Deposit, Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph Delaplaine, Philadelphia, to George Peter. Deplaine requests Major Peter's portrait for his gallery.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU. McInder, Petersburg, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from unidentified, Annapolis, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW. Coor, Rockville, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePartially printed form from the District of Columbia. Major Peter grants Charles A. Burnett power of attorney to sell, assign, and transfer his 50 shares of stock in the Books of the Washington Turnpike Company.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from unidentified, Annapolis, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Bunting, Montgomery County, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames H., Georgetown, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Benjamin Lincoln Lear, Washington, to George Peter. Lear writes regarding two suits againist Mrs. Sarah Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Wootton, Rockville, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Lincoln Lear, Washington, to George Peter. Printed letter with manuscript additions, from B. L. Lear, Attorney of the Bank, Bank of the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW. W. Ramsay, Washington, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from unidentified, Washington, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from unidentified, Washington City, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eB. H., Rockville, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClement Cod, Georgetown, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Thompson, Union School, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMichael Keepers, Frederick Town, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Wootton, Rockville, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eG. D., George Town, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. Orme, Georgetown, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW. Sellman, Clarksburg, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSamuel C. Ulens, Poolesville, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. Higgins, Poolesville, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJesse V., Poolesville, to George Peter, Darnestown\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. Falls, Baltimore, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeo. Howson Mason, Annapolis, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlfred Spates, Cumberland, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from unidentified, Baltimore, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW. Matthews, George Town, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeo. Hownson Mason, Annapolis, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenj. Fawcett, Colesville, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. Williams, Washington D.C., to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA letter from the Treasuries Office of the Baltimore and Ohion Railroad Company, offering Peter free tickets to pass over the roads of their company.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted election ballot for \"The Constitution and Union Ticket,\" promising \"Civil and Religious Liberty.\" George Peter is listed as the candidate for Commisioner of Public Works.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list of clothing purchased by Martha Washington from William Jones of Alexandria. Includes suits purchased for enslaved workers Daniel, Marcus, Christopher, and Frank. According to notes on the verso, payments were received from James Anderson on 12 April 1800 and 15 May 1800.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFive receipts for goods and services paid for by James Anderson in 1800, including repairs to old shoes, paper lampblack, freight for one box from Philadelphia, 93 yards of cloth, and leather.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory notes from George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory notes and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory notes and bank notes from George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and bank notes from George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and bank notes from George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter with F. S. Poole and Bro\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter with F. S. Poole and Bro.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUndated Bills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge H. Peter, Carlise, writes to his uncle asking for money for an upcoming vacation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 letters from James Peter to his uncle George Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Peter, George Town\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 letters sent by James Freeland Peter to his father from Alexandria, Buffalo, and Detroit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript acrostic written for Uncle George Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSarah Peter, Georgetown, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 letters from George Peter, Jr., to his father.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypescript list of \"Things from Mt. Vernon\" with manuscript annotations by George Freeland Peter of which Peter heirs inherited the items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypescript and manuscript inventories of items fro Tudor Place, with notes on which Peter heirs inherited them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIdentification key to \"The battle at Bunker's Hill\" engraved by Johann Gotthard Müller after the painting by John Trumbull. Printed in London by A. C. de Poggi.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts for shoes, boots, and repairs, including shoes for enslaved people.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor George Peter's troops are invited to attend Divine Service. \"It is hoped they will attend \u0026amp; conduct themselves with a reverence suited to the character of Christian soldiers, who have taken arms in defence of their homes \u0026amp; country \u0026amp; who look for success \u0026amp; preservation to the favor of the Almighty Giver of all victory.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel and red wax seal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters to George Peter from his brother David Peter, George Town.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed of sale for land purchased by Peter on Gay Street and Dumarton Street in George Town.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list of 322 volumes, showing title, number of volumes, size, and type of bookbinding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e8 letters and 1 receipt, mostly addressed to George Peter from his niece, Jane Beverley and her husband, James.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eprinted pages\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRoger Brooke Taney, Annapolis, to George Peter regarding upcoming elections [December 20] to the U. S. Senate specifically the potential election of Mr. [Alexander C.] Hanson as a means to heal and reconcile the differences in the Federal Party. Also discuss Mr. Washington's 'zeal and industry' in supporting Hanson's candidacy. Autograph letter signed, 2 pages. Docketed 'Roger B. Taney - Hanson \u0026amp; Washington'\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW. Cook, Hyates Town,\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Brewer, Aix la Chapelle, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Summers, New Market, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eG. Dalls S., Colesville, to George Peter, Poolesville\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElisha Jones, Clarksburg, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes the papers granting George and Sarah Peter guardianship of David Peter's children Elizabeth, William, Jane, George H., and James.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003etrust, property, and expenses of land\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ematerial and clothing\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for the purchase of Lot No. 15 in Square No. 170 in the City of Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts from Leonard W. Candler, Darnes Town, to George Peter. Receipts for the purchase of dry goods, clothing, and other household goods.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 copies of the will of Sarah Freeland, George Peter's mother-in-law.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eappraisal authorization of Alexander Broome and Samuel Darby\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts of Margaret Dick with William Parson. Includes an account for shoes soled and nailed for James Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMedical bills, pharmacy, doctor\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003etuition bills\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter, T.H. Paul to George Peter. Letter, Unknown  to the Secretary of the Interior of the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts from Leonard W. Candler, Darnes Town, to George Peter. Receipts for the purchase of dry goods, clothing, and other household goods.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003etypescript copy\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003edeed of conveyance\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndenture, George Peter to Thomas Peter, Land from estate of Robert Peter, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ecopies of letters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMilitary exemption for Armistead Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill, George Peter, Esq. to Dr. Armistead Peter, 1869 February 11; Col. Richard L. Maury, Attorney, to Dr. Armistead Peter, 1876 October 10\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes story of Abraham Lincoln and the Maryland Barbecue by Agnes Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemento for either Walter Gibson Peter or W. Orton Williams from Mrs. Laura Cassaway, small American flag and small ivory mirror with flower [Fragile]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes receipt of letter, 1873 January 24. Letter regarding interest in farm from Robert Dick.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003elock of hair\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical Studies- From Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical Studies- From Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical Studies- Fragmented letter - From Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical Studies- From Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical Studies- From Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical Studies- From Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFour envelopes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoes up to Britannia W. Peter Kennon -From Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCondolence letter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by Governor Horatio Sharpe\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndenture, September 30, 1791; Resurvey of Forrest, 1796. Document signed by Gov. Haywood\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResurvey of Pipe Tomhock; Copy of Platt (sic) and Illustrations, August 14, 1798; July 11, 1766, Explanation of Survey, September 19, 1797, May 26, 1796, February 16, 1797\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed, Elizabeth and John Scrivenor, April 18, 1799, June 11, 1799, Resurvey of Brandy, June 9, 1792, June 18, 1792\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDecember 24, 1871, wrapper\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of enslaved persons, livestock, and tools sold at Slashes, Sugar Lands, and Rock Creek Quarters totaling $9,308.00. Autograph document, 3 pages, with docket.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBernard Gilpin firmly bound to Thomas Peter for $5520\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ewove paper\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotocopy, \"Account Book 1, Robert Peter, Esq. with the Commissioners of the Federal Buildings; On division of the Tract, Mexico within the City of Washington, Exclusive of what are called \"Old divisions of squares\" and water lots of which no account is key by the Commissioners. 21 pp. Note from Walter Gibson Peter re: History of book, how it ended up in the Library of Congress Thomas Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003esigned by James Madison, B. Crowninshield, Secretary of the Navy\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Madison signature\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe most important ones delivered to F.S. Keys Esq. and recorded in suit pending in Court Dt. Columbia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e9 manuscripts\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eunder the orders of Lt. Col. E. Robert, USTE\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBuilding 3044 O Street\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ecopies\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Allison's Forrest Enlarged; Fort Grubby Hill, July 1, 1732\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Indenture, Daniel Veetch, February 19, 1758 Document signed by Gov. Horatio Sharpe\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBathsheba\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Thomas Peter's Letterbooks\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotos, Photos from Survey (4) and Ivory Cross [First found in Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon] Interesting small religious carved cross, made from Mother-of-Pearl\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter, William A. Coffin to Britannia Kennon, February 23, 1889; Brouchure for Exhibition, April 30, 1889; Letter, A. W. Drake to Britannia Kennon, January 29, 1889, May 16, 1889, including: carte de visite of George Washington and calling card of Mr. A. W. Drake (Photo) [First found in Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Papers of Major George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Major George Peter's Letterbooks\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrenzel Gallery, Georgetown. Moved from Papers of Dr. Armistead Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Sir Thomas Nicholson, William Scott Blair, General Scott of Malenie, Robert Buchanan, William Dunlop, Elizabeth Roberton, J. Horsburgh, Lord Abbots Hall, Isabel Corbet, Cunningham Scott. First found in Papers of Dr. Armistead Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Papers of Dr. Armistead Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContaining photographs of Peter relatives\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePictures of Tudor Place, Vacation, Content Farm, Ellen Beale Peter 1931 (Walter Gibson's Wife) Made by Walter Gibson Peter, [Loose photographs], Half Full.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Peter, wife of Robert Peter. Made by Walter Gibson Peter [Note: Some loose pages]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBook of tobacco sales, list of enslaved persons belonging to Robert Peter, and lots of Robert Peter in the City of Washington with division by squares for the Commissioners and how they are disposed. The bound volume is made up of 178 pages. Pages 52-147 are blank. At some point the volume is flipped and entries are begun at the back of the book from pages 178-154. For viewing purposes those pages have been reoriented and reordered.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Tobacco Book,\" All letters received pertaining to his business of selling tobacco in Europe and trading across the Atlantic, including captains, lawyers, and buyers in Europe.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes personal letters that were sent to the family, photocopied letters from Thomas and General Washington, various financial papersNot in order [Documents are fragile and book in poor condition]. Made by Walter Gibson Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains photographs and letters. Created by Walter Gibson Peter, received documents from Britannia W. Peter Kennon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommissions, Letters, Orders, etc. Relating to service in the U.S. Army and Major Georgetown Field Artillery, Created by Walter Gibson Peter. Items signed by John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorps of the Artillerists, New Orleans and Fort McHenry, Garrison and Regimental Orders, Major George Peter; Order and prisoner tries and punishments, List from Fort McHenry, Morning Reports [Note: Book in poor condition]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLedger of real estate holdings of George Peter with Robert Peter and James Peter [pages 2-17]. Also includes, \"The following Table exhibits a view of the Squares and Lots, the Number of square feet therein contained, and the value of the same, now owned by Capt. George Peter, in the City of Washington\" [pages 74-78]. Stitch binding with marbled paper covers, 88 pages. Real estate accounts appear on pages 2-7, 10-11, 14-17, 74, 76, and 78. The remaining page are blank. In 1813, the ledger is flipped and a single page (page 88) includes a list of names under the title 'Rent Roll for 1813.'\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLedger for the estate of Robert Peter maintained by his son Thomas Peter. The bond volume contains 176 pages, partially completed. Accounts are entered on pages 6-54, pages 55-173 are blank, and pages 174-176 include bank notes at the Bank of Columbia and the Branch Bank of Washington City. A scrap of paper with calculations was found between pages 49 and 50 and is included in the digitization.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Papers of Major George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLessons and Exercises in Vocal Music by Benjamin Carr\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains letters, pictures, U.S. Navy Commissions (James Madison, John Tyler, and Franklin Pierce), invitations, and a memorandum of Britannia and Beverley made by Walter Gibson Peter- Grandson to Britannia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter resigning from the army, notes made from Walter George Peter. Includes letters, a list of enlaved people from Montanaverde, bills, and business transactions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRepairs made on properties of Robert Peter, Jr.  Stitch binding with marbled paper covers, 98 pages. Real estate accounts appear on pages 2-5, 8-23, and 26-33. The remaining pages are blank.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Papers of Major George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Papers of Major George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopies made February 1 and 2, 1849 by Edmund Law Rogers at Tudor Place, the residence of his Great-Aunt Martha Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommunion Alms, Christmas and Easter Offerings, June 5, 1850. In Memory of Mrs. Britannia Wellington Kennon, From the Trustees of the Louise Home, 1911.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFour account books. Account Money paid for the Estate of Mrs. Martha Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Commenced the practice of medicine the latter end of March 1867. Left town the first of May 1867 and returned June 28th- recommended practicing 8th of July, etc., Expense Log and Visiting List\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Dr. Armistead Peter's files. 9 volumes, dated 1863, 1866, 1870, 1873, 1876, 1878, 1889, 1892, and 1896.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of patients from practice and paid or unpaid, in alphabetical order, Bills Due, Cash Paid to Mrs. Peter, other accounts, small pox vaccination count\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes on visits, family seal, copied letters, list of articles from Mount Vernon, notes about clothes and jewelry; Copy of Album was acquired by Martha Custis Peter, great-great granddaughter to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, which Britannia had given to her grandson, Walter Gibson Peter. Her father was Walter Gibson Peter, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003econtains dried flowers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes folders of France and WWI soldiers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains deeds, inventories, and papers pertaining to Robert Peter's estates and his sons, Robert, James, David, George, and Thomas. Various notes about David Peter's death, and letters from George Peter. Made by Walter Gibson Peter. [Note: There are loose pages]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes voice and music notes for the saxon ground, will you come to the bower, nobody coming to marry me, the rose, rondo, and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Papers of Major George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNo. 5116, volume 190, covering the coronation of George VI.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted volume, includes a facsimile handwritten section entitled \"accounts, G. 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It includes letters from George Washington, letters of condolence to Martha Washington after George Washington's death, estate documents, Major George Peter's military papers, land plats and surveys, photo albums, letterbooks, and notebooks that tell of the life of this prominent family in Virginia and the City of Washington.","Autograph letter signed from Eliza, Hope Park, asking her grandfather for a picture of him. Docketed in Washington's hand on verso.","Autographed letter signed (signature cut out) George Washington, German Town, to Eliza Parke Custis. Washington offers his granddaughter advice on love and marriage.","Autograph letter in Washington's hand, initialed by both George and Martha. George and Martha Washington, Philadelphia, to Thomas Law. The Washingtons congratulate Law on his marriage to their grandaughter Eliza.","Autograph letter signed by George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter, discussing the purchase of English cattle.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Docketed in Washington's hand.Thomas Peter, George Town, to George Washington, Mount Vernon. Peter asks Washington to secure a spot for his brother in the Army and shares rumors about a bill coming up in Congress.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel and seal. George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter. Washington writes about the sale of tobacco.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel.George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter. Washington writes about farming and congratulates Thomas and Patsy on the birth of their son.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. John Mercereau, Union Township, to George Washington. John Mercereau, a businessman who served with his brother and nephew in a spy ring during the Revolutionary War, writes to Washington asking if he may come and visit, reflecting that no memories give him greater satisfaction than those he spent \"Devoted to my Countrys Service.\" Tragically, Mercereau did not know that Washington had died 10 days before his letter was sent.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., London, to George Washington.  Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., writes to his uncle about his business ventures from London. He had not yet received word of Washington's death on December 14, 1799.","Autograph letter unsigned in the hand of Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart and most likely addressed to Tobias Lear. The letter is dated 7 February with no year but was most likely written in 1790, since it mentions Lear's first marriage, which occured in 1790.","Autograph letter signed, undated, with integral free franked address panel. Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart to Tobias Lear, New York. Docketed in Lear's hand as received 2 October 1790. Eleanor writes of her unhappiness at being parted from her children Nelly and Wash.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear, New York. Eleanor writes about the lottery and her family, noting that \"My Dear Nelly \u0026 Wash. are still spoilt by Grand Mama but chearfully obey every word I say to them.\"","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Docketed in hand of George Washington. Lucretia Constance Radcliffe, Charleston, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Mrs. Radcliffe writes seeking an Army commission for her son and sends a packet of crane feathers and melon seeds. She also sends news of Major Pinkney.","Manuscript resolution of the \"Sixth Congress of the United States: At the first session Begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the second of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine\" stating that a marble monument to George Washington be erected in the City of Washington and that his remains be interred beneath it. It is also resolved that a funeral procession from Comgress Hall to the German Lutheran Church shall take place on Thursday, December 26, 1799, and that the nation will wear crepe arm bands for thirty days of mourning.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Maria S. Ross, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. A condolence letter from Maria S. Ross of Lancaster, Pennsylvania to Martha Washington on the death of her husband.","Autograph letter, copy. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response to Maria Ross's condolence letter to Martha Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel with seal of John Adams. Abigail Adams, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Condolence letter written by Abigail Adams to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Martha Washington's response to Abigail Adams's condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Mary Stead Pinckney, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Pinckney also sends her regards and congratulations to Nelly Parke Custis Lewis, who was recovering from the birth of her first child, Frances Parke Lewis.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Jonathan Trumbull Jr., Governor of Connecticut, Lebanon, Connecticut, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Elias Boudinot, New Jersey Congressman and Director of the United States Mint, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, to Elias Boudinot. Tobias Lear's response on behalf of Martha Washington to Elias Boudinot's condolence letter.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Bushrod Washington, Walnut Farm, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Bushrod writes to Martha about purchasing corn from Colonel Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Condolence letter written by Ann Huntington, New London, Connecticut,  to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon, on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response on behalf of Martha to Hamilton's condolence letter.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Condolence letter from Reverend Samuel Miller, New York, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon, on the death of George Washington. He writes that he is inclosing a discourse he recently delivered on the occasion of Washington's death.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response on behalf of Martha to Samuel Miller's, New York, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Stephen Williamson, Philadelphia, State Prison, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Stephen Williamson introduces himself as the captain of a company in the Rhode Island Regiment who served under Washington in the Revolutionary War. He recounts a dream he had in which she gives birth to a son following Washington's death. He also tells Martha the details of his arrest for buying a stolen horse and requests her assistance in getting him out of prison.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Former Secretary of War Henry Knox, Montpelier, St. Georges, sends Martha his condolences after the passing of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Henry Knox's condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Mayor of New York City Richard Varick offers his condolences to Martha after the death of George Washington. He also incloses, on behalf of the Common Council of New York City, an oration delivered on the occassion of Washington's death by Gouverneur Morris.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha Washington in response to Richard Varick's, New York, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Richard Washington,Bermuda, a former business associate of Washington's in London, offers his condolences to Martha after George Washington's death.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Theodore Sedgwick, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Sedgwick writes that he is inclosing a second edition of General Lee's funeral oration.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha in response to Theodore Sedgwick's condolence letter after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter written by the Marquis de Lafayette, La Grange, to Martha after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. A condolence letter from Auguste Belin, Secretary of the Loge Française l'Aménité of Philidelphia, a freemason lodge of French and Saint-Dominguen émigrés. Belin writes that he is inclosing copies of a funeral oration performed at the lodge in honor of George Washington's death.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Auguste Belin's, Philadelphia, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter. Condolence note from Reverend William Rogers, Philadelphia, to Martha on the death of George Washington. Rogers writes that he is enclosing a copy of a funeral oration he delivered in Washington's honor.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, on behalf of Martha Washington, thanks William Rogers for sending \"a copy of the Religious Exercises, at the time of the Eulogy, at the German Reformed Church.\"","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha Washington, requests that Gilbert Stuart's original portrait of Washington be given to Martha, in exchange for fair compensation. Lear writes that Martha has expressed no desire for her own portrait, but Lear thinks it would be nice to display alongside the portrait of Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence note written by Charles Humphrey Atherton, Amherst, New Hampshire, to Martha Washington after the death of George Washington. Atherton writes that he is enclosing a funeral oration delivered at the request of the citizens of Amherst, New Hampshire in Washington's honor.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha Washington in response to Charles H. Atherton's, Amherst, New Hampshire, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Georges Washington de Lafayette, La Grange, son of the Marquis de Lafayette, writes a condolence note to Martha after the death of George Washington. Georges writes of Washington's \"parental kindness\" when he visited Mount Vernon and says, \"How far was I to imagine when I left your family that it would be a last farewell.\"","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Condolence letter written by Alexandria merchant Thomas Porter to Martha after the death of George Washington. Porter writes that he is sending an eulogy along with the letter.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. A condolence letter written by Revered James Kemp, Cambridge, Maryland, to Martha Washington after the death of George Washington. Kemp writes that he is enclosing a copy of a sermon he delivered on the day appointed by Congress to honor George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, responds on behalf of Martha Washington to James Kemp's, Cambridge, Maryland, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Peleg Wadsworth, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Wadsworth requests, on behalf of his daughter, a relic of the late General.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Peleg Wadsworth's condolence letter after the death of George Washington. Lear writes that he is enclosing a lock of Washington's hair for Wadsworth's daughter as requested.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha Washington, thanks Reverend John D. Blair for sending his condolences and two orations delivered in Richmond on February 22 in honor of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. William Griffiths, Burlington, New Jersey, offers his condolences on behalf of the citizens of Burlington, New Jersey to Martha after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, responds on behalf of Martha to William Griffith's, Burlington, New Jersey, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Theodore Sedgwick, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon","Autograph letter signed \"John Lemayere.\" Jean Pierre Le Mayeur, Sweet Springs, was George Washington's dentist during the Revolutionary War. He writes his condolences to Martha on the death of Washington, apologizing that his servant lost the first condolence letter he had written on February 24.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, to Dr. Jean Pierre Le Mayeur, Sweet Springs","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., New York, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Bartholomew Dandridge Jr. writes his aunt inquiring about letters sent to him from Washington before his death that Dandridge never received.","Autograph letter signed. Sir John Sinclair, London, writes to Martha in praise of her late husband and sends her a volume of his letters.","3 letters written by Elizabeth Parke Custis Law Rogers to her mother between December 5, 1819 - November 21, 1821.","7 letters written by Brigadier General Simon Bernard, Washington City, to Eliza Parke Custis Law between March 28, 1828 and May 21, 1830.","Lloyd Rogers to Elizabeth Parke Custis Law, Alexandria","Printed legal document: Statement of the defendant's case. Docketed on verso \"Papers relating to case of Law v. Morris Nicholson \u0026 Greenleaf.\"","Manuscript legal statement of Thomas Law in regards to a property dispute in Washington City between William Mayne Duncason and Tench Ringgold.","Manuscript memoranda regarding property dispute over square 744 in the City of Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Concerning Tench Ringgold and property dealings in the City of Washington.","Manuscript descriptions of the architectural plans for the Thomas Law House, designed by architect William Lovering and built circa 1794 on the 689 square in the City of Washington.","Thomas Law, Washington City, discusses his plan for construction of New Jersey Avenue on lot 744 of Washington City, along the public canal.","Gustavus Scott, William Thornton, and Alexander White, Washington City, to Thomas Law","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. George Washington Parke Custis, Philadelphia to Thomas Law, Federal City. George Washington Parke Custis writes to Law of the pleasure he will have in serving Washington City, which is to be \"the pride of future ages\" and \"the metropolis of America.\"","A manuscript copy of the address read by W. M. Duncanson at a meeting of the Managers of Washington Canal Lottery - Law, Carroll, Young, and Duncanson. Their reply is copied on the verso.","Autograph letter signed. Duncanson writes that Thomas Law has resigned his title to Lot 744 of Washington City in favor of Tench Ringgold.","Unsigned, undated manuscript, docketed \"Tench Ringgold Arbitration.\"","James Piercy, City of Washington, to Gustavus Scott, William Thornton, and Alexander White. Three manuscript copies by Thomas Munroe of letters written by James Piercy to the Commissioners of the City of Washington about his claims to lot 744.","Manuscript copy made by Thomas Munroe of a letter written by the Commissioners of the City of Washington to James Piercy in response to Piercy's claims on lot 744. Scott and Thornton write to Piercy that \"no intention exists of granting you the square you mention.\"","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Elizabeth Parke Custis Law Rogers, Druid Hill, to Thomas Law, City of Washington","Lloyd Rogers, Druid Hill, to Thomas Law, Washington City","Thomas Law to Lloyd Rogers, Baltimore","Writing from New Orleans in 1832, John Taylor reports that fifty to sixty people a day are dying from yellow fever and smallpox.","Elizabeth Parke Custis Law, Washington, to Thomas Law, London","Letter written by Lawrence Lewis to William \"Billy\" Costin requesting Costin's service in transporting his family from Mr. Charles Carter's residence in Culpepper County to their home. Lewis provides a suggested route and expected arrival date stating, 'you must not disappoint me.' A postscript in the hand of Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis requests additional and immediate transportation for herself to Philadelphia. She offers Costin's mother payment in Pork if she will accompany them on the trip. Autograph letter signed, 1 page, with integral address panel.","Undated note from Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis asking \"Billy\" to ask her sister Betsy to send the things by which she [Eleanor] wrote to her for. Directs Billy to be very careful of them as they are easily broken. Autograph note signed E Lewis, 1 page.","Autograph letter signed with integral adddress panel.","Autograph letter signed. George Washington Parke Custis writes William \"Billy\" Costin at the Bank of Washington. He mentions he expects to go with Lafayette to visit Woodlawn.","5 letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law. The first letter is addressed to John at George Town College and the other four to Harvard University.","Edmund Law, Washington, to John Law, Baltimore","5 dated letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.","Letter discussing the court martial of Commodore James Barron, who would later kill Commodore Stephen Decatur in duel in 1820.","4 undated letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.","15 undated letters and notes written by Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. John Law asks William Thornton if he can borrow a book on calvary maneuvers.","2 letters written by William Thornton in response to John Law's August 10, 1807 letter.","An undated letter from John Law to his half sister, Eliza Law. He writes that he is sending sweetmeats from Woodlawn by William, as promised.","William D. Sims, Pittsburgh, to John Law, Washington City","Three letters","A series of four letters and their draft copies written over the course of two days by John Law to his father, criticizing his conduct, particularly in regards to Eliza Law's marriage to Lloyd Nicholas Rogers.","5 letters written by Thomas Law to his son John Law, Washington City, around 1817, addressing John's criticisms of him, his divorce, and his friendship with Elizabeth Bordley Gibson.","Autograph letter signed. A letter of reconciliation sent by John Law to his father.","Draft of letter from Lloyd Nicholas Rogers, New York, to Major-General Henry Lee discussing the life of Baron de Kalb.","2 letters about the sale of property in Washington.Lenman and Brother, Washington City, to Edmund Law Rogers, Baltimore.","Documents related to the sale of property in Washington.","Correspondence about the sale of property in Washington.","2 letters about the sale of property in Washington. N. Callan, Washington, to Edmund Law Rogers, Baltimore.","Bond of conveyance for Lot No. 1 in Square 260 in Washington City, District of Columbia.","1 survey plat of lots in Washington along Canal St, and 2 pages of notes listing the prices of lots and the names of their purchasers.","Letter from the Commisioners of the Sinking Fund of the Corporation of Washington. William McCormick, Registers Office, Washington, to Edmund Law Rogers.","An indenture form reassigning a parcel of property in Washington City. The Deed of Trust form is marked at the top of the first page \"Printed and Sold by Robert A. Waters, D. st., bet. 9th \u0026 10th.\"","1 page autograph letter signed by George Washington Parke Custis to Edmund Law Rogers, with additional letter from Martha Custis Williams, Arlington House, written on verso. Custis writes, \"From the very graphic account you gave Martha Williams of your visit to Mr Fenno, I see but a poor chance of my Drama being brought out [in Baltimore].\" He asks Rogers to inquire of his \"theater going friends\" if any other Baltimore theatres will perform the work. If not, he asks Rogers to return the book care of William Adam Bookseller Pennsylvania Avenie Washington.","In her letter, Williams passes on a request from \"Aunt B\" (Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon) to send the \"little manuscript book, containing an inventory of the Mt Vernon relics at Tudor Place, as she is much at a loss, with regard to the history of many things in the House.\" Britannia Peter had inherited Tudor Place the year before, in 1854. Williams adds to Rogers that she hopes he will not make too much effort to have Uncle Custis's play produced because \"Cousin Mary Lee and all his family are so much opposed to it.\" Williams hopes Custis will focus on finishing his Recollections instead.","Bill for $21 addressed to Edmund Law Rogers for advertising the sale of lots in the City of Washington in the newspaper the National Intelligencer.","Unsigned indenture for the sale of lots in the City of Washington. Docketed in pencil \"sale not made.\"","Invoices, notes, and receipts from accounts between Robert Peter and the firm O'Neill and Dearkins. Includes an invoice for tobacco, sugar, corduroy, gauze, linen, chocolate, silk, muslin, paper, wine, ribbons, pins, cotton, and tea.","Unknown list of accounts, believed to be from Robert Peter.","Pages from account book with the note \"These leaves was received by James S Webber from Mrs. Esther H Webber wife of Mr Levi Webber of Vassalboro Kennebeck Co. Maine being a part of account Book of Charles Webber, my Grand Father, his own handwriting. Received by me June 22 1878.\" The accounts include invoices for cod fish, bacon, molasses, tea, rum, sugar, silk, shoes, brandy, wine, coffee, and corn.","Includes accounts for flour, pork, beef, lamb, and veal.","Bond for the conveyance of a parcel of property called Black Oak Thickett in Frederick County, Maryland.","rent paid","Page of rent payment accounts in unknown hand.","Bond of Thomas Nicholls of John to Robert Peter","Bond of Isaiah and Edward Nicholls to Robert Peter","Lawsuit against Robert Peter by James Gordon, Henry Riddell, John Campbell, John Campbell Junior, Alexander Low, and William Ingram","Three documents related to disputed accounts between Robert Peter and Benjamin Ray. One with a note by John T. Mason dated February 27, 1799, \"He has no shadow of right to one shilling on this [account].\"","List of Robert Peter's court appearances","Court documents and accounts related to Robert Peter, 5 manuscripts.","Court documents and accounts related to Robert Peter, 19 small manuscript receipts","Survey of land called Bealls Plaines in what became Washington City, along Goose Creek, later renamed Tiber Creek.","Manuscript on parchment with large seal attached by a ribbon.","1766, Survey to Forrest, May 12, 1773, (six documents) Bladenburg, Sept., 21, 1766; Rock Creek, Nov. 13, 1766 \"to Robert Peter, merchant in Georgetown.\"","One undated note by Thomas Peter and one letter from William Dearkins and Ben Stoddert to Stephen Chiswell about resurveying about 200 acres called Partnership granted to Elting Williams.","The Resurvey of Brandy and transfer of several named enslaved people.","A letter about resurveying a parcel of propery called Hazard. George Scott to Robert Peter, George Town.","Four autograph documents dealing with land ownership. Two notes on fragments; one half sheet giving history of a property in Prince George's County; and an 8 page survey document, with reference to points on a drawn survey, of Cross Basket, Balantyre, and other properties (9 lots) belonging to Robert Peter and divided amongst George and Thomas Peter.","Certificate and plat for 5 3/4 acres of vacant land granted by special warrant to Robert Peter out of the Western Shore Land Office of Washington County in the District of Columbia. Surveyed by Joseph Elgar, Jr. Autograph document signed, 1 page.","Hand colored survey plat showing the division of Robert Peter's Square in George Town. Docketed on verso \"Plat belonging to Thomas Peter's Square in George Town.\"","Tobacco sales","Tabacco Sales, Real Estate, Transfer of enslaved people","Deed of trust book is dated 1790","One dollar printed in Annapolis by F. Green, 7 December 1775. Two thirds of a dollar printed in Philadelphia by Hall and Sellers, 17 February 1776.","List of items purchased by Martha Washington from Macleod \u0026 Lumsdon, dated at the top 18 February 1800, Alexandria. The accounts, dated 8 July and 9 August, include entries for 47 panes of glass, oil, paint for 30 mahoghany chairs, paint for a wine cooler, varnishing, picture frame gilding, and glazing. Signed by Macleod \u0026 Lumdsdon at the bottom, noting that the above money was received in full 9 October 1800.","Receipt signed \"Daniel Lecock\" for payment received by the hands of James Anderson on behalf of Martha Washington for 790 bushels of corn on 2 May 1800.","Receipt for $25 paid by Thomas Carwood to James Anderson for 100 barrels of fish from Mount Vernon.","Accounts dated February 13, March 11, and April 12, 1800 for newspaper advertisements and handbills purchased by Martha Washington from Ellis Price, printer of The Columbian Mirror and Alexandria Gazette. Items Martha purchased include 26 advertisements for a house to rent, an advertisement about the Mount Vernon fishery, 23 advertisements about the donkey Knight of Malta, and notice about the runaway slave Marcus.","Accounts dated 23 April-23 September 1800 for weaving yards of cotton, wool, and other fabrics. The payments are marked as having been paid \"By balance due the Estate of General Washington,\" by cash, by 41 gallons of whiskey, and barrells of herring. The final payment is marked as received from James Anderson on 10 November 1801.","Bill addressed to the Estate of Mrs. Martha Washington, Deceased for $200 due to James Craik for medical services rendered Mrs. Washington during her last illness and $5 for cash paid Heyskill for the hire of his carriage. A signed oath by Jacob Hoffman testifies to the validity of the charges.","Receipt of payment from Thomas Peter to Lawrence Lewis for three hundred dollars for one hundred barrels of corn sold to Mount Vernon for the use of the estate. Signed by John Anderson.","Receipt written by Dr. David Stuart for the receipt from Thomas Peter for five guineas, the leagcy left by Martha Washington to Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart.","Payment from Thomas Law to Griffith Coombs for repairs to Martha Washington's townhome in the District Columbia occupied by Henry Dearborn. Payment marked by Coombs as received in full from Thomas Peter on August 23, 1802.","Twenty dollars wages paid to Richard Burnett of the City of Washingon by Thomas Peter for the year 1802.","Payment of $50 received by George Smith of Woodlawn from Thomas Peter on 12 January 1803 for hire as a blacksmith at Mount Vernon in the year 1802. Signed by George Smith (his mark) and Lawrence Lewis. George Smith was one of George Washington's slaves who was freed after Washington's death. His wife, Lydia, was one of Martha Washington's dower slaves and was inherited by Nelly Parke Custis Lewis of Woodlawn.","Receipt for one hundred pounds Virginia currency received by Benjamin Lincoln Lear from Thomas Peter, one of the executors of Martha Washington's estate.","Accounts of Mr. James Dunlop with Thomas Peter, for horses, ploughs, and an enslaved woman named Peg. Peg is likely one of the slaves Martha Parke Custis Peter inherited from the Custis estate.","Receipt for funeral arrangements paid by Thomas Peter to William King on December 4, 1820 following the death of his twenty-three-year-old daughter Columbia Washington Peter. The arrangements include a \"walnut coffin lined,\" silver plate and engraving, and rental of horses, a hearse, and attendants.","H. B. Morris, Philadelphia, to Thomas Peter, Georgetown. Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. A letter about bank accounts and stock certificates.","Bill from Dr. Warfield to Thomas Peter for a visit to a \"black man in the night\" on March 5, 1824 which resulted in the amputation of the man's leg.","Two bills from P.L. Dupont paid by Martha Parke Custis Peter for dancing lessons for her daughter Britannia.","Two stock share certificates for the Patowmack Company (Potomac Company). Share No. 89 is for Martha Peter, and No. 91 for Thomas Peter.","Land office papers for the resurvey of Bear Denn, Daniels Discovery, and Partnership in Maryland","With unknown survey plat on verso.","Aquila Johns to Thomas Peter on sale of Seneca plantation","Autograph letter signed by Sarah Norfleet Freeland Peter, wife of Thomas Peter's brother George, relinquishing right title and interest on a tract of land called Forrest, property of her husband, in order to pay his debts.","Letter about resurveying property owned by George Washington Peter.","List of property in Montgomery County Maryland owned by Thomas Peter","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Regarding financial matters.","Horatio Edmondson of Taylor County, Maryland","Pamphlet stitch binding with marbled paper covers. Contains notes about purchases made by Thomas Peter 1813-1814.","Calling card from Le Baron de Maltitz, Secretaire de la Legation Imperiale de Russie. Manuscript date 1823 on verso.","John Dandridge writes to Thomas Peter, George Town, asking to borrow money from the estate of Martha Washington.","Thomas Peter, George Town, to George Peter","Autograph letter signed, with envelope. Josiah Quincy, Cambridge, to Martha Parke Custis Peter, Georgetown. Josiah Quincy thanks Martha Parke Custis Peter for her generous reeption of his children at Tudor Place and thanks her for the relic of George Washington that she sent back with them.","A contemporary manuscript copy of a letter in which Nelly Parke Custis describes having seen George Washington writing his farewell address at Mount Vernon. When the address was finished, she says he asked her to bring him silk string, and she watched him stitch the address together in front of her. Nelly writes this as a rebuke to one of Alexander Hamilton's sons, who claims his father wrote the farewell address.","A list of accounts between the Estate of George Washington and Alexandria apothecary Edward Stabler, including purchases for Turlington's Balsam, castor oil, arsenic, balsam copaiva, British oil, salts, purified Salt Petre, cantharides, ipecacuanha, laudanum, tumeric, and opodildo. Payments are marked as received from James Anderson. Autograph document, 1 page.","Manuscript titled \"A List of Negroes belonging to Mrs. Washington.\" A list of 121 enslaved persons who were Martha's dower slaves. Unlike the slaves owned by George Washington, Martha's slaves were not freed after her death and were inherited by the Custis descendants. Men, boys, women, and girls and listed in separate columns, each further broken down into the places where they worked: Mansion house, River Farm, Muddy Hole, and Union Farm. Five women - Amy, Alice, Peg, Agnes, and Old Judy - are listed as \"Free but yet remain.\"","Signed certificate from the executors of General George Washington to the Clerk of Fairfax.","Accounts from 1802 for furniture and household goods purchased by George Washington Parke Custis from the Estate of Martha Washington. The final payment was made in 1826, and the account is signed by Thomas Peter, executor of the estate.","A list of the household belongings sold by Thomas Peter from the personal estate of Martha Washington. Includes a listing of who purchased each item and the price it sold for.","Signed indenture for sale of land in the City of Washington.","Articles of agreement between George Calvert and Thomas Peter with Thomas Law, agreeing that Thomas Law and his wife Eliza Parke Custis Law will live separately. Eliza will receive $1500 per year from Law, and all the interest from her inheritance from George Washington will go to her and her daughter.","3 sheets of accounts between the estate of Robert Peter and James Dunlop, including the sale of \"5 negroes willed Mrs. Peter.\" These are some of Martha's dower slaves inherited by Martha Parke Custis Peter. One additional account between Jonathan Hicks and the heirs of Robert Peter, dated 1809-1811.","Receipt written by Lawrence Lewis acknowledging receipt from Thomas Peter of three hundred and twenty-six dollars eighteen cent left to his son Lorenzo Lewis as a legacy from Martha Washington.","Receipt signed by George Washington Parke Custis acknowledging the receipt from Thomas Peter of one thousand dollars as a legacy left to his daughter from the late Martha Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Thomas Peter, George Town, to Bushrod Washington, Mount Vernon. Thomas Peter writes to Bushrod about money owed for two purchases he made from the estate of George Washington.","Two documents related to a settlement made by John Dandridge against George Washington Parke Custis and Thomas Peter, executors of Martha Washington's estate. One is a 1829 decree from the U. S. Circuit Court, signed by William Thomas Carroll; and the other is an account of money owed to John Dandridge signed by Benjamin Lincoln Lear, 1830 June 21. Autograph documents signed (2).","3 documents related to the death of Beverley Kennon, husband of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, who died aboard the USS Princeton during the 1844 Peacemaker accident: a newspaper clipping with an excerpt from a sermon by Reverend Mr. Magoon on the Princeton Tragedy, a plan of the burying ground belonging to Mrs. Beverly Kennon, and a certificate from the Vestry of Washington Parish granting Mrs. Beverley Kennon four sites in the Washington Parish Burial Ground.","Receipts for two legacies received of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, executor of Martha Parke Custis Peter's estate. One is for a grandson named Thomas Peter and another for her grandson John Parke Custis Peter.","Manuscript resolution of the Senate of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, offering sympathy to the families of those killed aboard the USS Princeton during the Peacemaker accident. This copy was given by the President of the United States to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, whose husband, Beverley Kennon, was killed in the accident.","Printed form signed by Britannia W. Peter Kennon and witnessed by William Purcell, esquire, Judge of the Orphans' Court of Washington county, District of Columbia.","A list of collections and payments made to sundry persons to settle the estate of Martha Parke Custis Peter.","Document bound with blue ribbon, with envelope. Last will and testament of Ann Gertrude Wightt, a former nun at the Georgetown Visitation Convent who later lived at Tudor Place. Autograph document, 8 pages.","Autograph letter, with envelope. Ann Gertrude Wightt, Rochester, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place","Papers related to the sale of Lot 9 in Square 72 of Washington City to William A. Gordon. Letter from William E. Edmonston to William A. Gordon, 1891 May 30. Two letters from William A. Gordon to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, 1891 June 3 and 1889 October 4. Typescript signed by William Gordon of Declaration of Trust for sale of Lot Nine, Square Seventy Two in Washington City, D.C..","Indenture made between Britannia Wellington Kennon, party of the first part, and Walter Gibson Peter, Armistead Peter Jr., and George Freeland Peter, parties of the second part, all of the District of Columbia, regarding relics and heirlooms at Tudor Place acquired by Britannia W. Peter Kennon from her mother Martha Custis Peter grand-daughter of Martha the wife of George Washington, known in the family as \"The Mount Vernon Heirlooms.\" Other relics are from the estates of Thomas Peter and Beverley Kennon. Britannia wishes that these relics be preserved by her descendants and that none of them be sold or disposed of.","These include pictures, miniatures, engravings, glass, china, silver, jewelry, furniture, needlework, and other relics, including a sago palm formerly belonging to Martha Parke Custis Peter. The relics and heirlooms are to be divided into five parts after Britannia's death and delivered to her grandchildren.","A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language (New York : Printed and published by William A. Davies) Inscribed Britannia W. Peter.","Autograph letter signed. Beverley Kennon, Navy Yard, Washington, to Reverend W. Hoff, George Town. Kennon asks Reverend Hoff to be present at Mrs. Peter's place in George Town on the 8th to marry him to Britannia W. Peter.","2 autograph letters signed.","Autograph letter signed on mourning stationary, with envelope and black seal. John Tyler, Washington, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon. President John Tyler offers his condolences to Britannia W. Peter Kennon on the death of her husband, Beverley Kennon, during the Peacemaker accident aboard the USS Princeton.","G. T. Kennon to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place","Autograph letter signed with envelope docketed \"A letter written to Uncle Bev. by my mother while at boarding school given to me after Uncle Bev's death by Aunt G.\". Martha Custis Kennon, Georgetown, to Beverley Kennon Jr. Beverley Kennon Jr. was Martha Custis Kennon's half brother.","According to Martha Custis Peter, this illustration was at the Tudor Place.","W. Van Ness, New York, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place, Georgetown","Department of the Interior, Pension Office, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place, Georgetown","Mrs. Charles Carroll Simms to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Georgetown","Mattie D. Abbot to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place. From the Secretary of the Ladies Aid Society of Christ Church accepting Britannia Kennon's resignation as President.","Letters from James Mackubin, Ellicott City, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon","Two letters from Justine Van Rensselaer Townsend, Vice Regent of New York for the Mount Vernon Ladies Association, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon. In the 26 November 1890 letter, Justine asks Britannia to help the Ladies determine what is genuine at the upcoming 1890 Thomas Birch's Sons sale of Washington relics in Philadelphia. The sale will include \"General Washington's papers, a clock, a punch bowl, and many other things.\"","Invitation from The Board of World's Fair Managers of Virginia inviting Britannia W. Peter Kennon to be present at the ceremonies of Virginia Day at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Enclosed with an envelope and the calling card of Mrs. William Radford Beale.","Calling cards for Martha Custis Kennon and Armistead Peter. At home card with envelope for Britannia W. Peter Kennon, engraved by Dempsey \u0026 O. Toole of Baltimore \u0026 Washington.","Engraved form ceritifying that \"Cream Ladle No 68944 is an exact reproduction of one onwed by General and Mrs. Washington and used for a number of years at Mr. Vernon.\" The ladle was produced by Galt \u0026 Bro. Jewellers, Silversmiths, Stationers, Washington D.C..","Regarding the purchase of a clock.","Typescript lists of letters and items from Mount Vernon that were part of  Britannia W. Peter Kennon's collection at Tudor Place.","Unbound notebook with list of items and letters from Mount Vernon that belonged to Britannia W. Peter Kennon at Tudor Place. Includes a list of how the items were divided amongst Britannia's grandchildren.Includes furniture and household items.","Includes a list of how the items were divided amongst Britannia W. Peter Kennon's grandchildren.","Manuscript list of books, jewelry, and locks of hair at Tudor Place","Includes both manuscript and typescript inventories of books, furniture, and objects from Tudor Place.","Newsclippings and correspondence related to Washington relics loaned by Walter G. Peter to the National Museum in the early 1900s.","Lent by Walter G. Peter from the Britannia W. Peter Kennon Collection of Washington Relics.","R. Davidson, Pinckneyville, to George Peter, George Town","Includes a $5 charge on 23 October 1813 for a coffin \"for a black man.\" On 9 February 1814, Peter was charged $50.00 for a lined coffin covered with black cloth, among other expenses, possibly following the death of his first wife, Ann Plater Peter, or one of their young sons.","Thomas Anderson, Clarksburgh, to George Peter","Autograph letter signed with printed cash form from the Office of Discount and Deposit, Washington.","Joseph Delaplaine, Philadelphia, to George Peter. Deplaine requests Major Peter's portrait for his gallery.","U. McInder, Petersburg, to George Peter","Letter from unidentified, Annapolis, to George Peter","W. Coor, Rockville, to George Peter","Partially printed form from the District of Columbia. Major Peter grants Charles A. Burnett power of attorney to sell, assign, and transfer his 50 shares of stock in the Books of the Washington Turnpike Company.","Letter from unidentified, Annapolis, to George Peter","Charles Bunting, Montgomery County, to George Peter","James H., Georgetown, to George Peter","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Benjamin Lincoln Lear, Washington, to George Peter. Lear writes regarding two suits againist Mrs. Sarah Peter.","John Wootton, Rockville, to George Peter","Benjamin Lincoln Lear, Washington, to George Peter. Printed letter with manuscript additions, from B. L. Lear, Attorney of the Bank, Bank of the United States.","W. W. Ramsay, Washington, to George Peter","Letter from unidentified, Washington, to George Peter","Letter from unidentified, Washington City, to George Peter","B. H., Rockville, to George Peter","Clement Cod, Georgetown, to George Peter","William Thompson, Union School, to George Peter","Michael Keepers, Frederick Town, to George Peter","John Wootton, Rockville, to George Peter","G. D., George Town, to George Peter","J. Orme, Georgetown, to George Peter","W. Sellman, Clarksburg, to George Peter","Samuel C. Ulens, Poolesville, to George Peter","J. Higgins, Poolesville, to George Peter","Jesse V., Poolesville, to George Peter, Darnestown","J. Falls, Baltimore, to George Peter","Geo. Howson Mason, Annapolis, to George Peter","Alfred Spates, Cumberland, to George Peter","Letter from unidentified, Baltimore, to George Peter","W. Matthews, George Town, to George Peter","Geo. Hownson Mason, Annapolis, to George Peter","Benj. Fawcett, Colesville, to George Peter","J. Williams, Washington D.C., to George Peter","A letter from the Treasuries Office of the Baltimore and Ohion Railroad Company, offering Peter free tickets to pass over the roads of their company.","Printed election ballot for \"The Constitution and Union Ticket,\" promising \"Civil and Religious Liberty.\" George Peter is listed as the candidate for Commisioner of Public Works.","A list of clothing purchased by Martha Washington from William Jones of Alexandria. Includes suits purchased for enslaved workers Daniel, Marcus, Christopher, and Frank. According to notes on the verso, payments were received from James Anderson on 12 April 1800 and 15 May 1800.","Five receipts for goods and services paid for by James Anderson in 1800, including repairs to old shoes, paper lampblack, freight for one box from Philadelphia, 93 yards of cloth, and leather.","Promissory notes from George Peter","Promissory notes and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.","Bills and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.","Bills and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.","Promissory notes and bank notes from George Peter","Bills and bank notes from George Peter","Bills and bank notes from George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter with F. S. Poole and Bro","Bills and accounts of George Peter with F. S. Poole and Bro.","Undated Bills and accounts of George Peter","George H. Peter, Carlise, writes to his uncle asking for money for an upcoming vacation.","3 letters from James Peter to his uncle George Peter.","George Peter, George Town","3 letters sent by James Freeland Peter to his father from Alexandria, Buffalo, and Detroit.","Manuscript acrostic written for Uncle George Peter.","Sarah Peter, Georgetown, to George Peter","4 letters from George Peter, Jr., to his father.","Typescript list of \"Things from Mt. Vernon\" with manuscript annotations by George Freeland Peter of which Peter heirs inherited the items.","Typescript and manuscript inventories of items fro Tudor Place, with notes on which Peter heirs inherited them.","Identification key to \"The battle at Bunker's Hill\" engraved by Johann Gotthard Müller after the painting by John Trumbull. Printed in London by A. C. de Poggi.","Accounts for shoes, boots, and repairs, including shoes for enslaved people.","Major George Peter's troops are invited to attend Divine Service. \"It is hoped they will attend \u0026 conduct themselves with a reverence suited to the character of Christian soldiers, who have taken arms in defence of their homes \u0026 country \u0026 who look for success \u0026 preservation to the favor of the Almighty Giver of all victory.\"","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel and red wax seal.","2 letters to George Peter from his brother David Peter, George Town.","Deed of sale for land purchased by Peter on Gay Street and Dumarton Street in George Town.","A list of 322 volumes, showing title, number of volumes, size, and type of bookbinding.","8 letters and 1 receipt, mostly addressed to George Peter from his niece, Jane Beverley and her husband, James.","printed pages","Roger Brooke Taney, Annapolis, to George Peter regarding upcoming elections [December 20] to the U. S. Senate specifically the potential election of Mr. [Alexander C.] Hanson as a means to heal and reconcile the differences in the Federal Party. Also discuss Mr. Washington's 'zeal and industry' in supporting Hanson's candidacy. Autograph letter signed, 2 pages. Docketed 'Roger B. Taney - Hanson \u0026 Washington'","W. Cook, Hyates Town,","William Brewer, Aix la Chapelle, to George Peter","James Summers, New Market, to George Peter","G. Dalls S., Colesville, to George Peter, Poolesville","Elisha Jones, Clarksburg, to George Peter","Includes the papers granting George and Sarah Peter guardianship of David Peter's children Elizabeth, William, Jane, George H., and James.","trust, property, and expenses of land","material and clothing","Receipt for the purchase of Lot No. 15 in Square No. 170 in the City of Washington.","Receipts from Leonard W. Candler, Darnes Town, to George Peter. Receipts for the purchase of dry goods, clothing, and other household goods.","3 copies of the will of Sarah Freeland, George Peter's mother-in-law.","appraisal authorization of Alexander Broome and Samuel Darby","Accounts of Margaret Dick with William Parson. Includes an account for shoes soled and nailed for James Peter.","Medical bills, pharmacy, doctor","tuition bills","Letter, T.H. Paul to George Peter. Letter, Unknown  to the Secretary of the Interior of the United States.","Receipts from Leonard W. Candler, Darnes Town, to George Peter. Receipts for the purchase of dry goods, clothing, and other household goods.","typescript copy","deed of conveyance","Indenture, George Peter to Thomas Peter, Land from estate of Robert Peter, Jr.","copies of letters","Military exemption for Armistead Peter","Bill, George Peter, Esq. to Dr. Armistead Peter, 1869 February 11; Col. Richard L. Maury, Attorney, to Dr. Armistead Peter, 1876 October 10","Includes story of Abraham Lincoln and the Maryland Barbecue by Agnes Peter","Memento for either Walter Gibson Peter or W. Orton Williams from Mrs. Laura Cassaway, small American flag and small ivory mirror with flower [Fragile]","Includes receipt of letter, 1873 January 24. Letter regarding interest in farm from Robert Dick.","lock of hair","From Binder 1","From Binder 1","From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- Fragmented letter - From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Four envelopes","Goes up to Britannia W. Peter Kennon -From Binder 1","Condolence letter","Signed by Governor Horatio Sharpe","Indenture, September 30, 1791; Resurvey of Forrest, 1796. Document signed by Gov. Haywood","Resurvey of Pipe Tomhock; Copy of Platt (sic) and Illustrations, August 14, 1798; July 11, 1766, Explanation of Survey, September 19, 1797, May 26, 1796, February 16, 1797","Deed, Elizabeth and John Scrivenor, April 18, 1799, June 11, 1799, Resurvey of Brandy, June 9, 1792, June 18, 1792","December 24, 1871, wrapper","List of enslaved persons, livestock, and tools sold at Slashes, Sugar Lands, and Rock Creek Quarters totaling $9,308.00. Autograph document, 3 pages, with docket.","Bernard Gilpin firmly bound to Thomas Peter for $5520","wove paper","Photocopy, \"Account Book 1, Robert Peter, Esq. with the Commissioners of the Federal Buildings; On division of the Tract, Mexico within the City of Washington, Exclusive of what are called \"Old divisions of squares\" and water lots of which no account is key by the Commissioners. 21 pp. Note from Walter Gibson Peter re: History of book, how it ended up in the Library of Congress Thomas Peter","signed by James Madison, B. Crowninshield, Secretary of the Navy","James Madison signature","The most important ones delivered to F.S. Keys Esq. and recorded in suit pending in Court Dt. Columbia","9 manuscripts","under the orders of Lt. Col. E. Robert, USTE","Building 3044 O Street","copies","Includes Allison's Forrest Enlarged; Fort Grubby Hill, July 1, 1732","Includes Indenture, Daniel Veetch, February 19, 1758 Document signed by Gov. Horatio Sharpe","Bathsheba","First found in Thomas Peter's Letterbooks","Photos, Photos from Survey (4) and Ivory Cross [First found in Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon] Interesting small religious carved cross, made from Mother-of-Pearl","Letter, William A. Coffin to Britannia Kennon, February 23, 1889; Brouchure for Exhibition, April 30, 1889; Letter, A. W. Drake to Britannia Kennon, January 29, 1889, May 16, 1889, including: carte de visite of George Washington and calling card of Mr. A. W. Drake (Photo) [First found in Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon]","First found in Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","First found in Major George Peter's Letterbooks","Frenzel Gallery, Georgetown. Moved from Papers of Dr. Armistead Peter.","Includes Sir Thomas Nicholson, William Scott Blair, General Scott of Malenie, Robert Buchanan, William Dunlop, Elizabeth Roberton, J. Horsburgh, Lord Abbots Hall, Isabel Corbet, Cunningham Scott. First found in Papers of Dr. Armistead Peter.","First found in Papers of Dr. Armistead Peter","Containing photographs of Peter relatives","Pictures of Tudor Place, Vacation, Content Farm, Ellen Beale Peter 1931 (Walter Gibson's Wife) Made by Walter Gibson Peter, [Loose photographs], Half Full.","Elizabeth Peter, wife of Robert Peter. Made by Walter Gibson Peter [Note: Some loose pages]","Book of tobacco sales, list of enslaved persons belonging to Robert Peter, and lots of Robert Peter in the City of Washington with division by squares for the Commissioners and how they are disposed. The bound volume is made up of 178 pages. Pages 52-147 are blank. At some point the volume is flipped and entries are begun at the back of the book from pages 178-154. For viewing purposes those pages have been reoriented and reordered.","\"Tobacco Book,\" All letters received pertaining to his business of selling tobacco in Europe and trading across the Atlantic, including captains, lawyers, and buyers in Europe.","Includes personal letters that were sent to the family, photocopied letters from Thomas and General Washington, various financial papersNot in order [Documents are fragile and book in poor condition]. Made by Walter Gibson Peter.","Contains photographs and letters. Created by Walter Gibson Peter, received documents from Britannia W. Peter Kennon.","Commissions, Letters, Orders, etc. Relating to service in the U.S. Army and Major Georgetown Field Artillery, Created by Walter Gibson Peter. Items signed by John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.","Corps of the Artillerists, New Orleans and Fort McHenry, Garrison and Regimental Orders, Major George Peter; Order and prisoner tries and punishments, List from Fort McHenry, Morning Reports [Note: Book in poor condition]","Ledger of real estate holdings of George Peter with Robert Peter and James Peter [pages 2-17]. Also includes, \"The following Table exhibits a view of the Squares and Lots, the Number of square feet therein contained, and the value of the same, now owned by Capt. George Peter, in the City of Washington\" [pages 74-78]. Stitch binding with marbled paper covers, 88 pages. Real estate accounts appear on pages 2-7, 10-11, 14-17, 74, 76, and 78. The remaining page are blank. In 1813, the ledger is flipped and a single page (page 88) includes a list of names under the title 'Rent Roll for 1813.'","Ledger for the estate of Robert Peter maintained by his son Thomas Peter. The bond volume contains 176 pages, partially completed. Accounts are entered on pages 6-54, pages 55-173 are blank, and pages 174-176 include bank notes at the Bank of Columbia and the Branch Bank of Washington City. A scrap of paper with calculations was found between pages 49 and 50 and is included in the digitization.","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","Lessons and Exercises in Vocal Music by Benjamin Carr","Contains letters, pictures, U.S. Navy Commissions (James Madison, John Tyler, and Franklin Pierce), invitations, and a memorandum of Britannia and Beverley made by Walter Gibson Peter- Grandson to Britannia.","After resigning from the army, notes made from Walter George Peter. Includes letters, a list of enlaved people from Montanaverde, bills, and business transactions.","Repairs made on properties of Robert Peter, Jr.  Stitch binding with marbled paper covers, 98 pages. Real estate accounts appear on pages 2-5, 8-23, and 26-33. The remaining pages are blank.","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","Copies made February 1 and 2, 1849 by Edmund Law Rogers at Tudor Place, the residence of his Great-Aunt Martha Peter.","Communion Alms, Christmas and Easter Offerings, June 5, 1850. In Memory of Mrs. Britannia Wellington Kennon, From the Trustees of the Louise Home, 1911.","Four account books. Account Money paid for the Estate of Mrs. Martha Peter","\"Commenced the practice of medicine the latter end of March 1867. Left town the first of May 1867 and returned June 28th- recommended practicing 8th of July, etc., Expense Log and Visiting List\"","First found in Dr. Armistead Peter's files. 9 volumes, dated 1863, 1866, 1870, 1873, 1876, 1878, 1889, 1892, and 1896.","List of patients from practice and paid or unpaid, in alphabetical order, Bills Due, Cash Paid to Mrs. Peter, other accounts, small pox vaccination count","Notes on visits, family seal, copied letters, list of articles from Mount Vernon, notes about clothes and jewelry; Copy of Album was acquired by Martha Custis Peter, great-great granddaughter to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, which Britannia had given to her grandson, Walter Gibson Peter. Her father was Walter Gibson Peter, Jr.","contains dried flowers","Includes folders of France and WWI soldiers","Contains deeds, inventories, and papers pertaining to Robert Peter's estates and his sons, Robert, James, David, George, and Thomas. Various notes about David Peter's death, and letters from George Peter. Made by Walter Gibson Peter. [Note: There are loose pages]","Includes voice and music notes for the saxon ground, will you come to the bower, nobody coming to marry me, the rose, rondo, and others.","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","No. 5116, volume 190, covering the coronation of George VI.","Printed volume, includes a facsimile handwritten section entitled \"accounts, G. 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Va.)","Bibles","World War, 1914-1918 -- Photography","World War, 1914-1918 -- Soldiers' letters","World War, 1914-1918 -- Military training camps","No special access restriction applies.","There are eleven series in this collection:","1) Biographical Information; \n2) Family and Childhood; \n3) Washington Irving High School, Clarksburg, WV; \n4) Family Bibles and Genealogy; \n5) Army and Education; \n6) Writings and Correspondence; \n7) Prentice-Hall Career; \n8) Plays and Manuscripts; \n9) West Virginia Publications and Prospectuses; \n10) Publications; and \n11) Oversized","\nAddendum of 2014/02/24, 1918-1955, undated, 0.5 in. (2 folders) is located in box 10, folder 7, and in an unnumbered oversize box; it consists of five black and white portrait photographs of James M. Guiher, Jr. (undated), James M. Guiher, Sr. (1918, 1955), John W. Davis (undated), and Lloyd Pickney Sounders (undated). The 1918 photograph of James M. Guiher, Sr. shows him in military uniform at Chatillon-Sur-Seine, France. The photograph of John W. Davis is inscribed \"to James M. Guiher with sincere regards\" and is signed by Davis. Lloyd Pickney Sounders (1873-1934) was the grandfather of James Guiher, Jr., and the co-founder, with Arthur Parsons, of Parsons-Sounders Department Store, Clarksburg, WV.","\nAddendum of 2014/08/29, ca. 1900-1990, 19 ft. 1.5 in. is located in boxes 11-30; it consists of papers relating to the Guiher, Davis, and Hart families, and related subjects, four land grants, and six paintings.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","Personal papers of James M. Guiher, Jr. (1927- ), Editor and Head of Textbook Division of Prentice-Hall books, and son of James M. Guiher, Sr. (1897-1965), a prominent lawyer, politician, and community leader from Clarksburg, West Virginia. Includes autobiographical material, correspondence, publications, photographs, and other material regarding growing up in Clarksburg, attending Washington Irving High School (Clarksburg, WV), serving in the U.S. Army during WWII, attending Princeton and Harvard Universities, his career at Prentice-Hall, as well as his writings (including essays and plays). The writings regard an evolving view of life influenced by art, existentialism, and experiences in Italy and Greece. There are publications regarding the history of, and places and events in Clarksburg and Harrison County (including booklets, pamphlets, programs, maps, clippings, and post cards; ca. 1953-1999). There is also a group portrait photograph of his father James M. Guiher, Sr. as a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity, West Virginia University, 1917. 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(2 folders) is located in box 10, folder 7, and in an unnumbered oversize box; it consists of five black and white portrait photographs of James M. Guiher, Jr. (undated), James M. Guiher, Sr. (1918, 1955), John W. Davis (undated), and Lloyd Pickney Sounders (undated). The 1918 photograph of James M. Guiher, Sr. shows him in military uniform at Chatillon-Sur-Seine, France. The photograph of John W. Davis is inscribed \"to James M. Guiher with sincere regards\" and is signed by Davis. Lloyd Pickney Sounders (1873-1934) was the grandfather of James Guiher, Jr., and the co-founder, with Arthur Parsons, of Parsons-Sounders Department Store, Clarksburg, WV.","\nAddendum of 2014/08/29, ca. 1900-1990, 19 ft. 1.5 in. is located in boxes 11-30; it consists of papers relating to the Guiher, Davis, and Hart families, and related subjects, four land grants, and six paintings."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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Includes autobiographical material, correspondence, publications, photographs, and other material regarding growing up in Clarksburg, attending Washington Irving High School (Clarksburg, WV), serving in the U.S. Army during WWII, attending Princeton and Harvard Universities, his career at Prentice-Hall, as well as his writings (including essays and plays). The writings regard an evolving view of life influenced by art, existentialism, and experiences in Italy and Greece. There are publications regarding the history of, and places and events in Clarksburg and Harrison County (including booklets, pamphlets, programs, maps, clippings, and post cards; ca. 1953-1999). There is also a group portrait photograph of his father James M. Guiher, Sr. as a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity, West Virginia University, 1917. There is a book of historical autographs collected by Guiher, Jr., including those of George Washington and Martha Custis Washington, John and Abigail Adams, and Benjamin Franklin, among others. There are also addendums including five portrait photographs (2014-02-24); papers relating to the Guiher, Davis, and Hart families, and related subjects; James M. Guiher Sr.'s service in WWI; four paintings and two artworks (2014-08-29); and three paintings (2015-08-17).\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Personal papers of James M. Guiher, Jr. (1927- ), Editor and Head of Textbook Division of Prentice-Hall books, and son of James M. Guiher, Sr. (1897-1965), a prominent lawyer, politician, and community leader from Clarksburg, West Virginia. Includes autobiographical material, correspondence, publications, photographs, and other material regarding growing up in Clarksburg, attending Washington Irving High School (Clarksburg, WV), serving in the U.S. Army during WWII, attending Princeton and Harvard Universities, his career at Prentice-Hall, as well as his writings (including essays and plays). The writings regard an evolving view of life influenced by art, existentialism, and experiences in Italy and Greece. There are publications regarding the history of, and places and events in Clarksburg and Harrison County (including booklets, pamphlets, programs, maps, clippings, and post cards; ca. 1953-1999). There is also a group portrait photograph of his father James M. Guiher, Sr. as a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity, West Virginia University, 1917. 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Guy Tetrick, organized alphabetically by correspondent, as well as related material including clippings, legal and financial documents, pamphlets, programs, telegrams, drafts of newspaper articles, a photograph of Henry N. Tetrick, and other material. Correspondents include the Exponent Corporation; Clarksburg Trust Company; C.M. Bailey; the Boise Placer Company; W.M. Morgan; Everett F. Moore; George H. Smith; D. J. Carter; and the Clinchfield Coal Company. Subjects of the correspondence include Tetrick's business dealings, family histories, and information regarding the property of Virginia A. Tetrick.","Contains nine diaries kept by W. Guy Tetrick. Most diary entries briefly describe daily events and activities; entries also describe weather conditions, places where Tetrick stayed, and financial information.","Contains material regarding genealogy and family history collected by W. Guy Tetrick. 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It also includes programs, pamphlets and other material regarding state, annual, and other meetings, as well as governing documents of the Sons of the American Revolution including its constitution, by-laws, and proposed amendments. This material also includes financial documents including treasurer's reports, an account book, checks, deposit tickets, financial statements, bills, tax forms, and other material. It also includes annual chapter reports, membership lists, minutes, memoranda, and other miscellaneous material. Correspondence within this series includes communications between members of the Sons of the American Revolution, its chapters, and outside parties such as the state government of West Virginia. It also includes miscellaneous correspondence. The material relating to history and genealogy within this series includes a history of the West Virginia Sons of the American Revolution; news clippings and other material regarding state history; supporting material for membership application, including birth, marriage, and death records; family histories; and material regarding Revolutionary War soldiers.","Contains Civil War Research Material (1929-1980), consisting of news clippings regarding Civil War history, typescript copies of muster rolls and other lists of soldiers, correspondence regarding Tetrick's research; and other material; property records (1891-1903) including hand written descriptions of agreements that indicate lot coordinates; two typescript copies of Monongalia District Court Records (1789); and typescript copies of volumes 1 through 9 of the Harrison County Minute Books (1792-1809).","Contains material regarding W. Guy Tetrick, including correspondence, financial records, pamphlets, photographs, and a diary, among other items. Corporate correspondents include the West Virginia Society, Sons of the American Revolution; the Central West Virginia Coal Producers Association; the Reserve Officers Association; the Harrison County Historical Society; the Historic Record Association; the Baltimore Office Supply Company; and H.E. Harris and Company Postage Stamps and Philatelic Supplies. Personal correspondents include Cleveland M. Bailey; J.S. Freeman, mayor of Rivesville, West Virginia; Harley Kilgore, Criminal Court of Raleigh County; Corliss F. Randolph, Seven Day Baptist Historical Society; and Lee Stern of the Stern Brothers Stock Farm. Financial records include income tax forms and reports, an account book, and bills, among other items.","The Tetrick collection included numerous books and journals, and about 1,800 of them were added to the Libraries' collections. The vast majority of them were about genealogy, family history, and local history of West Virginia and neighboring states. In the WVU Libraries instance of WorldCat, a keyword search on \"Tetrick\" limited by location to \"West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center\" will retrieve titles from his Collection that were placed in the Rare Book Room, as well as works he authored. Other separated titles can be found by examining a list located in the Subject series, located in box 6, folders 8B-8C. A special bookplate was attached in all volumes from the Tetrick collection.","\n  Unboxed item nos. 275-291 (Maryland Historical Magazine vol. XX no. 2 and vol. XXI nos. 1-4, 8-10, 12-20) were forwarded to the rare book librarian in August 2004 and are currently available in the West Virginia Collection under call number 975.2 M368.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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Guy Tetrick (3 January 1883-15 July 1956) was a native of Harrison County, West Virginia. As a young man, he moved to Clarksburg, serving as deputy county clerk, then later as county clerk and in various other civil positions. Tetrick was one of the founders, and later the manager, of the local newspaper the \"Clarksburg Exponent\". He was also involved in a number of other local businesses. Tetrick maintained a lifetime interest in genealogy and local history, the result of which was this collection, perhaps the most comprehensive private family history collection ever compiled for West Virginia. Tetrick was also a founding member of the George Rogers Clark chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\n Willis Guy Tetrick, Jr. (23 August 1911-30 December 1995) was the oldest of W. Guy Tetrick's four children. He attended West Virginia University, graduating in 1934. 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Correspondents include the National Sons of the American Revolution, Franklin Burdette (Secretary of West Virginia Sons of the American Revolution), the George Rogers Clark Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, Margaret Anne Tetrick, Amy R. Anderson, the West Virginia Auditor's Office, the Upper Monongahela Valley Association, and the Caldwell Telephone Company. This series also includes correspondence regarding the West Virginia Sons of the American Revolution, organized alphabetically.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series mainly consists of the correspondence of W. Guy Tetrick, organized alphabetically by correspondent, as well as related material including clippings, legal and financial documents, pamphlets, programs, telegrams, drafts of newspaper articles, a photograph of Henry N. Tetrick, and other material. Correspondents include the Exponent Corporation; Clarksburg Trust Company; C.M. Bailey; the Boise Placer Company; W.M. Morgan; Everett F. Moore; George H. 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It also contains personal and business correspondence; financial records; publications regarding local and state history; newspapers and news clippings; obituaries, cemetery records; records of the Sons of the American Revolution; and other material.","This series consists of thirteen notebooks containing historic records relating to the West Virginia Cemetery Survey, including volumes 1-10, 14 and an index for cemeteries in Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Harrison, Jackson, Lewis, Marion, Marshall, Mason, Preston, Ritchie, Taylor, Tucker, Upshur, and Wetzel Counties, and for cemeteries of unknown location.","Contains correspondence and related material between W. Guy Tetrick, members of the Sons of the American Revolution, and other correspondents. The series contains letters, annual chapter reports, membership lists, clippings, pamphlets, photographs, bulletins, and material regarding family histories. Correspondents include the National Sons of the American Revolution, Franklin Burdette (Secretary of West Virginia Sons of the American Revolution), the George Rogers Clark Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, Margaret Anne Tetrick, Amy R. Anderson, the West Virginia Auditor's Office, the Upper Monongahela Valley Association, and the Caldwell Telephone Company. This series also includes correspondence regarding the West Virginia Sons of the American Revolution, organized alphabetically.","This series mainly consists of the correspondence of W. Guy Tetrick, organized alphabetically by correspondent, as well as related material including clippings, legal and financial documents, pamphlets, programs, telegrams, drafts of newspaper articles, a photograph of Henry N. Tetrick, and other material. Correspondents include the Exponent Corporation; Clarksburg Trust Company; C.M. Bailey; the Boise Placer Company; W.M. Morgan; Everett F. Moore; George H. Smith; D. J. 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There are wills, vital statistics, church and parish records, cemetery records, inventories and appraisals, property taxes, documents regarding land ownership, and other material. There are also Harrison County records and W. Guy Tetrick's notes.","This series consists of notebooks containing family genealogies and family histories, particularly those of north central West Virginia families. Also included within this series are census records; cemetery records; birth, marriage, and death records; and other material."," Most of the Genealogy Notebooks series was previously microfilmed and made accessible as A\u0026M 1306. There is also an index to material that was not microfilmed. Please refer to the control folder of this collection for a name index to post-microfilm insertions to the Genealogy Notebooks series.","Contains material regarding the historical and genealogical research performed by W. Guy Tetrick and others. 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Correspondence within this series includes communications between members of the Sons of the American Revolution, its chapters, and outside parties such as the state government of West Virginia. It also includes miscellaneous correspondence. The material relating to history and genealogy within this series includes a history of the West Virginia Sons of the American Revolution; news clippings and other material regarding state history; supporting material for membership application, including birth, marriage, and death records; family histories; and material regarding Revolutionary War soldiers.","Contains Civil War Research Material (1929-1980), consisting of news clippings regarding Civil War history, typescript copies of muster rolls and other lists of soldiers, correspondence regarding Tetrick's research; and other material; property records (1891-1903) including hand written descriptions of agreements that indicate lot coordinates; two typescript copies of Monongalia District Court Records (1789); and typescript copies of volumes 1 through 9 of the Harrison County Minute Books (1792-1809).","Contains material regarding W. 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A special bookplate was attached in all volumes from the Tetrick collection.","\n  Unboxed item nos. 275-291 (Maryland Historical Magazine vol. XX no. 2 and vol. XXI nos. 1-4, 8-10, 12-20) were forwarded to the rare book librarian in August 2004 and are currently available in the West Virginia Collection under call number 975.2 M368."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePermissions and Copyright page\u003c/a\u003e on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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Within each series, materials are generally separated by format and listed chronologically, with undated materials listed last.","Series 1. Papers of George Washington Series 2. Papers of Tobias Lear Series 3. Miscellaneous Series 4. Papers of Martha Washington Series 5. Papers of Eliza Parke Custis Law Series 6. Papers of Thomas Law : Subseries 6.1. Legal Documents, Subseries 6.2. Correspondence Series 7. Papers of William Costin Series 8. Papers of John Law Series 9. Papers of Lloyd Nicholas Rogers Series 10. Papers of Edmund Law Rogers Series 11. Papers of Robert Peter : Subseries 11.1. Accounts, Subseries 11.2. Financial Documents, Subseries 11.3. Legal Documents, Subseries 11.4. Land Documents, Subseries 11.5. Estate Documents Series 12. Papers of Thomas Peter : Subseries 12.1. Financial Documents, Subseries 12.2. Land Documents, Subseries 12.3. Estate Documents, Subseries 12.4. Correspondence Series 13. Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, 1824-1909 : Subseries 13.1. Financial Documents, Subseries 13.2. Legal Documents, Subseries 13.3. Correspondence","The Peters were a prominent family in Washington, D.C. during the eighteenth and nineteen centuries. Martha Parke Custis, Martha Washington's granddaughter, married into the Peter family in 1795.","George Washington (1732-1799) : George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 at a modest farm in Westmoreland County, Virginia to parents Augustine and Mary Ball Washington. In 1749, George Washington was appointed surveyor for Culpepper County. In 1752, he started his military career in the Virginia militia. During the Revolutionary War he was the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and later was elected as the first President of the United States of America. He lived with his wife, Martha Washington, at Mount Vernon, where he passed away December 14, 1799.","Martha Washington (1731-1802) : Martha Dandridge Custis Washington was born on June 2, 1731 to parents John and Frances Jones Dandridge. She married her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis, on May 15, 1750. Together they had four children, two of whom died in childhood. On July 8, 1757, her husband unexpectedly died, leaving her a widow with their two remaining children, John Parke Custis and Martha Parke Custis. On January 6, 1759, Martha Dandridge Custis married George Washington. Martha Parke Custis or Patsy, died at the age of 17. On February 3, 1774, John Parke Custis married Eleanor Calvert, and together they had four children who survived to adulthood. However, on November 5, 1781, John Parke Custis passed away, and the younger two of his children went to live at Mount Vernon with their grandmother. Martha Dandridge Custis Washington died on May 22, 1802.","Tobias Lear (1762-1816) : Tobias Lear was born in 1762. He was employed by George Washington in 1786 to manage expense reports to Congress and also as the personal tutor to Martha Washington's grandchildren. In 1790 Tobias Lear married Mary \"Polly\" Long; however she died in 1793. Lear then married Martha Washington's niece, Frances Bassett Washington, but she died shortly they were married. Lear married for a third time to Frances Dandridge Henley, another niece of Martha Washington. He died in 1816.","Elizabeth (Betsy, Beth, Eliza) Parke Custis Law (1776-1831) : Wife to Thomas Law, Eliza Parke Custis Law was born on August 21, 1776. She was the daughter of John (Jacky) Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Calvert. Upon the death of her father in 1781, Eliza's two younger siblings, George Washington (Washy) Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Parke Custis went to live with their grandmother, Martha Washington, and her second husband, George Washington. Eliza and her other sister Martha stayed at home with their mother. Shortly after, their mother remarried Dr. David Stuart and had thirteen more children. On March 21, 1796, Eliza Parke Custis Law married Thomas Law and together they had one child, Eliza Law. In 1804, the couple separated and their daughter went to live with her father. They officially divorced in 1811. Eliza Parke Custis Law lived with one of her uncles for a time after the separation, and soon purchased a house in Alexandria called \"Mount Washington.\" Eliza Law Rogers died in 1822, leaving behind a husband (Lloyd Nicholas Rogers) and two children. Eliza Parke Custis Law died on December 31, 1831.","Thomas Law (1756-1834) : Thomas Law was born on October 23, 1756 in Cambridge, England. He started his career working for the East India Trading Company and began building his reputation, as well as his income. In 1794, he left England to start a new life in America where he began to invest in lands, particularly in the nation's capital. Over time, Law became extremely passionate about the arts, particularly poetry, which he wrote and published. He even founded the first dance society, theater, and the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences. Thomas Law married Eliza Parke Custis on March 21, 1796. Together they had one child, Eliza Law, who married Lloyd Nicholls Rogers in 1817. Thomas Law died in 1834.","William Costin (1780-1842) : William Costin was a prominent free black man in early 19th-century Washington DC. He was a messenger for the Bank of Washington and ran a hack business in the city. In 1800, he married his cousin Philadelphia (\"Delphy\"), a dower slave of Martha Washington. Upon Martha Washington's death in 1802, Delphy became the property of Eliza Parke Custis Law, wife to Thomas Law. Delphy and their children were granted freedom shortly after, and the couple decided to stay in Washington, D.C. Together the Costins had seven children. He died in 1842.","John Law (1784-1822) : John Law was born in India about 1784 to Thomas Law and an unidentified Indian woman. In 1794 Thomas Law came to America after living about two decades in India; presumably John and his brothers came with him. Thomas Law married Eliza Parke Custis in 1796 and raised the boys until their separation around 1804. John Law graduated from Harvard University in 1804; he was a member of the Columbian Dragoons in 1811; and was the commissioner to adjust the Yazoo claims in 1814. He died on October 4, 1822.","Lloyd Nicholas Rogers (1787 or 1788-1860) : Lloyd Nicholas Rogers was born on September 20, 1788 to parents Nicholas and Eleanor Buchanan Rogers. Lloyd Nicholas Rogers married Eliza Law Rogers in 1817. Together they had two children, Edmund Law Rogers and Eleanor Agnes Rogers. They lived on Druid Hill which had been passed down by Lloyd's Scottish father. Very shortly after the death of Lloyd's father in 1822, Eliza also died. In 1829, Rogers was married to Hortensia Monroe Hay who was the granddaughter of James Monroe. Together, they had an additional three daughters, Harriet, Hortensia, and Mary Custis. Lloyd was a proprietor of his estate and practiced law out of his home on Druid Hill. Hortensia died in the 1850s, leaving Lloyd all alone. All of his children except for Eleanor had already married and moved out. Eleanor would not marry until 1862, following her father's death. Lloyd Nicholas Rogers died on November 12, 1860.","Edmund Law Rogers (1818-1896) : Edmund Law Rogers was born in 1818 to Lloyd Nicholas Rogers and Eliza Law Rogers. He grew up and lived in Baltimore all of his life, and was a founding member of the Maryland and Harvard Club, as well as a member of various other organizations, such as, the Sons of the Revolution and the Baltimore Historical Society. He spoke several different languages and was a lover of the arts. He married Charlotte Matilda Plater and together they had two children, Edmund Law Rogers, Jr., and Charlotte Plater Rogers. He died of paralysis on January 24, 1896.","Robert Peter (1726-1806) : Robert Peter was born in 1726 in Scotland to Thomas Peter and Jean Dunlop, who were prosperous merchants. He immigrated to the United States around 1745, but there is no definite reason why he chose to leave. He first settled in the town, Bladensburg, along the Anacostia River. In 1751, Georgetown was established, and Robert purchased a lot in the town the following year, and slowly began to build up his land holdings. His land holdings grew to be quite extensive, including owning the entire square from M, K, and 31st Streets, and Wisconsin Ave. From 1789 to 1798, Robert Peter was the first mayor of Georgetown. On December 27, 1767, he married Elizabeth Scott, and together they had 10 children, one of whom died as an infant. Their names were: Thomas, Alexander, Elizabeth, Walter, Robert, Jean, Margaret, David, George, and James. He died in 1806.","Thomas Peter (1769-1834) : Thomas Peter was born January 4, 1769 to Robert and Elizabeth Scott Peter. Thomas Peter married Martha Parke Custis, granddaughter to Martha Washington, in 1795. Together, they had eight children. Martha Eliza Eleanor, Columbia Washington, John Parke Custis, Robert Thomas, George Washington, America Pinckney, Martha Custis Castania (who died young), and Britannia Wellington. In 1805, Thomas and Martha purchased eight-and-a-half acres in \"Georgetown Heights.\" [For more information on Tudor Place, see Tudor Place: Historic House and Gardens.] They later hired architect Dr. William Thornton to design and build Tudor Place located in Georgetown. It was completed in 1816 and still stands today. Thomas Peter was a prominent lawyer of the time and was one of the executors of Martha Washington's will. He died April 16, 1834.","Martha (Patty) Parke Custis Peter (1777-1854) : was born to John Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Calvert Custis on December 31, 1777. She was one of four children in their family to survive to adulthood: Eliza Parke, Martha Parke, Eleanor Parke (Nelly), and George Washington (Washy) Parke. Following the death of their father in 1781, Patty and her older sister, Eliza, lived with their mother and stepfather, Dr. David Stuart, and their large family, while their younger siblings, Nelly and Washy, lived with their grandparents at Mount Vernon. There were frequent visits to Mount Vernon in both childhood and following her marriage to Thomas Peter in 1795. She died July 13 or 15, 1854.","Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon (1815-1911) : Britannia Wellington Peter was born January 28, 1815, as the youngest child of Martha Parke (Patty) Custis Peter and Thomas Peter. In 1842, she married Commodore Beverley Kennon, and together they had one child, Martha Custis Kennon, on October 18, 1843. Commodore Kennon died from a gun explosion on the frigate Princeton on February 28, 1844. Martha Custis Kennon married Dr. Armistead Peter in 1867. When Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon's mother passed in 1854, she inherited Tudor Place, where she lived until her death in 1911.","Major George Peter (1779-1861) : Major George W. Peter was born on September 28, 1779 to Robert and Elizabeth Scott Peter. He was married three times during his life. First, to Ann Plater in 1809. Together they had two children, George and Thomas. His wife and two children all died in 1814. Secondly, in 1815 he married Agnes Buchanon Freeland. They had five children, Robert, Ann, James, Agnes, and David. Agnes, his wife, died in 1825. Only a month later, he again married, this time to Sarah Norfleet Freeland, the sister of his second wife. Together, they had nine children: Sarah Agnes, George, Alexander Scott, Margaret Dick, Elizabeth, Armistead, Walter Gibson, William, and Katherine Norfleet. Major George Peter was an officer in the army, a representative in Congress, and a farmer. During his career in the army, he was first appointed first lieutenant 2nd, Artillery and Engineers on February 16, 1801. He was promoted to Captain on November 3, 1807, and finally was transferred to the Light Artillery in May of 1808. He resigned in June 11, 1809. In 1815, he was elected to Congress to cover the sixth district in Maryland. He would continue this appointment until after 1828. He died June 22, 1861.","Dr. Armistead Peter (1840-1902) : Dr. Armistead Peter was one of George Peter's sons from his third marriage to Sarah Norfleet Freeland Peter. He was born on February 23, 1840. Dr. Armistead Peter was a cousin to his wife Martha Custis Kennon Peter, whom he married in 1867. Together, Martha and Armistead had five children: Walter Gibson, Armistead, Beverley Kennon, George Freeland, and Agnes. He and Martha Custis Kennon Peter both moved into Tudor Place and Dr. Armistead Peter converted a portion of the house for his medical practice. He created a very successful business as one of the best doctors in the city of Washington. During the Civil War he was employed by the U.S. Army as ward surgeon, as well as serving in a smallpox hospital. Martha Custis Kennon Peter died suddenly in 1886. Armistead died in 1902, his mother-in-law, Britannia W. Peter Kennon outliving both of them. The land in Bethesda was divided between their four children. After Britannia W. Peter Kennon died, the house was left to her grandson, Armistead Peter II. Dr. Armistead Peter died on January 28, 1902.","Agnes Peter (1880-1957) : Agnes Peter, born on February 3, 1880, was the daughter of Dr. Armistead Peter and Martha Custis Kennon Peter. She lived in France for a period of time during WWI conducting work for the YMCA. Agnes Peter was the director of a Foyer du Soldat and helped to receive soldiers and refugees. She was also in charge of the Graves Registration Section in Rheims. She was the first woman in France to be awarded the silver Medal of Honor for her distinguished services to the country during the war. In 1946, when she was 73, she married Nobel Prize winner, Dr. John R. Mott, who is most acclaimed for his work creating international Christian programs with a goal to establish peace. She died in 1957.","Peter family owned books are cataloged in the Library Catalog. The 23 titles (36 volumes) are searchable in the\n the Catalog's Peter Family Collection .","see Century Magazine, May 1890, p. 17","This collection consists of papers collected by various members of the Peter families. It includes letters from George Washington, letters of condolence to Martha Washington after George Washington's death, estate documents, Major George Peter's military papers, land plats and surveys, photo albums, letterbooks, and notebooks that tell of the life of this prominent family in Virginia and the City of Washington.","Autograph letter signed from Eliza, Hope Park, asking her grandfather for a picture of him. Docketed in Washington's hand on verso.","Autographed letter signed (signature cut out) George Washington, German Town, to Eliza Parke Custis. Washington offers his granddaughter advice on love and marriage.","Autograph letter in Washington's hand, initialed by both George and Martha. George and Martha Washington, Philadelphia, to Thomas Law. The Washingtons congratulate Law on his marriage to their grandaughter Eliza.","Autograph letter signed by George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter, discussing the purchase of English cattle.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Docketed in Washington's hand.Thomas Peter, George Town, to George Washington, Mount Vernon. Peter asks Washington to secure a spot for his brother in the Army and shares rumors about a bill coming up in Congress.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel and seal. George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter. Washington writes about the sale of tobacco.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel.George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter. Washington writes about farming and congratulates Thomas and Patsy on the birth of their son.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. John Mercereau, Union Township, to George Washington. John Mercereau, a businessman who served with his brother and nephew in a spy ring during the Revolutionary War, writes to Washington asking if he may come and visit, reflecting that no memories give him greater satisfaction than those he spent \"Devoted to my Countrys Service.\" Tragically, Mercereau did not know that Washington had died 10 days before his letter was sent.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., London, to George Washington.  Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., writes to his uncle about his business ventures from London. He had not yet received word of Washington's death on December 14, 1799.","Autograph letter unsigned in the hand of Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart and most likely addressed to Tobias Lear. The letter is dated 7 February with no year but was most likely written in 1790, since it mentions Lear's first marriage, which occured in 1790.","Autograph letter signed, undated, with integral free franked address panel. Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart to Tobias Lear, New York. Docketed in Lear's hand as received 2 October 1790. Eleanor writes of her unhappiness at being parted from her children Nelly and Wash.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear, New York. Eleanor writes about the lottery and her family, noting that \"My Dear Nelly \u0026 Wash. are still spoilt by Grand Mama but chearfully obey every word I say to them.\"","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Docketed in hand of George Washington. Lucretia Constance Radcliffe, Charleston, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Mrs. Radcliffe writes seeking an Army commission for her son and sends a packet of crane feathers and melon seeds. She also sends news of Major Pinkney.","Manuscript resolution of the \"Sixth Congress of the United States: At the first session Begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the second of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine\" stating that a marble monument to George Washington be erected in the City of Washington and that his remains be interred beneath it. It is also resolved that a funeral procession from Comgress Hall to the German Lutheran Church shall take place on Thursday, December 26, 1799, and that the nation will wear crepe arm bands for thirty days of mourning.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Maria S. Ross, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. A condolence letter from Maria S. Ross of Lancaster, Pennsylvania to Martha Washington on the death of her husband.","Autograph letter, copy. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response to Maria Ross's condolence letter to Martha Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel with seal of John Adams. Abigail Adams, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Condolence letter written by Abigail Adams to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Martha Washington's response to Abigail Adams's condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Mary Stead Pinckney, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Pinckney also sends her regards and congratulations to Nelly Parke Custis Lewis, who was recovering from the birth of her first child, Frances Parke Lewis.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Jonathan Trumbull Jr., Governor of Connecticut, Lebanon, Connecticut, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Elias Boudinot, New Jersey Congressman and Director of the United States Mint, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, to Elias Boudinot. Tobias Lear's response on behalf of Martha Washington to Elias Boudinot's condolence letter.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Bushrod Washington, Walnut Farm, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Bushrod writes to Martha about purchasing corn from Colonel Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Condolence letter written by Ann Huntington, New London, Connecticut,  to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon, on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response on behalf of Martha to Hamilton's condolence letter.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Condolence letter from Reverend Samuel Miller, New York, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon, on the death of George Washington. He writes that he is inclosing a discourse he recently delivered on the occasion of Washington's death.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response on behalf of Martha to Samuel Miller's, New York, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Stephen Williamson, Philadelphia, State Prison, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Stephen Williamson introduces himself as the captain of a company in the Rhode Island Regiment who served under Washington in the Revolutionary War. He recounts a dream he had in which she gives birth to a son following Washington's death. He also tells Martha the details of his arrest for buying a stolen horse and requests her assistance in getting him out of prison.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Former Secretary of War Henry Knox, Montpelier, St. Georges, sends Martha his condolences after the passing of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Henry Knox's condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Mayor of New York City Richard Varick offers his condolences to Martha after the death of George Washington. He also incloses, on behalf of the Common Council of New York City, an oration delivered on the occassion of Washington's death by Gouverneur Morris.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha Washington in response to Richard Varick's, New York, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Richard Washington,Bermuda, a former business associate of Washington's in London, offers his condolences to Martha after George Washington's death.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Theodore Sedgwick, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Sedgwick writes that he is inclosing a second edition of General Lee's funeral oration.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha in response to Theodore Sedgwick's condolence letter after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter written by the Marquis de Lafayette, La Grange, to Martha after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. A condolence letter from Auguste Belin, Secretary of the Loge Française l'Aménité of Philidelphia, a freemason lodge of French and Saint-Dominguen émigrés. Belin writes that he is inclosing copies of a funeral oration performed at the lodge in honor of George Washington's death.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Auguste Belin's, Philadelphia, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter. Condolence note from Reverend William Rogers, Philadelphia, to Martha on the death of George Washington. Rogers writes that he is enclosing a copy of a funeral oration he delivered in Washington's honor.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, on behalf of Martha Washington, thanks William Rogers for sending \"a copy of the Religious Exercises, at the time of the Eulogy, at the German Reformed Church.\"","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha Washington, requests that Gilbert Stuart's original portrait of Washington be given to Martha, in exchange for fair compensation. Lear writes that Martha has expressed no desire for her own portrait, but Lear thinks it would be nice to display alongside the portrait of Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence note written by Charles Humphrey Atherton, Amherst, New Hampshire, to Martha Washington after the death of George Washington. Atherton writes that he is enclosing a funeral oration delivered at the request of the citizens of Amherst, New Hampshire in Washington's honor.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha Washington in response to Charles H. Atherton's, Amherst, New Hampshire, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Georges Washington de Lafayette, La Grange, son of the Marquis de Lafayette, writes a condolence note to Martha after the death of George Washington. Georges writes of Washington's \"parental kindness\" when he visited Mount Vernon and says, \"How far was I to imagine when I left your family that it would be a last farewell.\"","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Condolence letter written by Alexandria merchant Thomas Porter to Martha after the death of George Washington. Porter writes that he is sending an eulogy along with the letter.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. A condolence letter written by Revered James Kemp, Cambridge, Maryland, to Martha Washington after the death of George Washington. Kemp writes that he is enclosing a copy of a sermon he delivered on the day appointed by Congress to honor George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, responds on behalf of Martha Washington to James Kemp's, Cambridge, Maryland, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Peleg Wadsworth, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Wadsworth requests, on behalf of his daughter, a relic of the late General.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Peleg Wadsworth's condolence letter after the death of George Washington. Lear writes that he is enclosing a lock of Washington's hair for Wadsworth's daughter as requested.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha Washington, thanks Reverend John D. Blair for sending his condolences and two orations delivered in Richmond on February 22 in honor of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. William Griffiths, Burlington, New Jersey, offers his condolences on behalf of the citizens of Burlington, New Jersey to Martha after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, responds on behalf of Martha to William Griffith's, Burlington, New Jersey, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Theodore Sedgwick, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon","Autograph letter signed \"John Lemayere.\" Jean Pierre Le Mayeur, Sweet Springs, was George Washington's dentist during the Revolutionary War. He writes his condolences to Martha on the death of Washington, apologizing that his servant lost the first condolence letter he had written on February 24.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, to Dr. Jean Pierre Le Mayeur, Sweet Springs","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., New York, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Bartholomew Dandridge Jr. writes his aunt inquiring about letters sent to him from Washington before his death that Dandridge never received.","Autograph letter signed. Sir John Sinclair, London, writes to Martha in praise of her late husband and sends her a volume of his letters.","3 letters written by Elizabeth Parke Custis Law Rogers to her mother between December 5, 1819 - November 21, 1821.","7 letters written by Brigadier General Simon Bernard, Washington City, to Eliza Parke Custis Law between March 28, 1828 and May 21, 1830.","Lloyd Rogers to Elizabeth Parke Custis Law, Alexandria","Printed legal document: Statement of the defendant's case. Docketed on verso \"Papers relating to case of Law v. Morris Nicholson \u0026 Greenleaf.\"","Manuscript legal statement of Thomas Law in regards to a property dispute in Washington City between William Mayne Duncason and Tench Ringgold.","Manuscript memoranda regarding property dispute over square 744 in the City of Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Concerning Tench Ringgold and property dealings in the City of Washington.","Manuscript descriptions of the architectural plans for the Thomas Law House, designed by architect William Lovering and built circa 1794 on the 689 square in the City of Washington.","Thomas Law, Washington City, discusses his plan for construction of New Jersey Avenue on lot 744 of Washington City, along the public canal.","Gustavus Scott, William Thornton, and Alexander White, Washington City, to Thomas Law","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. George Washington Parke Custis, Philadelphia to Thomas Law, Federal City. George Washington Parke Custis writes to Law of the pleasure he will have in serving Washington City, which is to be \"the pride of future ages\" and \"the metropolis of America.\"","A manuscript copy of the address read by W. M. Duncanson at a meeting of the Managers of Washington Canal Lottery - Law, Carroll, Young, and Duncanson. Their reply is copied on the verso.","Autograph letter signed. Duncanson writes that Thomas Law has resigned his title to Lot 744 of Washington City in favor of Tench Ringgold.","Unsigned, undated manuscript, docketed \"Tench Ringgold Arbitration.\"","James Piercy, City of Washington, to Gustavus Scott, William Thornton, and Alexander White. Three manuscript copies by Thomas Munroe of letters written by James Piercy to the Commissioners of the City of Washington about his claims to lot 744.","Manuscript copy made by Thomas Munroe of a letter written by the Commissioners of the City of Washington to James Piercy in response to Piercy's claims on lot 744. Scott and Thornton write to Piercy that \"no intention exists of granting you the square you mention.\"","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Elizabeth Parke Custis Law Rogers, Druid Hill, to Thomas Law, City of Washington","Lloyd Rogers, Druid Hill, to Thomas Law, Washington City","Thomas Law to Lloyd Rogers, Baltimore","Writing from New Orleans in 1832, John Taylor reports that fifty to sixty people a day are dying from yellow fever and smallpox.","Elizabeth Parke Custis Law, Washington, to Thomas Law, London","Letter written by Lawrence Lewis to William \"Billy\" Costin requesting Costin's service in transporting his family from Mr. Charles Carter's residence in Culpepper County to their home. Lewis provides a suggested route and expected arrival date stating, 'you must not disappoint me.' A postscript in the hand of Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis requests additional and immediate transportation for herself to Philadelphia. She offers Costin's mother payment in Pork if she will accompany them on the trip. Autograph letter signed, 1 page, with integral address panel.","Undated note from Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis asking \"Billy\" to ask her sister Betsy to send the things by which she [Eleanor] wrote to her for. Directs Billy to be very careful of them as they are easily broken. Autograph note signed E Lewis, 1 page.","Autograph letter signed with integral adddress panel.","Autograph letter signed. George Washington Parke Custis writes William \"Billy\" Costin at the Bank of Washington. He mentions he expects to go with Lafayette to visit Woodlawn.","5 letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law. The first letter is addressed to John at George Town College and the other four to Harvard University.","Edmund Law, Washington, to John Law, Baltimore","5 dated letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.","Letter discussing the court martial of Commodore James Barron, who would later kill Commodore Stephen Decatur in duel in 1820.","4 undated letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.","15 undated letters and notes written by Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. John Law asks William Thornton if he can borrow a book on calvary maneuvers.","2 letters written by William Thornton in response to John Law's August 10, 1807 letter.","An undated letter from John Law to his half sister, Eliza Law. He writes that he is sending sweetmeats from Woodlawn by William, as promised.","William D. Sims, Pittsburgh, to John Law, Washington City","Three letters","A series of four letters and their draft copies written over the course of two days by John Law to his father, criticizing his conduct, particularly in regards to Eliza Law's marriage to Lloyd Nicholas Rogers.","5 letters written by Thomas Law to his son John Law, Washington City, around 1817, addressing John's criticisms of him, his divorce, and his friendship with Elizabeth Bordley Gibson.","Autograph letter signed. A letter of reconciliation sent by John Law to his father.","Draft of letter from Lloyd Nicholas Rogers, New York, to Major-General Henry Lee discussing the life of Baron de Kalb.","2 letters about the sale of property in Washington.Lenman and Brother, Washington City, to Edmund Law Rogers, Baltimore.","Documents related to the sale of property in Washington.","Correspondence about the sale of property in Washington.","2 letters about the sale of property in Washington. N. Callan, Washington, to Edmund Law Rogers, Baltimore.","Bond of conveyance for Lot No. 1 in Square 260 in Washington City, District of Columbia.","1 survey plat of lots in Washington along Canal St, and 2 pages of notes listing the prices of lots and the names of their purchasers.","Letter from the Commisioners of the Sinking Fund of the Corporation of Washington. William McCormick, Registers Office, Washington, to Edmund Law Rogers.","An indenture form reassigning a parcel of property in Washington City. The Deed of Trust form is marked at the top of the first page \"Printed and Sold by Robert A. Waters, D. st., bet. 9th \u0026 10th.\"","1 page autograph letter signed by George Washington Parke Custis to Edmund Law Rogers, with additional letter from Martha Custis Williams, Arlington House, written on verso. Custis writes, \"From the very graphic account you gave Martha Williams of your visit to Mr Fenno, I see but a poor chance of my Drama being brought out [in Baltimore].\" He asks Rogers to inquire of his \"theater going friends\" if any other Baltimore theatres will perform the work. If not, he asks Rogers to return the book care of William Adam Bookseller Pennsylvania Avenie Washington.","In her letter, Williams passes on a request from \"Aunt B\" (Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon) to send the \"little manuscript book, containing an inventory of the Mt Vernon relics at Tudor Place, as she is much at a loss, with regard to the history of many things in the House.\" Britannia Peter had inherited Tudor Place the year before, in 1854. Williams adds to Rogers that she hopes he will not make too much effort to have Uncle Custis's play produced because \"Cousin Mary Lee and all his family are so much opposed to it.\" Williams hopes Custis will focus on finishing his Recollections instead.","Bill for $21 addressed to Edmund Law Rogers for advertising the sale of lots in the City of Washington in the newspaper the National Intelligencer.","Unsigned indenture for the sale of lots in the City of Washington. Docketed in pencil \"sale not made.\"","Invoices, notes, and receipts from accounts between Robert Peter and the firm O'Neill and Dearkins. Includes an invoice for tobacco, sugar, corduroy, gauze, linen, chocolate, silk, muslin, paper, wine, ribbons, pins, cotton, and tea.","Unknown list of accounts, believed to be from Robert Peter.","Pages from account book with the note \"These leaves was received by James S Webber from Mrs. Esther H Webber wife of Mr Levi Webber of Vassalboro Kennebeck Co. Maine being a part of account Book of Charles Webber, my Grand Father, his own handwriting. Received by me June 22 1878.\" The accounts include invoices for cod fish, bacon, molasses, tea, rum, sugar, silk, shoes, brandy, wine, coffee, and corn.","Includes accounts for flour, pork, beef, lamb, and veal.","Bond for the conveyance of a parcel of property called Black Oak Thickett in Frederick County, Maryland.","rent paid","Page of rent payment accounts in unknown hand.","Bond of Thomas Nicholls of John to Robert Peter","Bond of Isaiah and Edward Nicholls to Robert Peter","Lawsuit against Robert Peter by James Gordon, Henry Riddell, John Campbell, John Campbell Junior, Alexander Low, and William Ingram","Three documents related to disputed accounts between Robert Peter and Benjamin Ray. One with a note by John T. Mason dated February 27, 1799, \"He has no shadow of right to one shilling on this [account].\"","List of Robert Peter's court appearances","Court documents and accounts related to Robert Peter, 5 manuscripts.","Court documents and accounts related to Robert Peter, 19 small manuscript receipts","Survey of land called Bealls Plaines in what became Washington City, along Goose Creek, later renamed Tiber Creek.","Manuscript on parchment with large seal attached by a ribbon.","1766, Survey to Forrest, May 12, 1773, (six documents) Bladenburg, Sept., 21, 1766; Rock Creek, Nov. 13, 1766 \"to Robert Peter, merchant in Georgetown.\"","One undated note by Thomas Peter and one letter from William Dearkins and Ben Stoddert to Stephen Chiswell about resurveying about 200 acres called Partnership granted to Elting Williams.","The Resurvey of Brandy and transfer of several named enslaved people.","A letter about resurveying a parcel of propery called Hazard. George Scott to Robert Peter, George Town.","Four autograph documents dealing with land ownership. Two notes on fragments; one half sheet giving history of a property in Prince George's County; and an 8 page survey document, with reference to points on a drawn survey, of Cross Basket, Balantyre, and other properties (9 lots) belonging to Robert Peter and divided amongst George and Thomas Peter.","Certificate and plat for 5 3/4 acres of vacant land granted by special warrant to Robert Peter out of the Western Shore Land Office of Washington County in the District of Columbia. Surveyed by Joseph Elgar, Jr. Autograph document signed, 1 page.","Hand colored survey plat showing the division of Robert Peter's Square in George Town. Docketed on verso \"Plat belonging to Thomas Peter's Square in George Town.\"","Tobacco sales","Tabacco Sales, Real Estate, Transfer of enslaved people","Deed of trust book is dated 1790","One dollar printed in Annapolis by F. Green, 7 December 1775. Two thirds of a dollar printed in Philadelphia by Hall and Sellers, 17 February 1776.","List of items purchased by Martha Washington from Macleod \u0026 Lumsdon, dated at the top 18 February 1800, Alexandria. The accounts, dated 8 July and 9 August, include entries for 47 panes of glass, oil, paint for 30 mahoghany chairs, paint for a wine cooler, varnishing, picture frame gilding, and glazing. Signed by Macleod \u0026 Lumdsdon at the bottom, noting that the above money was received in full 9 October 1800.","Receipt signed \"Daniel Lecock\" for payment received by the hands of James Anderson on behalf of Martha Washington for 790 bushels of corn on 2 May 1800.","Receipt for $25 paid by Thomas Carwood to James Anderson for 100 barrels of fish from Mount Vernon.","Accounts dated February 13, March 11, and April 12, 1800 for newspaper advertisements and handbills purchased by Martha Washington from Ellis Price, printer of The Columbian Mirror and Alexandria Gazette. Items Martha purchased include 26 advertisements for a house to rent, an advertisement about the Mount Vernon fishery, 23 advertisements about the donkey Knight of Malta, and notice about the runaway slave Marcus.","Accounts dated 23 April-23 September 1800 for weaving yards of cotton, wool, and other fabrics. The payments are marked as having been paid \"By balance due the Estate of General Washington,\" by cash, by 41 gallons of whiskey, and barrells of herring. The final payment is marked as received from James Anderson on 10 November 1801.","Bill addressed to the Estate of Mrs. Martha Washington, Deceased for $200 due to James Craik for medical services rendered Mrs. Washington during her last illness and $5 for cash paid Heyskill for the hire of his carriage. A signed oath by Jacob Hoffman testifies to the validity of the charges.","Receipt of payment from Thomas Peter to Lawrence Lewis for three hundred dollars for one hundred barrels of corn sold to Mount Vernon for the use of the estate. Signed by John Anderson.","Receipt written by Dr. David Stuart for the receipt from Thomas Peter for five guineas, the leagcy left by Martha Washington to Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart.","Payment from Thomas Law to Griffith Coombs for repairs to Martha Washington's townhome in the District Columbia occupied by Henry Dearborn. Payment marked by Coombs as received in full from Thomas Peter on August 23, 1802.","Twenty dollars wages paid to Richard Burnett of the City of Washingon by Thomas Peter for the year 1802.","Payment of $50 received by George Smith of Woodlawn from Thomas Peter on 12 January 1803 for hire as a blacksmith at Mount Vernon in the year 1802. Signed by George Smith (his mark) and Lawrence Lewis. George Smith was one of George Washington's slaves who was freed after Washington's death. His wife, Lydia, was one of Martha Washington's dower slaves and was inherited by Nelly Parke Custis Lewis of Woodlawn.","Receipt for one hundred pounds Virginia currency received by Benjamin Lincoln Lear from Thomas Peter, one of the executors of Martha Washington's estate.","Accounts of Mr. James Dunlop with Thomas Peter, for horses, ploughs, and an enslaved woman named Peg. Peg is likely one of the slaves Martha Parke Custis Peter inherited from the Custis estate.","Receipt for funeral arrangements paid by Thomas Peter to William King on December 4, 1820 following the death of his twenty-three-year-old daughter Columbia Washington Peter. The arrangements include a \"walnut coffin lined,\" silver plate and engraving, and rental of horses, a hearse, and attendants.","H. B. Morris, Philadelphia, to Thomas Peter, Georgetown. Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. A letter about bank accounts and stock certificates.","Bill from Dr. Warfield to Thomas Peter for a visit to a \"black man in the night\" on March 5, 1824 which resulted in the amputation of the man's leg.","Two bills from P.L. Dupont paid by Martha Parke Custis Peter for dancing lessons for her daughter Britannia.","Two stock share certificates for the Patowmack Company (Potomac Company). Share No. 89 is for Martha Peter, and No. 91 for Thomas Peter.","Land office papers for the resurvey of Bear Denn, Daniels Discovery, and Partnership in Maryland","With unknown survey plat on verso.","Aquila Johns to Thomas Peter on sale of Seneca plantation","Autograph letter signed by Sarah Norfleet Freeland Peter, wife of Thomas Peter's brother George, relinquishing right title and interest on a tract of land called Forrest, property of her husband, in order to pay his debts.","Letter about resurveying property owned by George Washington Peter.","List of property in Montgomery County Maryland owned by Thomas Peter","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Regarding financial matters.","Horatio Edmondson of Taylor County, Maryland","Pamphlet stitch binding with marbled paper covers. Contains notes about purchases made by Thomas Peter 1813-1814.","Calling card from Le Baron de Maltitz, Secretaire de la Legation Imperiale de Russie. Manuscript date 1823 on verso.","John Dandridge writes to Thomas Peter, George Town, asking to borrow money from the estate of Martha Washington.","Thomas Peter, George Town, to George Peter","Autograph letter signed, with envelope. Josiah Quincy, Cambridge, to Martha Parke Custis Peter, Georgetown. Josiah Quincy thanks Martha Parke Custis Peter for her generous reeption of his children at Tudor Place and thanks her for the relic of George Washington that she sent back with them.","A contemporary manuscript copy of a letter in which Nelly Parke Custis describes having seen George Washington writing his farewell address at Mount Vernon. When the address was finished, she says he asked her to bring him silk string, and she watched him stitch the address together in front of her. Nelly writes this as a rebuke to one of Alexander Hamilton's sons, who claims his father wrote the farewell address.","A list of accounts between the Estate of George Washington and Alexandria apothecary Edward Stabler, including purchases for Turlington's Balsam, castor oil, arsenic, balsam copaiva, British oil, salts, purified Salt Petre, cantharides, ipecacuanha, laudanum, tumeric, and opodildo. Payments are marked as received from James Anderson. Autograph document, 1 page.","Manuscript titled \"A List of Negroes belonging to Mrs. Washington.\" A list of 121 enslaved persons who were Martha's dower slaves. Unlike the slaves owned by George Washington, Martha's slaves were not freed after her death and were inherited by the Custis descendants. Men, boys, women, and girls and listed in separate columns, each further broken down into the places where they worked: Mansion house, River Farm, Muddy Hole, and Union Farm. Five women - Amy, Alice, Peg, Agnes, and Old Judy - are listed as \"Free but yet remain.\"","Signed certificate from the executors of General George Washington to the Clerk of Fairfax.","Accounts from 1802 for furniture and household goods purchased by George Washington Parke Custis from the Estate of Martha Washington. The final payment was made in 1826, and the account is signed by Thomas Peter, executor of the estate.","A list of the household belongings sold by Thomas Peter from the personal estate of Martha Washington. Includes a listing of who purchased each item and the price it sold for.","Signed indenture for sale of land in the City of Washington.","Articles of agreement between George Calvert and Thomas Peter with Thomas Law, agreeing that Thomas Law and his wife Eliza Parke Custis Law will live separately. Eliza will receive $1500 per year from Law, and all the interest from her inheritance from George Washington will go to her and her daughter.","3 sheets of accounts between the estate of Robert Peter and James Dunlop, including the sale of \"5 negroes willed Mrs. Peter.\" These are some of Martha's dower slaves inherited by Martha Parke Custis Peter. One additional account between Jonathan Hicks and the heirs of Robert Peter, dated 1809-1811.","Receipt written by Lawrence Lewis acknowledging receipt from Thomas Peter of three hundred and twenty-six dollars eighteen cent left to his son Lorenzo Lewis as a legacy from Martha Washington.","Receipt signed by George Washington Parke Custis acknowledging the receipt from Thomas Peter of one thousand dollars as a legacy left to his daughter from the late Martha Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Thomas Peter, George Town, to Bushrod Washington, Mount Vernon. Thomas Peter writes to Bushrod about money owed for two purchases he made from the estate of George Washington.","Two documents related to a settlement made by John Dandridge against George Washington Parke Custis and Thomas Peter, executors of Martha Washington's estate. One is a 1829 decree from the U. S. Circuit Court, signed by William Thomas Carroll; and the other is an account of money owed to John Dandridge signed by Benjamin Lincoln Lear, 1830 June 21. Autograph documents signed (2).","3 documents related to the death of Beverley Kennon, husband of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, who died aboard the USS Princeton during the 1844 Peacemaker accident: a newspaper clipping with an excerpt from a sermon by Reverend Mr. Magoon on the Princeton Tragedy, a plan of the burying ground belonging to Mrs. Beverly Kennon, and a certificate from the Vestry of Washington Parish granting Mrs. Beverley Kennon four sites in the Washington Parish Burial Ground.","Receipts for two legacies received of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, executor of Martha Parke Custis Peter's estate. One is for a grandson named Thomas Peter and another for her grandson John Parke Custis Peter.","Manuscript resolution of the Senate of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, offering sympathy to the families of those killed aboard the USS Princeton during the Peacemaker accident. This copy was given by the President of the United States to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, whose husband, Beverley Kennon, was killed in the accident.","Printed form signed by Britannia W. Peter Kennon and witnessed by William Purcell, esquire, Judge of the Orphans' Court of Washington county, District of Columbia.","A list of collections and payments made to sundry persons to settle the estate of Martha Parke Custis Peter.","Document bound with blue ribbon, with envelope. Last will and testament of Ann Gertrude Wightt, a former nun at the Georgetown Visitation Convent who later lived at Tudor Place. Autograph document, 8 pages.","Autograph letter, with envelope. Ann Gertrude Wightt, Rochester, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place","Papers related to the sale of Lot 9 in Square 72 of Washington City to William A. Gordon. Letter from William E. Edmonston to William A. Gordon, 1891 May 30. Two letters from William A. Gordon to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, 1891 June 3 and 1889 October 4. Typescript signed by William Gordon of Declaration of Trust for sale of Lot Nine, Square Seventy Two in Washington City, D.C..","Indenture made between Britannia Wellington Kennon, party of the first part, and Walter Gibson Peter, Armistead Peter Jr., and George Freeland Peter, parties of the second part, all of the District of Columbia, regarding relics and heirlooms at Tudor Place acquired by Britannia W. Peter Kennon from her mother Martha Custis Peter grand-daughter of Martha the wife of George Washington, known in the family as \"The Mount Vernon Heirlooms.\" Other relics are from the estates of Thomas Peter and Beverley Kennon. Britannia wishes that these relics be preserved by her descendants and that none of them be sold or disposed of.","These include pictures, miniatures, engravings, glass, china, silver, jewelry, furniture, needlework, and other relics, including a sago palm formerly belonging to Martha Parke Custis Peter. The relics and heirlooms are to be divided into five parts after Britannia's death and delivered to her grandchildren.","A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language (New York : Printed and published by William A. Davies) Inscribed Britannia W. Peter.","Autograph letter signed. Beverley Kennon, Navy Yard, Washington, to Reverend W. Hoff, George Town. Kennon asks Reverend Hoff to be present at Mrs. Peter's place in George Town on the 8th to marry him to Britannia W. Peter.","2 autograph letters signed.","Autograph letter signed on mourning stationary, with envelope and black seal. John Tyler, Washington, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon. President John Tyler offers his condolences to Britannia W. Peter Kennon on the death of her husband, Beverley Kennon, during the Peacemaker accident aboard the USS Princeton.","G. T. Kennon to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place","Autograph letter signed with envelope docketed \"A letter written to Uncle Bev. by my mother while at boarding school given to me after Uncle Bev's death by Aunt G.\". Martha Custis Kennon, Georgetown, to Beverley Kennon Jr. Beverley Kennon Jr. was Martha Custis Kennon's half brother.","According to Martha Custis Peter, this illustration was at the Tudor Place.","W. Van Ness, New York, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place, Georgetown","Department of the Interior, Pension Office, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place, Georgetown","Mrs. Charles Carroll Simms to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Georgetown","Mattie D. Abbot to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place. From the Secretary of the Ladies Aid Society of Christ Church accepting Britannia Kennon's resignation as President.","Letters from James Mackubin, Ellicott City, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon","Two letters from Justine Van Rensselaer Townsend, Vice Regent of New York for the Mount Vernon Ladies Association, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon. In the 26 November 1890 letter, Justine asks Britannia to help the Ladies determine what is genuine at the upcoming 1890 Thomas Birch's Sons sale of Washington relics in Philadelphia. The sale will include \"General Washington's papers, a clock, a punch bowl, and many other things.\"","Invitation from The Board of World's Fair Managers of Virginia inviting Britannia W. Peter Kennon to be present at the ceremonies of Virginia Day at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Enclosed with an envelope and the calling card of Mrs. William Radford Beale.","Calling cards for Martha Custis Kennon and Armistead Peter. At home card with envelope for Britannia W. Peter Kennon, engraved by Dempsey \u0026 O. Toole of Baltimore \u0026 Washington.","Engraved form ceritifying that \"Cream Ladle No 68944 is an exact reproduction of one onwed by General and Mrs. Washington and used for a number of years at Mr. Vernon.\" The ladle was produced by Galt \u0026 Bro. Jewellers, Silversmiths, Stationers, Washington D.C..","Regarding the purchase of a clock.","Typescript lists of letters and items from Mount Vernon that were part of  Britannia W. Peter Kennon's collection at Tudor Place.","Unbound notebook with list of items and letters from Mount Vernon that belonged to Britannia W. Peter Kennon at Tudor Place. Includes a list of how the items were divided amongst Britannia's grandchildren.Includes furniture and household items.","Includes a list of how the items were divided amongst Britannia W. Peter Kennon's grandchildren.","Manuscript list of books, jewelry, and locks of hair at Tudor Place","Includes both manuscript and typescript inventories of books, furniture, and objects from Tudor Place.","Newsclippings and correspondence related to Washington relics loaned by Walter G. Peter to the National Museum in the early 1900s.","Lent by Walter G. Peter from the Britannia W. Peter Kennon Collection of Washington Relics.","R. Davidson, Pinckneyville, to George Peter, George Town","Includes a $5 charge on 23 October 1813 for a coffin \"for a black man.\" On 9 February 1814, Peter was charged $50.00 for a lined coffin covered with black cloth, among other expenses, possibly following the death of his first wife, Ann Plater Peter, or one of their young sons.","Thomas Anderson, Clarksburgh, to George Peter","Autograph letter signed with printed cash form from the Office of Discount and Deposit, Washington.","Joseph Delaplaine, Philadelphia, to George Peter. Deplaine requests Major Peter's portrait for his gallery.","U. McInder, Petersburg, to George Peter","Letter from unidentified, Annapolis, to George Peter","W. Coor, Rockville, to George Peter","Partially printed form from the District of Columbia. Major Peter grants Charles A. Burnett power of attorney to sell, assign, and transfer his 50 shares of stock in the Books of the Washington Turnpike Company.","Letter from unidentified, Annapolis, to George Peter","Charles Bunting, Montgomery County, to George Peter","James H., Georgetown, to George Peter","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Benjamin Lincoln Lear, Washington, to George Peter. Lear writes regarding two suits againist Mrs. Sarah Peter.","John Wootton, Rockville, to George Peter","Benjamin Lincoln Lear, Washington, to George Peter. Printed letter with manuscript additions, from B. L. Lear, Attorney of the Bank, Bank of the United States.","W. W. Ramsay, Washington, to George Peter","Letter from unidentified, Washington, to George Peter","Letter from unidentified, Washington City, to George Peter","B. H., Rockville, to George Peter","Clement Cod, Georgetown, to George Peter","William Thompson, Union School, to George Peter","Michael Keepers, Frederick Town, to George Peter","John Wootton, Rockville, to George Peter","G. D., George Town, to George Peter","J. Orme, Georgetown, to George Peter","W. Sellman, Clarksburg, to George Peter","Samuel C. Ulens, Poolesville, to George Peter","J. Higgins, Poolesville, to George Peter","Jesse V., Poolesville, to George Peter, Darnestown","J. Falls, Baltimore, to George Peter","Geo. Howson Mason, Annapolis, to George Peter","Alfred Spates, Cumberland, to George Peter","Letter from unidentified, Baltimore, to George Peter","W. Matthews, George Town, to George Peter","Geo. Hownson Mason, Annapolis, to George Peter","Benj. Fawcett, Colesville, to George Peter","J. Williams, Washington D.C., to George Peter","A letter from the Treasuries Office of the Baltimore and Ohion Railroad Company, offering Peter free tickets to pass over the roads of their company.","Printed election ballot for \"The Constitution and Union Ticket,\" promising \"Civil and Religious Liberty.\" George Peter is listed as the candidate for Commisioner of Public Works.","A list of clothing purchased by Martha Washington from William Jones of Alexandria. Includes suits purchased for enslaved workers Daniel, Marcus, Christopher, and Frank. According to notes on the verso, payments were received from James Anderson on 12 April 1800 and 15 May 1800.","Five receipts for goods and services paid for by James Anderson in 1800, including repairs to old shoes, paper lampblack, freight for one box from Philadelphia, 93 yards of cloth, and leather.","Promissory notes from George Peter","Promissory notes and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.","Bills and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.","Bills and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.","Promissory notes and bank notes from George Peter","Bills and bank notes from George Peter","Bills and bank notes from George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter with F. S. Poole and Bro","Bills and accounts of George Peter with F. S. Poole and Bro.","Undated Bills and accounts of George Peter","George H. Peter, Carlise, writes to his uncle asking for money for an upcoming vacation.","3 letters from James Peter to his uncle George Peter.","George Peter, George Town","3 letters sent by James Freeland Peter to his father from Alexandria, Buffalo, and Detroit.","Manuscript acrostic written for Uncle George Peter.","Sarah Peter, Georgetown, to George Peter","4 letters from George Peter, Jr., to his father.","Typescript list of \"Things from Mt. Vernon\" with manuscript annotations by George Freeland Peter of which Peter heirs inherited the items.","Typescript and manuscript inventories of items fro Tudor Place, with notes on which Peter heirs inherited them.","Identification key to \"The battle at Bunker's Hill\" engraved by Johann Gotthard Müller after the painting by John Trumbull. Printed in London by A. C. de Poggi.","Accounts for shoes, boots, and repairs, including shoes for enslaved people.","Major George Peter's troops are invited to attend Divine Service. \"It is hoped they will attend \u0026 conduct themselves with a reverence suited to the character of Christian soldiers, who have taken arms in defence of their homes \u0026 country \u0026 who look for success \u0026 preservation to the favor of the Almighty Giver of all victory.\"","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel and red wax seal.","2 letters to George Peter from his brother David Peter, George Town.","Deed of sale for land purchased by Peter on Gay Street and Dumarton Street in George Town.","A list of 322 volumes, showing title, number of volumes, size, and type of bookbinding.","8 letters and 1 receipt, mostly addressed to George Peter from his niece, Jane Beverley and her husband, James.","printed pages","Roger Brooke Taney, Annapolis, to George Peter regarding upcoming elections [December 20] to the U. S. Senate specifically the potential election of Mr. [Alexander C.] Hanson as a means to heal and reconcile the differences in the Federal Party. Also discuss Mr. Washington's 'zeal and industry' in supporting Hanson's candidacy. Autograph letter signed, 2 pages. Docketed 'Roger B. Taney - Hanson \u0026 Washington'","W. Cook, Hyates Town,","William Brewer, Aix la Chapelle, to George Peter","James Summers, New Market, to George Peter","G. Dalls S., Colesville, to George Peter, Poolesville","Elisha Jones, Clarksburg, to George Peter","Includes the papers granting George and Sarah Peter guardianship of David Peter's children Elizabeth, William, Jane, George H., and James.","trust, property, and expenses of land","material and clothing","Receipt for the purchase of Lot No. 15 in Square No. 170 in the City of Washington.","Receipts from Leonard W. Candler, Darnes Town, to George Peter. Receipts for the purchase of dry goods, clothing, and other household goods.","3 copies of the will of Sarah Freeland, George Peter's mother-in-law.","appraisal authorization of Alexander Broome and Samuel Darby","Accounts of Margaret Dick with William Parson. Includes an account for shoes soled and nailed for James Peter.","Medical bills, pharmacy, doctor","tuition bills","Letter, T.H. Paul to George Peter. Letter, Unknown  to the Secretary of the Interior of the United States.","Receipts from Leonard W. Candler, Darnes Town, to George Peter. Receipts for the purchase of dry goods, clothing, and other household goods.","typescript copy","deed of conveyance","Indenture, George Peter to Thomas Peter, Land from estate of Robert Peter, Jr.","copies of letters","Military exemption for Armistead Peter","Bill, George Peter, Esq. to Dr. Armistead Peter, 1869 February 11; Col. Richard L. Maury, Attorney, to Dr. Armistead Peter, 1876 October 10","Includes story of Abraham Lincoln and the Maryland Barbecue by Agnes Peter","Memento for either Walter Gibson Peter or W. Orton Williams from Mrs. Laura Cassaway, small American flag and small ivory mirror with flower [Fragile]","Includes receipt of letter, 1873 January 24. Letter regarding interest in farm from Robert Dick.","lock of hair","From Binder 1","From Binder 1","From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- Fragmented letter - From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Four envelopes","Goes up to Britannia W. Peter Kennon -From Binder 1","Condolence letter","Signed by Governor Horatio Sharpe","Indenture, September 30, 1791; Resurvey of Forrest, 1796. Document signed by Gov. Haywood","Resurvey of Pipe Tomhock; Copy of Platt (sic) and Illustrations, August 14, 1798; July 11, 1766, Explanation of Survey, September 19, 1797, May 26, 1796, February 16, 1797","Deed, Elizabeth and John Scrivenor, April 18, 1799, June 11, 1799, Resurvey of Brandy, June 9, 1792, June 18, 1792","December 24, 1871, wrapper","List of enslaved persons, livestock, and tools sold at Slashes, Sugar Lands, and Rock Creek Quarters totaling $9,308.00. Autograph document, 3 pages, with docket.","Bernard Gilpin firmly bound to Thomas Peter for $5520","wove paper","Photocopy, \"Account Book 1, Robert Peter, Esq. with the Commissioners of the Federal Buildings; On division of the Tract, Mexico within the City of Washington, Exclusive of what are called \"Old divisions of squares\" and water lots of which no account is key by the Commissioners. 21 pp. Note from Walter Gibson Peter re: History of book, how it ended up in the Library of Congress Thomas Peter","signed by James Madison, B. Crowninshield, Secretary of the Navy","James Madison signature","The most important ones delivered to F.S. Keys Esq. and recorded in suit pending in Court Dt. Columbia","9 manuscripts","under the orders of Lt. Col. E. Robert, USTE","Building 3044 O Street","copies","Includes Allison's Forrest Enlarged; Fort Grubby Hill, July 1, 1732","Includes Indenture, Daniel Veetch, February 19, 1758 Document signed by Gov. Horatio Sharpe","Bathsheba","First found in Thomas Peter's Letterbooks","Photos, Photos from Survey (4) and Ivory Cross [First found in Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon] Interesting small religious carved cross, made from Mother-of-Pearl","Letter, William A. Coffin to Britannia Kennon, February 23, 1889; Brouchure for Exhibition, April 30, 1889; Letter, A. W. Drake to Britannia Kennon, January 29, 1889, May 16, 1889, including: carte de visite of George Washington and calling card of Mr. A. W. Drake (Photo) [First found in Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon]","First found in Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","First found in Major George Peter's Letterbooks","Frenzel Gallery, Georgetown. Moved from Papers of Dr. Armistead Peter.","Includes Sir Thomas Nicholson, William Scott Blair, General Scott of Malenie, Robert Buchanan, William Dunlop, Elizabeth Roberton, J. Horsburgh, Lord Abbots Hall, Isabel Corbet, Cunningham Scott. First found in Papers of Dr. Armistead Peter.","First found in Papers of Dr. Armistead Peter","Containing photographs of Peter relatives","Pictures of Tudor Place, Vacation, Content Farm, Ellen Beale Peter 1931 (Walter Gibson's Wife) Made by Walter Gibson Peter, [Loose photographs], Half Full.","Elizabeth Peter, wife of Robert Peter. Made by Walter Gibson Peter [Note: Some loose pages]","Book of tobacco sales, list of enslaved persons belonging to Robert Peter, and lots of Robert Peter in the City of Washington with division by squares for the Commissioners and how they are disposed. The bound volume is made up of 178 pages. Pages 52-147 are blank. At some point the volume is flipped and entries are begun at the back of the book from pages 178-154. For viewing purposes those pages have been reoriented and reordered.","\"Tobacco Book,\" All letters received pertaining to his business of selling tobacco in Europe and trading across the Atlantic, including captains, lawyers, and buyers in Europe.","Includes personal letters that were sent to the family, photocopied letters from Thomas and General Washington, various financial papersNot in order [Documents are fragile and book in poor condition]. Made by Walter Gibson Peter.","Contains photographs and letters. Created by Walter Gibson Peter, received documents from Britannia W. Peter Kennon.","Commissions, Letters, Orders, etc. Relating to service in the U.S. Army and Major Georgetown Field Artillery, Created by Walter Gibson Peter. Items signed by John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.","Corps of the Artillerists, New Orleans and Fort McHenry, Garrison and Regimental Orders, Major George Peter; Order and prisoner tries and punishments, List from Fort McHenry, Morning Reports [Note: Book in poor condition]","Ledger of real estate holdings of George Peter with Robert Peter and James Peter [pages 2-17]. Also includes, \"The following Table exhibits a view of the Squares and Lots, the Number of square feet therein contained, and the value of the same, now owned by Capt. George Peter, in the City of Washington\" [pages 74-78]. Stitch binding with marbled paper covers, 88 pages. Real estate accounts appear on pages 2-7, 10-11, 14-17, 74, 76, and 78. The remaining page are blank. In 1813, the ledger is flipped and a single page (page 88) includes a list of names under the title 'Rent Roll for 1813.'","Ledger for the estate of Robert Peter maintained by his son Thomas Peter. The bond volume contains 176 pages, partially completed. Accounts are entered on pages 6-54, pages 55-173 are blank, and pages 174-176 include bank notes at the Bank of Columbia and the Branch Bank of Washington City. A scrap of paper with calculations was found between pages 49 and 50 and is included in the digitization.","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","Lessons and Exercises in Vocal Music by Benjamin Carr","Contains letters, pictures, U.S. Navy Commissions (James Madison, John Tyler, and Franklin Pierce), invitations, and a memorandum of Britannia and Beverley made by Walter Gibson Peter- Grandson to Britannia.","After resigning from the army, notes made from Walter George Peter. Includes letters, a list of enlaved people from Montanaverde, bills, and business transactions.","Repairs made on properties of Robert Peter, Jr.  Stitch binding with marbled paper covers, 98 pages. Real estate accounts appear on pages 2-5, 8-23, and 26-33. The remaining pages are blank.","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","Copies made February 1 and 2, 1849 by Edmund Law Rogers at Tudor Place, the residence of his Great-Aunt Martha Peter.","Communion Alms, Christmas and Easter Offerings, June 5, 1850. In Memory of Mrs. Britannia Wellington Kennon, From the Trustees of the Louise Home, 1911.","Four account books. Account Money paid for the Estate of Mrs. Martha Peter","\"Commenced the practice of medicine the latter end of March 1867. Left town the first of May 1867 and returned June 28th- recommended practicing 8th of July, etc., Expense Log and Visiting List\"","First found in Dr. Armistead Peter's files. 9 volumes, dated 1863, 1866, 1870, 1873, 1876, 1878, 1889, 1892, and 1896.","List of patients from practice and paid or unpaid, in alphabetical order, Bills Due, Cash Paid to Mrs. Peter, other accounts, small pox vaccination count","Notes on visits, family seal, copied letters, list of articles from Mount Vernon, notes about clothes and jewelry; Copy of Album was acquired by Martha Custis Peter, great-great granddaughter to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, which Britannia had given to her grandson, Walter Gibson Peter. Her father was Walter Gibson Peter, Jr.","contains dried flowers","Includes folders of France and WWI soldiers","Contains deeds, inventories, and papers pertaining to Robert Peter's estates and his sons, Robert, James, David, George, and Thomas. Various notes about David Peter's death, and letters from George Peter. Made by Walter Gibson Peter. [Note: There are loose pages]","Includes voice and music notes for the saxon ground, will you come to the bower, nobody coming to marry me, the rose, rondo, and others.","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","No. 5116, volume 190, covering the coronation of George VI.","Printed volume, includes a facsimile handwritten section entitled \"accounts, G. Washington with the United States, commencing June 1775, and ending June 1773, comprehending a space of eight years.\"","Special Collections at The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon","Washington, George, 1732-1799","Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816","Washington, Martha, 1731-1802","Law, Elizabeth Parke Custis, 1776-1831","Law, Thomas, 1756-1834","Costin, William, 1780?-1842","Law, John, 1784?-1822","Rogers, Lloyd Nicholas, approximately 1788-1860","Rogers, Edmund Law","Peter, Robert, 1726-1806","Peter, Thomas, 1769-1834","Peter, Martha Parke Custis, 1777-1854","Kennon, Britannia Wellington Peter, 1815-1911","Peter, George, 1779-1861","Peter, Armistead, 1840-1902","Peter, Agnes, 1840-1902","Mercereau, John, 1732-1820","Dandridge, Bartholomew, approximately 1774-1802","Stuart, Eleanor Calvert Custis, approximately 1758-1811","Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834","Madison, James, 1751-1836","Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818","Pinckney, Mary Stead, approximately 1751-1812","Trumbull, Jonathan, 1740-1809","Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821","Washington, Bushrod, 1762-1829","Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804","Miller, Samuel, 1769-1850","Knox, Henry, 1750-1806","Varick, Richard, 1753-1831","Sedgwick, Theodore, 1746-1813","Rogers, William, 1751-1824","Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828","Atherton, Charles H.  (Charles Humphrey), 1773-1853","Lafayette, Georges Washington Louis Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1779-1849","Kemp, James, 1764-1827","Wadsworth, Peleg, 1748-1829","Blair, John D.  (John Durbarrow), 1759-1823","Griffith, William, 1766-1826","Le Mayeur, Jean Pierre","Sinclair, John, Sir, 1754-1835","Rogers, Elizabeth Parke Custis Law, 1797-1822","Bernard, Simon, 1779-1839","Ringgold, Tench","Lovering, William (Architect)","Scott, Gustavus, 1753-1800","Thornton, William, 1759-1828","White, Alexander, 1738-1804","Custis, George Washington Parke, 1781-1857","Lewis, Lawrence, 1767-1839","Lewis, Eleanor Parke Custis, 1779-1852","Law, Edmund, 1790-1829","Decatur, Susan Wheeler","Hay, George, 1765-1830","Lee, Henry, 1756-1818","De Kalb, Johann, 1721-1780","Elgar, Joseph","Anderson, James, 1745-1807","Craik, James, 1730-1814","Anderson, John","Stuart, David, 1753-1814","Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829","Smith, George (Blacksmith)","Lear, Benjamin L. (Benjamin Lincoln), 1792-1832","Peter, George Washington, 1801-1877","Maltitz, Apollonius August von, 1795-1870","Quincy, Josiah, 1772-1864","Stabler, Edward, 1769-1831","Lewis, Lorenzo, 1803-1847","Kennon, Beverley, 1793-1844","Peter, Martha Custis Kennon, 1843-1886","Peter, Walter G.  (Walter Gibson), 1868-1945","Peter, Armistead, 1870-1960","Peter, George Freeland, 1875–1953","Tyler, John, 1790-1862","Peter, Walter Gibson, 1842-1863","Townsend, Justine Van Rensselaer, 1828-1912","Taney, Roger Brooke, 1777-1864","Delaplaine, Joseph, 1777-1824","Bunting, Charles","Key, Philip Barton, 1757-1815","Hanson, Alexander Contee, 1786-1819","English \n.    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Papers of Robert Peter : Subseries 11.1. Accounts, Subseries 11.2. Financial Documents, Subseries 11.3. Legal Documents, Subseries 11.4. Land Documents, Subseries 11.5. Estate Documents Series 12. Papers of Thomas Peter : Subseries 12.1. Financial Documents, Subseries 12.2. Land Documents, Subseries 12.3. Estate Documents, Subseries 12.4. Correspondence Series 13. Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, 1824-1909 : Subseries 13.1. Financial Documents, Subseries 13.2. Legal Documents, Subseries 13.3. Correspondence"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Peters were a prominent family in Washington, D.C. during the eighteenth and nineteen centuries. Martha Parke Custis, Martha Washington's granddaughter, married into the Peter family in 1795.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eGeorge Washington (1732-1799)\u003c/emph\u003e: George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 at a modest farm in Westmoreland County, Virginia to parents Augustine and Mary Ball Washington. In 1749, George Washington was appointed surveyor for Culpepper County. In 1752, he started his military career in the Virginia militia. During the Revolutionary War he was the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and later was elected as the first President of the United States of America. He lived with his wife, Martha Washington, at Mount Vernon, where he passed away December 14, 1799.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eMartha Washington (1731-1802)\u003c/emph\u003e: Martha Dandridge Custis Washington was born on June 2, 1731 to parents John and Frances Jones Dandridge. She married her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis, on May 15, 1750. Together they had four children, two of whom died in childhood. On July 8, 1757, her husband unexpectedly died, leaving her a widow with their two remaining children, John Parke Custis and Martha Parke Custis. On January 6, 1759, Martha Dandridge Custis married George Washington. Martha Parke Custis or Patsy, died at the age of 17. On February 3, 1774, John Parke Custis married Eleanor Calvert, and together they had four children who survived to adulthood. However, on November 5, 1781, John Parke Custis passed away, and the younger two of his children went to live at Mount Vernon with their grandmother. Martha Dandridge Custis Washington died on May 22, 1802.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eTobias Lear (1762-1816)\u003c/emph\u003e: Tobias Lear was born in 1762. He was employed by George Washington in 1786 to manage expense reports to Congress and also as the personal tutor to Martha Washington's grandchildren. In 1790 Tobias Lear married Mary \"Polly\" Long; however she died in 1793. Lear then married Martha Washington's niece, Frances Bassett Washington, but she died shortly they were married. Lear married for a third time to Frances Dandridge Henley, another niece of Martha Washington. He died in 1816.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eElizabeth (Betsy, Beth, Eliza) Parke Custis Law (1776-1831)\u003c/emph\u003e: Wife to Thomas Law, Eliza Parke Custis Law was born on August 21, 1776. She was the daughter of John (Jacky) Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Calvert. Upon the death of her father in 1781, Eliza's two younger siblings, George Washington (Washy) Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Parke Custis went to live with their grandmother, Martha Washington, and her second husband, George Washington. Eliza and her other sister Martha stayed at home with their mother. Shortly after, their mother remarried Dr. David Stuart and had thirteen more children. On March 21, 1796, Eliza Parke Custis Law married Thomas Law and together they had one child, Eliza Law. In 1804, the couple separated and their daughter went to live with her father. They officially divorced in 1811. Eliza Parke Custis Law lived with one of her uncles for a time after the separation, and soon purchased a house in Alexandria called \"Mount Washington.\" Eliza Law Rogers died in 1822, leaving behind a husband (Lloyd Nicholas Rogers) and two children. Eliza Parke Custis Law died on December 31, 1831.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThomas Law (1756-1834)\u003c/emph\u003e: Thomas Law was born on October 23, 1756 in Cambridge, England. He started his career working for the East India Trading Company and began building his reputation, as well as his income. In 1794, he left England to start a new life in America where he began to invest in lands, particularly in the nation's capital. Over time, Law became extremely passionate about the arts, particularly poetry, which he wrote and published. He even founded the first dance society, theater, and the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences. Thomas Law married Eliza Parke Custis on March 21, 1796. Together they had one child, Eliza Law, who married Lloyd Nicholls Rogers in 1817. Thomas Law died in 1834.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eWilliam Costin (1780-1842)\u003c/emph\u003e: William Costin was a prominent free black man in early 19th-century Washington DC. He was a messenger for the Bank of Washington and ran a hack business in the city. In 1800, he married his cousin Philadelphia (\"Delphy\"), a dower slave of Martha Washington. Upon Martha Washington's death in 1802, Delphy became the property of Eliza Parke Custis Law, wife to Thomas Law. Delphy and their children were granted freedom shortly after, and the couple decided to stay in Washington, D.C. Together the Costins had seven children. He died in 1842.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eJohn Law (1784-1822)\u003c/emph\u003e: John Law was born in India about 1784 to Thomas Law and an unidentified Indian woman. In 1794 Thomas Law came to America after living about two decades in India; presumably John and his brothers came with him. Thomas Law married Eliza Parke Custis in 1796 and raised the boys until their separation around 1804. John Law graduated from Harvard University in 1804; he was a member of the Columbian Dragoons in 1811; and was the commissioner to adjust the Yazoo claims in 1814. He died on October 4, 1822.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLloyd Nicholas Rogers (1787 or 1788-1860)\u003c/emph\u003e: Lloyd Nicholas Rogers was born on September 20, 1788 to parents Nicholas and Eleanor Buchanan Rogers. Lloyd Nicholas Rogers married Eliza Law Rogers in 1817. Together they had two children, Edmund Law Rogers and Eleanor Agnes Rogers. They lived on Druid Hill which had been passed down by Lloyd's Scottish father. Very shortly after the death of Lloyd's father in 1822, Eliza also died. In 1829, Rogers was married to Hortensia Monroe Hay who was the granddaughter of James Monroe. Together, they had an additional three daughters, Harriet, Hortensia, and Mary Custis. Lloyd was a proprietor of his estate and practiced law out of his home on Druid Hill. Hortensia died in the 1850s, leaving Lloyd all alone. All of his children except for Eleanor had already married and moved out. Eleanor would not marry until 1862, following her father's death. Lloyd Nicholas Rogers died on November 12, 1860.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eEdmund Law Rogers (1818-1896)\u003c/emph\u003e: Edmund Law Rogers was born in 1818 to Lloyd Nicholas Rogers and Eliza Law Rogers. He grew up and lived in Baltimore all of his life, and was a founding member of the Maryland and Harvard Club, as well as a member of various other organizations, such as, the Sons of the Revolution and the Baltimore Historical Society. He spoke several different languages and was a lover of the arts. He married Charlotte Matilda Plater and together they had two children, Edmund Law Rogers, Jr., and Charlotte Plater Rogers. He died of paralysis on January 24, 1896.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eRobert Peter (1726-1806)\u003c/emph\u003e: Robert Peter was born in 1726 in Scotland to Thomas Peter and Jean Dunlop, who were prosperous merchants. He immigrated to the United States around 1745, but there is no definite reason why he chose to leave. He first settled in the town, Bladensburg, along the Anacostia River. In 1751, Georgetown was established, and Robert purchased a lot in the town the following year, and slowly began to build up his land holdings. His land holdings grew to be quite extensive, including owning the entire square from M, K, and 31st Streets, and Wisconsin Ave. From 1789 to 1798, Robert Peter was the first mayor of Georgetown. On December 27, 1767, he married Elizabeth Scott, and together they had 10 children, one of whom died as an infant. Their names were: Thomas, Alexander, Elizabeth, Walter, Robert, Jean, Margaret, David, George, and James. He died in 1806.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThomas Peter (1769-1834)\u003c/emph\u003e: Thomas Peter was born January 4, 1769 to Robert and Elizabeth Scott Peter. Thomas Peter married Martha Parke Custis, granddaughter to Martha Washington, in 1795. Together, they had eight children. Martha Eliza Eleanor, Columbia Washington, John Parke Custis, Robert Thomas, George Washington, America Pinckney, Martha Custis Castania (who died young), and Britannia Wellington. In 1805, Thomas and Martha purchased eight-and-a-half acres in \"Georgetown Heights.\" [For more information on Tudor Place, see Tudor Place: Historic House and Gardens.] They later hired architect Dr. William Thornton to design and build Tudor Place located in Georgetown. It was completed in 1816 and still stands today. Thomas Peter was a prominent lawyer of the time and was one of the executors of Martha Washington's will. He died April 16, 1834.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eMartha (Patty) Parke Custis Peter (1777-1854)\u003c/emph\u003e: was born to John Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Calvert Custis on December 31, 1777. She was one of four children in their family to survive to adulthood: Eliza Parke, Martha Parke, Eleanor Parke (Nelly), and George Washington (Washy) Parke. Following the death of their father in 1781, Patty and her older sister, Eliza, lived with their mother and stepfather, Dr. David Stuart, and their large family, while their younger siblings, Nelly and Washy, lived with their grandparents at Mount Vernon. There were frequent visits to Mount Vernon in both childhood and following her marriage to Thomas Peter in 1795. She died July 13 or 15, 1854.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eBritannia Wellington Peter Kennon (1815-1911)\u003c/emph\u003e: Britannia Wellington Peter was born January 28, 1815, as the youngest child of Martha Parke (Patty) Custis Peter and Thomas Peter. In 1842, she married Commodore Beverley Kennon, and together they had one child, Martha Custis Kennon, on October 18, 1843. Commodore Kennon died from a gun explosion on the frigate Princeton on February 28, 1844. Martha Custis Kennon married Dr. Armistead Peter in 1867. When Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon's mother passed in 1854, she inherited Tudor Place, where she lived until her death in 1911.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eMajor George Peter (1779-1861)\u003c/emph\u003e: Major George W. Peter was born on September 28, 1779 to Robert and Elizabeth Scott Peter. He was married three times during his life. First, to Ann Plater in 1809. Together they had two children, George and Thomas. His wife and two children all died in 1814. Secondly, in 1815 he married Agnes Buchanon Freeland. They had five children, Robert, Ann, James, Agnes, and David. Agnes, his wife, died in 1825. Only a month later, he again married, this time to Sarah Norfleet Freeland, the sister of his second wife. Together, they had nine children: Sarah Agnes, George, Alexander Scott, Margaret Dick, Elizabeth, Armistead, Walter Gibson, William, and Katherine Norfleet. Major George Peter was an officer in the army, a representative in Congress, and a farmer. During his career in the army, he was first appointed first lieutenant 2nd, Artillery and Engineers on February 16, 1801. He was promoted to Captain on November 3, 1807, and finally was transferred to the Light Artillery in May of 1808. He resigned in June 11, 1809. In 1815, he was elected to Congress to cover the sixth district in Maryland. He would continue this appointment until after 1828. He died June 22, 1861.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eDr. Armistead Peter (1840-1902)\u003c/emph\u003e: Dr. Armistead Peter was one of George Peter's sons from his third marriage to Sarah Norfleet Freeland Peter. He was born on February 23, 1840. Dr. Armistead Peter was a cousin to his wife Martha Custis Kennon Peter, whom he married in 1867. Together, Martha and Armistead had five children: Walter Gibson, Armistead, Beverley Kennon, George Freeland, and Agnes. He and Martha Custis Kennon Peter both moved into Tudor Place and Dr. Armistead Peter converted a portion of the house for his medical practice. He created a very successful business as one of the best doctors in the city of Washington. During the Civil War he was employed by the U.S. Army as ward surgeon, as well as serving in a smallpox hospital. Martha Custis Kennon Peter died suddenly in 1886. Armistead died in 1902, his mother-in-law, Britannia W. Peter Kennon outliving both of them. The land in Bethesda was divided between their four children. After Britannia W. Peter Kennon died, the house was left to her grandson, Armistead Peter II. Dr. Armistead Peter died on January 28, 1902.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAgnes Peter (1880-1957)\u003c/emph\u003e: Agnes Peter, born on February 3, 1880, was the daughter of Dr. Armistead Peter and Martha Custis Kennon Peter. She lived in France for a period of time during WWI conducting work for the YMCA. Agnes Peter was the director of a Foyer du Soldat and helped to receive soldiers and refugees. She was also in charge of the Graves Registration Section in Rheims. She was the first woman in France to be awarded the silver Medal of Honor for her distinguished services to the country during the war. In 1946, when she was 73, she married Nobel Prize winner, Dr. John R. Mott, who is most acclaimed for his work creating international Christian programs with a goal to establish peace. She died in 1957.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["The Peters were a prominent family in Washington, D.C. during the eighteenth and nineteen centuries. Martha Parke Custis, Martha Washington's granddaughter, married into the Peter family in 1795.","George Washington (1732-1799) : George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 at a modest farm in Westmoreland County, Virginia to parents Augustine and Mary Ball Washington. In 1749, George Washington was appointed surveyor for Culpepper County. In 1752, he started his military career in the Virginia militia. During the Revolutionary War he was the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and later was elected as the first President of the United States of America. He lived with his wife, Martha Washington, at Mount Vernon, where he passed away December 14, 1799.","Martha Washington (1731-1802) : Martha Dandridge Custis Washington was born on June 2, 1731 to parents John and Frances Jones Dandridge. She married her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis, on May 15, 1750. Together they had four children, two of whom died in childhood. On July 8, 1757, her husband unexpectedly died, leaving her a widow with their two remaining children, John Parke Custis and Martha Parke Custis. On January 6, 1759, Martha Dandridge Custis married George Washington. Martha Parke Custis or Patsy, died at the age of 17. On February 3, 1774, John Parke Custis married Eleanor Calvert, and together they had four children who survived to adulthood. However, on November 5, 1781, John Parke Custis passed away, and the younger two of his children went to live at Mount Vernon with their grandmother. Martha Dandridge Custis Washington died on May 22, 1802.","Tobias Lear (1762-1816) : Tobias Lear was born in 1762. He was employed by George Washington in 1786 to manage expense reports to Congress and also as the personal tutor to Martha Washington's grandchildren. In 1790 Tobias Lear married Mary \"Polly\" Long; however she died in 1793. Lear then married Martha Washington's niece, Frances Bassett Washington, but she died shortly they were married. Lear married for a third time to Frances Dandridge Henley, another niece of Martha Washington. He died in 1816.","Elizabeth (Betsy, Beth, Eliza) Parke Custis Law (1776-1831) : Wife to Thomas Law, Eliza Parke Custis Law was born on August 21, 1776. She was the daughter of John (Jacky) Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Calvert. Upon the death of her father in 1781, Eliza's two younger siblings, George Washington (Washy) Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Parke Custis went to live with their grandmother, Martha Washington, and her second husband, George Washington. Eliza and her other sister Martha stayed at home with their mother. Shortly after, their mother remarried Dr. David Stuart and had thirteen more children. On March 21, 1796, Eliza Parke Custis Law married Thomas Law and together they had one child, Eliza Law. In 1804, the couple separated and their daughter went to live with her father. They officially divorced in 1811. Eliza Parke Custis Law lived with one of her uncles for a time after the separation, and soon purchased a house in Alexandria called \"Mount Washington.\" Eliza Law Rogers died in 1822, leaving behind a husband (Lloyd Nicholas Rogers) and two children. Eliza Parke Custis Law died on December 31, 1831.","Thomas Law (1756-1834) : Thomas Law was born on October 23, 1756 in Cambridge, England. He started his career working for the East India Trading Company and began building his reputation, as well as his income. In 1794, he left England to start a new life in America where he began to invest in lands, particularly in the nation's capital. Over time, Law became extremely passionate about the arts, particularly poetry, which he wrote and published. He even founded the first dance society, theater, and the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences. Thomas Law married Eliza Parke Custis on March 21, 1796. Together they had one child, Eliza Law, who married Lloyd Nicholls Rogers in 1817. Thomas Law died in 1834.","William Costin (1780-1842) : William Costin was a prominent free black man in early 19th-century Washington DC. He was a messenger for the Bank of Washington and ran a hack business in the city. In 1800, he married his cousin Philadelphia (\"Delphy\"), a dower slave of Martha Washington. Upon Martha Washington's death in 1802, Delphy became the property of Eliza Parke Custis Law, wife to Thomas Law. Delphy and their children were granted freedom shortly after, and the couple decided to stay in Washington, D.C. Together the Costins had seven children. He died in 1842.","John Law (1784-1822) : John Law was born in India about 1784 to Thomas Law and an unidentified Indian woman. In 1794 Thomas Law came to America after living about two decades in India; presumably John and his brothers came with him. Thomas Law married Eliza Parke Custis in 1796 and raised the boys until their separation around 1804. John Law graduated from Harvard University in 1804; he was a member of the Columbian Dragoons in 1811; and was the commissioner to adjust the Yazoo claims in 1814. He died on October 4, 1822.","Lloyd Nicholas Rogers (1787 or 1788-1860) : Lloyd Nicholas Rogers was born on September 20, 1788 to parents Nicholas and Eleanor Buchanan Rogers. Lloyd Nicholas Rogers married Eliza Law Rogers in 1817. Together they had two children, Edmund Law Rogers and Eleanor Agnes Rogers. They lived on Druid Hill which had been passed down by Lloyd's Scottish father. Very shortly after the death of Lloyd's father in 1822, Eliza also died. In 1829, Rogers was married to Hortensia Monroe Hay who was the granddaughter of James Monroe. Together, they had an additional three daughters, Harriet, Hortensia, and Mary Custis. Lloyd was a proprietor of his estate and practiced law out of his home on Druid Hill. Hortensia died in the 1850s, leaving Lloyd all alone. All of his children except for Eleanor had already married and moved out. Eleanor would not marry until 1862, following her father's death. Lloyd Nicholas Rogers died on November 12, 1860.","Edmund Law Rogers (1818-1896) : Edmund Law Rogers was born in 1818 to Lloyd Nicholas Rogers and Eliza Law Rogers. He grew up and lived in Baltimore all of his life, and was a founding member of the Maryland and Harvard Club, as well as a member of various other organizations, such as, the Sons of the Revolution and the Baltimore Historical Society. He spoke several different languages and was a lover of the arts. He married Charlotte Matilda Plater and together they had two children, Edmund Law Rogers, Jr., and Charlotte Plater Rogers. He died of paralysis on January 24, 1896.","Robert Peter (1726-1806) : Robert Peter was born in 1726 in Scotland to Thomas Peter and Jean Dunlop, who were prosperous merchants. He immigrated to the United States around 1745, but there is no definite reason why he chose to leave. He first settled in the town, Bladensburg, along the Anacostia River. In 1751, Georgetown was established, and Robert purchased a lot in the town the following year, and slowly began to build up his land holdings. His land holdings grew to be quite extensive, including owning the entire square from M, K, and 31st Streets, and Wisconsin Ave. From 1789 to 1798, Robert Peter was the first mayor of Georgetown. On December 27, 1767, he married Elizabeth Scott, and together they had 10 children, one of whom died as an infant. Their names were: Thomas, Alexander, Elizabeth, Walter, Robert, Jean, Margaret, David, George, and James. He died in 1806.","Thomas Peter (1769-1834) : Thomas Peter was born January 4, 1769 to Robert and Elizabeth Scott Peter. Thomas Peter married Martha Parke Custis, granddaughter to Martha Washington, in 1795. Together, they had eight children. Martha Eliza Eleanor, Columbia Washington, John Parke Custis, Robert Thomas, George Washington, America Pinckney, Martha Custis Castania (who died young), and Britannia Wellington. In 1805, Thomas and Martha purchased eight-and-a-half acres in \"Georgetown Heights.\" [For more information on Tudor Place, see Tudor Place: Historic House and Gardens.] They later hired architect Dr. William Thornton to design and build Tudor Place located in Georgetown. It was completed in 1816 and still stands today. Thomas Peter was a prominent lawyer of the time and was one of the executors of Martha Washington's will. He died April 16, 1834.","Martha (Patty) Parke Custis Peter (1777-1854) : was born to John Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Calvert Custis on December 31, 1777. She was one of four children in their family to survive to adulthood: Eliza Parke, Martha Parke, Eleanor Parke (Nelly), and George Washington (Washy) Parke. Following the death of their father in 1781, Patty and her older sister, Eliza, lived with their mother and stepfather, Dr. David Stuart, and their large family, while their younger siblings, Nelly and Washy, lived with their grandparents at Mount Vernon. There were frequent visits to Mount Vernon in both childhood and following her marriage to Thomas Peter in 1795. She died July 13 or 15, 1854.","Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon (1815-1911) : Britannia Wellington Peter was born January 28, 1815, as the youngest child of Martha Parke (Patty) Custis Peter and Thomas Peter. In 1842, she married Commodore Beverley Kennon, and together they had one child, Martha Custis Kennon, on October 18, 1843. Commodore Kennon died from a gun explosion on the frigate Princeton on February 28, 1844. Martha Custis Kennon married Dr. Armistead Peter in 1867. When Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon's mother passed in 1854, she inherited Tudor Place, where she lived until her death in 1911.","Major George Peter (1779-1861) : Major George W. Peter was born on September 28, 1779 to Robert and Elizabeth Scott Peter. He was married three times during his life. First, to Ann Plater in 1809. Together they had two children, George and Thomas. His wife and two children all died in 1814. Secondly, in 1815 he married Agnes Buchanon Freeland. They had five children, Robert, Ann, James, Agnes, and David. Agnes, his wife, died in 1825. Only a month later, he again married, this time to Sarah Norfleet Freeland, the sister of his second wife. Together, they had nine children: Sarah Agnes, George, Alexander Scott, Margaret Dick, Elizabeth, Armistead, Walter Gibson, William, and Katherine Norfleet. Major George Peter was an officer in the army, a representative in Congress, and a farmer. During his career in the army, he was first appointed first lieutenant 2nd, Artillery and Engineers on February 16, 1801. He was promoted to Captain on November 3, 1807, and finally was transferred to the Light Artillery in May of 1808. He resigned in June 11, 1809. In 1815, he was elected to Congress to cover the sixth district in Maryland. He would continue this appointment until after 1828. He died June 22, 1861.","Dr. Armistead Peter (1840-1902) : Dr. Armistead Peter was one of George Peter's sons from his third marriage to Sarah Norfleet Freeland Peter. He was born on February 23, 1840. Dr. Armistead Peter was a cousin to his wife Martha Custis Kennon Peter, whom he married in 1867. Together, Martha and Armistead had five children: Walter Gibson, Armistead, Beverley Kennon, George Freeland, and Agnes. He and Martha Custis Kennon Peter both moved into Tudor Place and Dr. Armistead Peter converted a portion of the house for his medical practice. He created a very successful business as one of the best doctors in the city of Washington. During the Civil War he was employed by the U.S. Army as ward surgeon, as well as serving in a smallpox hospital. Martha Custis Kennon Peter died suddenly in 1886. Armistead died in 1902, his mother-in-law, Britannia W. Peter Kennon outliving both of them. The land in Bethesda was divided between their four children. After Britannia W. Peter Kennon died, the house was left to her grandson, Armistead Peter II. Dr. Armistead Peter died on January 28, 1902.","Agnes Peter (1880-1957) : Agnes Peter, born on February 3, 1880, was the daughter of Dr. Armistead Peter and Martha Custis Kennon Peter. She lived in France for a period of time during WWI conducting work for the YMCA. Agnes Peter was the director of a Foyer du Soldat and helped to receive soldiers and refugees. She was also in charge of the Graves Registration Section in Rheims. She was the first woman in France to be awarded the silver Medal of Honor for her distinguished services to the country during the war. In 1946, when she was 73, she married Nobel Prize winner, Dr. John R. Mott, who is most acclaimed for his work creating international Christian programs with a goal to establish peace. She died in 1957."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Name and date of item], Peter Family papers, [Folder], Special Collections, The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon [hereafter Washington Library], Mount Vernon, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Name and date of item], Peter Family papers, [Folder], Special Collections, The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon [hereafter Washington Library], Mount Vernon, Virginia."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePeter family owned books are cataloged in the Library Catalog. The 23 titles (36 volumes) are searchable in the\n\u003ca href=\"https://mountvernonlibrary.on.worldcat.org/search?queryString=%2A\u0026amp;clusterResults=false\u0026amp;groupVariantRecords=false\u0026amp;subscope=wz%3A46368%3A%3Azs%3A39386\u0026amp;changedFacet=scope\"\u003ethe Catalog's Peter Family Collection\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003esee Century Magazine, May 1890, p. 17\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials","Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Peter family owned books are cataloged in the Library Catalog. The 23 titles (36 volumes) are searchable in the\n the Catalog's Peter Family Collection .","see Century Magazine, May 1890, p. 17"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection consists of papers collected by various members of the Peter families. It includes letters from George Washington, letters of condolence to Martha Washington after George Washington's death, estate documents, Major George Peter's military papers, land plats and surveys, photo albums, letterbooks, and notebooks that tell of the life of this prominent family in Virginia and the City of Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed from Eliza, Hope Park, asking her grandfather for a picture of him. Docketed in Washington's hand on verso.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutographed letter signed (signature cut out) George Washington, German Town, to Eliza Parke Custis. Washington offers his granddaughter advice on love and marriage.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter in Washington's hand, initialed by both George and Martha. George and Martha Washington, Philadelphia, to Thomas Law. The Washingtons congratulate Law on his marriage to their grandaughter Eliza.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed by George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter, discussing the purchase of English cattle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Docketed in Washington's hand.Thomas Peter, George Town, to George Washington, Mount Vernon. Peter asks Washington to secure a spot for his brother in the Army and shares rumors about a bill coming up in Congress.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel and seal. George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter. Washington writes about the sale of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel.George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter. Washington writes about farming and congratulates Thomas and Patsy on the birth of their son.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. John Mercereau, Union Township, to George Washington. John Mercereau, a businessman who served with his brother and nephew in a spy ring during the Revolutionary War, writes to Washington asking if he may come and visit, reflecting that no memories give him greater satisfaction than those he spent \"Devoted to my Countrys Service.\" Tragically, Mercereau did not know that Washington had died 10 days before his letter was sent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., London, to George Washington.  Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., writes to his uncle about his business ventures from London. He had not yet received word of Washington's death on December 14, 1799.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter unsigned in the hand of Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart and most likely addressed to Tobias Lear. The letter is dated 7 February with no year but was most likely written in 1790, since it mentions Lear's first marriage, which occured in 1790.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed, undated, with integral free franked address panel. Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart to Tobias Lear, New York. Docketed in Lear's hand as received 2 October 1790. Eleanor writes of her unhappiness at being parted from her children Nelly and Wash.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear, New York. Eleanor writes about the lottery and her family, noting that \"My Dear Nelly \u0026amp; Wash. are still spoilt by Grand Mama but chearfully obey every word I say to them.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Docketed in hand of George Washington. Lucretia Constance Radcliffe, Charleston, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Mrs. Radcliffe writes seeking an Army commission for her son and sends a packet of crane feathers and melon seeds. She also sends news of Major Pinkney.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript resolution of the \"Sixth Congress of the United States: At the first session Begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the second of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine\" stating that a marble monument to George Washington be erected in the City of Washington and that his remains be interred beneath it. It is also resolved that a funeral procession from Comgress Hall to the German Lutheran Church shall take place on Thursday, December 26, 1799, and that the nation will wear crepe arm bands for thirty days of mourning.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Maria S. Ross, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. A condolence letter from Maria S. Ross of Lancaster, Pennsylvania to Martha Washington on the death of her husband.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter, copy. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response to Maria Ross's condolence letter to Martha Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel with seal of John Adams. Abigail Adams, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Condolence letter written by Abigail Adams to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Martha Washington's response to Abigail Adams's condolence letter on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Mary Stead Pinckney, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Pinckney also sends her regards and congratulations to Nelly Parke Custis Lewis, who was recovering from the birth of her first child, Frances Parke Lewis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Jonathan Trumbull Jr., Governor of Connecticut, Lebanon, Connecticut, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Elias Boudinot, New Jersey Congressman and Director of the United States Mint, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, to Elias Boudinot. Tobias Lear's response on behalf of Martha Washington to Elias Boudinot's condolence letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Bushrod Washington, Walnut Farm, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Bushrod writes to Martha about purchasing corn from Colonel Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Condolence letter written by Ann Huntington, New London, Connecticut,  to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon, on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response on behalf of Martha to Hamilton's condolence letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Condolence letter from Reverend Samuel Miller, New York, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon, on the death of George Washington. He writes that he is inclosing a discourse he recently delivered on the occasion of Washington's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response on behalf of Martha to Samuel Miller's, New York, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Stephen Williamson, Philadelphia, State Prison, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Stephen Williamson introduces himself as the captain of a company in the Rhode Island Regiment who served under Washington in the Revolutionary War. He recounts a dream he had in which she gives birth to a son following Washington's death. He also tells Martha the details of his arrest for buying a stolen horse and requests her assistance in getting him out of prison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Former Secretary of War Henry Knox, Montpelier, St. Georges, sends Martha his condolences after the passing of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Henry Knox's condolence letter on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Mayor of New York City Richard Varick offers his condolences to Martha after the death of George Washington. He also incloses, on behalf of the Common Council of New York City, an oration delivered on the occassion of Washington's death by Gouverneur Morris.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha Washington in response to Richard Varick's, New York, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Richard Washington,Bermuda, a former business associate of Washington's in London, offers his condolences to Martha after George Washington's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Theodore Sedgwick, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Sedgwick writes that he is inclosing a second edition of General Lee's funeral oration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha in response to Theodore Sedgwick's condolence letter after the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Condolence letter written by the Marquis de Lafayette, La Grange, to Martha after the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. A condolence letter from Auguste Belin, Secretary of the Loge Française l'Aménité of Philidelphia, a freemason lodge of French and Saint-Dominguen émigrés. Belin writes that he is inclosing copies of a funeral oration performed at the lodge in honor of George Washington's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Auguste Belin's, Philadelphia, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter. Condolence note from Reverend William Rogers, Philadelphia, to Martha on the death of George Washington. Rogers writes that he is enclosing a copy of a funeral oration he delivered in Washington's honor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, on behalf of Martha Washington, thanks William Rogers for sending \"a copy of the Religious Exercises, at the time of the Eulogy, at the German Reformed Church.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha Washington, requests that Gilbert Stuart's original portrait of Washington be given to Martha, in exchange for fair compensation. Lear writes that Martha has expressed no desire for her own portrait, but Lear thinks it would be nice to display alongside the portrait of Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Condolence note written by Charles Humphrey Atherton, Amherst, New Hampshire, to Martha Washington after the death of George Washington. Atherton writes that he is enclosing a funeral oration delivered at the request of the citizens of Amherst, New Hampshire in Washington's honor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha Washington in response to Charles H. Atherton's, Amherst, New Hampshire, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Georges Washington de Lafayette, La Grange, son of the Marquis de Lafayette, writes a condolence note to Martha after the death of George Washington. Georges writes of Washington's \"parental kindness\" when he visited Mount Vernon and says, \"How far was I to imagine when I left your family that it would be a last farewell.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Condolence letter written by Alexandria merchant Thomas Porter to Martha after the death of George Washington. Porter writes that he is sending an eulogy along with the letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. A condolence letter written by Revered James Kemp, Cambridge, Maryland, to Martha Washington after the death of George Washington. Kemp writes that he is enclosing a copy of a sermon he delivered on the day appointed by Congress to honor George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, responds on behalf of Martha Washington to James Kemp's, Cambridge, Maryland, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Peleg Wadsworth, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Wadsworth requests, on behalf of his daughter, a relic of the late General.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Peleg Wadsworth's condolence letter after the death of George Washington. Lear writes that he is enclosing a lock of Washington's hair for Wadsworth's daughter as requested.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha Washington, thanks Reverend John D. Blair for sending his condolences and two orations delivered in Richmond on February 22 in honor of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. William Griffiths, Burlington, New Jersey, offers his condolences on behalf of the citizens of Burlington, New Jersey to Martha after the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, responds on behalf of Martha to William Griffith's, Burlington, New Jersey, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Theodore Sedgwick, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed \"John Lemayere.\" Jean Pierre Le Mayeur, Sweet Springs, was George Washington's dentist during the Revolutionary War. He writes his condolences to Martha on the death of Washington, apologizing that his servant lost the first condolence letter he had written on February 24.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, to Dr. Jean Pierre Le Mayeur, Sweet Springs\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., New York, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Bartholomew Dandridge Jr. writes his aunt inquiring about letters sent to him from Washington before his death that Dandridge never received.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Sir John Sinclair, London, writes to Martha in praise of her late husband and sends her a volume of his letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 letters written by Elizabeth Parke Custis Law Rogers to her mother between December 5, 1819 - November 21, 1821.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e7 letters written by Brigadier General Simon Bernard, Washington City, to Eliza Parke Custis Law between March 28, 1828 and May 21, 1830.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLloyd Rogers to Elizabeth Parke Custis Law, Alexandria\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted legal document: Statement of the defendant's case. Docketed on verso \"Papers relating to case of Law v. Morris Nicholson \u0026amp; Greenleaf.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript legal statement of Thomas Law in regards to a property dispute in Washington City between William Mayne Duncason and Tench Ringgold.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript memoranda regarding property dispute over square 744 in the City of Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Concerning Tench Ringgold and property dealings in the City of Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript descriptions of the architectural plans for the Thomas Law House, designed by architect William Lovering and built circa 1794 on the 689 square in the City of Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Law, Washington City, discusses his plan for construction of New Jersey Avenue on lot 744 of Washington City, along the public canal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGustavus Scott, William Thornton, and Alexander White, Washington City, to Thomas Law\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. George Washington Parke Custis, Philadelphia to Thomas Law, Federal City. George Washington Parke Custis writes to Law of the pleasure he will have in serving Washington City, which is to be \"the pride of future ages\" and \"the metropolis of America.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA manuscript copy of the address read by W. M. Duncanson at a meeting of the Managers of Washington Canal Lottery - Law, Carroll, Young, and Duncanson. Their reply is copied on the verso.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Duncanson writes that Thomas Law has resigned his title to Lot 744 of Washington City in favor of Tench Ringgold.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnsigned, undated manuscript, docketed \"Tench Ringgold Arbitration.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Piercy, City of Washington, to Gustavus Scott, William Thornton, and Alexander White. Three manuscript copies by Thomas Munroe of letters written by James Piercy to the Commissioners of the City of Washington about his claims to lot 744.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript copy made by Thomas Munroe of a letter written by the Commissioners of the City of Washington to James Piercy in response to Piercy's claims on lot 744. Scott and Thornton write to Piercy that \"no intention exists of granting you the square you mention.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Elizabeth Parke Custis Law Rogers, Druid Hill, to Thomas Law, City of Washington\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLloyd Rogers, Druid Hill, to Thomas Law, Washington City\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Law to Lloyd Rogers, Baltimore\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWriting from New Orleans in 1832, John Taylor reports that fifty to sixty people a day are dying from yellow fever and smallpox.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Parke Custis Law, Washington, to Thomas Law, London\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter written by Lawrence Lewis to William \"Billy\" Costin requesting Costin's service in transporting his family from Mr. Charles Carter's residence in Culpepper County to their home. Lewis provides a suggested route and expected arrival date stating, 'you must not disappoint me.' A postscript in the hand of Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis requests additional and immediate transportation for herself to Philadelphia. She offers Costin's mother payment in Pork if she will accompany them on the trip. Autograph letter signed, 1 page, with integral address panel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUndated note from Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis asking \"Billy\" to ask her sister Betsy to send the things by which she [Eleanor] wrote to her for. Directs Billy to be very careful of them as they are easily broken. Autograph note signed E Lewis, 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral adddress panel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. George Washington Parke Custis writes William \"Billy\" Costin at the Bank of Washington. He mentions he expects to go with Lafayette to visit Woodlawn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law. The first letter is addressed to John at George Town College and the other four to Harvard University.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdmund Law, Washington, to John Law, Baltimore\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 dated letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter discussing the court martial of Commodore James Barron, who would later kill Commodore Stephen Decatur in duel in 1820.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 undated letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e15 undated letters and notes written by Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. John Law asks William Thornton if he can borrow a book on calvary maneuvers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters written by William Thornton in response to John Law's August 10, 1807 letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn undated letter from John Law to his half sister, Eliza Law. He writes that he is sending sweetmeats from Woodlawn by William, as promised.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam D. Sims, Pittsburgh, to John Law, Washington City\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree letters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA series of four letters and their draft copies written over the course of two days by John Law to his father, criticizing his conduct, particularly in regards to Eliza Law's marriage to Lloyd Nicholas Rogers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 letters written by Thomas Law to his son John Law, Washington City, around 1817, addressing John's criticisms of him, his divorce, and his friendship with Elizabeth Bordley Gibson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. A letter of reconciliation sent by John Law to his father.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDraft of letter from Lloyd Nicholas Rogers, New York, to Major-General Henry Lee discussing the life of Baron de Kalb.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters about the sale of property in Washington.Lenman and Brother, Washington City, to Edmund Law Rogers, Baltimore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments related to the sale of property in Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence about the sale of property in Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters about the sale of property in Washington. N. Callan, Washington, to Edmund Law Rogers, Baltimore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond of conveyance for Lot No. 1 in Square 260 in Washington City, District of Columbia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 survey plat of lots in Washington along Canal St, and 2 pages of notes listing the prices of lots and the names of their purchasers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from the Commisioners of the Sinking Fund of the Corporation of Washington. William McCormick, Registers Office, Washington, to Edmund Law Rogers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn indenture form reassigning a parcel of property in Washington City. The Deed of Trust form is marked at the top of the first page \"Printed and Sold by Robert A. Waters, D. st., bet. 9th \u0026amp; 10th.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page autograph letter signed by George Washington Parke Custis to Edmund Law Rogers, with additional letter from Martha Custis Williams, Arlington House, written on verso. Custis writes, \"From the very graphic account you gave Martha Williams of your visit to Mr Fenno, I see but a poor chance of my Drama being brought out [in Baltimore].\" He asks Rogers to inquire of his \"theater going friends\" if any other Baltimore theatres will perform the work. If not, he asks Rogers to return the book care of William Adam Bookseller Pennsylvania Avenie Washington.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn her letter, Williams passes on a request from \"Aunt B\" (Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon) to send the \"little manuscript book, containing an inventory of the Mt Vernon relics at Tudor Place, as she is much at a loss, with regard to the history of many things in the House.\" Britannia Peter had inherited Tudor Place the year before, in 1854. Williams adds to Rogers that she hopes he will not make too much effort to have Uncle Custis's play produced because \"Cousin Mary Lee and all his family are so much opposed to it.\" Williams hopes Custis will focus on finishing his Recollections instead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for $21 addressed to Edmund Law Rogers for advertising the sale of lots in the City of Washington in the newspaper the National Intelligencer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnsigned indenture for the sale of lots in the City of Washington. Docketed in pencil \"sale not made.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoices, notes, and receipts from accounts between Robert Peter and the firm O'Neill and Dearkins. Includes an invoice for tobacco, sugar, corduroy, gauze, linen, chocolate, silk, muslin, paper, wine, ribbons, pins, cotton, and tea.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnknown list of accounts, believed to be from Robert Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePages from account book with the note \"These leaves was received by James S Webber from Mrs. Esther H Webber wife of Mr Levi Webber of Vassalboro Kennebeck Co. Maine being a part of account Book of Charles Webber, my Grand Father, his own handwriting. Received by me June 22 1878.\" The accounts include invoices for cod fish, bacon, molasses, tea, rum, sugar, silk, shoes, brandy, wine, coffee, and corn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes accounts for flour, pork, beef, lamb, and veal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for the conveyance of a parcel of property called Black Oak Thickett in Frederick County, Maryland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003erent paid\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePage of rent payment accounts in unknown hand.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond of Thomas Nicholls of John to Robert Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond of Isaiah and Edward Nicholls to Robert Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLawsuit against Robert Peter by James Gordon, Henry Riddell, John Campbell, John Campbell Junior, Alexander Low, and William Ingram\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree documents related to disputed accounts between Robert Peter and Benjamin Ray. One with a note by John T. Mason dated February 27, 1799, \"He has no shadow of right to one shilling on this [account].\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of Robert Peter's court appearances\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt documents and accounts related to Robert Peter, 5 manuscripts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt documents and accounts related to Robert Peter, 19 small manuscript receipts\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of land called Bealls Plaines in what became Washington City, along Goose Creek, later renamed Tiber Creek.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript on parchment with large seal attached by a ribbon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1766, Survey to Forrest, May 12, 1773, (six documents) Bladenburg, Sept., 21, 1766; Rock Creek, Nov. 13, 1766 \"to Robert Peter, merchant in Georgetown.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne undated note by Thomas Peter and one letter from William Dearkins and Ben Stoddert to Stephen Chiswell about resurveying about 200 acres called Partnership granted to Elting Williams.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Resurvey of Brandy and transfer of several named enslaved people.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA letter about resurveying a parcel of propery called Hazard. George Scott to Robert Peter, George Town.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFour autograph documents dealing with land ownership. Two notes on fragments; one half sheet giving history of a property in Prince George's County; and an 8 page survey document, with reference to points on a drawn survey, of Cross Basket, Balantyre, and other properties (9 lots) belonging to Robert Peter and divided amongst George and Thomas Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCertificate and plat for 5 3/4 acres of vacant land granted by special warrant to Robert Peter out of the Western Shore Land Office of Washington County in the District of Columbia. Surveyed by Joseph Elgar, Jr. Autograph document signed, 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHand colored survey plat showing the division of Robert Peter's Square in George Town. Docketed on verso \"Plat belonging to Thomas Peter's Square in George Town.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco sales\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTabacco Sales, Real Estate, Transfer of enslaved people\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed of trust book is dated 1790\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne dollar printed in Annapolis by F. Green, 7 December 1775. Two thirds of a dollar printed in Philadelphia by Hall and Sellers, 17 February 1776.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of items purchased by Martha Washington from Macleod \u0026amp; Lumsdon, dated at the top 18 February 1800, Alexandria. The accounts, dated 8 July and 9 August, include entries for 47 panes of glass, oil, paint for 30 mahoghany chairs, paint for a wine cooler, varnishing, picture frame gilding, and glazing. Signed by Macleod \u0026amp; Lumdsdon at the bottom, noting that the above money was received in full 9 October 1800.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt signed \"Daniel Lecock\" for payment received by the hands of James Anderson on behalf of Martha Washington for 790 bushels of corn on 2 May 1800.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for $25 paid by Thomas Carwood to James Anderson for 100 barrels of fish from Mount Vernon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts dated February 13, March 11, and April 12, 1800 for newspaper advertisements and handbills purchased by Martha Washington from Ellis Price, printer of The Columbian Mirror and Alexandria Gazette. Items Martha purchased include 26 advertisements for a house to rent, an advertisement about the Mount Vernon fishery, 23 advertisements about the donkey Knight of Malta, and notice about the runaway slave Marcus.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts dated 23 April-23 September 1800 for weaving yards of cotton, wool, and other fabrics. The payments are marked as having been paid \"By balance due the Estate of General Washington,\" by cash, by 41 gallons of whiskey, and barrells of herring. The final payment is marked as received from James Anderson on 10 November 1801.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill addressed to the Estate of Mrs. Martha Washington, Deceased for $200 due to James Craik for medical services rendered Mrs. Washington during her last illness and $5 for cash paid Heyskill for the hire of his carriage. A signed oath by Jacob Hoffman testifies to the validity of the charges.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of payment from Thomas Peter to Lawrence Lewis for three hundred dollars for one hundred barrels of corn sold to Mount Vernon for the use of the estate. Signed by John Anderson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt written by Dr. David Stuart for the receipt from Thomas Peter for five guineas, the leagcy left by Martha Washington to Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment from Thomas Law to Griffith Coombs for repairs to Martha Washington's townhome in the District Columbia occupied by Henry Dearborn. Payment marked by Coombs as received in full from Thomas Peter on August 23, 1802.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwenty dollars wages paid to Richard Burnett of the City of Washingon by Thomas Peter for the year 1802.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of $50 received by George Smith of Woodlawn from Thomas Peter on 12 January 1803 for hire as a blacksmith at Mount Vernon in the year 1802. Signed by George Smith (his mark) and Lawrence Lewis. George Smith was one of George Washington's slaves who was freed after Washington's death. His wife, Lydia, was one of Martha Washington's dower slaves and was inherited by Nelly Parke Custis Lewis of Woodlawn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for one hundred pounds Virginia currency received by Benjamin Lincoln Lear from Thomas Peter, one of the executors of Martha Washington's estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts of Mr. James Dunlop with Thomas Peter, for horses, ploughs, and an enslaved woman named Peg. Peg is likely one of the slaves Martha Parke Custis Peter inherited from the Custis estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for funeral arrangements paid by Thomas Peter to William King on December 4, 1820 following the death of his twenty-three-year-old daughter Columbia Washington Peter. The arrangements include a \"walnut coffin lined,\" silver plate and engraving, and rental of horses, a hearse, and attendants.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH. B. Morris, Philadelphia, to Thomas Peter, Georgetown. Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. A letter about bank accounts and stock certificates.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill from Dr. Warfield to Thomas Peter for a visit to a \"black man in the night\" on March 5, 1824 which resulted in the amputation of the man's leg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo bills from P.L. Dupont paid by Martha Parke Custis Peter for dancing lessons for her daughter Britannia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo stock share certificates for the Patowmack Company (Potomac Company). Share No. 89 is for Martha Peter, and No. 91 for Thomas Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLand office papers for the resurvey of Bear Denn, Daniels Discovery, and Partnership in Maryland\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith unknown survey plat on verso.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAquila Johns to Thomas Peter on sale of Seneca plantation\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed by Sarah Norfleet Freeland Peter, wife of Thomas Peter's brother George, relinquishing right title and interest on a tract of land called Forrest, property of her husband, in order to pay his debts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter about resurveying property owned by George Washington Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of property in Montgomery County Maryland owned by Thomas Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Regarding financial matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHoratio Edmondson of Taylor County, Maryland\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePamphlet stitch binding with marbled paper covers. Contains notes about purchases made by Thomas Peter 1813-1814.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCalling card from Le Baron de Maltitz, Secretaire de la Legation Imperiale de Russie. Manuscript date 1823 on verso.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Dandridge writes to Thomas Peter, George Town, asking to borrow money from the estate of Martha Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Peter, George Town, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed, with envelope. Josiah Quincy, Cambridge, to Martha Parke Custis Peter, Georgetown. Josiah Quincy thanks Martha Parke Custis Peter for her generous reeption of his children at Tudor Place and thanks her for the relic of George Washington that she sent back with them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA contemporary manuscript copy of a letter in which Nelly Parke Custis describes having seen George Washington writing his farewell address at Mount Vernon. When the address was finished, she says he asked her to bring him silk string, and she watched him stitch the address together in front of her. Nelly writes this as a rebuke to one of Alexander Hamilton's sons, who claims his father wrote the farewell address.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list of accounts between the Estate of George Washington and Alexandria apothecary Edward Stabler, including purchases for Turlington's Balsam, castor oil, arsenic, balsam copaiva, British oil, salts, purified Salt Petre, cantharides, ipecacuanha, laudanum, tumeric, and opodildo. Payments are marked as received from James Anderson. Autograph document, 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript titled \"A List of Negroes belonging to Mrs. Washington.\" A list of 121 enslaved persons who were Martha's dower slaves. Unlike the slaves owned by George Washington, Martha's slaves were not freed after her death and were inherited by the Custis descendants. Men, boys, women, and girls and listed in separate columns, each further broken down into the places where they worked: Mansion house, River Farm, Muddy Hole, and Union Farm. Five women - Amy, Alice, Peg, Agnes, and Old Judy - are listed as \"Free but yet remain.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned certificate from the executors of General George Washington to the Clerk of Fairfax.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts from 1802 for furniture and household goods purchased by George Washington Parke Custis from the Estate of Martha Washington. The final payment was made in 1826, and the account is signed by Thomas Peter, executor of the estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list of the household belongings sold by Thomas Peter from the personal estate of Martha Washington. Includes a listing of who purchased each item and the price it sold for.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned indenture for sale of land in the City of Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles of agreement between George Calvert and Thomas Peter with Thomas Law, agreeing that Thomas Law and his wife Eliza Parke Custis Law will live separately. Eliza will receive $1500 per year from Law, and all the interest from her inheritance from George Washington will go to her and her daughter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 sheets of accounts between the estate of Robert Peter and James Dunlop, including the sale of \"5 negroes willed Mrs. Peter.\" These are some of Martha's dower slaves inherited by Martha Parke Custis Peter. One additional account between Jonathan Hicks and the heirs of Robert Peter, dated 1809-1811.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt written by Lawrence Lewis acknowledging receipt from Thomas Peter of three hundred and twenty-six dollars eighteen cent left to his son Lorenzo Lewis as a legacy from Martha Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt signed by George Washington Parke Custis acknowledging the receipt from Thomas Peter of one thousand dollars as a legacy left to his daughter from the late Martha Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Thomas Peter, George Town, to Bushrod Washington, Mount Vernon. Thomas Peter writes to Bushrod about money owed for two purchases he made from the estate of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo documents related to a settlement made by John Dandridge against George Washington Parke Custis and Thomas Peter, executors of Martha Washington's estate. One is a 1829 decree from the U. S. Circuit Court, signed by William Thomas Carroll; and the other is an account of money owed to John Dandridge signed by Benjamin Lincoln Lear, 1830 June 21. Autograph documents signed (2).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 documents related to the death of Beverley Kennon, husband of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, who died aboard the USS Princeton during the 1844 Peacemaker accident: a newspaper clipping with an excerpt from a sermon by Reverend Mr. Magoon on the Princeton Tragedy, a plan of the burying ground belonging to Mrs. Beverly Kennon, and a certificate from the Vestry of Washington Parish granting Mrs. Beverley Kennon four sites in the Washington Parish Burial Ground.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts for two legacies received of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, executor of Martha Parke Custis Peter's estate. One is for a grandson named Thomas Peter and another for her grandson John Parke Custis Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript resolution of the Senate of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, offering sympathy to the families of those killed aboard the USS Princeton during the Peacemaker accident. This copy was given by the President of the United States to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, whose husband, Beverley Kennon, was killed in the accident.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted form signed by Britannia W. Peter Kennon and witnessed by William Purcell, esquire, Judge of the Orphans' Court of Washington county, District of Columbia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list of collections and payments made to sundry persons to settle the estate of Martha Parke Custis Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocument bound with blue ribbon, with envelope. Last will and testament of Ann Gertrude Wightt, a former nun at the Georgetown Visitation Convent who later lived at Tudor Place. Autograph document, 8 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter, with envelope. Ann Gertrude Wightt, Rochester, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers related to the sale of Lot 9 in Square 72 of Washington City to William A. Gordon. Letter from William E. Edmonston to William A. Gordon, 1891 May 30. Two letters from William A. Gordon to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, 1891 June 3 and 1889 October 4. Typescript signed by William Gordon of Declaration of Trust for sale of Lot Nine, Square Seventy Two in Washington City, D.C..\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndenture made between Britannia Wellington Kennon, party of the first part, and Walter Gibson Peter, Armistead Peter Jr., and George Freeland Peter, parties of the second part, all of the District of Columbia, regarding relics and heirlooms at Tudor Place acquired by Britannia W. Peter Kennon from her mother Martha Custis Peter grand-daughter of Martha the wife of George Washington, known in the family as \"The Mount Vernon Heirlooms.\" Other relics are from the estates of Thomas Peter and Beverley Kennon. Britannia wishes that these relics be preserved by her descendants and that none of them be sold or disposed of.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThese include pictures, miniatures, engravings, glass, china, silver, jewelry, furniture, needlework, and other relics, including a sago palm formerly belonging to Martha Parke Custis Peter. The relics and heirlooms are to be divided into five parts after Britannia's death and delivered to her grandchildren.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language (New York : Printed and published by William A. Davies) Inscribed Britannia W. Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Beverley Kennon, Navy Yard, Washington, to Reverend W. Hoff, George Town. Kennon asks Reverend Hoff to be present at Mrs. Peter's place in George Town on the 8th to marry him to Britannia W. Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 autograph letters signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed on mourning stationary, with envelope and black seal. John Tyler, Washington, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon. President John Tyler offers his condolences to Britannia W. Peter Kennon on the death of her husband, Beverley Kennon, during the Peacemaker accident aboard the USS Princeton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eG. T. Kennon to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with envelope docketed \"A letter written to Uncle Bev. by my mother while at boarding school given to me after Uncle Bev's death by Aunt G.\". Martha Custis Kennon, Georgetown, to Beverley Kennon Jr. Beverley Kennon Jr. was Martha Custis Kennon's half brother.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccording to Martha Custis Peter, this illustration was at the Tudor Place.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW. Van Ness, New York, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place, Georgetown\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDepartment of the Interior, Pension Office, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place, Georgetown\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Charles Carroll Simms to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Georgetown\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMattie D. Abbot to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place. From the Secretary of the Ladies Aid Society of Christ Church accepting Britannia Kennon's resignation as President.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from James Mackubin, Ellicott City, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo letters from Justine Van Rensselaer Townsend, Vice Regent of New York for the Mount Vernon Ladies Association, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon. In the 26 November 1890 letter, Justine asks Britannia to help the Ladies determine what is genuine at the upcoming 1890 Thomas Birch's Sons sale of Washington relics in Philadelphia. The sale will include \"General Washington's papers, a clock, a punch bowl, and many other things.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation from The Board of World's Fair Managers of Virginia inviting Britannia W. Peter Kennon to be present at the ceremonies of Virginia Day at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Enclosed with an envelope and the calling card of Mrs. William Radford Beale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCalling cards for Martha Custis Kennon and Armistead Peter. At home card with envelope for Britannia W. Peter Kennon, engraved by Dempsey \u0026amp; O. Toole of Baltimore \u0026amp; Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEngraved form ceritifying that \"Cream Ladle No 68944 is an exact reproduction of one onwed by General and Mrs. Washington and used for a number of years at Mr. Vernon.\" The ladle was produced by Galt \u0026amp; Bro. Jewellers, Silversmiths, Stationers, Washington D.C..\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding the purchase of a clock.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypescript lists of letters and items from Mount Vernon that were part of  Britannia W. Peter Kennon's collection at Tudor Place.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnbound notebook with list of items and letters from Mount Vernon that belonged to Britannia W. Peter Kennon at Tudor Place. Includes a list of how the items were divided amongst Britannia's grandchildren.Includes furniture and household items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a list of how the items were divided amongst Britannia W. Peter Kennon's grandchildren.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript list of books, jewelry, and locks of hair at Tudor Place\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes both manuscript and typescript inventories of books, furniture, and objects from Tudor Place.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewsclippings and correspondence related to Washington relics loaned by Walter G. Peter to the National Museum in the early 1900s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLent by Walter G. Peter from the Britannia W. Peter Kennon Collection of Washington Relics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR. Davidson, Pinckneyville, to George Peter, George Town\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a $5 charge on 23 October 1813 for a coffin \"for a black man.\" On 9 February 1814, Peter was charged $50.00 for a lined coffin covered with black cloth, among other expenses, possibly following the death of his first wife, Ann Plater Peter, or one of their young sons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Anderson, Clarksburgh, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with printed cash form from the Office of Discount and Deposit, Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph Delaplaine, Philadelphia, to George Peter. Deplaine requests Major Peter's portrait for his gallery.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU. McInder, Petersburg, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from unidentified, Annapolis, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW. Coor, Rockville, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePartially printed form from the District of Columbia. Major Peter grants Charles A. Burnett power of attorney to sell, assign, and transfer his 50 shares of stock in the Books of the Washington Turnpike Company.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from unidentified, Annapolis, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Bunting, Montgomery County, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames H., Georgetown, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Benjamin Lincoln Lear, Washington, to George Peter. Lear writes regarding two suits againist Mrs. Sarah Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Wootton, Rockville, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Lincoln Lear, Washington, to George Peter. Printed letter with manuscript additions, from B. L. Lear, Attorney of the Bank, Bank of the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW. W. Ramsay, Washington, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from unidentified, Washington, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from unidentified, Washington City, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eB. H., Rockville, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClement Cod, Georgetown, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Thompson, Union School, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMichael Keepers, Frederick Town, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Wootton, Rockville, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eG. D., George Town, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. Orme, Georgetown, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW. Sellman, Clarksburg, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSamuel C. Ulens, Poolesville, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. Higgins, Poolesville, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJesse V., Poolesville, to George Peter, Darnestown\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. Falls, Baltimore, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeo. Howson Mason, Annapolis, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlfred Spates, Cumberland, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from unidentified, Baltimore, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW. Matthews, George Town, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeo. Hownson Mason, Annapolis, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenj. Fawcett, Colesville, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. Williams, Washington D.C., to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA letter from the Treasuries Office of the Baltimore and Ohion Railroad Company, offering Peter free tickets to pass over the roads of their company.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted election ballot for \"The Constitution and Union Ticket,\" promising \"Civil and Religious Liberty.\" George Peter is listed as the candidate for Commisioner of Public Works.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list of clothing purchased by Martha Washington from William Jones of Alexandria. Includes suits purchased for enslaved workers Daniel, Marcus, Christopher, and Frank. According to notes on the verso, payments were received from James Anderson on 12 April 1800 and 15 May 1800.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFive receipts for goods and services paid for by James Anderson in 1800, including repairs to old shoes, paper lampblack, freight for one box from Philadelphia, 93 yards of cloth, and leather.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory notes from George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory notes and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory notes and bank notes from George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and bank notes from George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and bank notes from George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter with F. S. Poole and Bro\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter with F. S. Poole and Bro.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUndated Bills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge H. Peter, Carlise, writes to his uncle asking for money for an upcoming vacation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 letters from James Peter to his uncle George Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Peter, George Town\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 letters sent by James Freeland Peter to his father from Alexandria, Buffalo, and Detroit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript acrostic written for Uncle George Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSarah Peter, Georgetown, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 letters from George Peter, Jr., to his father.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypescript list of \"Things from Mt. Vernon\" with manuscript annotations by George Freeland Peter of which Peter heirs inherited the items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypescript and manuscript inventories of items fro Tudor Place, with notes on which Peter heirs inherited them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIdentification key to \"The battle at Bunker's Hill\" engraved by Johann Gotthard Müller after the painting by John Trumbull. Printed in London by A. C. de Poggi.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts for shoes, boots, and repairs, including shoes for enslaved people.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor George Peter's troops are invited to attend Divine Service. \"It is hoped they will attend \u0026amp; conduct themselves with a reverence suited to the character of Christian soldiers, who have taken arms in defence of their homes \u0026amp; country \u0026amp; who look for success \u0026amp; preservation to the favor of the Almighty Giver of all victory.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel and red wax seal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters to George Peter from his brother David Peter, George Town.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed of sale for land purchased by Peter on Gay Street and Dumarton Street in George Town.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list of 322 volumes, showing title, number of volumes, size, and type of bookbinding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e8 letters and 1 receipt, mostly addressed to George Peter from his niece, Jane Beverley and her husband, James.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eprinted pages\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRoger Brooke Taney, Annapolis, to George Peter regarding upcoming elections [December 20] to the U. S. Senate specifically the potential election of Mr. [Alexander C.] Hanson as a means to heal and reconcile the differences in the Federal Party. Also discuss Mr. Washington's 'zeal and industry' in supporting Hanson's candidacy. Autograph letter signed, 2 pages. Docketed 'Roger B. Taney - Hanson \u0026amp; Washington'\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW. Cook, Hyates Town,\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Brewer, Aix la Chapelle, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Summers, New Market, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eG. Dalls S., Colesville, to George Peter, Poolesville\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElisha Jones, Clarksburg, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes the papers granting George and Sarah Peter guardianship of David Peter's children Elizabeth, William, Jane, George H., and James.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003etrust, property, and expenses of land\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ematerial and clothing\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for the purchase of Lot No. 15 in Square No. 170 in the City of Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts from Leonard W. Candler, Darnes Town, to George Peter. Receipts for the purchase of dry goods, clothing, and other household goods.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 copies of the will of Sarah Freeland, George Peter's mother-in-law.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eappraisal authorization of Alexander Broome and Samuel Darby\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts of Margaret Dick with William Parson. Includes an account for shoes soled and nailed for James Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMedical bills, pharmacy, doctor\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003etuition bills\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter, T.H. Paul to George Peter. Letter, Unknown  to the Secretary of the Interior of the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts from Leonard W. Candler, Darnes Town, to George Peter. Receipts for the purchase of dry goods, clothing, and other household goods.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003etypescript copy\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003edeed of conveyance\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndenture, George Peter to Thomas Peter, Land from estate of Robert Peter, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ecopies of letters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMilitary exemption for Armistead Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill, George Peter, Esq. to Dr. Armistead Peter, 1869 February 11; Col. Richard L. Maury, Attorney, to Dr. Armistead Peter, 1876 October 10\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes story of Abraham Lincoln and the Maryland Barbecue by Agnes Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemento for either Walter Gibson Peter or W. Orton Williams from Mrs. Laura Cassaway, small American flag and small ivory mirror with flower [Fragile]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes receipt of letter, 1873 January 24. Letter regarding interest in farm from Robert Dick.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003elock of hair\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical Studies- From Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical Studies- From Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical Studies- Fragmented letter - From Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical Studies- From Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical Studies- From Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical Studies- From Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFour envelopes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoes up to Britannia W. Peter Kennon -From Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCondolence letter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by Governor Horatio Sharpe\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndenture, September 30, 1791; Resurvey of Forrest, 1796. Document signed by Gov. Haywood\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResurvey of Pipe Tomhock; Copy of Platt (sic) and Illustrations, August 14, 1798; July 11, 1766, Explanation of Survey, September 19, 1797, May 26, 1796, February 16, 1797\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed, Elizabeth and John Scrivenor, April 18, 1799, June 11, 1799, Resurvey of Brandy, June 9, 1792, June 18, 1792\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDecember 24, 1871, wrapper\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of enslaved persons, livestock, and tools sold at Slashes, Sugar Lands, and Rock Creek Quarters totaling $9,308.00. Autograph document, 3 pages, with docket.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBernard Gilpin firmly bound to Thomas Peter for $5520\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ewove paper\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotocopy, \"Account Book 1, Robert Peter, Esq. with the Commissioners of the Federal Buildings; On division of the Tract, Mexico within the City of Washington, Exclusive of what are called \"Old divisions of squares\" and water lots of which no account is key by the Commissioners. 21 pp. Note from Walter Gibson Peter re: History of book, how it ended up in the Library of Congress Thomas Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003esigned by James Madison, B. Crowninshield, Secretary of the Navy\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Madison signature\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe most important ones delivered to F.S. Keys Esq. and recorded in suit pending in Court Dt. Columbia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e9 manuscripts\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eunder the orders of Lt. Col. E. Robert, USTE\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBuilding 3044 O Street\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ecopies\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Allison's Forrest Enlarged; Fort Grubby Hill, July 1, 1732\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Indenture, Daniel Veetch, February 19, 1758 Document signed by Gov. Horatio Sharpe\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBathsheba\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Thomas Peter's Letterbooks\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotos, Photos from Survey (4) and Ivory Cross [First found in Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon] Interesting small religious carved cross, made from Mother-of-Pearl\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter, William A. Coffin to Britannia Kennon, February 23, 1889; Brouchure for Exhibition, April 30, 1889; Letter, A. W. Drake to Britannia Kennon, January 29, 1889, May 16, 1889, including: carte de visite of George Washington and calling card of Mr. A. W. Drake (Photo) [First found in Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Papers of Major George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Major George Peter's Letterbooks\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrenzel Gallery, Georgetown. Moved from Papers of Dr. Armistead Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Sir Thomas Nicholson, William Scott Blair, General Scott of Malenie, Robert Buchanan, William Dunlop, Elizabeth Roberton, J. Horsburgh, Lord Abbots Hall, Isabel Corbet, Cunningham Scott. First found in Papers of Dr. Armistead Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Papers of Dr. Armistead Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContaining photographs of Peter relatives\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePictures of Tudor Place, Vacation, Content Farm, Ellen Beale Peter 1931 (Walter Gibson's Wife) Made by Walter Gibson Peter, [Loose photographs], Half Full.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Peter, wife of Robert Peter. Made by Walter Gibson Peter [Note: Some loose pages]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBook of tobacco sales, list of enslaved persons belonging to Robert Peter, and lots of Robert Peter in the City of Washington with division by squares for the Commissioners and how they are disposed. The bound volume is made up of 178 pages. Pages 52-147 are blank. At some point the volume is flipped and entries are begun at the back of the book from pages 178-154. For viewing purposes those pages have been reoriented and reordered.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Tobacco Book,\" All letters received pertaining to his business of selling tobacco in Europe and trading across the Atlantic, including captains, lawyers, and buyers in Europe.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes personal letters that were sent to the family, photocopied letters from Thomas and General Washington, various financial papersNot in order [Documents are fragile and book in poor condition]. Made by Walter Gibson Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains photographs and letters. Created by Walter Gibson Peter, received documents from Britannia W. Peter Kennon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommissions, Letters, Orders, etc. Relating to service in the U.S. Army and Major Georgetown Field Artillery, Created by Walter Gibson Peter. Items signed by John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorps of the Artillerists, New Orleans and Fort McHenry, Garrison and Regimental Orders, Major George Peter; Order and prisoner tries and punishments, List from Fort McHenry, Morning Reports [Note: Book in poor condition]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLedger of real estate holdings of George Peter with Robert Peter and James Peter [pages 2-17]. Also includes, \"The following Table exhibits a view of the Squares and Lots, the Number of square feet therein contained, and the value of the same, now owned by Capt. George Peter, in the City of Washington\" [pages 74-78]. Stitch binding with marbled paper covers, 88 pages. Real estate accounts appear on pages 2-7, 10-11, 14-17, 74, 76, and 78. The remaining page are blank. In 1813, the ledger is flipped and a single page (page 88) includes a list of names under the title 'Rent Roll for 1813.'\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLedger for the estate of Robert Peter maintained by his son Thomas Peter. The bond volume contains 176 pages, partially completed. Accounts are entered on pages 6-54, pages 55-173 are blank, and pages 174-176 include bank notes at the Bank of Columbia and the Branch Bank of Washington City. A scrap of paper with calculations was found between pages 49 and 50 and is included in the digitization.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Papers of Major George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLessons and Exercises in Vocal Music by Benjamin Carr\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains letters, pictures, U.S. Navy Commissions (James Madison, John Tyler, and Franklin Pierce), invitations, and a memorandum of Britannia and Beverley made by Walter Gibson Peter- Grandson to Britannia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter resigning from the army, notes made from Walter George Peter. Includes letters, a list of enlaved people from Montanaverde, bills, and business transactions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRepairs made on properties of Robert Peter, Jr.  Stitch binding with marbled paper covers, 98 pages. Real estate accounts appear on pages 2-5, 8-23, and 26-33. The remaining pages are blank.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Papers of Major George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Papers of Major George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopies made February 1 and 2, 1849 by Edmund Law Rogers at Tudor Place, the residence of his Great-Aunt Martha Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommunion Alms, Christmas and Easter Offerings, June 5, 1850. In Memory of Mrs. Britannia Wellington Kennon, From the Trustees of the Louise Home, 1911.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFour account books. Account Money paid for the Estate of Mrs. Martha Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Commenced the practice of medicine the latter end of March 1867. Left town the first of May 1867 and returned June 28th- recommended practicing 8th of July, etc., Expense Log and Visiting List\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Dr. Armistead Peter's files. 9 volumes, dated 1863, 1866, 1870, 1873, 1876, 1878, 1889, 1892, and 1896.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of patients from practice and paid or unpaid, in alphabetical order, Bills Due, Cash Paid to Mrs. Peter, other accounts, small pox vaccination count\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes on visits, family seal, copied letters, list of articles from Mount Vernon, notes about clothes and jewelry; Copy of Album was acquired by Martha Custis Peter, great-great granddaughter to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, which Britannia had given to her grandson, Walter Gibson Peter. Her father was Walter Gibson Peter, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003econtains dried flowers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes folders of France and WWI soldiers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains deeds, inventories, and papers pertaining to Robert Peter's estates and his sons, Robert, James, David, George, and Thomas. Various notes about David Peter's death, and letters from George Peter. Made by Walter Gibson Peter. [Note: There are loose pages]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes voice and music notes for the saxon ground, will you come to the bower, nobody coming to marry me, the rose, rondo, and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Papers of Major George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNo. 5116, volume 190, covering the coronation of George VI.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted volume, includes a facsimile handwritten section entitled \"accounts, G. 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It includes letters from George Washington, letters of condolence to Martha Washington after George Washington's death, estate documents, Major George Peter's military papers, land plats and surveys, photo albums, letterbooks, and notebooks that tell of the life of this prominent family in Virginia and the City of Washington.","Autograph letter signed from Eliza, Hope Park, asking her grandfather for a picture of him. Docketed in Washington's hand on verso.","Autographed letter signed (signature cut out) George Washington, German Town, to Eliza Parke Custis. Washington offers his granddaughter advice on love and marriage.","Autograph letter in Washington's hand, initialed by both George and Martha. George and Martha Washington, Philadelphia, to Thomas Law. The Washingtons congratulate Law on his marriage to their grandaughter Eliza.","Autograph letter signed by George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter, discussing the purchase of English cattle.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Docketed in Washington's hand.Thomas Peter, George Town, to George Washington, Mount Vernon. Peter asks Washington to secure a spot for his brother in the Army and shares rumors about a bill coming up in Congress.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel and seal. George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter. Washington writes about the sale of tobacco.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel.George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter. Washington writes about farming and congratulates Thomas and Patsy on the birth of their son.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. John Mercereau, Union Township, to George Washington. John Mercereau, a businessman who served with his brother and nephew in a spy ring during the Revolutionary War, writes to Washington asking if he may come and visit, reflecting that no memories give him greater satisfaction than those he spent \"Devoted to my Countrys Service.\" Tragically, Mercereau did not know that Washington had died 10 days before his letter was sent.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., London, to George Washington.  Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., writes to his uncle about his business ventures from London. He had not yet received word of Washington's death on December 14, 1799.","Autograph letter unsigned in the hand of Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart and most likely addressed to Tobias Lear. The letter is dated 7 February with no year but was most likely written in 1790, since it mentions Lear's first marriage, which occured in 1790.","Autograph letter signed, undated, with integral free franked address panel. Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart to Tobias Lear, New York. Docketed in Lear's hand as received 2 October 1790. Eleanor writes of her unhappiness at being parted from her children Nelly and Wash.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear, New York. Eleanor writes about the lottery and her family, noting that \"My Dear Nelly \u0026 Wash. are still spoilt by Grand Mama but chearfully obey every word I say to them.\"","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Docketed in hand of George Washington. Lucretia Constance Radcliffe, Charleston, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Mrs. Radcliffe writes seeking an Army commission for her son and sends a packet of crane feathers and melon seeds. She also sends news of Major Pinkney.","Manuscript resolution of the \"Sixth Congress of the United States: At the first session Begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the second of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine\" stating that a marble monument to George Washington be erected in the City of Washington and that his remains be interred beneath it. It is also resolved that a funeral procession from Comgress Hall to the German Lutheran Church shall take place on Thursday, December 26, 1799, and that the nation will wear crepe arm bands for thirty days of mourning.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Maria S. Ross, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. A condolence letter from Maria S. Ross of Lancaster, Pennsylvania to Martha Washington on the death of her husband.","Autograph letter, copy. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response to Maria Ross's condolence letter to Martha Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel with seal of John Adams. Abigail Adams, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Condolence letter written by Abigail Adams to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Martha Washington's response to Abigail Adams's condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Mary Stead Pinckney, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Pinckney also sends her regards and congratulations to Nelly Parke Custis Lewis, who was recovering from the birth of her first child, Frances Parke Lewis.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Jonathan Trumbull Jr., Governor of Connecticut, Lebanon, Connecticut, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Elias Boudinot, New Jersey Congressman and Director of the United States Mint, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, to Elias Boudinot. Tobias Lear's response on behalf of Martha Washington to Elias Boudinot's condolence letter.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Bushrod Washington, Walnut Farm, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Bushrod writes to Martha about purchasing corn from Colonel Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Condolence letter written by Ann Huntington, New London, Connecticut,  to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon, on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response on behalf of Martha to Hamilton's condolence letter.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Condolence letter from Reverend Samuel Miller, New York, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon, on the death of George Washington. He writes that he is inclosing a discourse he recently delivered on the occasion of Washington's death.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response on behalf of Martha to Samuel Miller's, New York, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Stephen Williamson, Philadelphia, State Prison, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Stephen Williamson introduces himself as the captain of a company in the Rhode Island Regiment who served under Washington in the Revolutionary War. He recounts a dream he had in which she gives birth to a son following Washington's death. He also tells Martha the details of his arrest for buying a stolen horse and requests her assistance in getting him out of prison.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Former Secretary of War Henry Knox, Montpelier, St. Georges, sends Martha his condolences after the passing of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Henry Knox's condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Mayor of New York City Richard Varick offers his condolences to Martha after the death of George Washington. He also incloses, on behalf of the Common Council of New York City, an oration delivered on the occassion of Washington's death by Gouverneur Morris.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha Washington in response to Richard Varick's, New York, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Richard Washington,Bermuda, a former business associate of Washington's in London, offers his condolences to Martha after George Washington's death.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Theodore Sedgwick, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Sedgwick writes that he is inclosing a second edition of General Lee's funeral oration.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha in response to Theodore Sedgwick's condolence letter after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter written by the Marquis de Lafayette, La Grange, to Martha after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. A condolence letter from Auguste Belin, Secretary of the Loge Française l'Aménité of Philidelphia, a freemason lodge of French and Saint-Dominguen émigrés. Belin writes that he is inclosing copies of a funeral oration performed at the lodge in honor of George Washington's death.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Auguste Belin's, Philadelphia, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter. Condolence note from Reverend William Rogers, Philadelphia, to Martha on the death of George Washington. Rogers writes that he is enclosing a copy of a funeral oration he delivered in Washington's honor.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, on behalf of Martha Washington, thanks William Rogers for sending \"a copy of the Religious Exercises, at the time of the Eulogy, at the German Reformed Church.\"","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha Washington, requests that Gilbert Stuart's original portrait of Washington be given to Martha, in exchange for fair compensation. Lear writes that Martha has expressed no desire for her own portrait, but Lear thinks it would be nice to display alongside the portrait of Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence note written by Charles Humphrey Atherton, Amherst, New Hampshire, to Martha Washington after the death of George Washington. Atherton writes that he is enclosing a funeral oration delivered at the request of the citizens of Amherst, New Hampshire in Washington's honor.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha Washington in response to Charles H. Atherton's, Amherst, New Hampshire, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Georges Washington de Lafayette, La Grange, son of the Marquis de Lafayette, writes a condolence note to Martha after the death of George Washington. Georges writes of Washington's \"parental kindness\" when he visited Mount Vernon and says, \"How far was I to imagine when I left your family that it would be a last farewell.\"","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Condolence letter written by Alexandria merchant Thomas Porter to Martha after the death of George Washington. Porter writes that he is sending an eulogy along with the letter.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. A condolence letter written by Revered James Kemp, Cambridge, Maryland, to Martha Washington after the death of George Washington. Kemp writes that he is enclosing a copy of a sermon he delivered on the day appointed by Congress to honor George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, responds on behalf of Martha Washington to James Kemp's, Cambridge, Maryland, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Peleg Wadsworth, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Wadsworth requests, on behalf of his daughter, a relic of the late General.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Peleg Wadsworth's condolence letter after the death of George Washington. Lear writes that he is enclosing a lock of Washington's hair for Wadsworth's daughter as requested.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha Washington, thanks Reverend John D. Blair for sending his condolences and two orations delivered in Richmond on February 22 in honor of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. William Griffiths, Burlington, New Jersey, offers his condolences on behalf of the citizens of Burlington, New Jersey to Martha after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, responds on behalf of Martha to William Griffith's, Burlington, New Jersey, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Theodore Sedgwick, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon","Autograph letter signed \"John Lemayere.\" Jean Pierre Le Mayeur, Sweet Springs, was George Washington's dentist during the Revolutionary War. He writes his condolences to Martha on the death of Washington, apologizing that his servant lost the first condolence letter he had written on February 24.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, to Dr. Jean Pierre Le Mayeur, Sweet Springs","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., New York, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Bartholomew Dandridge Jr. writes his aunt inquiring about letters sent to him from Washington before his death that Dandridge never received.","Autograph letter signed. Sir John Sinclair, London, writes to Martha in praise of her late husband and sends her a volume of his letters.","3 letters written by Elizabeth Parke Custis Law Rogers to her mother between December 5, 1819 - November 21, 1821.","7 letters written by Brigadier General Simon Bernard, Washington City, to Eliza Parke Custis Law between March 28, 1828 and May 21, 1830.","Lloyd Rogers to Elizabeth Parke Custis Law, Alexandria","Printed legal document: Statement of the defendant's case. Docketed on verso \"Papers relating to case of Law v. Morris Nicholson \u0026 Greenleaf.\"","Manuscript legal statement of Thomas Law in regards to a property dispute in Washington City between William Mayne Duncason and Tench Ringgold.","Manuscript memoranda regarding property dispute over square 744 in the City of Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Concerning Tench Ringgold and property dealings in the City of Washington.","Manuscript descriptions of the architectural plans for the Thomas Law House, designed by architect William Lovering and built circa 1794 on the 689 square in the City of Washington.","Thomas Law, Washington City, discusses his plan for construction of New Jersey Avenue on lot 744 of Washington City, along the public canal.","Gustavus Scott, William Thornton, and Alexander White, Washington City, to Thomas Law","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. George Washington Parke Custis, Philadelphia to Thomas Law, Federal City. George Washington Parke Custis writes to Law of the pleasure he will have in serving Washington City, which is to be \"the pride of future ages\" and \"the metropolis of America.\"","A manuscript copy of the address read by W. M. Duncanson at a meeting of the Managers of Washington Canal Lottery - Law, Carroll, Young, and Duncanson. Their reply is copied on the verso.","Autograph letter signed. Duncanson writes that Thomas Law has resigned his title to Lot 744 of Washington City in favor of Tench Ringgold.","Unsigned, undated manuscript, docketed \"Tench Ringgold Arbitration.\"","James Piercy, City of Washington, to Gustavus Scott, William Thornton, and Alexander White. Three manuscript copies by Thomas Munroe of letters written by James Piercy to the Commissioners of the City of Washington about his claims to lot 744.","Manuscript copy made by Thomas Munroe of a letter written by the Commissioners of the City of Washington to James Piercy in response to Piercy's claims on lot 744. Scott and Thornton write to Piercy that \"no intention exists of granting you the square you mention.\"","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Elizabeth Parke Custis Law Rogers, Druid Hill, to Thomas Law, City of Washington","Lloyd Rogers, Druid Hill, to Thomas Law, Washington City","Thomas Law to Lloyd Rogers, Baltimore","Writing from New Orleans in 1832, John Taylor reports that fifty to sixty people a day are dying from yellow fever and smallpox.","Elizabeth Parke Custis Law, Washington, to Thomas Law, London","Letter written by Lawrence Lewis to William \"Billy\" Costin requesting Costin's service in transporting his family from Mr. Charles Carter's residence in Culpepper County to their home. Lewis provides a suggested route and expected arrival date stating, 'you must not disappoint me.' A postscript in the hand of Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis requests additional and immediate transportation for herself to Philadelphia. She offers Costin's mother payment in Pork if she will accompany them on the trip. Autograph letter signed, 1 page, with integral address panel.","Undated note from Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis asking \"Billy\" to ask her sister Betsy to send the things by which she [Eleanor] wrote to her for. Directs Billy to be very careful of them as they are easily broken. Autograph note signed E Lewis, 1 page.","Autograph letter signed with integral adddress panel.","Autograph letter signed. George Washington Parke Custis writes William \"Billy\" Costin at the Bank of Washington. He mentions he expects to go with Lafayette to visit Woodlawn.","5 letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law. The first letter is addressed to John at George Town College and the other four to Harvard University.","Edmund Law, Washington, to John Law, Baltimore","5 dated letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.","Letter discussing the court martial of Commodore James Barron, who would later kill Commodore Stephen Decatur in duel in 1820.","4 undated letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.","15 undated letters and notes written by Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. John Law asks William Thornton if he can borrow a book on calvary maneuvers.","2 letters written by William Thornton in response to John Law's August 10, 1807 letter.","An undated letter from John Law to his half sister, Eliza Law. He writes that he is sending sweetmeats from Woodlawn by William, as promised.","William D. Sims, Pittsburgh, to John Law, Washington City","Three letters","A series of four letters and their draft copies written over the course of two days by John Law to his father, criticizing his conduct, particularly in regards to Eliza Law's marriage to Lloyd Nicholas Rogers.","5 letters written by Thomas Law to his son John Law, Washington City, around 1817, addressing John's criticisms of him, his divorce, and his friendship with Elizabeth Bordley Gibson.","Autograph letter signed. A letter of reconciliation sent by John Law to his father.","Draft of letter from Lloyd Nicholas Rogers, New York, to Major-General Henry Lee discussing the life of Baron de Kalb.","2 letters about the sale of property in Washington.Lenman and Brother, Washington City, to Edmund Law Rogers, Baltimore.","Documents related to the sale of property in Washington.","Correspondence about the sale of property in Washington.","2 letters about the sale of property in Washington. N. Callan, Washington, to Edmund Law Rogers, Baltimore.","Bond of conveyance for Lot No. 1 in Square 260 in Washington City, District of Columbia.","1 survey plat of lots in Washington along Canal St, and 2 pages of notes listing the prices of lots and the names of their purchasers.","Letter from the Commisioners of the Sinking Fund of the Corporation of Washington. William McCormick, Registers Office, Washington, to Edmund Law Rogers.","An indenture form reassigning a parcel of property in Washington City. The Deed of Trust form is marked at the top of the first page \"Printed and Sold by Robert A. Waters, D. st., bet. 9th \u0026 10th.\"","1 page autograph letter signed by George Washington Parke Custis to Edmund Law Rogers, with additional letter from Martha Custis Williams, Arlington House, written on verso. Custis writes, \"From the very graphic account you gave Martha Williams of your visit to Mr Fenno, I see but a poor chance of my Drama being brought out [in Baltimore].\" He asks Rogers to inquire of his \"theater going friends\" if any other Baltimore theatres will perform the work. If not, he asks Rogers to return the book care of William Adam Bookseller Pennsylvania Avenie Washington.","In her letter, Williams passes on a request from \"Aunt B\" (Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon) to send the \"little manuscript book, containing an inventory of the Mt Vernon relics at Tudor Place, as she is much at a loss, with regard to the history of many things in the House.\" Britannia Peter had inherited Tudor Place the year before, in 1854. Williams adds to Rogers that she hopes he will not make too much effort to have Uncle Custis's play produced because \"Cousin Mary Lee and all his family are so much opposed to it.\" Williams hopes Custis will focus on finishing his Recollections instead.","Bill for $21 addressed to Edmund Law Rogers for advertising the sale of lots in the City of Washington in the newspaper the National Intelligencer.","Unsigned indenture for the sale of lots in the City of Washington. Docketed in pencil \"sale not made.\"","Invoices, notes, and receipts from accounts between Robert Peter and the firm O'Neill and Dearkins. Includes an invoice for tobacco, sugar, corduroy, gauze, linen, chocolate, silk, muslin, paper, wine, ribbons, pins, cotton, and tea.","Unknown list of accounts, believed to be from Robert Peter.","Pages from account book with the note \"These leaves was received by James S Webber from Mrs. Esther H Webber wife of Mr Levi Webber of Vassalboro Kennebeck Co. Maine being a part of account Book of Charles Webber, my Grand Father, his own handwriting. Received by me June 22 1878.\" The accounts include invoices for cod fish, bacon, molasses, tea, rum, sugar, silk, shoes, brandy, wine, coffee, and corn.","Includes accounts for flour, pork, beef, lamb, and veal.","Bond for the conveyance of a parcel of property called Black Oak Thickett in Frederick County, Maryland.","rent paid","Page of rent payment accounts in unknown hand.","Bond of Thomas Nicholls of John to Robert Peter","Bond of Isaiah and Edward Nicholls to Robert Peter","Lawsuit against Robert Peter by James Gordon, Henry Riddell, John Campbell, John Campbell Junior, Alexander Low, and William Ingram","Three documents related to disputed accounts between Robert Peter and Benjamin Ray. One with a note by John T. Mason dated February 27, 1799, \"He has no shadow of right to one shilling on this [account].\"","List of Robert Peter's court appearances","Court documents and accounts related to Robert Peter, 5 manuscripts.","Court documents and accounts related to Robert Peter, 19 small manuscript receipts","Survey of land called Bealls Plaines in what became Washington City, along Goose Creek, later renamed Tiber Creek.","Manuscript on parchment with large seal attached by a ribbon.","1766, Survey to Forrest, May 12, 1773, (six documents) Bladenburg, Sept., 21, 1766; Rock Creek, Nov. 13, 1766 \"to Robert Peter, merchant in Georgetown.\"","One undated note by Thomas Peter and one letter from William Dearkins and Ben Stoddert to Stephen Chiswell about resurveying about 200 acres called Partnership granted to Elting Williams.","The Resurvey of Brandy and transfer of several named enslaved people.","A letter about resurveying a parcel of propery called Hazard. George Scott to Robert Peter, George Town.","Four autograph documents dealing with land ownership. Two notes on fragments; one half sheet giving history of a property in Prince George's County; and an 8 page survey document, with reference to points on a drawn survey, of Cross Basket, Balantyre, and other properties (9 lots) belonging to Robert Peter and divided amongst George and Thomas Peter.","Certificate and plat for 5 3/4 acres of vacant land granted by special warrant to Robert Peter out of the Western Shore Land Office of Washington County in the District of Columbia. Surveyed by Joseph Elgar, Jr. Autograph document signed, 1 page.","Hand colored survey plat showing the division of Robert Peter's Square in George Town. Docketed on verso \"Plat belonging to Thomas Peter's Square in George Town.\"","Tobacco sales","Tabacco Sales, Real Estate, Transfer of enslaved people","Deed of trust book is dated 1790","One dollar printed in Annapolis by F. Green, 7 December 1775. Two thirds of a dollar printed in Philadelphia by Hall and Sellers, 17 February 1776.","List of items purchased by Martha Washington from Macleod \u0026 Lumsdon, dated at the top 18 February 1800, Alexandria. The accounts, dated 8 July and 9 August, include entries for 47 panes of glass, oil, paint for 30 mahoghany chairs, paint for a wine cooler, varnishing, picture frame gilding, and glazing. Signed by Macleod \u0026 Lumdsdon at the bottom, noting that the above money was received in full 9 October 1800.","Receipt signed \"Daniel Lecock\" for payment received by the hands of James Anderson on behalf of Martha Washington for 790 bushels of corn on 2 May 1800.","Receipt for $25 paid by Thomas Carwood to James Anderson for 100 barrels of fish from Mount Vernon.","Accounts dated February 13, March 11, and April 12, 1800 for newspaper advertisements and handbills purchased by Martha Washington from Ellis Price, printer of The Columbian Mirror and Alexandria Gazette. Items Martha purchased include 26 advertisements for a house to rent, an advertisement about the Mount Vernon fishery, 23 advertisements about the donkey Knight of Malta, and notice about the runaway slave Marcus.","Accounts dated 23 April-23 September 1800 for weaving yards of cotton, wool, and other fabrics. The payments are marked as having been paid \"By balance due the Estate of General Washington,\" by cash, by 41 gallons of whiskey, and barrells of herring. The final payment is marked as received from James Anderson on 10 November 1801.","Bill addressed to the Estate of Mrs. Martha Washington, Deceased for $200 due to James Craik for medical services rendered Mrs. Washington during her last illness and $5 for cash paid Heyskill for the hire of his carriage. A signed oath by Jacob Hoffman testifies to the validity of the charges.","Receipt of payment from Thomas Peter to Lawrence Lewis for three hundred dollars for one hundred barrels of corn sold to Mount Vernon for the use of the estate. Signed by John Anderson.","Receipt written by Dr. David Stuart for the receipt from Thomas Peter for five guineas, the leagcy left by Martha Washington to Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart.","Payment from Thomas Law to Griffith Coombs for repairs to Martha Washington's townhome in the District Columbia occupied by Henry Dearborn. Payment marked by Coombs as received in full from Thomas Peter on August 23, 1802.","Twenty dollars wages paid to Richard Burnett of the City of Washingon by Thomas Peter for the year 1802.","Payment of $50 received by George Smith of Woodlawn from Thomas Peter on 12 January 1803 for hire as a blacksmith at Mount Vernon in the year 1802. Signed by George Smith (his mark) and Lawrence Lewis. George Smith was one of George Washington's slaves who was freed after Washington's death. His wife, Lydia, was one of Martha Washington's dower slaves and was inherited by Nelly Parke Custis Lewis of Woodlawn.","Receipt for one hundred pounds Virginia currency received by Benjamin Lincoln Lear from Thomas Peter, one of the executors of Martha Washington's estate.","Accounts of Mr. James Dunlop with Thomas Peter, for horses, ploughs, and an enslaved woman named Peg. Peg is likely one of the slaves Martha Parke Custis Peter inherited from the Custis estate.","Receipt for funeral arrangements paid by Thomas Peter to William King on December 4, 1820 following the death of his twenty-three-year-old daughter Columbia Washington Peter. The arrangements include a \"walnut coffin lined,\" silver plate and engraving, and rental of horses, a hearse, and attendants.","H. B. Morris, Philadelphia, to Thomas Peter, Georgetown. Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. A letter about bank accounts and stock certificates.","Bill from Dr. Warfield to Thomas Peter for a visit to a \"black man in the night\" on March 5, 1824 which resulted in the amputation of the man's leg.","Two bills from P.L. Dupont paid by Martha Parke Custis Peter for dancing lessons for her daughter Britannia.","Two stock share certificates for the Patowmack Company (Potomac Company). Share No. 89 is for Martha Peter, and No. 91 for Thomas Peter.","Land office papers for the resurvey of Bear Denn, Daniels Discovery, and Partnership in Maryland","With unknown survey plat on verso.","Aquila Johns to Thomas Peter on sale of Seneca plantation","Autograph letter signed by Sarah Norfleet Freeland Peter, wife of Thomas Peter's brother George, relinquishing right title and interest on a tract of land called Forrest, property of her husband, in order to pay his debts.","Letter about resurveying property owned by George Washington Peter.","List of property in Montgomery County Maryland owned by Thomas Peter","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Regarding financial matters.","Horatio Edmondson of Taylor County, Maryland","Pamphlet stitch binding with marbled paper covers. Contains notes about purchases made by Thomas Peter 1813-1814.","Calling card from Le Baron de Maltitz, Secretaire de la Legation Imperiale de Russie. Manuscript date 1823 on verso.","John Dandridge writes to Thomas Peter, George Town, asking to borrow money from the estate of Martha Washington.","Thomas Peter, George Town, to George Peter","Autograph letter signed, with envelope. Josiah Quincy, Cambridge, to Martha Parke Custis Peter, Georgetown. Josiah Quincy thanks Martha Parke Custis Peter for her generous reeption of his children at Tudor Place and thanks her for the relic of George Washington that she sent back with them.","A contemporary manuscript copy of a letter in which Nelly Parke Custis describes having seen George Washington writing his farewell address at Mount Vernon. When the address was finished, she says he asked her to bring him silk string, and she watched him stitch the address together in front of her. Nelly writes this as a rebuke to one of Alexander Hamilton's sons, who claims his father wrote the farewell address.","A list of accounts between the Estate of George Washington and Alexandria apothecary Edward Stabler, including purchases for Turlington's Balsam, castor oil, arsenic, balsam copaiva, British oil, salts, purified Salt Petre, cantharides, ipecacuanha, laudanum, tumeric, and opodildo. Payments are marked as received from James Anderson. Autograph document, 1 page.","Manuscript titled \"A List of Negroes belonging to Mrs. Washington.\" A list of 121 enslaved persons who were Martha's dower slaves. Unlike the slaves owned by George Washington, Martha's slaves were not freed after her death and were inherited by the Custis descendants. Men, boys, women, and girls and listed in separate columns, each further broken down into the places where they worked: Mansion house, River Farm, Muddy Hole, and Union Farm. Five women - Amy, Alice, Peg, Agnes, and Old Judy - are listed as \"Free but yet remain.\"","Signed certificate from the executors of General George Washington to the Clerk of Fairfax.","Accounts from 1802 for furniture and household goods purchased by George Washington Parke Custis from the Estate of Martha Washington. The final payment was made in 1826, and the account is signed by Thomas Peter, executor of the estate.","A list of the household belongings sold by Thomas Peter from the personal estate of Martha Washington. Includes a listing of who purchased each item and the price it sold for.","Signed indenture for sale of land in the City of Washington.","Articles of agreement between George Calvert and Thomas Peter with Thomas Law, agreeing that Thomas Law and his wife Eliza Parke Custis Law will live separately. Eliza will receive $1500 per year from Law, and all the interest from her inheritance from George Washington will go to her and her daughter.","3 sheets of accounts between the estate of Robert Peter and James Dunlop, including the sale of \"5 negroes willed Mrs. Peter.\" These are some of Martha's dower slaves inherited by Martha Parke Custis Peter. One additional account between Jonathan Hicks and the heirs of Robert Peter, dated 1809-1811.","Receipt written by Lawrence Lewis acknowledging receipt from Thomas Peter of three hundred and twenty-six dollars eighteen cent left to his son Lorenzo Lewis as a legacy from Martha Washington.","Receipt signed by George Washington Parke Custis acknowledging the receipt from Thomas Peter of one thousand dollars as a legacy left to his daughter from the late Martha Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Thomas Peter, George Town, to Bushrod Washington, Mount Vernon. Thomas Peter writes to Bushrod about money owed for two purchases he made from the estate of George Washington.","Two documents related to a settlement made by John Dandridge against George Washington Parke Custis and Thomas Peter, executors of Martha Washington's estate. One is a 1829 decree from the U. S. Circuit Court, signed by William Thomas Carroll; and the other is an account of money owed to John Dandridge signed by Benjamin Lincoln Lear, 1830 June 21. Autograph documents signed (2).","3 documents related to the death of Beverley Kennon, husband of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, who died aboard the USS Princeton during the 1844 Peacemaker accident: a newspaper clipping with an excerpt from a sermon by Reverend Mr. Magoon on the Princeton Tragedy, a plan of the burying ground belonging to Mrs. Beverly Kennon, and a certificate from the Vestry of Washington Parish granting Mrs. Beverley Kennon four sites in the Washington Parish Burial Ground.","Receipts for two legacies received of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, executor of Martha Parke Custis Peter's estate. One is for a grandson named Thomas Peter and another for her grandson John Parke Custis Peter.","Manuscript resolution of the Senate of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, offering sympathy to the families of those killed aboard the USS Princeton during the Peacemaker accident. This copy was given by the President of the United States to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, whose husband, Beverley Kennon, was killed in the accident.","Printed form signed by Britannia W. Peter Kennon and witnessed by William Purcell, esquire, Judge of the Orphans' Court of Washington county, District of Columbia.","A list of collections and payments made to sundry persons to settle the estate of Martha Parke Custis Peter.","Document bound with blue ribbon, with envelope. Last will and testament of Ann Gertrude Wightt, a former nun at the Georgetown Visitation Convent who later lived at Tudor Place. Autograph document, 8 pages.","Autograph letter, with envelope. Ann Gertrude Wightt, Rochester, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place","Papers related to the sale of Lot 9 in Square 72 of Washington City to William A. Gordon. Letter from William E. Edmonston to William A. Gordon, 1891 May 30. Two letters from William A. Gordon to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, 1891 June 3 and 1889 October 4. Typescript signed by William Gordon of Declaration of Trust for sale of Lot Nine, Square Seventy Two in Washington City, D.C..","Indenture made between Britannia Wellington Kennon, party of the first part, and Walter Gibson Peter, Armistead Peter Jr., and George Freeland Peter, parties of the second part, all of the District of Columbia, regarding relics and heirlooms at Tudor Place acquired by Britannia W. Peter Kennon from her mother Martha Custis Peter grand-daughter of Martha the wife of George Washington, known in the family as \"The Mount Vernon Heirlooms.\" Other relics are from the estates of Thomas Peter and Beverley Kennon. Britannia wishes that these relics be preserved by her descendants and that none of them be sold or disposed of.","These include pictures, miniatures, engravings, glass, china, silver, jewelry, furniture, needlework, and other relics, including a sago palm formerly belonging to Martha Parke Custis Peter. The relics and heirlooms are to be divided into five parts after Britannia's death and delivered to her grandchildren.","A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language (New York : Printed and published by William A. Davies) Inscribed Britannia W. Peter.","Autograph letter signed. Beverley Kennon, Navy Yard, Washington, to Reverend W. Hoff, George Town. Kennon asks Reverend Hoff to be present at Mrs. Peter's place in George Town on the 8th to marry him to Britannia W. Peter.","2 autograph letters signed.","Autograph letter signed on mourning stationary, with envelope and black seal. John Tyler, Washington, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon. President John Tyler offers his condolences to Britannia W. Peter Kennon on the death of her husband, Beverley Kennon, during the Peacemaker accident aboard the USS Princeton.","G. T. Kennon to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place","Autograph letter signed with envelope docketed \"A letter written to Uncle Bev. by my mother while at boarding school given to me after Uncle Bev's death by Aunt G.\". Martha Custis Kennon, Georgetown, to Beverley Kennon Jr. Beverley Kennon Jr. was Martha Custis Kennon's half brother.","According to Martha Custis Peter, this illustration was at the Tudor Place.","W. Van Ness, New York, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place, Georgetown","Department of the Interior, Pension Office, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place, Georgetown","Mrs. Charles Carroll Simms to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Georgetown","Mattie D. Abbot to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place. From the Secretary of the Ladies Aid Society of Christ Church accepting Britannia Kennon's resignation as President.","Letters from James Mackubin, Ellicott City, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon","Two letters from Justine Van Rensselaer Townsend, Vice Regent of New York for the Mount Vernon Ladies Association, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon. In the 26 November 1890 letter, Justine asks Britannia to help the Ladies determine what is genuine at the upcoming 1890 Thomas Birch's Sons sale of Washington relics in Philadelphia. The sale will include \"General Washington's papers, a clock, a punch bowl, and many other things.\"","Invitation from The Board of World's Fair Managers of Virginia inviting Britannia W. Peter Kennon to be present at the ceremonies of Virginia Day at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Enclosed with an envelope and the calling card of Mrs. William Radford Beale.","Calling cards for Martha Custis Kennon and Armistead Peter. At home card with envelope for Britannia W. Peter Kennon, engraved by Dempsey \u0026 O. Toole of Baltimore \u0026 Washington.","Engraved form ceritifying that \"Cream Ladle No 68944 is an exact reproduction of one onwed by General and Mrs. Washington and used for a number of years at Mr. Vernon.\" The ladle was produced by Galt \u0026 Bro. Jewellers, Silversmiths, Stationers, Washington D.C..","Regarding the purchase of a clock.","Typescript lists of letters and items from Mount Vernon that were part of  Britannia W. Peter Kennon's collection at Tudor Place.","Unbound notebook with list of items and letters from Mount Vernon that belonged to Britannia W. Peter Kennon at Tudor Place. Includes a list of how the items were divided amongst Britannia's grandchildren.Includes furniture and household items.","Includes a list of how the items were divided amongst Britannia W. Peter Kennon's grandchildren.","Manuscript list of books, jewelry, and locks of hair at Tudor Place","Includes both manuscript and typescript inventories of books, furniture, and objects from Tudor Place.","Newsclippings and correspondence related to Washington relics loaned by Walter G. Peter to the National Museum in the early 1900s.","Lent by Walter G. Peter from the Britannia W. Peter Kennon Collection of Washington Relics.","R. Davidson, Pinckneyville, to George Peter, George Town","Includes a $5 charge on 23 October 1813 for a coffin \"for a black man.\" On 9 February 1814, Peter was charged $50.00 for a lined coffin covered with black cloth, among other expenses, possibly following the death of his first wife, Ann Plater Peter, or one of their young sons.","Thomas Anderson, Clarksburgh, to George Peter","Autograph letter signed with printed cash form from the Office of Discount and Deposit, Washington.","Joseph Delaplaine, Philadelphia, to George Peter. Deplaine requests Major Peter's portrait for his gallery.","U. McInder, Petersburg, to George Peter","Letter from unidentified, Annapolis, to George Peter","W. Coor, Rockville, to George Peter","Partially printed form from the District of Columbia. Major Peter grants Charles A. Burnett power of attorney to sell, assign, and transfer his 50 shares of stock in the Books of the Washington Turnpike Company.","Letter from unidentified, Annapolis, to George Peter","Charles Bunting, Montgomery County, to George Peter","James H., Georgetown, to George Peter","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Benjamin Lincoln Lear, Washington, to George Peter. Lear writes regarding two suits againist Mrs. Sarah Peter.","John Wootton, Rockville, to George Peter","Benjamin Lincoln Lear, Washington, to George Peter. Printed letter with manuscript additions, from B. L. Lear, Attorney of the Bank, Bank of the United States.","W. W. Ramsay, Washington, to George Peter","Letter from unidentified, Washington, to George Peter","Letter from unidentified, Washington City, to George Peter","B. H., Rockville, to George Peter","Clement Cod, Georgetown, to George Peter","William Thompson, Union School, to George Peter","Michael Keepers, Frederick Town, to George Peter","John Wootton, Rockville, to George Peter","G. D., George Town, to George Peter","J. Orme, Georgetown, to George Peter","W. Sellman, Clarksburg, to George Peter","Samuel C. Ulens, Poolesville, to George Peter","J. Higgins, Poolesville, to George Peter","Jesse V., Poolesville, to George Peter, Darnestown","J. Falls, Baltimore, to George Peter","Geo. Howson Mason, Annapolis, to George Peter","Alfred Spates, Cumberland, to George Peter","Letter from unidentified, Baltimore, to George Peter","W. Matthews, George Town, to George Peter","Geo. Hownson Mason, Annapolis, to George Peter","Benj. Fawcett, Colesville, to George Peter","J. Williams, Washington D.C., to George Peter","A letter from the Treasuries Office of the Baltimore and Ohion Railroad Company, offering Peter free tickets to pass over the roads of their company.","Printed election ballot for \"The Constitution and Union Ticket,\" promising \"Civil and Religious Liberty.\" George Peter is listed as the candidate for Commisioner of Public Works.","A list of clothing purchased by Martha Washington from William Jones of Alexandria. Includes suits purchased for enslaved workers Daniel, Marcus, Christopher, and Frank. According to notes on the verso, payments were received from James Anderson on 12 April 1800 and 15 May 1800.","Five receipts for goods and services paid for by James Anderson in 1800, including repairs to old shoes, paper lampblack, freight for one box from Philadelphia, 93 yards of cloth, and leather.","Promissory notes from George Peter","Promissory notes and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.","Bills and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.","Bills and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.","Promissory notes and bank notes from George Peter","Bills and bank notes from George Peter","Bills and bank notes from George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter with F. S. Poole and Bro","Bills and accounts of George Peter with F. S. Poole and Bro.","Undated Bills and accounts of George Peter","George H. Peter, Carlise, writes to his uncle asking for money for an upcoming vacation.","3 letters from James Peter to his uncle George Peter.","George Peter, George Town","3 letters sent by James Freeland Peter to his father from Alexandria, Buffalo, and Detroit.","Manuscript acrostic written for Uncle George Peter.","Sarah Peter, Georgetown, to George Peter","4 letters from George Peter, Jr., to his father.","Typescript list of \"Things from Mt. Vernon\" with manuscript annotations by George Freeland Peter of which Peter heirs inherited the items.","Typescript and manuscript inventories of items fro Tudor Place, with notes on which Peter heirs inherited them.","Identification key to \"The battle at Bunker's Hill\" engraved by Johann Gotthard Müller after the painting by John Trumbull. Printed in London by A. C. de Poggi.","Accounts for shoes, boots, and repairs, including shoes for enslaved people.","Major George Peter's troops are invited to attend Divine Service. \"It is hoped they will attend \u0026 conduct themselves with a reverence suited to the character of Christian soldiers, who have taken arms in defence of their homes \u0026 country \u0026 who look for success \u0026 preservation to the favor of the Almighty Giver of all victory.\"","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel and red wax seal.","2 letters to George Peter from his brother David Peter, George Town.","Deed of sale for land purchased by Peter on Gay Street and Dumarton Street in George Town.","A list of 322 volumes, showing title, number of volumes, size, and type of bookbinding.","8 letters and 1 receipt, mostly addressed to George Peter from his niece, Jane Beverley and her husband, James.","printed pages","Roger Brooke Taney, Annapolis, to George Peter regarding upcoming elections [December 20] to the U. S. Senate specifically the potential election of Mr. [Alexander C.] Hanson as a means to heal and reconcile the differences in the Federal Party. Also discuss Mr. Washington's 'zeal and industry' in supporting Hanson's candidacy. Autograph letter signed, 2 pages. Docketed 'Roger B. Taney - Hanson \u0026 Washington'","W. Cook, Hyates Town,","William Brewer, Aix la Chapelle, to George Peter","James Summers, New Market, to George Peter","G. Dalls S., Colesville, to George Peter, Poolesville","Elisha Jones, Clarksburg, to George Peter","Includes the papers granting George and Sarah Peter guardianship of David Peter's children Elizabeth, William, Jane, George H., and James.","trust, property, and expenses of land","material and clothing","Receipt for the purchase of Lot No. 15 in Square No. 170 in the City of Washington.","Receipts from Leonard W. Candler, Darnes Town, to George Peter. Receipts for the purchase of dry goods, clothing, and other household goods.","3 copies of the will of Sarah Freeland, George Peter's mother-in-law.","appraisal authorization of Alexander Broome and Samuel Darby","Accounts of Margaret Dick with William Parson. Includes an account for shoes soled and nailed for James Peter.","Medical bills, pharmacy, doctor","tuition bills","Letter, T.H. Paul to George Peter. Letter, Unknown  to the Secretary of the Interior of the United States.","Receipts from Leonard W. Candler, Darnes Town, to George Peter. Receipts for the purchase of dry goods, clothing, and other household goods.","typescript copy","deed of conveyance","Indenture, George Peter to Thomas Peter, Land from estate of Robert Peter, Jr.","copies of letters","Military exemption for Armistead Peter","Bill, George Peter, Esq. to Dr. Armistead Peter, 1869 February 11; Col. Richard L. Maury, Attorney, to Dr. Armistead Peter, 1876 October 10","Includes story of Abraham Lincoln and the Maryland Barbecue by Agnes Peter","Memento for either Walter Gibson Peter or W. Orton Williams from Mrs. Laura Cassaway, small American flag and small ivory mirror with flower [Fragile]","Includes receipt of letter, 1873 January 24. Letter regarding interest in farm from Robert Dick.","lock of hair","From Binder 1","From Binder 1","From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- Fragmented letter - From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Four envelopes","Goes up to Britannia W. Peter Kennon -From Binder 1","Condolence letter","Signed by Governor Horatio Sharpe","Indenture, September 30, 1791; Resurvey of Forrest, 1796. Document signed by Gov. Haywood","Resurvey of Pipe Tomhock; Copy of Platt (sic) and Illustrations, August 14, 1798; July 11, 1766, Explanation of Survey, September 19, 1797, May 26, 1796, February 16, 1797","Deed, Elizabeth and John Scrivenor, April 18, 1799, June 11, 1799, Resurvey of Brandy, June 9, 1792, June 18, 1792","December 24, 1871, wrapper","List of enslaved persons, livestock, and tools sold at Slashes, Sugar Lands, and Rock Creek Quarters totaling $9,308.00. Autograph document, 3 pages, with docket.","Bernard Gilpin firmly bound to Thomas Peter for $5520","wove paper","Photocopy, \"Account Book 1, Robert Peter, Esq. with the Commissioners of the Federal Buildings; On division of the Tract, Mexico within the City of Washington, Exclusive of what are called \"Old divisions of squares\" and water lots of which no account is key by the Commissioners. 21 pp. Note from Walter Gibson Peter re: History of book, how it ended up in the Library of Congress Thomas Peter","signed by James Madison, B. Crowninshield, Secretary of the Navy","James Madison signature","The most important ones delivered to F.S. Keys Esq. and recorded in suit pending in Court Dt. Columbia","9 manuscripts","under the orders of Lt. Col. E. Robert, USTE","Building 3044 O Street","copies","Includes Allison's Forrest Enlarged; Fort Grubby Hill, July 1, 1732","Includes Indenture, Daniel Veetch, February 19, 1758 Document signed by Gov. Horatio Sharpe","Bathsheba","First found in Thomas Peter's Letterbooks","Photos, Photos from Survey (4) and Ivory Cross [First found in Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon] Interesting small religious carved cross, made from Mother-of-Pearl","Letter, William A. Coffin to Britannia Kennon, February 23, 1889; Brouchure for Exhibition, April 30, 1889; Letter, A. W. Drake to Britannia Kennon, January 29, 1889, May 16, 1889, including: carte de visite of George Washington and calling card of Mr. A. W. Drake (Photo) [First found in Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon]","First found in Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","First found in Major George Peter's Letterbooks","Frenzel Gallery, Georgetown. Moved from Papers of Dr. Armistead Peter.","Includes Sir Thomas Nicholson, William Scott Blair, General Scott of Malenie, Robert Buchanan, William Dunlop, Elizabeth Roberton, J. Horsburgh, Lord Abbots Hall, Isabel Corbet, Cunningham Scott. First found in Papers of Dr. Armistead Peter.","First found in Papers of Dr. Armistead Peter","Containing photographs of Peter relatives","Pictures of Tudor Place, Vacation, Content Farm, Ellen Beale Peter 1931 (Walter Gibson's Wife) Made by Walter Gibson Peter, [Loose photographs], Half Full.","Elizabeth Peter, wife of Robert Peter. Made by Walter Gibson Peter [Note: Some loose pages]","Book of tobacco sales, list of enslaved persons belonging to Robert Peter, and lots of Robert Peter in the City of Washington with division by squares for the Commissioners and how they are disposed. The bound volume is made up of 178 pages. Pages 52-147 are blank. At some point the volume is flipped and entries are begun at the back of the book from pages 178-154. For viewing purposes those pages have been reoriented and reordered.","\"Tobacco Book,\" All letters received pertaining to his business of selling tobacco in Europe and trading across the Atlantic, including captains, lawyers, and buyers in Europe.","Includes personal letters that were sent to the family, photocopied letters from Thomas and General Washington, various financial papersNot in order [Documents are fragile and book in poor condition]. Made by Walter Gibson Peter.","Contains photographs and letters. Created by Walter Gibson Peter, received documents from Britannia W. Peter Kennon.","Commissions, Letters, Orders, etc. Relating to service in the U.S. Army and Major Georgetown Field Artillery, Created by Walter Gibson Peter. Items signed by John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.","Corps of the Artillerists, New Orleans and Fort McHenry, Garrison and Regimental Orders, Major George Peter; Order and prisoner tries and punishments, List from Fort McHenry, Morning Reports [Note: Book in poor condition]","Ledger of real estate holdings of George Peter with Robert Peter and James Peter [pages 2-17]. Also includes, \"The following Table exhibits a view of the Squares and Lots, the Number of square feet therein contained, and the value of the same, now owned by Capt. George Peter, in the City of Washington\" [pages 74-78]. Stitch binding with marbled paper covers, 88 pages. Real estate accounts appear on pages 2-7, 10-11, 14-17, 74, 76, and 78. The remaining page are blank. In 1813, the ledger is flipped and a single page (page 88) includes a list of names under the title 'Rent Roll for 1813.'","Ledger for the estate of Robert Peter maintained by his son Thomas Peter. The bond volume contains 176 pages, partially completed. Accounts are entered on pages 6-54, pages 55-173 are blank, and pages 174-176 include bank notes at the Bank of Columbia and the Branch Bank of Washington City. A scrap of paper with calculations was found between pages 49 and 50 and is included in the digitization.","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","Lessons and Exercises in Vocal Music by Benjamin Carr","Contains letters, pictures, U.S. Navy Commissions (James Madison, John Tyler, and Franklin Pierce), invitations, and a memorandum of Britannia and Beverley made by Walter Gibson Peter- Grandson to Britannia.","After resigning from the army, notes made from Walter George Peter. Includes letters, a list of enlaved people from Montanaverde, bills, and business transactions.","Repairs made on properties of Robert Peter, Jr.  Stitch binding with marbled paper covers, 98 pages. Real estate accounts appear on pages 2-5, 8-23, and 26-33. The remaining pages are blank.","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","Copies made February 1 and 2, 1849 by Edmund Law Rogers at Tudor Place, the residence of his Great-Aunt Martha Peter.","Communion Alms, Christmas and Easter Offerings, June 5, 1850. In Memory of Mrs. Britannia Wellington Kennon, From the Trustees of the Louise Home, 1911.","Four account books. Account Money paid for the Estate of Mrs. Martha Peter","\"Commenced the practice of medicine the latter end of March 1867. Left town the first of May 1867 and returned June 28th- recommended practicing 8th of July, etc., Expense Log and Visiting List\"","First found in Dr. Armistead Peter's files. 9 volumes, dated 1863, 1866, 1870, 1873, 1876, 1878, 1889, 1892, and 1896.","List of patients from practice and paid or unpaid, in alphabetical order, Bills Due, Cash Paid to Mrs. Peter, other accounts, small pox vaccination count","Notes on visits, family seal, copied letters, list of articles from Mount Vernon, notes about clothes and jewelry; Copy of Album was acquired by Martha Custis Peter, great-great granddaughter to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, which Britannia had given to her grandson, Walter Gibson Peter. Her father was Walter Gibson Peter, Jr.","contains dried flowers","Includes folders of France and WWI soldiers","Contains deeds, inventories, and papers pertaining to Robert Peter's estates and his sons, Robert, James, David, George, and Thomas. 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Va.)","Fairmont (W. Va.)","Marshall County (W. Va.)","Pennsylvania","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","Wheeling (W. Va.)","Banks and banking","General stores","Glass manufacture","Mexican War, 1846-1848","Newspapers.","Political campaigns","Propaganda, Soviet","Whiskey decanters","Box 93 cannot be retrieved for use at this time. Please contact the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center for more information.","Researchers may access digitized materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc. ","Lucy Elizabeth Prichard  (October 26, 1876 - July 29, 1964) was born in Cattlettsburg, Kentucky. Daughter of Robert H. and Mary Prichard, she had a brother, Karl, and a sister-in-law, Elizabeth. Lucy taught at Huntington High School from 1899-1913, and taught Latin and Classical Studies at Marshall College (now Marshall University) from 1914-1941. Marshall's Prichard Hall was named in her honor.","Louis Eckert Reed  (born October 1, 1899 in Wirt County, WV; died January 31, 1979 in Elizabeth, WV) served as a sergeant in the US Army during WWI, served as Administrative Assistant to Senator Chapman Revercomb, and worked as a prosecuting attorney in Wirt County, WV. He also wrote for  Atlantic Monthly .","James Franklin \"Jim\" Comstock  was born to Harry Clinton and Myrtle Blanche in Richwood, West Virginia on February 25, 1911. He married Miss Ola Stowers in Huntington, WV, on October 18, 1933; they would have two daughters, Sandra Ferguson and Elaine Nagy, and a son, Jay. In 1934, Comstock received B.A. from Marshall College (now Marshall University). From 1938-1942, he taught at Richwood High School and wrote for the  Clarksburg Telegram . He served in the U.S. Navy from 1944-1946, and upon returning home he founded the  Nicholas County News Leader  (originally  News Letter ) with Bronson D. McClung (1920-2004), a former student of his. On December 25, 1963, the  Nicholas County News Leader  combined with  Nicholas Republican ; in 1984, it became the  Richwood News Leader . Comstock remained an active part of the paper till his death on May 22, 1996.\n \n In 1957, Comstock founded the weekly  West Virginia Hillbilly  with McClung, and became its editor. The paper included feature articles, columns of special interest to West Virginians, book notes, and the \"Comstock Load,\" the editor's own column on the back page. Comstock first tried to sell the  Hillbilly  in 1976. In 1981, he sold it to the South Charleston Publishing Company. On February 25, 1986, he repurchased and began resuscitating the  Hillbilly . In 1992, he sold the  Hillbilly  to Sandy McCauley. In 2001, the  Hillbilly  ceased publication.","Comstock was involved in many endeavors in addition to his newspaper editing and reporting activities. In 1963, he ran unsuccessfully for Congress on the Republican ticket. He wrote, edited, and contributed to various books, including  Pa and Ma and Mr. Kennedy , a 50-volume  West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia , and a collection of newspaper highlights entitled  Best of Hillbilly . He was also involved in republishing books by West Virginian authors. He campaigned to purchase and preserve author Pearl S. Buck's birthplace at Hillsboro, and he helped save the Cass Scenic Railroad. He also founded the University of Hard Knocks, a lighthearted honorary society that recognizes the accomplishments of people who have succeeded in life without a college degree.","Papers of James (\"Jim\") Franklin Comstock of Richwood, West Virginia, whose position as editor of the  West Virginia Hillbilly  and avocation as collector and advocate of all things West Virginia led to the preservation of much of the state's physical, visual, and textual history. The collection includes materials Comstock collected about West Virginia history as well as his own personal and professional papers.","Materials include: general series of historical documents such as letters, deeds, and county court cases pertaining to a diverse range of subjects (1717, 1754-1988, undated [includes facsimiles]); letters of Lucy Prichard, former instructor at Marshall College (now Marshall University) (1925-1927, undated); clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and  Atlantic Monthly  writer Louis Eckert Reed (ca. 1960-1975, undated); account books concerning economic development and commercial activities in the northern part of the state in the 19th and early 20th centuries (1830-1938); printed material about West Virginia schools, businesses, and events as well as non-West Virginia books and pamphlets (1829-1995, undated); Comstock's personal and professional correspondence (1882-1995, undated); a wide variety of photographs, including images of West Virginia cities and towns, among many others (ca. 1850s-1995, undated); microfilmed records of the Civil War and Dunmore's War (undated); glass lantern slides, which include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV (1871-1897, undated); Grand Army of the Republic and U.S. military history scrapbooks (1883-1918); broadsides, including advertisements for a circus in Moundsville (ca. 1827-1960 [includes facsimiles]); and maps and atlases of pre- and post-statehood West Virginia, counties, colonial North America, and other topics (1730-1976, undated [includes facsimiles]).","An addendum of 2013/05 includes additional personal and professional correspondence, publications, newspaper morgue files, photographs, audio-visual material, artifacts, scrapbooks, account books, and maps. For more information on Jim Comstock, see the Historical Note.","Series 1. Historical Documents; 1717, 1754-1988, undated (includes facsimiles); box 1 - box 3, folder 2. \nSeries 2. Lucy Prichard Papers; 1913-1936, undated; box 3, folders 3-8. \nSeries 3. Louis Reed Papers; ca. 1960-1975, undated; boxes 4-5. \nSeries 4. Account Books; 1830-1938; boxes 6-17. \nSeries 5. Printed Material; 1829-1995, undated; boxes 18-25. \nSeries 6. Comstock Correspondence; 1882-1995, undated (bulk 1950-1995); boxes 26-72. \nSeries 7. Photographs; ca. 1850s-1995, undated; boxes 73-81. \nSeries 8. Motion Pictures; undated; box 82. \nSeries 9. Microfilm; undated; box 82. \nSeries 10. Cassette Tapes; undated; box 82. \nSeries 11. Glass Lantern Slides; 1871-1897, undated; boxes 83-85. \nSeries 12. Scrapbooks; 1883-1918; boxes 86-91. \nSeries 13. Broadsides; ca. 1827-1960 (includes facsimiles); box 92. \nSeries 14. Maps; 1730-1976, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 93-103, and map cabinet 1, drawer 12. \nSeries 15. Newspapers; ca. 1826-1924, 1976; box 104. \nSeries 16. Artifacts; 1952-1976, undated; boxes 105-109. \nSeries 17. Oversize; 1650-1671, 1720-1991, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 110-118.","Addendum of 2013/05  includes material much like that in the initial acquisition, divided into the following series:","Series 18. Correspondence; 1838-2003, undated (bulk 1950-1995); box 119 - box 133 folder 4, and box 134 folders 1-11.* \nSeries 19. Publications; 1889-2002, undated; box 133, folders 5-6, box 134, folder 12, and boxes 135-136.* \nSeries 20. Subject Files; ca. 1851-1995, undated; boxes 137-146. \nSeries 21. Photographs; ca. 1870s-2003, undated; boxes 147-149.* \nSeries 22. Audio-Visual Material; 1990-1992, undated; box 150. \nSeries 23. Artifacts; undated; box 151, folders 1-2. \nSeries 24. Scrapbooks; ca. 1953-1984; box 151, folder 3 and scrapbook. \nSeries 25. Account Books; 1954-1960s; box 151 ledgers. \nSeries 26. Oversize Material; 1861-1866, 1893-1933, 1950-1998, undated; box 152 - box 156, folder 3, loose folders 1-4, oversize folder 1, and box 157. \nSeries 27. Maps; 1884-1891, 1920, 1957-1987; box 156, folders 4-10. \nSeries 28. Historical Documents; 1839-1909; box 158.","*Please note: boxes 123, 133, and 149 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.","This series includes financial records such as receipts and invoices, legal documents such as deeds and court cases, correspondence, land records, genealogy materials, ephemera, and typescript histories. Box 1 includes three subgroups: the Barnet Cushwa Papers, West Virginia Documents, and Non-West Virginia Documents. Boxes 2a-3 contain material of mixed origin. Additional historical documents can be found in Series 17, Oversize, and in subseries Oversize--Manuscripts.","This subseries includes a collection of materials documenting the activities of Cushwa, a prominent farmer and later the sheriff of Berkeley County in the 1850s. Cushwa's papers reveal his activities as administrator of the Daniel Gehr estate (1839-1843). The Berkeley County documents, including lists of landholdings, orders, taxes, and fee collections, demonstrate his duties as sheriff in the 1850s. See Series 17, Oversize, box 117 for Berkeley County land holdings, sheriff's accounts, and lists of orders, taxes, fees, etc. (1854-1858).","This subseries is comprised of correspondence and other material, principally concerning commercial and development activities in north-central West Virginia. These items are grouped by county; please note that there is overlap between counties.   Highlights include:  items relating to Harman Blennerhassett (box 1, folder 12);  a six-page letter written by William G. Brown answering questions concerning the constitutionality of the movement for West Virginia statehood (June 28, 1862) (box 1, folder 13);  letters and reminiscences focusing on the reunions of the Battle of Philippi (1911-1935) (box 1, folder 14); and  two letters from the abolitionist John Brown (box 1, folder 15)."," Additional West Virginia documents can be found in boxes 2a-2c.","Highlights of this subseries include:  four letters from soldiers in the Mexican War;  seventeen letters from Pennsylvania soldier James M. Weaver, principally to his wife, during his service in the Civil War;  a confidential letter from President James Monroe explaining his policy on fortifying the frontier;  seven Booker T. Washington letters;  two letters from Revolutionary War general Horatio Gates; and  a folder of letters written by famous 19th century figures including Samuel Clemens, Collis P. Huntington, Nathaniel P. Banks, and Newton D. Baker.","This subseries contains correspondence, invoices, deeds, tax documents, court cases, and other material. Most of the items pertain to West Virginia.  Highlights include:  bills and invoices of G.H.A. Kunst and John H. Kunst (1853-1867, 1892-1893);  papers of the Wells family of Sistersville (1806-1885);  a telegram regarding the burning of Harpers Ferry (1861);  a broadside listing members of Company H, 3rd Regiment, Potomac Home Brigade, Maryland Infantry (undated); and  legal documents regarding the manumission of slaves (1820-1828, 1856).","Lucy Prichard taught Latin and Classical Studies at Marshall College from 1914 to 1941. This series includes correspondence, photographs, and printed material. Correspondence includes Karl Prichard's letters (1918) and Lucy Prichard's letters (1925-1927, undated). Lucy's letters are addressed to her mother, Mrs. R.H. Prichard, in Huntington, WV. Many of Lucy's letters relate to her travels and studies in the Peloponnesus peninsula of Greece, the British Isles, Western Europe, and Italy in 1925 and 1927. For more information on Lucy Prichard, see the Historical Note.","This series includes newspaper clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and Atlantic Monthly writer Louis Eckert Reed. The newspaper clippings show images of Reed family photos (1960). The typescripts are short stories written by Louis, many likely unpublished. Also included are notes and a draft of  Burning Springs, Virginia: The Civil War's Unsolved Mystery , initially a paper that Reed prepared for the West Virginia Historical Society (see  Burning Springs, West Virginia: the Civil War's Unsolved Mystery , by Louis Reed, self-published in Elizabeth, WV, 1960). This material may have been developed for his later fictional novel,  Burning Springs  (published in Huntington, WV by University Editions/Aegina Press, 1985). For more information on Reed, see the Historical Note. A letter from Louis Reed to Jim Comstock regarding Reed's book  Warning in Appalachia  (1967) can be found in Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 62, folder 27. Other letters from Reed may be found elsewhere in Series 6, Correspondence.","This series includes 27 account books, many of which relate to north-central West Virginia businesses. These ledgers document general stores, a Jewish-owned clothing store in Richwood, the activities of an itinerant Methodist minister in the mining villages of north-central West Virginia, grocery stores and meat markets, a glass manufacturer, and other businesses. See Separated Materials note for information on volumes separated to other collections.","Thistle and Cox formed a partnership in Tyler County, [West] Virginia in March of 1835. This is the partnership's first ledger, which spans the years 1835-1837, but reference is made to the transfer of accounts to at least one subsequent ledger. The business appears to have been located near the Ohio River (probably in Sistersville), since customers included Ohio as well as Tyler County citizens. Although the debit side for each customer only lists the term \"merchandise\" for purchases, the ledger reveals the barter nature of much of the rural economy of Tyler County on the credit side. Among items received in trade by Thistle and Cox were chestnuts, hides, bees wax, rags, sand, tobacco, clothes, meats, produce, and various forms of labor. The ledger also frequently lists the occupations or residences of many of the customers. Included were coopers, tanners, blacksmiths, preachers, schoolteachers, and carpenters, scattered from Point Pleasant to Wheeling.","Inventory and Book Accounts. This volume contains a 66-page inventory of goods on hand and their prices in a Tyler County general store in January 1877. The inventory is divided into the following categories: fancy groceries, groceries, men's shoes, ladies' shoes, children's shoes, overshoes, dress goods, wall paper, housewares, and other. Starting on page 71 is a four-page list of the book accounts of the store's customers, presumably on that same date.","The Cordray Carriage Company was a short-lived business in Fairmont, WV. The ledger lists only the customers and the amount they owed T.L. Cordray, the proprietor of the Carriage Company. The ledger does not list the services for which the customers were charged. However, one itemized account invoice on an inserted piece of paper suggests that the Cordray Carriage Company repaired vehicles. For H.O. Amos, from 1907 through 1911, the Company repaired couplings, repaired and painted the body, repaired the interior, raised the body, and tightened and repaired the fenders, for a total charge of $118. The ledger includes more than 400 customers.","A. H. Breckstein was a Jewish merchant who operated a clothing store in the boom town of Richwood, in Nicholas County. Volume 10 is a cash book detailing daily transactions in the store, both sales and expenses, for part of 1910, and consistently for the period 1928 to 1936. There are also monthly accountings of both cash and credit sales as well as expenses. Volume 11 documents sales and purchases of clothing for the period 1926 to 1934. The sales portion of this volume repeats information available in volume 10. Volume 12 is a ledger of accounts payable for the period 1921-1928, showing the firms from which Breckstein purchased his goods. Included are companies in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and New York.","J.C. Shock was a Methodist minister assigned to a parish in Pullman, WV in 1910. However, he also appeared to be an itinerant preacher, and his account book lists ministerial services provided for the towns and villages of Duffy, Straight Fork, Falls Mill, Glady, and Kingknob, in the north-central West Virginia counties of Lewis, Ritchie, and Wetzel. The account book documents Shock's ministry, listing the text for sermons preached at various towns as well as the contributions of those towns to his salary. Most of the entries cover the years 1910-1917, at which time his base of operations seems to have shifted permanently to Falls Run and Falls Mill in Braxton County. There are entries for sermons, marriages, and assessments for those towns running to 1938. An additional folder contains miscellaneous documents related to Shock found within the ledger.","In the 1890s, Mrs. Samuel C. Gans operated a general store in Moundsville, which by 1900 was specializing in dry goods. This ledger reflects the volume of business and the timing and means of settling accounts. The early pages (for the 1890s) are more detailed, listing the items purchased from the general store. For the later period, the entries are frequently limited to the terms \"goods\" or \"merchandise.\" The back of the volume also contains some notes and miscellaneous accounts, such as rooms rented.","In 1892, a number of Charleston's German families banded together to form an Evangelical Lutheran Church. Subscriptions for a building fund and other church work began to be collected in October of that year. This ledger documents the subscriptions of the founding members of St. Paul's Evangelical Church. It also provides an accounting of the expenses and building funds contributed by the members, including the purchase of a lot on Court Street in Charleston, the church's construction, and the salary of the minister.","These volumes were written by Albert S. Hayden, Notary Public in and for the county of Marion and the state of West Virginia. He recorded handwritten copies of promissory notes and bills presented at Fairmont, WV banks for redemption, which were protested by the First National Bank of Fairmont's cashier. The ledgers also list the date protested, by whom, and the notices mailed to note signers. Most notes originated in West Virginia, but some originated in Ohio. Volume 16a covers 1870-1873. Volume 16b covers 1875-1876.","Anthony Zidn operated a grocery and dry goods store outside of Fairmont on RFD #2. Zidn was an immigrant from the Middle East (perhaps Armenia, as suggested by the fact he kept his accounts in Persian and had a Christian name). These three ledgers document his business, although most of the information is written in Persian.","The Price Brothers operated a general store in the small village of Amos on the Paw Paw Creek, eleven miles from the town of Fairmont in Marion County. The Price Brothers sold all sorts of groceries to people in the town, as documented by this ledger. In addition, the Polk business directory for 1902-1903 notes that the Price sisters operated a millinery business in Amos. There are loose papers within the ledger, including statements and product advertisements (1905-1907, undated).","At the turn of the century, there were four wholesale meat provisioners in Wheeling. This ledger represents the operations of one of them for the years 1901-1902. The company principally supplied general stores and grocers in eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia, southwestern Pennsylvania, and western Maryland. However, individuals could also buy directly. Entries typically include the name of the purchaser, the town in which the purchaser resides, and the amount of the purchase. For local buyers, the ledger frequently lists the Wheeling address. Since transactions are usually noted only as merchandise, it is impossible to glean what types of meats were being purchased at what costs.","Jacob Hornbrook was born in Tavistock, England, in 1812 and moved with his parents to Wheeling when he was a small child. Jacob's father ran a small [business?] in Wheeling. As a young man, Jacob began a mercantile business buying and selling produce on the flatboats travelling on the Ohio River. He later started a notions store, purchased interest in a steamship line and the First National Bank, and was president and owned stock in the Wheeling Gas Company. These three books, a journal (volume 20; 1847-1874), a ledger (volume 21; 1847-1874), and a cash book (volume 22; 1845-1874), document his business interests, investments, and personal expenses during the last three decades of his life. Although he remained an active investor, Hornbrook retired from his mercantile business in 1855 with an estate valued at more than $30,000. In 1852, he moved to what he called \"Forest Home\" near Wheeling Park, and he served in the West Virginia legislature during the Civil War.","This volume includes a manuscript copy of the act \"To incorporate the Wheeling Gas Company\" issued March 18, 1850; a copy of a related Wheeling city ordinance, issued April 29, 1850; stockholders meeting minutes, April 15, April 25, May 1, May 9, and May 11, 1850; and lists of subscribers, the number of shares of stock, and the amount paid.","George C. Gans was a physician practicing in Marshall County in the decades prior to the Civil War. Although most of his patients resided in the area around Moundsville and Elizabeth, Gans does not appear in either the 1840 or the 1850 U.S. census schedules for Marshall County. The ledger documents his treatment of families in Marshall County for a wide variety of ills, including typhoid fever (1861), cholera (1847), and farm injuries. Gans also routinely attended childbirths. His treatments included blistering, bleeding, venesection, lancing, and operating as well as administering medicine and pills. In return for his services, Gans routinely accepted farm produce, labor on his farm, and other useful items such as shingles. He went on to serve as an assistant surgeon in the Civil War.","This is a ledger of an Elizabeth, PA, glass manufacturer's accounts with his workers. The manufacturer ran some type of company store, and the ledger thus includes debits for cash and merchandise received by the workers and credits for the various types of labor performed, including glass blowing, teasing, cutting, coal mining, blacksmithing, and box making. In addition, the ledger includes the manufacturer's accounts with a boarding house owner for boarding his workers and with a local merchant who supplied the company store. In general, the ledger provides insights into the earnings of mid-19th century artisans as well as the operation of a small, rural glass-making establishment.","This consignment book documents commodity prices and the wide variety of goods received by a Wheeling commission merchant house during the 1830s. It also provides insights into the local industrial development, since the commission merchants routinely received goods on consignment from local manufacturers, such as the German Manufacturing Company (textiles). At the beginning of the book, there is evidence that the firm engaged a peddler to make trips in 1830, and the commission house also conducted auctions during the 1830s.","Moses Chapline was a prominent citizen in Wheeling, at various times an attorney, a general store owner, and in the 1830s, mayor. This daybook documents the daily trade at his store during 1845. Included are entries for purchases of a wide variety of goods as well as entries for store expenses, such as insurance, soap, and transportation. The A. Loring who appears frequently throughout was probably Alonzo Loring, a clerk at the store.","Harry Hood and Company was a retail meat and dairy market in Fairmont, WV. This ledger covers the last few months of 1906 and the first months of 1907. It documents purchases of meat from wholesale producers, such as Armour and Company, and sales of meat to local businesses and individuals in Fairmont. Transactions are typically listed only as \"merchandise,\" making it difficult to glean any information concerning prices or consumption patterns. The ledger is used only for the first 150 of its 500 pages, and the business does not appear in the Polk business directory of 1906-1907, suggesting the possibility that it folded some time in 1907.","This ledger documents a general store in Tyler County, probably near Middlebourne, the county seat. Although fairly routine entries characterize customer purchases, the volume also documents purchases from wholesale merchants, beginning on page 251. Included are such firms as Hubbard and Paull, and Jos. Speidel, both of Wheeling; Ed Roome of Sistersville; and Burgunder Brothers and Company, of Columbus, Ohio. Also, the ledger often lists the occupations of the store's customers. Included are John Gates, an oil rig builder (reflecting the emergence of the local oil business) and a number of customers connected to a local woolen mill.","John Gallaher, Christian Ansbrutz, and Caleb Bleakmor started a general store partnership in 1853. Prior to that date, Gallaher operated a store in Moundsville, which is documented in the first 90 pages of the daybook. The daybook follows the partnership for only six months (until September 1853), but then another Moundsville general store (involving Bleakmor) used the daybook during 1856. In the 1850 census, Bleakmor was listed as a constable, age 49, born in Maryland; and Ansbrutz was listed as a miller, age 47, born in France, worth $23,000. Only Gallaher, a 53-year-old Irishman worth $12,000, was listed as a merchant. From the evidence in the daybook, it appears that the partnership was short-lived.","This series includes ephemera, sheet music, booklets, pamphlets, and correspondence. Additional miscellaneous printed material can be found in Series 17, Oversize.","  Box 18 includes calendars, sheet music, notecards, and printed material related to West Virginia history. The notecards include screen printed notecards from Wolf Creek Printery in Alderson, WV (1976). The history printed material includes a booklet entitled  Wheeling Bicentennial, 1769-1969  (1969?).","  Box 19 includes West Virginia serial publications and magazines, as well as printed material about West Virginia schools and locations. Highlights include three issues of  The Searchlight , a serial about education (two published in Summersville, WV [1895-1896], and one published in Fayetteville, WV [1899]); an issue of  The Mikrophone: Devoted to Religion, Morality, and Temperance  (published in Highland, WV, by D.H. Davis, 1906); Scottish Rite pamphlets (published in Wheeling, 1910-1917); the Richwood High School Class of 1940 reunion program (1960); Craigsville Grade School's first yearbook (1973); and  Mountaineer Spirit , a WVU student magazine featuring an article about Jim Comstock (1968).","  Box 20 includes non-West Virginia serial publications and magazines. Highlights include an issue of  The Religious Magazine, or Spirit of the Foreign Theological Journals and Reviews  (Philadelphia: E. Littell, 1829); and E.D. Cope's  On Vertebrata from the Tertiary and Cretaceous Rocks of the North West Territory  (Montreal: W.F. Brown \u0026 Co., 1891);  Naval Training School -- Indoctrination, Hollywood Florida: Quarterdeck, Class of 3-44, 20 June 1944  (Hollywood, FL: Naval Training School, 1944); and issue no. 18 of  Papers from the Society for the Diffusion of Political Knowledge  (undated).","  Box 21 includes various writings, such as student literary magazines, works of fiction, poetry booklets, and George T. Swain's  The Incomparable Don Chafin  (Charleston, WV: Ace Enterprises, 1962).","  Box 22 includes George T. Swain's  Facts About the Two Armed Marches on Logan  (Charleston, WV: Ace Enterprises, 1962), as well as printed materials for a variety of West Virginia and non-West Virginia businesses and organizations. These include advertisements and booklets regarding the West Virginia glass industry, including Fenton Glass (1966-1976, undated), a Woman's Club of Gassaway booklet (1970), a reprint of the Berkeley Springs Hotel Brochure of 1885 (1988), and the constitution of the First Baptist Church of Richwood, WV (undated). For additional business-related printed material, see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 2b, folders 11-12.","  Box 23 includes miscellaneous booklets, programs, book plates, articles, clippings, and other material. Highlights include  Rules of Practice in the United States Patent Office  (Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1892), Elbert Hubbard's  Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Teachers: Erasmus  (East Aurora, Erie County, NY: The Roycrofters, 1908), the Richwood Spud and Splinter Festival Program (1940), and Eugene L. Huddleston's  The World's Greatest Mallets: C \u0026 O H-8 Versus N \u0026 W Class A  (Alderson, WV: Chesapeake \u0026 Ohio Historical Society, 1986).","  Boxes 24 and 25 contain books, including Comstock's autobiography.","This series includes Jim Comstock's personal and professional correspondence. This series contains materials that are diverse in format, including letters, scripts for radio and other media, clippings, postcards, typescripts, articles, financial materials (e.g. bank books and checks), printed material, ephemera, and photographs. Most of the photographic material in this series has been moved to Series 7, Photographs. Some materials were moved to Series 17, Oversize -- see the Series 17 description for details."," Comstock marked much of his correspondence to be filed by the first letter of the correspondent's last name. Some of this organizational scheme has survived; folders containing specific letter and year files are dispersed throughout the series. Other notations that Comstock used include \"LR\" for letters received, \"Sp\" for speech-related correspondence, \"NL\" for  News Leader -related correspondence, and \"HB\" for  West Virginia Hillbilly -related correspondence."," Topics and items of interest include:  \n letters written to Comstock by regional author Jesse Stuart, and by political figures such as Hubert H. Humphrey, Robert C. Byrd, Jennings Randolph, and Barry Goldwater (box 26 and others);  rejection letters from newspapers and magazines to which Comstock submitted material (box 26);  biographical material about Jim Comstock and his family, including a thesis about Comstock by Mary Abel (boxes 26 and 47);  Larry Maynor, journalist for the  Charleston Daily Mail  (box 29);  the sale and ultimate demise of the  West Virginia Hillbilly  (boxes 31 and 72);  the University of Hard Knocks, including a mock-up diploma, resumes, and portrait photograph headshots of potential graduates (boxes 31 and 60);  [Delf] Norona Collection payments (boxes 33 and 46);  Pearl S. Buck (box 33 and others);  Billy Edd Wheeler, West Virginia writer and musician (box 36);  Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) reunion in 1979 (box 36);  Otto Whittaker, who worked with Comstock on  The Best of the Hillbilly  (boxes 37 and 65);  the  West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia  (box 40);  Comstock's appearance on John Nebel's WOR radio show in 1960, including postcards and letters regarding the appearance and requests for Comstock's Richwood Kinsey Report as well as  News Leader  or  West Virginia Hillbilly  subscriptions (boxes 41-42);  Comstock's appearance on the Today Show in 1966 (box 42);  Comstock's appearance on Patricia/Patsy McCann's WOR radio show in New York in August 1977, including letters and postcards regarding the appearance and requests to receive the free six-week subscription to the  West Virginia Hillbilly  which Comstock offered on the show (boxes 42-43);  writers, with an emphasis on West Virginia authors, whose work Comstock was interested in collecting (boxes 40, 44, 45, and 62);  writings by Comstock, including short stories, articles, drafts, etc. (boxes 47-49);  Comstock's nomination and campaign for a U.S. House of Representatives seat on the Republican ticket in 1964 (boxes 51 and 56);  the  West Virginia Hillbilly  and  News Leader , including morgue files, old articles, submissions, letters, and other items (boxes 54, 55, 57, 61, 63, and others; for oversize items, see Series 17, Oversize, box 116);  Eck Bozeman (box 57);  Comstock's pocket diaries (box 57);  Comstock's naval service during World War II (box 60);  H.C. Comstock, Jim's father (box 68); and  historical research material, possibly for the  Encyclopedia  (box 72)."," Please note that the above list is not exhaustive.","This series includes print photographs, negatives, cartes de visite, cabinet cards, mounted photos, tintypes, photo postcards, slides, clippings, printed material, correspondence, photo plates, and eight canisters of large format aerial diapositives (photo transparencies). Subjects include furniture; first ladies of West Virginia; historic homes of West Virginia; identified and unidentified individual and group portraits; cities and towns of West Virginia; buildings; scenery; Museum of the Hills in Richwood, WV; glass and glassmaking; and the Greenbrier. Some of the material in this series was transferred from Series 6, Comstock Correspondence -- in cases where the photographic item was attached to correspondence, the correspondence was transferred as well. Please note that some negatives are nitrate; keep these away from heat and handle with care. Additional photographic material can be found in Series 6, Correspondence, boxes 35, 54, 55, and 72. For photos of Fenton Glass products, see Series 5, Printed Material, box 22. Some oversize photos have been separated to the Photographs Collection; most of these have been added to West Virginia History OnView. Additional oversize photos can be found in Series 17, Oversize."," Contents of the eight canisters of large format aerial diapositives (photo transparencies):"," Box 80; Canister label: \"Huntington 1-6000 April 1947\"  Box 80; Canister label: \"Chas. [Charleston?] 1957, Nitro, 1957; St. Albans, 1957, Old Chas., 1948, Airport, Big Scale (?)\"  Box 80; Canister labels: \"Elk River Coal \u0026 Lumber Co., Aerial Map Flown April 1953.\" and \"City of Huntington Scale 1-6000 Apr 28 1947\"  Box 80; Canister label: \"Harmony Near Ripley, [?] ft to 1\" old; Colin Creek Coal Stripping, large scale, 1948; Lake Chaweva, 1948; Armour Park, 1948; C\u0026O Ry [Railway?] Coal River 1948; Bellings Airport, 1947; Kanawha Airport, large and small scale, 12-9-1947; Strip to City Blvd 12-9-1947; City Strip \u0026 Kenna Home; C\u0026CCC Research 1947; Cedar Grove to Montgomery.\"  Box 81; Unlabeled canister.  Box 81; Canister label: \"1949\"  Box 81; Canister label: \"Coal City - Park Beckley, 1947 [?]\" (not usable)  Box 81; Canister label: \"4/20/53 Dick Stata Film, St. Albans - Charleston\" (not usable)","This series contains two rolls of 35 mm black and white motion picture film, and three rolls of 16 mm color motion picture film of a train. Also included is one of the canisters which contained the film. The box which formerly contained the film was labeled \"F.M.C. Movie Scraps.\" Please note that some reels are nitrate; handle with care.","This series contains two reels of microfilm, which were likely the property of Delf Norona before they were acquired by Comstock. The first reel contains West Virginia-related Civil War records; the second contains payroll and public service claims from the West Virginia region in the 1770s."," Reel 1 Contents Notes:  Records of the War Department, Office of the Adjutant General, General Orders, Mountain Department, Army in the Field, May 9 - June 28, 1862.  National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, Washington: 1956. 101 total pgs.  March 18 - June 18, 1862 86 total pgs."," Reel 2 Contents Notes:  Payroll for Pittsburgh, 122 leaves; Payroll for Romney, 43 leaves; Public Service Claims Romney and Winchester 1775, 37 leaves; Public Service Claims West Augusta 1775, 49 leaves; Records of Soldiers and Public Service in Dunmore's War, 279 leaves; index, 25 leaves.","This series includes two cassette tapes which were found in an envelope marked \"Larry Maynor Personal.\" The tapes include recordings of children reading stories and an oral history interview with an unidentified subject.","This series contains 75 wood framed glass lantern slides. Most slides are labeled with the subject, and some are dated. Subjects include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV, as well as Brooke County and Marshall County, WV, and Belmont County, Ohio. These images were likely created by Thomas M. Darrah of Belmont County, Ohio. For the two wooden boxes in which the slides were previously stored, please see Series 16, Artifacts, boxes 105 and 106.","This series includes scrapbooks which contain newspaper clippings and ephemera. Subjects include the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) and U.S. military history with a focus on Civil War history. These scrapbooks may have belonged to Colonel Albert Kern of Dayton, Ohio.","This series includes originals and copies of broadsides and posters. Included are a John Dillinger wanted poster (1934); a Garrett Snuff advertisement (undated); copies of various political notices (originals ca. 1827-1886); Russian broadsides with Cyrillic text, depicting events of the Russian Civil War, USSR propaganda, and other things (ca. 1920-1930); posters for the Marshall County Fair (ca. 1960) and the Moundsville, Powhatan and Clarington Seventh Grand Annual Picnic (1873); advertisements for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus at the Moundsville Fairgrounds (undated); Showboat Rhododendron advertisements (undated); and other material.","This series includes original and facsimile maps, atlases, and books about maps. Highlights include pre- and post-Civil War maps of the West Virginia area;  Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, Illustrated: containing ... special history of the Virginias, maps and histories of Tyler and Wetzel Counties, West Virginia ; maps of America before 1775; copies of [West] Virginia county maps by John Wood from 1820-1821; maps of various West Virginia cities, including, Morgantown, Moundsville, and Wheeling; and various Fry-Jefferson maps (original and copies). A detailed contents list of boxes 93-100b and map cabinet 1, drawer 12 is available. ","\nNote that the date for each map reflects the date of creation of the item, though in the case of copies it may indicate the date of the creation of the original item rather than the date the copy was made. Also, the number of items may indicate different items or different pieces of the same map. ","\n  Not yet located; Item Number 113; County Map of Virginia and West Virginia; 1874","This series includes newspapers from Wheeling, as well as a special bicentennial salute issue of the  West Virginia Hillbilly  (1976). The majority of the newspapers in this collection have been separated to the West Virginia Collection's newspaper holdings. A list of the newspapers originally inventoried for this collection can be found in the control folder."," Most of the West Virginia newspapers have been microfilmed; see Miscellaneous Reel 113 in the Microfilm Room. For a list of the contents of this reel, please see the \"W.Va. Newspapers from Comstock Collection\" three-page packet in the control folder. Additional newspaper pages and clippings can be found throughout Series 6, Comstock Correspondence and Series 17, Oversize, box 117.","This series includes a variety of artifacts and ephemera belonging to or collected by Comstock."," Boxes 105 and 106 include two wooden boxes (undated) which contained glass lantern slides (see Series 11). One box is labeled \"T.M. Darrah.\" Also included are a fountain pen used by Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman to sign the contract to begin building the Bureau of Mines' Appalachian Experiment Station in Morgantown, WV, with letters documenting the donation of the pen by Senator Harley M. Kilgore (1952); and a dinner plate showing a photo-like image of a priest with a group of children, from St. Albans, WV (undated)."," Box 107 includes various nametags for Comstock and his wife, from a variety of conventions and meetings (1960-1963, undated); glasses and sunglasses (undated); a sewing needle pack and a mini ruler advertising Jim Comstock for Congress (ca. 1964); a press pass for President Ford's visit to Charleston, WV (1975); and tickets to the Republican National Convention (1976); among other material."," Box 108 contains two figurines and four whiskey decanters. The figurines are a coal miner (made of coal, undated) and \"Morgan's Virginia Rifleman 1776\" (undated). The decanters are \"Old Time Coal Miner\" (1976), \"Coal Miner\" (1975), Robert E. Lee (undated), and Stonewall Jackson on horseback (undated)."," Box 109 contains six whiskey decanters: Abraham Lincoln (undated), Stonewall Jackson (undated), Hill Billy (1969), General Stonewall Jackson (1974), Randolph McCoy (1973), and Devil Anse Hatfield (1973).","This series contains oversize material that may be relevant to other series.","This subseries includes paintings, sketches, prints, photographs, educational posters, architectural drawings, vinyl records, typescripts, transparencies, clippings, manuscripts, and printed material, among other formats. Topics include Pearl Buck's birthplace, West Virginia, the Civil War, Jim Comstock's work, and other topics. More manuscripts are in the Manuscripts subseries, box 118."," Box 110 and box 111, folders 1-2 contain artwork depicting Pearl Buck's birthplace in Hillsboro, West Virginia, including paintings, sketches, a chalk drawing, and a plan for a sign (1965-1966, undated)."," Box 111, folders 3-4 and unfoldered items include two West Virginia-related prints and an unidentified photo (undated); one framed and six unframed prints depicting mining machinery, possibly of Joy Manufacturing Company (undated); an unframed painting of a coal miner (undated); twelve mounted photographs and sketches (most unidentified, undated); and four rolled photographs (1918-1955?)."," Box 112 includes educational posters regarding the Civil War and West Virginia history (undated). The posters include text, images, and photographs. Also includes mounted photographs, most with accompanying text, that have been added to West Virginia History On View. An additional eight posters regarding maps made by or related to North American Indians, likely assembled by Delf Norona, are also included (ca. 1950). For additional maps related to North American Indians/Native Americans, see also Series 14, Maps, box 98, item number 349."," Box 113 includes various West Virginia-related prints, including one of Mount Chantal near Wheeling (undated); prints of Civil War scenes sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep Roesler, Corporal of Color 47th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers (undated); a copy print of the camps of the 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps. near Romney (undated); prints made from Civil War engravings (1960); W.R. Leigh bullfighting prints (1950); copies of architectural plans for alterations of Wheeling's Custom House and Post Office (undated); and other items."," Box 114 contains limited edition black and white prints from a series entitled \"Covered Bridges of West Virginia\" by Marj Teague (1977) and three copies of a vinyl record album titled \"The Legend of Clark Kessinger\" (ca. 1965)."," Box 115 includes paintings by John Wellington (undated); oversize photos (undated); an unidentified floor plan (undated); and architectural drawings or blueprints for five properties that were part of the Historic American Buildings Survey (undated). These properties are \"The Old Stone Church\" Presbyterian, Lewisburg, WV; Harewood and the ruins of St. George's Chapel, both near Charles Town, Jefferson County, WV; Traveler's Rest, near Leetown, Jefferson County, WV; and the Lee Barn in Leetown, WV."," Box 116 includes radio scripts (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 67); calendars (1984-1991);  Hillbilly  transparencies (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 54); various printed images and magazine clippings (1860-1921, undated); \"Our Wacky Weekly\" and newspaper article typescripts, probably written by Comstock (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 48, folder 1); and music-related magazines and pamphlets (1959-1966, undated)."," Box 117 includes Berkeley County documents from the Barnet Cushwa Papers (see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 1, folders 1-5). These include lists of orders, taxes, fees, etc.; sheriff's office accounts; and land holdings (all 1854-1858). Box 117 also includes television scripts (undated); an envelope and survey plat from the Wells Family Papers (1856, undated; see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 2a, folder 24); Civil War-related prints (1861-1868, 1955); newspaper clippings (1861, 1927-1944, undated; some from Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 67, folders 4 and 7); miscellaneous printed material (1817-1863, undated; includes facsimiles); and facsimile broadsides, legal documents, and clippings regarding West Virginia statehood (1861-1863).","This subseries includes oversize manuscripts, most of which pertain to West Virginia. West Virginia materials include pre- and post-statehood indentures, land grants, other legal documents, letters, certificates, and other formats pertaining to Barbour, Berkeley, Fayette, Hampshire, Hardy, Marshall, Ohio, Raleigh, and Tyler Counties. Additional indentures and land grants pertain to England (1650-1671, 1720-1721, 1833), and to Maryland, Virginia, and Texas.","This series includes Jim Comstock's personal and professional correspondence, and is composed of a wide range of formats, including letters, clippings, postcards, typescripts, articles, financial documents, printed material, ephemera, and photographs. Most of the photographic material in this series has been moved to Series 21, Photographs."," Comstock marked much of his correspondence to be filed by the first letter of the correspondent's last name. Some of this organizational scheme has survived; folders containing specific letter and year files can be found in boxes 119-125. Other notations that Comstock used include \"NL\" for  News Leader -related correspondence and \"HB\" for  West Virginia Hillbilly -related correspondence."," Topics and items of interest include:  card from Comstock to recent graduates regarding a gift subscription to the  Hillbilly  (undated) (box 119);  Comstock's work with the Pearl Buck House (box 127);  the University of Hard Knocks (box 128);  photocopies of a scrapbook about ramps and Comstock's ramp-scented ink incident; and  material regarding Comstock's work on the  Hillbilly , the  News Leader , and the  West Virginia Encyclopedia  (boxes 126-127 and other material throughout) (see also Series 20, Subject Files)."," Please note that the above list is not exhaustive and that material on the above topics may also exist in boxes not mentioned."," *Please note: boxes 123  and 133 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.","This series includes books, magazines, newspapers, journals, promotional materials, poetry, and sheet music. Topics include Jim Comstock's work, the state of West Virginia, WVU, Storer College, industry (e.g., coal, railways), and New England baked beans, among other topics.","Please note: box 133 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.","This series includes mostly morgue files of material that Comstock used in connection with his newspapers. Contents are not in alphabetical order. Formats include clippings, typescripts, photographs, print material, and other formats. The  News Leader  morgue materials (boxes 137-138) include items on a variety of subjects, such as covered bridges and the early history of Clay County. The  News Leader  morgue material also includes a folder of autographs of early West Virginia governors and other politicians, such as D.D.T. Farnsworth, John J. Jacobs, and A.B. Fleming. The  Hillbilly  morgue materials (box 139-140) pertain to a wide variety of subjects, most of whom are likely local individuals. The Newspaper Subjects (boxes 141-146) includes material for which the intended newspaper was not specified; topics include specific local individuals, national figures like Abraham Lincoln, steel and other industries, and towns.","This series includes cartes de visite, cabinet cards, mounted photographs, photographic prints, clippings, and other formats. Many subjects are identified. They include portraits and candid photos of individuals, families, politicians, sports figures, West Virginia towns and buildings. Other notable photographs include crime scene and/or accident photographs, including images of a non-commercial plane crash (undated), and photos of Jim Comstock at the West Virginia Senate (1966). Photographs can also be found in Series 18, Correspondence; Series 20, Subject Files; and Series 26, Oversize Material.  Please note: boxes 123, 133, and 149 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.","This series includes magnetic recording tapes, a VHS tape about college financing, and a vinyl record and cassette tape of Billy Crain music.","This series includes a WVLA cloth ribbon, an empty wallet, and a West Virginia Picture Book imprint plate.","This series includes material from two scrapbooks. One set of loose scrapbook pages contains clippings chiefly regarding Comstock's \"Past 80\" parties (ca. 1956). The other scrapbook of newspaper clippings chronicles the history of Richwood's Sacred Heart Hospital during the years of influence of the Pallottine Sisters from 1913-1983 (ca. 1953-1984).","This series includes two account books. One contains stencil orders from various schools as well as other bills (1960s), and the other is an account book for 1954.","This series includes newspapers, magazines, clippings, posters, prints, photographs, artwork, calendars, a genealogy chart, and other material."," Newspapers and magazines in box 152 include the  West Virginia Hillbilly  Bicentennial special edition (1976), newspaper layouts from the  Hillbilly  (1950-1976, undated), and pages from  Harper's Weekly  (1861-1866)."," Prints in boxes 153 and 154 include Civil War scenes by J. Nep Roesler, Corporal of Color 47th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers (undated)."," Photographs (in boxes 153-156 and loose folders) include regular oversize and cirkut (panoramic) photographs on a wide variety of subjects. Boxes 153 and 154 include photographs of unidentified buildings and a group portrait of a Civilian Conservation Corps reunion (1982). Boxes 155 and 156 include photos of Evenwood (1915), group portrait of a conference of National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools (ca. 1932), campaign photographs (ca. 1972), an unidentified group of cars preparing for a parade (undated), and duplicates from the loose folders."," Additional cirkut photos include:  Loose folder 1: a group portrait of the West Virginia Young People's Conference, Greenbrier Military School, Lewisburg, WV (1929), and a group portrait of the Divisional Young People's Congress, Charleston, WV (1929);  Loose folder 2: a group portrait of the Western Virginia Conference Epworth League (1928-1929);  Loose folder 3: photos of an unidentified bridge and factories or plants (1916 and undated) and the Appalachian Electric Power Company Turner Substation (1929);  Loose folder 4: a birds-eye view of Richwood (undated) and a group portrait of Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal Company Safety First Teams (1933)."," Box 156 also includes a genealogy chart and architectural drawings. The genealogy chart (undated) documents the Paull family, which is accompanied by a note: \"Goes with Jefferson [Fry-Jefferson?] Map.\" The architectural drawings (1972-1976, undated) depict buildings from Richwood.\n \n Box 157 includes a book of exhibits from the Virginia vs. West Virginia Supreme Court case in 1914, and a license for John W. Love to practice Law (1925).\n \n Also includes a muster roll for Company I, 2nd Regiment, [West] Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, U.S. Army (1863 February).","This series includes maps of West Virginia locations, such as Greenbrier County and the Monongahela National Forest, as well as maps of other states and a few world maps.","Mostly financial and legal documents from Marion, Monongalia, and Harrison Counties, bulk from 1840s to 1860s.","Separated to A\u0026M collections:","Various autographed items have been moved to A\u0026M 435.","Account book volumes 2, 2a, 3, 3a, 3b, and 3c, daybooks and ledgers from the Sistersville General Store run by Joshua and William Russell, were separated to A\u0026M 3071, Russell, Joshua \u0026 William. Sistersville General Store. Daybooks and Ledgers.","Account book volumes 4, 4a, and 4b, daybooks of John Goshorn, were separated to A\u0026M 2426, Goshorn Family. Papers.","Account book volumes 6-8, law records and accounts of Judge George A. Vincent, as well as Vincent's letters from the Historical Documents series, were separated to A\u0026M 3068, Vincent, George A., Lawyer and Judge. Papers.","Separated to the Printed Ephemera Collection:","Articles, maps, and letters, 1582-1877  (includes selections relating to the South Seas during the colonial period), on 1 reel of microfilm, P13438","Articles, letters, maps, and speeches, 1808-1863  (16 items which are listed on a sheet in the box), 1 reel of microfilm, P13439","Burnett, Nancy S.  Slovenes in Rural Appalachia: An Oral History  (Richwood, W. Va.: News Leader Press, 1994).","Separated to Printed Ephemera (Pamphlets), Periodicals, etc.:","West Virginia Odd Fellow , 1919, Charleston (1 item)","West Virginia State Weekly , 1910-1911, Fairmont (several items)","Exponent , 1917-1918, Moundsville (4 items)","Oros , 1927, Moundsville (1 item)","Pedagogue's Pastime , 1885, Moundsville (3 items)","Princeton Observer , 1950 (1 item)","Searchlight , Summersville (32 items)","West Virginia Farm Journal , 1872, Union (1 item)","Church Calendar , 1917, Wheeling (1 item)","Church News , 1892, Wheeling (1 item)","English Lutheran , 1900, Wheeling (1 item)","Musical Monthly , 1896-1897, Wheeling (6 items)","The Saturday Review , 1912 August 10, Wheeling","State Fair News , 1910, Wheeling (1 item)","William's Courier , undated, Wheeling (1 item)","Valley News Echo , Hagerstown, MD; reprint of an 1861 paper","Haney's Journal , 1869 March-October except July, New York (several items)","Our Southern Home , 1893 November, Hamlet, NC","Books separated to the West Virginia Collection or the WVU Downtown Library stacks:","Donnelly, Shirley.  Yesterday and Today: A Keepsake I, II, and III.  Fayetteville, W. Va.: Fayette County Historical Society, no date.","Keepsake Stories of the Ozarks.  Cassville, Mo.: Litho Printers, 1978.","Norton, Andre.  Catseye . London: Gollancz, 1974.","Deacon, William A.  The Four Jameses . Toronto: Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1974.","Haslip, Joan.  Catherine the Great: A Biography . New York: Putnam, 1977.","Separated to the Maps Collection:","Virginie [Virginia], Maryland en 2 Feuilles par Fry et Jefferson, 1777","Bird's Eye View of the City of Wheeling, West Virginia","Sistersville, West Virginia","Bird's Eye View of Philippi, West Virginia","Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia","Fairmont and Palatine, West Virginia","Mannington, West Virginia","Morgantown, West Virginia","Clarksburg, West Virginia","Davis, Tucker County, West Virginia","Grafton, West Virginia","Cairo, West Virginia","Cameron, West Virginia","Harrisville, Ritchie County, West Virginia","Moundsville, West Virginia","New Martinsville, West Virginia","Parkersburg, Blennerhasset Island, West Virginia","Pennsboro, West Virginia","Salem, West Virginia","St. Mary's, West Virginia","Wellsburg, West Virginia","Buckhannon, West Virginia","Weston, West Virginia","Bird's Eye View of Keyser, West Virginia","View of Parsons, West Virginia","Aero View of Bluefield, West Virginia","Aero View of Keystone, West Virginia","Aero View of North Fork and Town of Clark, West Virginia","West Virginia Agricultural Society on Wheeling Island","Note: A spreadsheet with more details regarding the separated maps can be found in the control folder.","The majority of the newspapers in this collection have been separated into the West Virginia Collection's newspaper holdings.  Lists of the newspapers originally inventoried for this collection can be found in the control folder. Most of the West Virginia newspapers were microfilmed; see Miscellaneous Reel 113. For a list of the contents of this reel, please see the \"W.Va. Newspapers from Comstock Collection\" three-page packet in the control folder. On the third page is a list of items separated from the Comstock Collection to printed ephemera (pamphlets), periodicals, etc.","Sheet music separated to A\u0026M 723, Sheet Music:","Americans, Together.","Back to West Virginia.","Battle of Port Royal.","Brave Boys Are They.","Canoeing on the Kanawha.","Capt. Linch March.","Cherry.","Cotton Field Dance.","Down in the Lonely Dell.","Dynamite Twist.","Fair West Virginia.","Fire Fly Polka.","Glory Hallelujah.","Going Back to West Virginia.","Home Alone in West Virginia.","I Have Something Sweet to Tell You.","Imagine Me.","In Flanders' Fields.","I Want to Go Back to Michigan Down On the Farm.","J'aime Mon Amour.","Just Before the Battle, Mother.","Kingdom Coming.","La Violette de Carafa.","Love and Devotion.","Memory's Dream.","Men of West Augusta.","Mountain Land West Virginia.","On, On, On, the Boys Came Marching!","Our Grateful Heart Save Singing.","Reminiscing at Cass or the Greenbrier Shay.","Something Tells Me You're the Girl.","Song of a Woman.","Sweet Kitty Wells.","The Ballad of Oakland.","The Battle Cry of Freedom.","The Last Hope.","The Self Service Chain Store.","The Sunny Hours of Childhood.","The Vacant Chair.","The West Virginia Singer.","There's a Little Spark of Love Still Burning.","Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! The Prisoners Hope.","We Are Mountaineers.","West Virginia.","West Virginia! And My Home.","West Virginia University Songs.","What a Lovely Day!","Who Will Care For Mother Now?","Wild and Wonderful West Virginia.","William Tell Overture.","Willie My Brave.","Transferred to A\u0026M 727, Pearl S. Buck, Author. Papers:  Correspondence, manuscripts, articles, photographs and clippings by and about Pearl S. Buck and her birthplace collected by Jim Comstock (1938-1973; 6 in.)","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","Papers of James (\"Jim\") Franklin Comstock of Richwood, West Virginia, whose position as editor of the  West Virginia Hillbilly  and avocation as collector and advocate of all things West Virginia led to the preservation of much of the state's physical, visual, and textual history. The collection includes materials Comstock collected about West Virginia history as well as his own personal and professional papers. Materials include: general series of historical documents such as letters, deeds, and county court cases pertaining to a diverse range of subjects (1717, 1754-1988, undated [includes facsimiles]); letters of Lucy Prichard, former instructor at Marshall College (now Marshall University) (1925-1927, undated); clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and  Atlantic Monthly  writer Louis Eckert Reed (ca. 1960-1975, undated); account books concerning economic development and commercial activities in the northern part of the state in the 19th and early 20th centuries (1830-1938); printed material about West Virginia schools, businesses, and events as well as non-West Virginia books and pamphlets (1829-1995, undated); Comstock's personal and professional correspondence (1882-1995, undated); a wide variety of photographs, including images of West Virginia cities and towns, among many others (ca. 1850s-1995, undated); microfilmed records of the Civil War and Dunmore's War (undated); glass lantern slides, which include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV (1871-1897, undated); Grand Army of the Republic and U.S. military history scrapbooks (1883-1918); broadsides, including advertisements for a circus in Moundsville (ca. 1827-1960 [includes facsimiles]); and maps and atlases of pre- and post-statehood West Virginia, counties, colonial North America, and other topics (1730-1976, undated [includes facsimiles]). An addendum of 2013/05 includes additional personal and professional correspondence, publications, newspaper morgue files, photographs, audio-visual material, artifacts, scrapbooks, account books, and maps. For more information on Jim Comstock, see the Historical Note.","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Bleakmor, Gallaher \u0026 Ansbrutz","First National Bank of Fairmont","Grand Army of the Republic","Harry Hood \u0026 Company","St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church  (Charleston, W. Va.)","Thistle \u0026 Cox","University of Hard Knocks.","Wheeling Gas Company","Comstock, Jim (James Franklin), 1911-1996","Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937","Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894","Blennerhassett, Harman, 1764-1831","Breckstein, A. H.","Brown, John, 1800-1859","Brown, William G.  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Please contact the West Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center for more information.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eResearchers may access digitized materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc. \u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Box 93 cannot be retrieved for use at this time. Please contact the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center for more information.","Researchers may access digitized materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc. "],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLucy Elizabeth Prichard\u003c/emph\u003e (October 26, 1876 - July 29, 1964) was born in Cattlettsburg, Kentucky. Daughter of Robert H. and Mary Prichard, she had a brother, Karl, and a sister-in-law, Elizabeth. Lucy taught at Huntington High School from 1899-1913, and taught Latin and Classical Studies at Marshall College (now Marshall University) from 1914-1941. Marshall's Prichard Hall was named in her honor.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLouis Eckert Reed\u003c/emph\u003e (born October 1, 1899 in Wirt County, WV; died January 31, 1979 in Elizabeth, WV) served as a sergeant in the US Army during WWI, served as Administrative Assistant to Senator Chapman Revercomb, and worked as a prosecuting attorney in Wirt County, WV. He also wrote for \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c/emph\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eJames Franklin \"Jim\" Comstock\u003c/emph\u003e was born to Harry Clinton and Myrtle Blanche in Richwood, West Virginia on February 25, 1911. He married Miss Ola Stowers in Huntington, WV, on October 18, 1933; they would have two daughters, Sandra Ferguson and Elaine Nagy, and a son, Jay. In 1934, Comstock received B.A. from Marshall College (now Marshall University). From 1938-1942, he taught at Richwood High School and wrote for the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eClarksburg Telegram\u003c/emph\u003e. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1944-1946, and upon returning home he founded the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNicholas County News Leader\u003c/emph\u003e (originally \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNews Letter\u003c/emph\u003e) with Bronson D. McClung (1920-2004), a former student of his. On December 25, 1963, the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNicholas County News Leader\u003c/emph\u003e combined with \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNicholas Republican\u003c/emph\u003e; in 1984, it became the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eRichwood News Leader\u003c/emph\u003e. Comstock remained an active part of the paper till his death on May 22, 1996.\n \n In 1957, Comstock founded the weekly \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e with McClung, and became its editor. The paper included feature articles, columns of special interest to West Virginians, book notes, and the \"Comstock Load,\" the editor's own column on the back page. Comstock first tried to sell the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly \u003c/emph\u003ein 1976. In 1981, he sold it to the South Charleston Publishing Company. On February 25, 1986, he repurchased and began resuscitating the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e. In 1992, he sold the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly \u003c/emph\u003eto Sandy McCauley. In 2001, the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly \u003c/emph\u003eceased publication.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eComstock was involved in many endeavors in addition to his newspaper editing and reporting activities. In 1963, he ran unsuccessfully for Congress on the Republican ticket. He wrote, edited, and contributed to various books, including \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003ePa and Ma and Mr. Kennedy\u003c/emph\u003e, a 50-volume \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia\u003c/emph\u003e, and a collection of newspaper highlights entitled \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBest of Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e. He was also involved in republishing books by West Virginian authors. He campaigned to purchase and preserve author Pearl S. Buck's birthplace at Hillsboro, and he helped save the Cass Scenic Railroad. He also founded the University of Hard Knocks, a lighthearted honorary society that recognizes the accomplishments of people who have succeeded in life without a college degree.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Lucy Elizabeth Prichard  (October 26, 1876 - July 29, 1964) was born in Cattlettsburg, Kentucky. Daughter of Robert H. and Mary Prichard, she had a brother, Karl, and a sister-in-law, Elizabeth. Lucy taught at Huntington High School from 1899-1913, and taught Latin and Classical Studies at Marshall College (now Marshall University) from 1914-1941. Marshall's Prichard Hall was named in her honor.","Louis Eckert Reed  (born October 1, 1899 in Wirt County, WV; died January 31, 1979 in Elizabeth, WV) served as a sergeant in the US Army during WWI, served as Administrative Assistant to Senator Chapman Revercomb, and worked as a prosecuting attorney in Wirt County, WV. He also wrote for  Atlantic Monthly .","James Franklin \"Jim\" Comstock  was born to Harry Clinton and Myrtle Blanche in Richwood, West Virginia on February 25, 1911. He married Miss Ola Stowers in Huntington, WV, on October 18, 1933; they would have two daughters, Sandra Ferguson and Elaine Nagy, and a son, Jay. In 1934, Comstock received B.A. from Marshall College (now Marshall University). From 1938-1942, he taught at Richwood High School and wrote for the  Clarksburg Telegram . He served in the U.S. Navy from 1944-1946, and upon returning home he founded the  Nicholas County News Leader  (originally  News Letter ) with Bronson D. McClung (1920-2004), a former student of his. On December 25, 1963, the  Nicholas County News Leader  combined with  Nicholas Republican ; in 1984, it became the  Richwood News Leader . Comstock remained an active part of the paper till his death on May 22, 1996.\n \n In 1957, Comstock founded the weekly  West Virginia Hillbilly  with McClung, and became its editor. The paper included feature articles, columns of special interest to West Virginians, book notes, and the \"Comstock Load,\" the editor's own column on the back page. Comstock first tried to sell the  Hillbilly  in 1976. In 1981, he sold it to the South Charleston Publishing Company. On February 25, 1986, he repurchased and began resuscitating the  Hillbilly . In 1992, he sold the  Hillbilly  to Sandy McCauley. In 2001, the  Hillbilly  ceased publication.","Comstock was involved in many endeavors in addition to his newspaper editing and reporting activities. In 1963, he ran unsuccessfully for Congress on the Republican ticket. He wrote, edited, and contributed to various books, including  Pa and Ma and Mr. Kennedy , a 50-volume  West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia , and a collection of newspaper highlights entitled  Best of Hillbilly . He was also involved in republishing books by West Virginian authors. He campaigned to purchase and preserve author Pearl S. Buck's birthplace at Hillsboro, and he helped save the Cass Scenic Railroad. He also founded the University of Hard Knocks, a lighthearted honorary society that recognizes the accomplishments of people who have succeeded in life without a college degree."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Jim Comstock, Newspaper Editor and Collector, Papers, A\u0026amp;M 2600, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Jim Comstock, Newspaper Editor and Collector, Papers, A\u0026M 2600, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of James (\"Jim\") Franklin Comstock of Richwood, West Virginia, whose position as editor of the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e and avocation as collector and advocate of all things West Virginia led to the preservation of much of the state's physical, visual, and textual history. The collection includes materials Comstock collected about West Virginia history as well as his own personal and professional papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMaterials include: general series of historical documents such as letters, deeds, and county court cases pertaining to a diverse range of subjects (1717, 1754-1988, undated [includes facsimiles]); letters of Lucy Prichard, former instructor at Marshall College (now Marshall University) (1925-1927, undated); clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c/emph\u003e writer Louis Eckert Reed (ca. 1960-1975, undated); account books concerning economic development and commercial activities in the northern part of the state in the 19th and early 20th centuries (1830-1938); printed material about West Virginia schools, businesses, and events as well as non-West Virginia books and pamphlets (1829-1995, undated); Comstock's personal and professional correspondence (1882-1995, undated); a wide variety of photographs, including images of West Virginia cities and towns, among many others (ca. 1850s-1995, undated); microfilmed records of the Civil War and Dunmore's War (undated); glass lantern slides, which include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV (1871-1897, undated); Grand Army of the Republic and U.S. military history scrapbooks (1883-1918); broadsides, including advertisements for a circus in Moundsville (ca. 1827-1960 [includes facsimiles]); and maps and atlases of pre- and post-statehood West Virginia, counties, colonial North America, and other topics (1730-1976, undated [includes facsimiles]).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAn addendum of 2013/05 includes additional personal and professional correspondence, publications, newspaper morgue files, photographs, audio-visual material, artifacts, scrapbooks, account books, and maps. For more information on Jim Comstock, see the Historical Note.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1. Historical Documents; 1717, 1754-1988, undated (includes facsimiles); box 1 - box 3, folder 2.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 2. Lucy Prichard Papers; 1913-1936, undated; box 3, folders 3-8.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 3. Louis Reed Papers; ca. 1960-1975, undated; boxes 4-5.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 4. Account Books; 1830-1938; boxes 6-17.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 5. Printed Material; 1829-1995, undated; boxes 18-25.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 6. Comstock Correspondence; 1882-1995, undated (bulk 1950-1995); boxes 26-72.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 7. Photographs; ca. 1850s-1995, undated; boxes 73-81.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 8. Motion Pictures; undated; box 82.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 9. Microfilm; undated; box 82.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 10. Cassette Tapes; undated; box 82.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 11. Glass Lantern Slides; 1871-1897, undated; boxes 83-85.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 12. Scrapbooks; 1883-1918; boxes 86-91.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 13. Broadsides; ca. 1827-1960 (includes facsimiles); box 92.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 14. Maps; 1730-1976, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 93-103, and map cabinet 1, drawer 12.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 15. Newspapers; ca. 1826-1924, 1976; box 104.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 16. Artifacts; 1952-1976, undated; boxes 105-109.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 17. Oversize; 1650-1671, 1720-1991, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 110-118.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAddendum of 2013/05\u003c/emph\u003e includes material much like that in the initial acquisition, divided into the following series:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 18. Correspondence; 1838-2003, undated (bulk 1950-1995); box 119 - box 133 folder 4, and box 134 folders 1-11.*\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 19. Publications; 1889-2002, undated; box 133, folders 5-6, box 134, folder 12, and boxes 135-136.*\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 20. Subject Files; ca. 1851-1995, undated; boxes 137-146.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 21. Photographs; ca. 1870s-2003, undated; boxes 147-149.*\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 22. Audio-Visual Material; 1990-1992, undated; box 150.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 23. Artifacts; undated; box 151, folders 1-2.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 24. Scrapbooks; ca. 1953-1984; box 151, folder 3 and scrapbook.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 25. Account Books; 1954-1960s; box 151 ledgers.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 26. Oversize Material; 1861-1866, 1893-1933, 1950-1998, undated; box 152 - box 156, folder 3, loose folders 1-4, oversize folder 1, and box 157.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 27. Maps; 1884-1891, 1920, 1957-1987; box 156, folders 4-10.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 28. Historical Documents; 1839-1909; box 158.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003e*Please note: boxes 123, 133, and 149 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes financial records such as receipts and invoices, legal documents such as deeds and court cases, correspondence, land records, genealogy materials, ephemera, and typescript histories. Box 1 includes three subgroups: the Barnet Cushwa Papers, West Virginia Documents, and Non-West Virginia Documents. Boxes 2a-3 contain material of mixed origin. Additional historical documents can be found in Series 17, Oversize, and in subseries Oversize--Manuscripts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes a collection of materials documenting the activities of Cushwa, a prominent farmer and later the sheriff of Berkeley County in the 1850s. Cushwa's papers reveal his activities as administrator of the Daniel Gehr estate (1839-1843). The Berkeley County documents, including lists of landholdings, orders, taxes, and fee collections, demonstrate his duties as sheriff in the 1850s. See Series 17, Oversize, box 117 for Berkeley County land holdings, sheriff's accounts, and lists of orders, taxes, fees, etc. (1854-1858).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries is comprised of correspondence and other material, principally concerning commercial and development activities in north-central West Virginia. These items are grouped by county; please note that there is overlap between counties. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e Highlights include: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eitems relating to Harman Blennerhassett (box 1, folder 12); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ea six-page letter written by William G. Brown answering questions concerning the constitutionality of the movement for West Virginia statehood (June 28, 1862) (box 1, folder 13); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eletters and reminiscences focusing on the reunions of the Battle of Philippi (1911-1935) (box 1, folder 14); and \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003etwo letters from the abolitionist John Brown (box 1, folder 15).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Additional West Virginia documents can be found in boxes 2a-2c.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHighlights of this subseries include: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003efour letters from soldiers in the Mexican War; \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eseventeen letters from Pennsylvania soldier James M. Weaver, principally to his wife, during his service in the Civil War; \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ea confidential letter from President James Monroe explaining his policy on fortifying the frontier; \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eseven Booker T. Washington letters; \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003etwo letters from Revolutionary War general Horatio Gates; and \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ea folder of letters written by famous 19th century figures including Samuel Clemens, Collis P. Huntington, Nathaniel P. Banks, and Newton D. Baker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries contains correspondence, invoices, deeds, tax documents, court cases, and other material. Most of the items pertain to West Virginia. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eHighlights include: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ebills and invoices of G.H.A. Kunst and John H. Kunst (1853-1867, 1892-1893); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003epapers of the Wells family of Sistersville (1806-1885); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ea telegram regarding the burning of Harpers Ferry (1861); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ea broadside listing members of Company H, 3rd Regiment, Potomac Home Brigade, Maryland Infantry (undated); and \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003elegal documents regarding the manumission of slaves (1820-1828, 1856).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy Prichard taught Latin and Classical Studies at Marshall College from 1914 to 1941. This series includes correspondence, photographs, and printed material. Correspondence includes Karl Prichard's letters (1918) and Lucy Prichard's letters (1925-1927, undated). Lucy's letters are addressed to her mother, Mrs. R.H. Prichard, in Huntington, WV. Many of Lucy's letters relate to her travels and studies in the Peloponnesus peninsula of Greece, the British Isles, Western Europe, and Italy in 1925 and 1927. For more information on Lucy Prichard, see the Historical Note.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes newspaper clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and Atlantic Monthly writer Louis Eckert Reed. The newspaper clippings show images of Reed family photos (1960). The typescripts are short stories written by Louis, many likely unpublished. Also included are notes and a draft of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBurning Springs, Virginia: The Civil War's Unsolved Mystery\u003c/emph\u003e, initially a paper that Reed prepared for the West Virginia Historical Society (see \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBurning Springs, West Virginia: the Civil War's Unsolved Mystery\u003c/emph\u003e, by Louis Reed, self-published in Elizabeth, WV, 1960). This material may have been developed for his later fictional novel, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBurning Springs\u003c/emph\u003e (published in Huntington, WV by University Editions/Aegina Press, 1985). For more information on Reed, see the Historical Note. A letter from Louis Reed to Jim Comstock regarding Reed's book \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWarning in Appalachia\u003c/emph\u003e (1967) can be found in Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 62, folder 27. Other letters from Reed may be found elsewhere in Series 6, Correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes 27 account books, many of which relate to north-central West Virginia businesses. These ledgers document general stores, a Jewish-owned clothing store in Richwood, the activities of an itinerant Methodist minister in the mining villages of north-central West Virginia, grocery stores and meat markets, a glass manufacturer, and other businesses. See Separated Materials note for information on volumes separated to other collections.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThistle and Cox formed a partnership in Tyler County, [West] Virginia in March of 1835. This is the partnership's first ledger, which spans the years 1835-1837, but reference is made to the transfer of accounts to at least one subsequent ledger. The business appears to have been located near the Ohio River (probably in Sistersville), since customers included Ohio as well as Tyler County citizens. Although the debit side for each customer only lists the term \"merchandise\" for purchases, the ledger reveals the barter nature of much of the rural economy of Tyler County on the credit side. Among items received in trade by Thistle and Cox were chestnuts, hides, bees wax, rags, sand, tobacco, clothes, meats, produce, and various forms of labor. The ledger also frequently lists the occupations or residences of many of the customers. Included were coopers, tanners, blacksmiths, preachers, schoolteachers, and carpenters, scattered from Point Pleasant to Wheeling.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInventory and Book Accounts. This volume contains a 66-page inventory of goods on hand and their prices in a Tyler County general store in January 1877. The inventory is divided into the following categories: fancy groceries, groceries, men's shoes, ladies' shoes, children's shoes, overshoes, dress goods, wall paper, housewares, and other. Starting on page 71 is a four-page list of the book accounts of the store's customers, presumably on that same date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Cordray Carriage Company was a short-lived business in Fairmont, WV. The ledger lists only the customers and the amount they owed T.L. Cordray, the proprietor of the Carriage Company. The ledger does not list the services for which the customers were charged. However, one itemized account invoice on an inserted piece of paper suggests that the Cordray Carriage Company repaired vehicles. For H.O. Amos, from 1907 through 1911, the Company repaired couplings, repaired and painted the body, repaired the interior, raised the body, and tightened and repaired the fenders, for a total charge of $118. The ledger includes more than 400 customers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA. H. Breckstein was a Jewish merchant who operated a clothing store in the boom town of Richwood, in Nicholas County. Volume 10 is a cash book detailing daily transactions in the store, both sales and expenses, for part of 1910, and consistently for the period 1928 to 1936. There are also monthly accountings of both cash and credit sales as well as expenses. Volume 11 documents sales and purchases of clothing for the period 1926 to 1934. The sales portion of this volume repeats information available in volume 10. Volume 12 is a ledger of accounts payable for the period 1921-1928, showing the firms from which Breckstein purchased his goods. Included are companies in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and New York.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.C. Shock was a Methodist minister assigned to a parish in Pullman, WV in 1910. However, he also appeared to be an itinerant preacher, and his account book lists ministerial services provided for the towns and villages of Duffy, Straight Fork, Falls Mill, Glady, and Kingknob, in the north-central West Virginia counties of Lewis, Ritchie, and Wetzel. The account book documents Shock's ministry, listing the text for sermons preached at various towns as well as the contributions of those towns to his salary. Most of the entries cover the years 1910-1917, at which time his base of operations seems to have shifted permanently to Falls Run and Falls Mill in Braxton County. There are entries for sermons, marriages, and assessments for those towns running to 1938. An additional folder contains miscellaneous documents related to Shock found within the ledger.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the 1890s, Mrs. Samuel C. Gans operated a general store in Moundsville, which by 1900 was specializing in dry goods. This ledger reflects the volume of business and the timing and means of settling accounts. The early pages (for the 1890s) are more detailed, listing the items purchased from the general store. For the later period, the entries are frequently limited to the terms \"goods\" or \"merchandise.\" The back of the volume also contains some notes and miscellaneous accounts, such as rooms rented.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1892, a number of Charleston's German families banded together to form an Evangelical Lutheran Church. Subscriptions for a building fund and other church work began to be collected in October of that year. This ledger documents the subscriptions of the founding members of St. Paul's Evangelical Church. It also provides an accounting of the expenses and building funds contributed by the members, including the purchase of a lot on Court Street in Charleston, the church's construction, and the salary of the minister.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese volumes were written by Albert S. Hayden, Notary Public in and for the county of Marion and the state of West Virginia. He recorded handwritten copies of promissory notes and bills presented at Fairmont, WV banks for redemption, which were protested by the First National Bank of Fairmont's cashier. The ledgers also list the date protested, by whom, and the notices mailed to note signers. Most notes originated in West Virginia, but some originated in Ohio. Volume 16a covers 1870-1873. Volume 16b covers 1875-1876.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnthony Zidn operated a grocery and dry goods store outside of Fairmont on RFD #2. Zidn was an immigrant from the Middle East (perhaps Armenia, as suggested by the fact he kept his accounts in Persian and had a Christian name). These three ledgers document his business, although most of the information is written in Persian.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Price Brothers operated a general store in the small village of Amos on the Paw Paw Creek, eleven miles from the town of Fairmont in Marion County. The Price Brothers sold all sorts of groceries to people in the town, as documented by this ledger. In addition, the Polk business directory for 1902-1903 notes that the Price sisters operated a millinery business in Amos. There are loose papers within the ledger, including statements and product advertisements (1905-1907, undated).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt the turn of the century, there were four wholesale meat provisioners in Wheeling. This ledger represents the operations of one of them for the years 1901-1902. The company principally supplied general stores and grocers in eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia, southwestern Pennsylvania, and western Maryland. However, individuals could also buy directly. Entries typically include the name of the purchaser, the town in which the purchaser resides, and the amount of the purchase. For local buyers, the ledger frequently lists the Wheeling address. Since transactions are usually noted only as merchandise, it is impossible to glean what types of meats were being purchased at what costs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJacob Hornbrook was born in Tavistock, England, in 1812 and moved with his parents to Wheeling when he was a small child. Jacob's father ran a small [business?] in Wheeling. As a young man, Jacob began a mercantile business buying and selling produce on the flatboats travelling on the Ohio River. He later started a notions store, purchased interest in a steamship line and the First National Bank, and was president and owned stock in the Wheeling Gas Company. These three books, a journal (volume 20; 1847-1874), a ledger (volume 21; 1847-1874), and a cash book (volume 22; 1845-1874), document his business interests, investments, and personal expenses during the last three decades of his life. Although he remained an active investor, Hornbrook retired from his mercantile business in 1855 with an estate valued at more than $30,000. In 1852, he moved to what he called \"Forest Home\" near Wheeling Park, and he served in the West Virginia legislature during the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis volume includes a manuscript copy of the act \"To incorporate the Wheeling Gas Company\" issued March 18, 1850; a copy of a related Wheeling city ordinance, issued April 29, 1850; stockholders meeting minutes, April 15, April 25, May 1, May 9, and May 11, 1850; and lists of subscribers, the number of shares of stock, and the amount paid.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge C. Gans was a physician practicing in Marshall County in the decades prior to the Civil War. Although most of his patients resided in the area around Moundsville and Elizabeth, Gans does not appear in either the 1840 or the 1850 U.S. census schedules for Marshall County. The ledger documents his treatment of families in Marshall County for a wide variety of ills, including typhoid fever (1861), cholera (1847), and farm injuries. Gans also routinely attended childbirths. His treatments included blistering, bleeding, venesection, lancing, and operating as well as administering medicine and pills. In return for his services, Gans routinely accepted farm produce, labor on his farm, and other useful items such as shingles. He went on to serve as an assistant surgeon in the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis is a ledger of an Elizabeth, PA, glass manufacturer's accounts with his workers. The manufacturer ran some type of company store, and the ledger thus includes debits for cash and merchandise received by the workers and credits for the various types of labor performed, including glass blowing, teasing, cutting, coal mining, blacksmithing, and box making. In addition, the ledger includes the manufacturer's accounts with a boarding house owner for boarding his workers and with a local merchant who supplied the company store. In general, the ledger provides insights into the earnings of mid-19th century artisans as well as the operation of a small, rural glass-making establishment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis consignment book documents commodity prices and the wide variety of goods received by a Wheeling commission merchant house during the 1830s. It also provides insights into the local industrial development, since the commission merchants routinely received goods on consignment from local manufacturers, such as the German Manufacturing Company (textiles). At the beginning of the book, there is evidence that the firm engaged a peddler to make trips in 1830, and the commission house also conducted auctions during the 1830s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMoses Chapline was a prominent citizen in Wheeling, at various times an attorney, a general store owner, and in the 1830s, mayor. This daybook documents the daily trade at his store during 1845. Included are entries for purchases of a wide variety of goods as well as entries for store expenses, such as insurance, soap, and transportation. The A. Loring who appears frequently throughout was probably Alonzo Loring, a clerk at the store.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHarry Hood and Company was a retail meat and dairy market in Fairmont, WV. This ledger covers the last few months of 1906 and the first months of 1907. It documents purchases of meat from wholesale producers, such as Armour and Company, and sales of meat to local businesses and individuals in Fairmont. Transactions are typically listed only as \"merchandise,\" making it difficult to glean any information concerning prices or consumption patterns. The ledger is used only for the first 150 of its 500 pages, and the business does not appear in the Polk business directory of 1906-1907, suggesting the possibility that it folded some time in 1907.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis ledger documents a general store in Tyler County, probably near Middlebourne, the county seat. Although fairly routine entries characterize customer purchases, the volume also documents purchases from wholesale merchants, beginning on page 251. Included are such firms as Hubbard and Paull, and Jos. Speidel, both of Wheeling; Ed Roome of Sistersville; and Burgunder Brothers and Company, of Columbus, Ohio. Also, the ledger often lists the occupations of the store's customers. Included are John Gates, an oil rig builder (reflecting the emergence of the local oil business) and a number of customers connected to a local woolen mill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Gallaher, Christian Ansbrutz, and Caleb Bleakmor started a general store partnership in 1853. Prior to that date, Gallaher operated a store in Moundsville, which is documented in the first 90 pages of the daybook. The daybook follows the partnership for only six months (until September 1853), but then another Moundsville general store (involving Bleakmor) used the daybook during 1856. In the 1850 census, Bleakmor was listed as a constable, age 49, born in Maryland; and Ansbrutz was listed as a miller, age 47, born in France, worth $23,000. Only Gallaher, a 53-year-old Irishman worth $12,000, was listed as a merchant. From the evidence in the daybook, it appears that the partnership was short-lived.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes ephemera, sheet music, booklets, pamphlets, and correspondence. Additional miscellaneous printed material can be found in Series 17, Oversize.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Box 18 includes calendars, sheet music, notecards, and printed material related to West Virginia history. The notecards include screen printed notecards from Wolf Creek Printery in Alderson, WV (1976). The history printed material includes a booklet entitled \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWheeling Bicentennial, 1769-1969\u003c/emph\u003e (1969?).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Box 19 includes West Virginia serial publications and magazines, as well as printed material about West Virginia schools and locations. Highlights include three issues of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Searchlight\u003c/emph\u003e, a serial about education (two published in Summersville, WV [1895-1896], and one published in Fayetteville, WV [1899]); an issue of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Mikrophone: Devoted to Religion, Morality, and Temperance \u003c/emph\u003e(published in Highland, WV, by D.H. Davis, 1906); Scottish Rite pamphlets (published in Wheeling, 1910-1917); the Richwood High School Class of 1940 reunion program (1960); Craigsville Grade School's first yearbook (1973); and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eMountaineer Spirit\u003c/emph\u003e, a WVU student magazine featuring an article about Jim Comstock (1968).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Box 20 includes non-West Virginia serial publications and magazines. Highlights include an issue of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Religious Magazine, or Spirit of the Foreign Theological Journals and Reviews\u003c/emph\u003e (Philadelphia: E. Littell, 1829); and E.D. Cope's \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eOn Vertebrata from the Tertiary and Cretaceous Rocks of the North West Territory\u003c/emph\u003e (Montreal: W.F. Brown \u0026amp; Co., 1891); \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNaval Training School -- Indoctrination, Hollywood Florida: Quarterdeck, Class of 3-44, 20 June 1944\u003c/emph\u003e (Hollywood, FL: Naval Training School, 1944); and issue no. 18 of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003ePapers from the Society for the Diffusion of Political Knowledge\u003c/emph\u003e (undated).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Box 21 includes various writings, such as student literary magazines, works of fiction, poetry booklets, and George T. Swain's \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Incomparable Don Chafin\u003c/emph\u003e (Charleston, WV: Ace Enterprises, 1962).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Box 22 includes George T. Swain's \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFacts About the Two Armed Marches on Logan\u003c/emph\u003e (Charleston, WV: Ace Enterprises, 1962), as well as printed materials for a variety of West Virginia and non-West Virginia businesses and organizations. These include advertisements and booklets regarding the West Virginia glass industry, including Fenton Glass (1966-1976, undated), a Woman's Club of Gassaway booklet (1970), a reprint of the Berkeley Springs Hotel Brochure of 1885 (1988), and the constitution of the First Baptist Church of Richwood, WV (undated). For additional business-related printed material, see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 2b, folders 11-12.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Box 23 includes miscellaneous booklets, programs, book plates, articles, clippings, and other material. Highlights include \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eRules of Practice in the United States Patent Office\u003c/emph\u003e (Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1892), Elbert Hubbard's \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eLittle Journeys to the Homes of Great Teachers: Erasmus\u003c/emph\u003e (East Aurora, Erie County, NY: The Roycrofters, 1908), the Richwood Spud and Splinter Festival Program (1940), and Eugene L. Huddleston's \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe World's Greatest Mallets: C \u0026amp; O H-8 Versus N \u0026amp; W Class A\u003c/emph\u003e (Alderson, WV: Chesapeake \u0026amp; Ohio Historical Society, 1986).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Boxes 24 and 25 contain books, including Comstock's autobiography.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes Jim Comstock's personal and professional correspondence. This series contains materials that are diverse in format, including letters, scripts for radio and other media, clippings, postcards, typescripts, articles, financial materials (e.g. bank books and checks), printed material, ephemera, and photographs. Most of the photographic material in this series has been moved to Series 7, Photographs. Some materials were moved to Series 17, Oversize -- see the Series 17 description for details.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Comstock marked much of his correspondence to be filed by the first letter of the correspondent's last name. Some of this organizational scheme has survived; folders containing specific letter and year files are dispersed throughout the series. Other notations that Comstock used include \"LR\" for letters received, \"Sp\" for speech-related correspondence, \"NL\" for \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNews Leader\u003c/emph\u003e-related correspondence, and \"HB\" for \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e-related correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Topics and items of interest include: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n letters written to Comstock by regional author Jesse Stuart, and by political figures such as Hubert H. Humphrey, Robert C. Byrd, Jennings Randolph, and Barry Goldwater (box 26 and others); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003erejection letters from newspapers and magazines to which Comstock submitted material (box 26); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ebiographical material about Jim Comstock and his family, including a thesis about Comstock by Mary Abel (boxes 26 and 47); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eLarry Maynor, journalist for the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eCharleston Daily Mail\u003c/emph\u003e (box 29); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ethe sale and ultimate demise of the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e (boxes 31 and 72); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ethe University of Hard Knocks, including a mock-up diploma, resumes, and portrait photograph headshots of potential graduates (boxes 31 and 60); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e[Delf] Norona Collection payments (boxes 33 and 46); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ePearl S. Buck (box 33 and others); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBilly Edd Wheeler, West Virginia writer and musician (box 36); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCivilian Conservation Corps (CCC) reunion in 1979 (box 36); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eOtto Whittaker, who worked with Comstock on \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Best of the Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e (boxes 37 and 65); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ethe \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia\u003c/emph\u003e (box 40); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eComstock's appearance on John Nebel's WOR radio show in 1960, including postcards and letters regarding the appearance and requests for Comstock's Richwood Kinsey Report as well as \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNews Leader\u003c/emph\u003e or \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e subscriptions (boxes 41-42); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eComstock's appearance on the Today Show in 1966 (box 42); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eComstock's appearance on Patricia/Patsy McCann's WOR radio show in New York in August 1977, including letters and postcards regarding the appearance and requests to receive the free six-week subscription to the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e which Comstock offered on the show (boxes 42-43); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ewriters, with an emphasis on West Virginia authors, whose work Comstock was interested in collecting (boxes 40, 44, 45, and 62); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ewritings by Comstock, including short stories, articles, drafts, etc. (boxes 47-49); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eComstock's nomination and campaign for a U.S. House of Representatives seat on the Republican ticket in 1964 (boxes 51 and 56); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ethe \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNews Leader\u003c/emph\u003e, including morgue files, old articles, submissions, letters, and other items (boxes 54, 55, 57, 61, 63, and others; for oversize items, see Series 17, Oversize, box 116); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eEck Bozeman (box 57); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eComstock's pocket diaries (box 57); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eComstock's naval service during World War II (box 60); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eH.C. Comstock, Jim's father (box 68); and \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ehistorical research material, possibly for the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eEncyclopedia \u003c/emph\u003e(box 72).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Please note that the above list is not exhaustive.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes print photographs, negatives, cartes de visite, cabinet cards, mounted photos, tintypes, photo postcards, slides, clippings, printed material, correspondence, photo plates, and eight canisters of large format aerial diapositives (photo transparencies). Subjects include furniture; first ladies of West Virginia; historic homes of West Virginia; identified and unidentified individual and group portraits; cities and towns of West Virginia; buildings; scenery; Museum of the Hills in Richwood, WV; glass and glassmaking; and the Greenbrier. Some of the material in this series was transferred from Series 6, Comstock Correspondence -- in cases where the photographic item was attached to correspondence, the correspondence was transferred as well. Please note that some negatives are nitrate; keep these away from heat and handle with care. Additional photographic material can be found in Series 6, Correspondence, boxes 35, 54, 55, and 72. For photos of Fenton Glass products, see Series 5, Printed Material, box 22. Some oversize photos have been separated to the Photographs Collection; most of these have been added to West Virginia History OnView. Additional oversize photos can be found in Series 17, Oversize.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Contents of the eight canisters of large format aerial diapositives (photo transparencies):\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 80; Canister label: \"Huntington 1-6000 April 1947\" \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBox 80; Canister label: \"Chas. [Charleston?] 1957, Nitro, 1957; St. Albans, 1957, Old Chas., 1948, Airport, Big Scale (?)\" \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBox 80; Canister labels: \"Elk River Coal \u0026amp; Lumber Co., Aerial Map Flown April 1953.\" and \"City of Huntington Scale 1-6000 Apr 28 1947\" \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBox 80; Canister label: \"Harmony Near Ripley, [?] ft to 1\" old; Colin Creek Coal Stripping, large scale, 1948; Lake Chaweva, 1948; Armour Park, 1948; C\u0026amp;O Ry [Railway?] Coal River 1948; Bellings Airport, 1947; Kanawha Airport, large and small scale, 12-9-1947; Strip to City Blvd 12-9-1947; City Strip \u0026amp; Kenna Home; C\u0026amp;CCC Research 1947; Cedar Grove to Montgomery.\" \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBox 81; Unlabeled canister. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBox 81; Canister label: \"1949\" \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBox 81; Canister label: \"Coal City - Park Beckley, 1947 [?]\" (not usable) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBox 81; Canister label: \"4/20/53 Dick Stata Film, St. Albans - Charleston\" (not usable)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains two rolls of 35 mm black and white motion picture film, and three rolls of 16 mm color motion picture film of a train. Also included is one of the canisters which contained the film. The box which formerly contained the film was labeled \"F.M.C. Movie Scraps.\" Please note that some reels are nitrate; handle with care.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains two reels of microfilm, which were likely the property of Delf Norona before they were acquired by Comstock. The first reel contains West Virginia-related Civil War records; the second contains payroll and public service claims from the West Virginia region in the 1770s.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Reel 1 Contents Notes: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eRecords of the War Department, Office of the Adjutant General, General Orders, Mountain Department, Army in the Field, May 9 - June 28, 1862. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eNational Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, Washington: 1956. 101 total pgs. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eMarch 18 - June 18, 1862 86 total pgs.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Reel 2 Contents Notes: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ePayroll for Pittsburgh, 122 leaves; Payroll for Romney, 43 leaves; Public Service Claims Romney and Winchester 1775, 37 leaves; Public Service Claims West Augusta 1775, 49 leaves; Records of Soldiers and Public Service in Dunmore's War, 279 leaves; index, 25 leaves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes two cassette tapes which were found in an envelope marked \"Larry Maynor Personal.\" The tapes include recordings of children reading stories and an oral history interview with an unidentified subject.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains 75 wood framed glass lantern slides. Most slides are labeled with the subject, and some are dated. Subjects include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV, as well as Brooke County and Marshall County, WV, and Belmont County, Ohio. These images were likely created by Thomas M. Darrah of Belmont County, Ohio. For the two wooden boxes in which the slides were previously stored, please see Series 16, Artifacts, boxes 105 and 106.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes scrapbooks which contain newspaper clippings and ephemera. Subjects include the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) and U.S. military history with a focus on Civil War history. These scrapbooks may have belonged to Colonel Albert Kern of Dayton, Ohio.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes originals and copies of broadsides and posters. Included are a John Dillinger wanted poster (1934); a Garrett Snuff advertisement (undated); copies of various political notices (originals ca. 1827-1886); Russian broadsides with Cyrillic text, depicting events of the Russian Civil War, USSR propaganda, and other things (ca. 1920-1930); posters for the Marshall County Fair (ca. 1960) and the Moundsville, Powhatan and Clarington Seventh Grand Annual Picnic (1873); advertisements for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus at the Moundsville Fairgrounds (undated); Showboat Rhododendron advertisements (undated); and other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes original and facsimile maps, atlases, and books about maps. Highlights include pre- and post-Civil War maps of the West Virginia area; \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, Illustrated: containing ... special history of the Virginias, maps and histories of Tyler and Wetzel Counties, West Virginia\u003c/emph\u003e; maps of America before 1775; copies of [West] Virginia county maps by John Wood from 1820-1821; maps of various West Virginia cities, including, Morgantown, Moundsville, and Wheeling; and various Fry-Jefferson maps (original and copies). A detailed contents list of boxes 93-100b and map cabinet 1, drawer 12 is available. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nNote that the date for each map reflects the date of creation of the item, though in the case of copies it may indicate the date of the creation of the original item rather than the date the copy was made. Also, the number of items may indicate different items or different pieces of the same map. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\n  Not yet located; Item Number 113; County Map of Virginia and West Virginia; 1874\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes newspapers from Wheeling, as well as a special bicentennial salute issue of the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e (1976). The majority of the newspapers in this collection have been separated to the West Virginia Collection's newspaper holdings. A list of the newspapers originally inventoried for this collection can be found in the control folder.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Most of the West Virginia newspapers have been microfilmed; see Miscellaneous Reel 113 in the Microfilm Room. For a list of the contents of this reel, please see the \"W.Va. Newspapers from Comstock Collection\" three-page packet in the control folder. Additional newspaper pages and clippings can be found throughout Series 6, Comstock Correspondence and Series 17, Oversize, box 117.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes a variety of artifacts and ephemera belonging to or collected by Comstock.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Boxes 105 and 106 include two wooden boxes (undated) which contained glass lantern slides (see Series 11). One box is labeled \"T.M. Darrah.\" Also included are a fountain pen used by Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman to sign the contract to begin building the Bureau of Mines' Appalachian Experiment Station in Morgantown, WV, with letters documenting the donation of the pen by Senator Harley M. Kilgore (1952); and a dinner plate showing a photo-like image of a priest with a group of children, from St. Albans, WV (undated).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 107 includes various nametags for Comstock and his wife, from a variety of conventions and meetings (1960-1963, undated); glasses and sunglasses (undated); a sewing needle pack and a mini ruler advertising Jim Comstock for Congress (ca. 1964); a press pass for President Ford's visit to Charleston, WV (1975); and tickets to the Republican National Convention (1976); among other material.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 108 contains two figurines and four whiskey decanters. The figurines are a coal miner (made of coal, undated) and \"Morgan's Virginia Rifleman 1776\" (undated). The decanters are \"Old Time Coal Miner\" (1976), \"Coal Miner\" (1975), Robert E. Lee (undated), and Stonewall Jackson on horseback (undated).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 109 contains six whiskey decanters: Abraham Lincoln (undated), Stonewall Jackson (undated), Hill Billy (1969), General Stonewall Jackson (1974), Randolph McCoy (1973), and Devil Anse Hatfield (1973).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains oversize material that may be relevant to other series.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes paintings, sketches, prints, photographs, educational posters, architectural drawings, vinyl records, typescripts, transparencies, clippings, manuscripts, and printed material, among other formats. Topics include Pearl Buck's birthplace, West Virginia, the Civil War, Jim Comstock's work, and other topics. More manuscripts are in the Manuscripts subseries, box 118.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 110 and box 111, folders 1-2 contain artwork depicting Pearl Buck's birthplace in Hillsboro, West Virginia, including paintings, sketches, a chalk drawing, and a plan for a sign (1965-1966, undated).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 111, folders 3-4 and unfoldered items include two West Virginia-related prints and an unidentified photo (undated); one framed and six unframed prints depicting mining machinery, possibly of Joy Manufacturing Company (undated); an unframed painting of a coal miner (undated); twelve mounted photographs and sketches (most unidentified, undated); and four rolled photographs (1918-1955?).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 112 includes educational posters regarding the Civil War and West Virginia history (undated). The posters include text, images, and photographs. Also includes mounted photographs, most with accompanying text, that have been added to West Virginia History On View. An additional eight posters regarding maps made by or related to North American Indians, likely assembled by Delf Norona, are also included (ca. 1950). For additional maps related to North American Indians/Native Americans, see also Series 14, Maps, box 98, item number 349.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 113 includes various West Virginia-related prints, including one of Mount Chantal near Wheeling (undated); prints of Civil War scenes sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep Roesler, Corporal of Color 47th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers (undated); a copy print of the camps of the 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps. near Romney (undated); prints made from Civil War engravings (1960); W.R. Leigh bullfighting prints (1950); copies of architectural plans for alterations of Wheeling's Custom House and Post Office (undated); and other items.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 114 contains limited edition black and white prints from a series entitled \"Covered Bridges of West Virginia\" by Marj Teague (1977) and three copies of a vinyl record album titled \"The Legend of Clark Kessinger\" (ca. 1965).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 115 includes paintings by John Wellington (undated); oversize photos (undated); an unidentified floor plan (undated); and architectural drawings or blueprints for five properties that were part of the Historic American Buildings Survey (undated). These properties are \"The Old Stone Church\" Presbyterian, Lewisburg, WV; Harewood and the ruins of St. George's Chapel, both near Charles Town, Jefferson County, WV; Traveler's Rest, near Leetown, Jefferson County, WV; and the Lee Barn in Leetown, WV.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 116 includes radio scripts (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 67); calendars (1984-1991); \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly \u003c/emph\u003etransparencies (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 54); various printed images and magazine clippings (1860-1921, undated); \"Our Wacky Weekly\" and newspaper article typescripts, probably written by Comstock (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 48, folder 1); and music-related magazines and pamphlets (1959-1966, undated).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 117 includes Berkeley County documents from the Barnet Cushwa Papers (see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 1, folders 1-5). These include lists of orders, taxes, fees, etc.; sheriff's office accounts; and land holdings (all 1854-1858). Box 117 also includes television scripts (undated); an envelope and survey plat from the Wells Family Papers (1856, undated; see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 2a, folder 24); Civil War-related prints (1861-1868, 1955); newspaper clippings (1861, 1927-1944, undated; some from Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 67, folders 4 and 7); miscellaneous printed material (1817-1863, undated; includes facsimiles); and facsimile broadsides, legal documents, and clippings regarding West Virginia statehood (1861-1863).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes oversize manuscripts, most of which pertain to West Virginia. West Virginia materials include pre- and post-statehood indentures, land grants, other legal documents, letters, certificates, and other formats pertaining to Barbour, Berkeley, Fayette, Hampshire, Hardy, Marshall, Ohio, Raleigh, and Tyler Counties. Additional indentures and land grants pertain to England (1650-1671, 1720-1721, 1833), and to Maryland, Virginia, and Texas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes Jim Comstock's personal and professional correspondence, and is composed of a wide range of formats, including letters, clippings, postcards, typescripts, articles, financial documents, printed material, ephemera, and photographs. Most of the photographic material in this series has been moved to Series 21, Photographs.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Comstock marked much of his correspondence to be filed by the first letter of the correspondent's last name. Some of this organizational scheme has survived; folders containing specific letter and year files can be found in boxes 119-125. Other notations that Comstock used include \"NL\" for \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNews Leader\u003c/emph\u003e-related correspondence and \"HB\" for \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e-related correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Topics and items of interest include: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ecard from Comstock to recent graduates regarding a gift subscription to the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly \u003c/emph\u003e(undated) (box 119); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eComstock's work with the Pearl Buck House (box 127); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ethe University of Hard Knocks (box 128); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ephotocopies of a scrapbook about ramps and Comstock's ramp-scented ink incident; and \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ematerial regarding Comstock's work on the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e, the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNews Leader\u003c/emph\u003e, and the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Encyclopedia\u003c/emph\u003e (boxes 126-127 and other material throughout) (see also Series 20, Subject Files).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Please note that the above list is not exhaustive and that material on the above topics may also exist in boxes not mentioned.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e \u003cemph\u003e *Please note: boxes 123  and 133 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes books, magazines, newspapers, journals, promotional materials, poetry, and sheet music. Topics include Jim Comstock's work, the state of West Virginia, WVU, Storer College, industry (e.g., coal, railways), and New England baked beans, among other topics.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e \u003cemph\u003ePlease note: box 133 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes mostly morgue files of material that Comstock used in connection with his newspapers. Contents are not in alphabetical order. Formats include clippings, typescripts, photographs, print material, and other formats. The \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNews Leader\u003c/emph\u003e morgue materials (boxes 137-138) include items on a variety of subjects, such as covered bridges and the early history of Clay County. The \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNews Leader\u003c/emph\u003e morgue material also includes a folder of autographs of early West Virginia governors and other politicians, such as D.D.T. Farnsworth, John J. Jacobs, and A.B. Fleming. The \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly \u003c/emph\u003emorgue materials (box 139-140) pertain to a wide variety of subjects, most of whom are likely local individuals. The Newspaper Subjects (boxes 141-146) includes material for which the intended newspaper was not specified; topics include specific local individuals, national figures like Abraham Lincoln, steel and other industries, and towns.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes cartes de visite, cabinet cards, mounted photographs, photographic prints, clippings, and other formats. Many subjects are identified. They include portraits and candid photos of individuals, families, politicians, sports figures, West Virginia towns and buildings. Other notable photographs include crime scene and/or accident photographs, including images of a non-commercial plane crash (undated), and photos of Jim Comstock at the West Virginia Senate (1966). Photographs can also be found in Series 18, Correspondence; Series 20, Subject Files; and Series 26, Oversize Material. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\u003cemph\u003ePlease note: boxes 123, 133, and 149 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes magnetic recording tapes, a VHS tape about college financing, and a vinyl record and cassette tape of Billy Crain music.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes a WVLA cloth ribbon, an empty wallet, and a West Virginia Picture Book imprint plate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes material from two scrapbooks. One set of loose scrapbook pages contains clippings chiefly regarding Comstock's \"Past 80\" parties (ca. 1956). The other scrapbook of newspaper clippings chronicles the history of Richwood's Sacred Heart Hospital during the years of influence of the Pallottine Sisters from 1913-1983 (ca. 1953-1984).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes two account books. One contains stencil orders from various schools as well as other bills (1960s), and the other is an account book for 1954.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes newspapers, magazines, clippings, posters, prints, photographs, artwork, calendars, a genealogy chart, and other material.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Newspapers and magazines in box 152 include the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e Bicentennial special edition (1976), newspaper layouts from the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly \u003c/emph\u003e(1950-1976, undated), and pages from \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHarper's Weekly\u003c/emph\u003e (1861-1866).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Prints in boxes 153 and 154 include Civil War scenes by J. Nep Roesler, Corporal of Color 47th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers (undated).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Photographs (in boxes 153-156 and loose folders) include regular oversize and cirkut (panoramic) photographs on a wide variety of subjects. Boxes 153 and 154 include photographs of unidentified buildings and a group portrait of a Civilian Conservation Corps reunion (1982). Boxes 155 and 156 include photos of Evenwood (1915), group portrait of a conference of National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools (ca. 1932), campaign photographs (ca. 1972), an unidentified group of cars preparing for a parade (undated), and duplicates from the loose folders.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Additional cirkut photos include: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eLoose folder 1: a group portrait of the West Virginia Young People's Conference, Greenbrier Military School, Lewisburg, WV (1929), and a group portrait of the Divisional Young People's Congress, Charleston, WV (1929); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eLoose folder 2: a group portrait of the Western Virginia Conference Epworth League (1928-1929); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eLoose folder 3: photos of an unidentified bridge and factories or plants (1916 and undated) and the Appalachian Electric Power Company Turner Substation (1929); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eLoose folder 4: a birds-eye view of Richwood (undated) and a group portrait of Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal Company Safety First Teams (1933).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 156 also includes a genealogy chart and architectural drawings. The genealogy chart (undated) documents the Paull family, which is accompanied by a note: \"Goes with Jefferson [Fry-Jefferson?] Map.\" The architectural drawings (1972-1976, undated) depict buildings from Richwood.\n \n Box 157 includes a book of exhibits from the Virginia vs. West Virginia Supreme Court case in 1914, and a license for John W. Love to practice Law (1925).\n \n Also includes a muster roll for Company I, 2nd Regiment, [West] Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, U.S. Army (1863 February).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes maps of West Virginia locations, such as Greenbrier County and the Monongahela National Forest, as well as maps of other states and a few world maps.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMostly financial and legal documents from Marion, Monongalia, and Harrison Counties, bulk from 1840s to 1860s.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of James (\"Jim\") Franklin Comstock of Richwood, West Virginia, whose position as editor of the  West Virginia Hillbilly  and avocation as collector and advocate of all things West Virginia led to the preservation of much of the state's physical, visual, and textual history. The collection includes materials Comstock collected about West Virginia history as well as his own personal and professional papers.","Materials include: general series of historical documents such as letters, deeds, and county court cases pertaining to a diverse range of subjects (1717, 1754-1988, undated [includes facsimiles]); letters of Lucy Prichard, former instructor at Marshall College (now Marshall University) (1925-1927, undated); clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and  Atlantic Monthly  writer Louis Eckert Reed (ca. 1960-1975, undated); account books concerning economic development and commercial activities in the northern part of the state in the 19th and early 20th centuries (1830-1938); printed material about West Virginia schools, businesses, and events as well as non-West Virginia books and pamphlets (1829-1995, undated); Comstock's personal and professional correspondence (1882-1995, undated); a wide variety of photographs, including images of West Virginia cities and towns, among many others (ca. 1850s-1995, undated); microfilmed records of the Civil War and Dunmore's War (undated); glass lantern slides, which include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV (1871-1897, undated); Grand Army of the Republic and U.S. military history scrapbooks (1883-1918); broadsides, including advertisements for a circus in Moundsville (ca. 1827-1960 [includes facsimiles]); and maps and atlases of pre- and post-statehood West Virginia, counties, colonial North America, and other topics (1730-1976, undated [includes facsimiles]).","An addendum of 2013/05 includes additional personal and professional correspondence, publications, newspaper morgue files, photographs, audio-visual material, artifacts, scrapbooks, account books, and maps. For more information on Jim Comstock, see the Historical Note.","Series 1. Historical Documents; 1717, 1754-1988, undated (includes facsimiles); box 1 - box 3, folder 2. \nSeries 2. Lucy Prichard Papers; 1913-1936, undated; box 3, folders 3-8. \nSeries 3. Louis Reed Papers; ca. 1960-1975, undated; boxes 4-5. \nSeries 4. Account Books; 1830-1938; boxes 6-17. \nSeries 5. Printed Material; 1829-1995, undated; boxes 18-25. \nSeries 6. Comstock Correspondence; 1882-1995, undated (bulk 1950-1995); boxes 26-72. \nSeries 7. Photographs; ca. 1850s-1995, undated; boxes 73-81. \nSeries 8. Motion Pictures; undated; box 82. \nSeries 9. Microfilm; undated; box 82. \nSeries 10. Cassette Tapes; undated; box 82. \nSeries 11. Glass Lantern Slides; 1871-1897, undated; boxes 83-85. \nSeries 12. Scrapbooks; 1883-1918; boxes 86-91. \nSeries 13. Broadsides; ca. 1827-1960 (includes facsimiles); box 92. \nSeries 14. Maps; 1730-1976, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 93-103, and map cabinet 1, drawer 12. \nSeries 15. Newspapers; ca. 1826-1924, 1976; box 104. \nSeries 16. Artifacts; 1952-1976, undated; boxes 105-109. \nSeries 17. Oversize; 1650-1671, 1720-1991, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 110-118.","Addendum of 2013/05  includes material much like that in the initial acquisition, divided into the following series:","Series 18. Correspondence; 1838-2003, undated (bulk 1950-1995); box 119 - box 133 folder 4, and box 134 folders 1-11.* \nSeries 19. Publications; 1889-2002, undated; box 133, folders 5-6, box 134, folder 12, and boxes 135-136.* \nSeries 20. Subject Files; ca. 1851-1995, undated; boxes 137-146. \nSeries 21. Photographs; ca. 1870s-2003, undated; boxes 147-149.* \nSeries 22. Audio-Visual Material; 1990-1992, undated; box 150. \nSeries 23. Artifacts; undated; box 151, folders 1-2. \nSeries 24. Scrapbooks; ca. 1953-1984; box 151, folder 3 and scrapbook. \nSeries 25. Account Books; 1954-1960s; box 151 ledgers. \nSeries 26. Oversize Material; 1861-1866, 1893-1933, 1950-1998, undated; box 152 - box 156, folder 3, loose folders 1-4, oversize folder 1, and box 157. \nSeries 27. Maps; 1884-1891, 1920, 1957-1987; box 156, folders 4-10. \nSeries 28. Historical Documents; 1839-1909; box 158.","*Please note: boxes 123, 133, and 149 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.","This series includes financial records such as receipts and invoices, legal documents such as deeds and court cases, correspondence, land records, genealogy materials, ephemera, and typescript histories. Box 1 includes three subgroups: the Barnet Cushwa Papers, West Virginia Documents, and Non-West Virginia Documents. Boxes 2a-3 contain material of mixed origin. Additional historical documents can be found in Series 17, Oversize, and in subseries Oversize--Manuscripts.","This subseries includes a collection of materials documenting the activities of Cushwa, a prominent farmer and later the sheriff of Berkeley County in the 1850s. Cushwa's papers reveal his activities as administrator of the Daniel Gehr estate (1839-1843). The Berkeley County documents, including lists of landholdings, orders, taxes, and fee collections, demonstrate his duties as sheriff in the 1850s. See Series 17, Oversize, box 117 for Berkeley County land holdings, sheriff's accounts, and lists of orders, taxes, fees, etc. (1854-1858).","This subseries is comprised of correspondence and other material, principally concerning commercial and development activities in north-central West Virginia. These items are grouped by county; please note that there is overlap between counties.   Highlights include:  items relating to Harman Blennerhassett (box 1, folder 12);  a six-page letter written by William G. Brown answering questions concerning the constitutionality of the movement for West Virginia statehood (June 28, 1862) (box 1, folder 13);  letters and reminiscences focusing on the reunions of the Battle of Philippi (1911-1935) (box 1, folder 14); and  two letters from the abolitionist John Brown (box 1, folder 15)."," Additional West Virginia documents can be found in boxes 2a-2c.","Highlights of this subseries include:  four letters from soldiers in the Mexican War;  seventeen letters from Pennsylvania soldier James M. Weaver, principally to his wife, during his service in the Civil War;  a confidential letter from President James Monroe explaining his policy on fortifying the frontier;  seven Booker T. Washington letters;  two letters from Revolutionary War general Horatio Gates; and  a folder of letters written by famous 19th century figures including Samuel Clemens, Collis P. Huntington, Nathaniel P. Banks, and Newton D. Baker.","This subseries contains correspondence, invoices, deeds, tax documents, court cases, and other material. Most of the items pertain to West Virginia.  Highlights include:  bills and invoices of G.H.A. Kunst and John H. Kunst (1853-1867, 1892-1893);  papers of the Wells family of Sistersville (1806-1885);  a telegram regarding the burning of Harpers Ferry (1861);  a broadside listing members of Company H, 3rd Regiment, Potomac Home Brigade, Maryland Infantry (undated); and  legal documents regarding the manumission of slaves (1820-1828, 1856).","Lucy Prichard taught Latin and Classical Studies at Marshall College from 1914 to 1941. This series includes correspondence, photographs, and printed material. Correspondence includes Karl Prichard's letters (1918) and Lucy Prichard's letters (1925-1927, undated). Lucy's letters are addressed to her mother, Mrs. R.H. Prichard, in Huntington, WV. Many of Lucy's letters relate to her travels and studies in the Peloponnesus peninsula of Greece, the British Isles, Western Europe, and Italy in 1925 and 1927. For more information on Lucy Prichard, see the Historical Note.","This series includes newspaper clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and Atlantic Monthly writer Louis Eckert Reed. The newspaper clippings show images of Reed family photos (1960). The typescripts are short stories written by Louis, many likely unpublished. Also included are notes and a draft of  Burning Springs, Virginia: The Civil War's Unsolved Mystery , initially a paper that Reed prepared for the West Virginia Historical Society (see  Burning Springs, West Virginia: the Civil War's Unsolved Mystery , by Louis Reed, self-published in Elizabeth, WV, 1960). This material may have been developed for his later fictional novel,  Burning Springs  (published in Huntington, WV by University Editions/Aegina Press, 1985). For more information on Reed, see the Historical Note. A letter from Louis Reed to Jim Comstock regarding Reed's book  Warning in Appalachia  (1967) can be found in Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 62, folder 27. Other letters from Reed may be found elsewhere in Series 6, Correspondence.","This series includes 27 account books, many of which relate to north-central West Virginia businesses. These ledgers document general stores, a Jewish-owned clothing store in Richwood, the activities of an itinerant Methodist minister in the mining villages of north-central West Virginia, grocery stores and meat markets, a glass manufacturer, and other businesses. See Separated Materials note for information on volumes separated to other collections.","Thistle and Cox formed a partnership in Tyler County, [West] Virginia in March of 1835. This is the partnership's first ledger, which spans the years 1835-1837, but reference is made to the transfer of accounts to at least one subsequent ledger. The business appears to have been located near the Ohio River (probably in Sistersville), since customers included Ohio as well as Tyler County citizens. Although the debit side for each customer only lists the term \"merchandise\" for purchases, the ledger reveals the barter nature of much of the rural economy of Tyler County on the credit side. Among items received in trade by Thistle and Cox were chestnuts, hides, bees wax, rags, sand, tobacco, clothes, meats, produce, and various forms of labor. The ledger also frequently lists the occupations or residences of many of the customers. Included were coopers, tanners, blacksmiths, preachers, schoolteachers, and carpenters, scattered from Point Pleasant to Wheeling.","Inventory and Book Accounts. This volume contains a 66-page inventory of goods on hand and their prices in a Tyler County general store in January 1877. The inventory is divided into the following categories: fancy groceries, groceries, men's shoes, ladies' shoes, children's shoes, overshoes, dress goods, wall paper, housewares, and other. Starting on page 71 is a four-page list of the book accounts of the store's customers, presumably on that same date.","The Cordray Carriage Company was a short-lived business in Fairmont, WV. The ledger lists only the customers and the amount they owed T.L. Cordray, the proprietor of the Carriage Company. The ledger does not list the services for which the customers were charged. However, one itemized account invoice on an inserted piece of paper suggests that the Cordray Carriage Company repaired vehicles. For H.O. Amos, from 1907 through 1911, the Company repaired couplings, repaired and painted the body, repaired the interior, raised the body, and tightened and repaired the fenders, for a total charge of $118. The ledger includes more than 400 customers.","A. H. Breckstein was a Jewish merchant who operated a clothing store in the boom town of Richwood, in Nicholas County. Volume 10 is a cash book detailing daily transactions in the store, both sales and expenses, for part of 1910, and consistently for the period 1928 to 1936. There are also monthly accountings of both cash and credit sales as well as expenses. Volume 11 documents sales and purchases of clothing for the period 1926 to 1934. The sales portion of this volume repeats information available in volume 10. Volume 12 is a ledger of accounts payable for the period 1921-1928, showing the firms from which Breckstein purchased his goods. Included are companies in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and New York.","J.C. Shock was a Methodist minister assigned to a parish in Pullman, WV in 1910. However, he also appeared to be an itinerant preacher, and his account book lists ministerial services provided for the towns and villages of Duffy, Straight Fork, Falls Mill, Glady, and Kingknob, in the north-central West Virginia counties of Lewis, Ritchie, and Wetzel. The account book documents Shock's ministry, listing the text for sermons preached at various towns as well as the contributions of those towns to his salary. Most of the entries cover the years 1910-1917, at which time his base of operations seems to have shifted permanently to Falls Run and Falls Mill in Braxton County. There are entries for sermons, marriages, and assessments for those towns running to 1938. An additional folder contains miscellaneous documents related to Shock found within the ledger.","In the 1890s, Mrs. Samuel C. Gans operated a general store in Moundsville, which by 1900 was specializing in dry goods. This ledger reflects the volume of business and the timing and means of settling accounts. The early pages (for the 1890s) are more detailed, listing the items purchased from the general store. For the later period, the entries are frequently limited to the terms \"goods\" or \"merchandise.\" The back of the volume also contains some notes and miscellaneous accounts, such as rooms rented.","In 1892, a number of Charleston's German families banded together to form an Evangelical Lutheran Church. Subscriptions for a building fund and other church work began to be collected in October of that year. This ledger documents the subscriptions of the founding members of St. Paul's Evangelical Church. It also provides an accounting of the expenses and building funds contributed by the members, including the purchase of a lot on Court Street in Charleston, the church's construction, and the salary of the minister.","These volumes were written by Albert S. Hayden, Notary Public in and for the county of Marion and the state of West Virginia. He recorded handwritten copies of promissory notes and bills presented at Fairmont, WV banks for redemption, which were protested by the First National Bank of Fairmont's cashier. The ledgers also list the date protested, by whom, and the notices mailed to note signers. Most notes originated in West Virginia, but some originated in Ohio. Volume 16a covers 1870-1873. Volume 16b covers 1875-1876.","Anthony Zidn operated a grocery and dry goods store outside of Fairmont on RFD #2. Zidn was an immigrant from the Middle East (perhaps Armenia, as suggested by the fact he kept his accounts in Persian and had a Christian name). These three ledgers document his business, although most of the information is written in Persian.","The Price Brothers operated a general store in the small village of Amos on the Paw Paw Creek, eleven miles from the town of Fairmont in Marion County. The Price Brothers sold all sorts of groceries to people in the town, as documented by this ledger. In addition, the Polk business directory for 1902-1903 notes that the Price sisters operated a millinery business in Amos. There are loose papers within the ledger, including statements and product advertisements (1905-1907, undated).","At the turn of the century, there were four wholesale meat provisioners in Wheeling. This ledger represents the operations of one of them for the years 1901-1902. The company principally supplied general stores and grocers in eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia, southwestern Pennsylvania, and western Maryland. However, individuals could also buy directly. Entries typically include the name of the purchaser, the town in which the purchaser resides, and the amount of the purchase. For local buyers, the ledger frequently lists the Wheeling address. Since transactions are usually noted only as merchandise, it is impossible to glean what types of meats were being purchased at what costs.","Jacob Hornbrook was born in Tavistock, England, in 1812 and moved with his parents to Wheeling when he was a small child. Jacob's father ran a small [business?] in Wheeling. As a young man, Jacob began a mercantile business buying and selling produce on the flatboats travelling on the Ohio River. He later started a notions store, purchased interest in a steamship line and the First National Bank, and was president and owned stock in the Wheeling Gas Company. These three books, a journal (volume 20; 1847-1874), a ledger (volume 21; 1847-1874), and a cash book (volume 22; 1845-1874), document his business interests, investments, and personal expenses during the last three decades of his life. Although he remained an active investor, Hornbrook retired from his mercantile business in 1855 with an estate valued at more than $30,000. In 1852, he moved to what he called \"Forest Home\" near Wheeling Park, and he served in the West Virginia legislature during the Civil War.","This volume includes a manuscript copy of the act \"To incorporate the Wheeling Gas Company\" issued March 18, 1850; a copy of a related Wheeling city ordinance, issued April 29, 1850; stockholders meeting minutes, April 15, April 25, May 1, May 9, and May 11, 1850; and lists of subscribers, the number of shares of stock, and the amount paid.","George C. Gans was a physician practicing in Marshall County in the decades prior to the Civil War. Although most of his patients resided in the area around Moundsville and Elizabeth, Gans does not appear in either the 1840 or the 1850 U.S. census schedules for Marshall County. The ledger documents his treatment of families in Marshall County for a wide variety of ills, including typhoid fever (1861), cholera (1847), and farm injuries. Gans also routinely attended childbirths. His treatments included blistering, bleeding, venesection, lancing, and operating as well as administering medicine and pills. In return for his services, Gans routinely accepted farm produce, labor on his farm, and other useful items such as shingles. He went on to serve as an assistant surgeon in the Civil War.","This is a ledger of an Elizabeth, PA, glass manufacturer's accounts with his workers. The manufacturer ran some type of company store, and the ledger thus includes debits for cash and merchandise received by the workers and credits for the various types of labor performed, including glass blowing, teasing, cutting, coal mining, blacksmithing, and box making. In addition, the ledger includes the manufacturer's accounts with a boarding house owner for boarding his workers and with a local merchant who supplied the company store. In general, the ledger provides insights into the earnings of mid-19th century artisans as well as the operation of a small, rural glass-making establishment.","This consignment book documents commodity prices and the wide variety of goods received by a Wheeling commission merchant house during the 1830s. It also provides insights into the local industrial development, since the commission merchants routinely received goods on consignment from local manufacturers, such as the German Manufacturing Company (textiles). At the beginning of the book, there is evidence that the firm engaged a peddler to make trips in 1830, and the commission house also conducted auctions during the 1830s.","Moses Chapline was a prominent citizen in Wheeling, at various times an attorney, a general store owner, and in the 1830s, mayor. This daybook documents the daily trade at his store during 1845. Included are entries for purchases of a wide variety of goods as well as entries for store expenses, such as insurance, soap, and transportation. The A. Loring who appears frequently throughout was probably Alonzo Loring, a clerk at the store.","Harry Hood and Company was a retail meat and dairy market in Fairmont, WV. This ledger covers the last few months of 1906 and the first months of 1907. It documents purchases of meat from wholesale producers, such as Armour and Company, and sales of meat to local businesses and individuals in Fairmont. Transactions are typically listed only as \"merchandise,\" making it difficult to glean any information concerning prices or consumption patterns. The ledger is used only for the first 150 of its 500 pages, and the business does not appear in the Polk business directory of 1906-1907, suggesting the possibility that it folded some time in 1907.","This ledger documents a general store in Tyler County, probably near Middlebourne, the county seat. Although fairly routine entries characterize customer purchases, the volume also documents purchases from wholesale merchants, beginning on page 251. Included are such firms as Hubbard and Paull, and Jos. Speidel, both of Wheeling; Ed Roome of Sistersville; and Burgunder Brothers and Company, of Columbus, Ohio. Also, the ledger often lists the occupations of the store's customers. Included are John Gates, an oil rig builder (reflecting the emergence of the local oil business) and a number of customers connected to a local woolen mill.","John Gallaher, Christian Ansbrutz, and Caleb Bleakmor started a general store partnership in 1853. Prior to that date, Gallaher operated a store in Moundsville, which is documented in the first 90 pages of the daybook. The daybook follows the partnership for only six months (until September 1853), but then another Moundsville general store (involving Bleakmor) used the daybook during 1856. In the 1850 census, Bleakmor was listed as a constable, age 49, born in Maryland; and Ansbrutz was listed as a miller, age 47, born in France, worth $23,000. Only Gallaher, a 53-year-old Irishman worth $12,000, was listed as a merchant. From the evidence in the daybook, it appears that the partnership was short-lived.","This series includes ephemera, sheet music, booklets, pamphlets, and correspondence. Additional miscellaneous printed material can be found in Series 17, Oversize.","  Box 18 includes calendars, sheet music, notecards, and printed material related to West Virginia history. The notecards include screen printed notecards from Wolf Creek Printery in Alderson, WV (1976). The history printed material includes a booklet entitled  Wheeling Bicentennial, 1769-1969  (1969?).","  Box 19 includes West Virginia serial publications and magazines, as well as printed material about West Virginia schools and locations. Highlights include three issues of  The Searchlight , a serial about education (two published in Summersville, WV [1895-1896], and one published in Fayetteville, WV [1899]); an issue of  The Mikrophone: Devoted to Religion, Morality, and Temperance  (published in Highland, WV, by D.H. Davis, 1906); Scottish Rite pamphlets (published in Wheeling, 1910-1917); the Richwood High School Class of 1940 reunion program (1960); Craigsville Grade School's first yearbook (1973); and  Mountaineer Spirit , a WVU student magazine featuring an article about Jim Comstock (1968).","  Box 20 includes non-West Virginia serial publications and magazines. Highlights include an issue of  The Religious Magazine, or Spirit of the Foreign Theological Journals and Reviews  (Philadelphia: E. Littell, 1829); and E.D. Cope's  On Vertebrata from the Tertiary and Cretaceous Rocks of the North West Territory  (Montreal: W.F. Brown \u0026 Co., 1891);  Naval Training School -- Indoctrination, Hollywood Florida: Quarterdeck, Class of 3-44, 20 June 1944  (Hollywood, FL: Naval Training School, 1944); and issue no. 18 of  Papers from the Society for the Diffusion of Political Knowledge  (undated).","  Box 21 includes various writings, such as student literary magazines, works of fiction, poetry booklets, and George T. Swain's  The Incomparable Don Chafin  (Charleston, WV: Ace Enterprises, 1962).","  Box 22 includes George T. Swain's  Facts About the Two Armed Marches on Logan  (Charleston, WV: Ace Enterprises, 1962), as well as printed materials for a variety of West Virginia and non-West Virginia businesses and organizations. These include advertisements and booklets regarding the West Virginia glass industry, including Fenton Glass (1966-1976, undated), a Woman's Club of Gassaway booklet (1970), a reprint of the Berkeley Springs Hotel Brochure of 1885 (1988), and the constitution of the First Baptist Church of Richwood, WV (undated). For additional business-related printed material, see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 2b, folders 11-12.","  Box 23 includes miscellaneous booklets, programs, book plates, articles, clippings, and other material. Highlights include  Rules of Practice in the United States Patent Office  (Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1892), Elbert Hubbard's  Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Teachers: Erasmus  (East Aurora, Erie County, NY: The Roycrofters, 1908), the Richwood Spud and Splinter Festival Program (1940), and Eugene L. Huddleston's  The World's Greatest Mallets: C \u0026 O H-8 Versus N \u0026 W Class A  (Alderson, WV: Chesapeake \u0026 Ohio Historical Society, 1986).","  Boxes 24 and 25 contain books, including Comstock's autobiography.","This series includes Jim Comstock's personal and professional correspondence. This series contains materials that are diverse in format, including letters, scripts for radio and other media, clippings, postcards, typescripts, articles, financial materials (e.g. bank books and checks), printed material, ephemera, and photographs. Most of the photographic material in this series has been moved to Series 7, Photographs. Some materials were moved to Series 17, Oversize -- see the Series 17 description for details."," Comstock marked much of his correspondence to be filed by the first letter of the correspondent's last name. Some of this organizational scheme has survived; folders containing specific letter and year files are dispersed throughout the series. Other notations that Comstock used include \"LR\" for letters received, \"Sp\" for speech-related correspondence, \"NL\" for  News Leader -related correspondence, and \"HB\" for  West Virginia Hillbilly -related correspondence."," Topics and items of interest include:  \n letters written to Comstock by regional author Jesse Stuart, and by political figures such as Hubert H. Humphrey, Robert C. Byrd, Jennings Randolph, and Barry Goldwater (box 26 and others);  rejection letters from newspapers and magazines to which Comstock submitted material (box 26);  biographical material about Jim Comstock and his family, including a thesis about Comstock by Mary Abel (boxes 26 and 47);  Larry Maynor, journalist for the  Charleston Daily Mail  (box 29);  the sale and ultimate demise of the  West Virginia Hillbilly  (boxes 31 and 72);  the University of Hard Knocks, including a mock-up diploma, resumes, and portrait photograph headshots of potential graduates (boxes 31 and 60);  [Delf] Norona Collection payments (boxes 33 and 46);  Pearl S. Buck (box 33 and others);  Billy Edd Wheeler, West Virginia writer and musician (box 36);  Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) reunion in 1979 (box 36);  Otto Whittaker, who worked with Comstock on  The Best of the Hillbilly  (boxes 37 and 65);  the  West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia  (box 40);  Comstock's appearance on John Nebel's WOR radio show in 1960, including postcards and letters regarding the appearance and requests for Comstock's Richwood Kinsey Report as well as  News Leader  or  West Virginia Hillbilly  subscriptions (boxes 41-42);  Comstock's appearance on the Today Show in 1966 (box 42);  Comstock's appearance on Patricia/Patsy McCann's WOR radio show in New York in August 1977, including letters and postcards regarding the appearance and requests to receive the free six-week subscription to the  West Virginia Hillbilly  which Comstock offered on the show (boxes 42-43);  writers, with an emphasis on West Virginia authors, whose work Comstock was interested in collecting (boxes 40, 44, 45, and 62);  writings by Comstock, including short stories, articles, drafts, etc. (boxes 47-49);  Comstock's nomination and campaign for a U.S. House of Representatives seat on the Republican ticket in 1964 (boxes 51 and 56);  the  West Virginia Hillbilly  and  News Leader , including morgue files, old articles, submissions, letters, and other items (boxes 54, 55, 57, 61, 63, and others; for oversize items, see Series 17, Oversize, box 116);  Eck Bozeman (box 57);  Comstock's pocket diaries (box 57);  Comstock's naval service during World War II (box 60);  H.C. Comstock, Jim's father (box 68); and  historical research material, possibly for the  Encyclopedia  (box 72)."," Please note that the above list is not exhaustive.","This series includes print photographs, negatives, cartes de visite, cabinet cards, mounted photos, tintypes, photo postcards, slides, clippings, printed material, correspondence, photo plates, and eight canisters of large format aerial diapositives (photo transparencies). Subjects include furniture; first ladies of West Virginia; historic homes of West Virginia; identified and unidentified individual and group portraits; cities and towns of West Virginia; buildings; scenery; Museum of the Hills in Richwood, WV; glass and glassmaking; and the Greenbrier. Some of the material in this series was transferred from Series 6, Comstock Correspondence -- in cases where the photographic item was attached to correspondence, the correspondence was transferred as well. Please note that some negatives are nitrate; keep these away from heat and handle with care. Additional photographic material can be found in Series 6, Correspondence, boxes 35, 54, 55, and 72. For photos of Fenton Glass products, see Series 5, Printed Material, box 22. Some oversize photos have been separated to the Photographs Collection; most of these have been added to West Virginia History OnView. Additional oversize photos can be found in Series 17, Oversize."," Contents of the eight canisters of large format aerial diapositives (photo transparencies):"," Box 80; Canister label: \"Huntington 1-6000 April 1947\"  Box 80; Canister label: \"Chas. [Charleston?] 1957, Nitro, 1957; St. Albans, 1957, Old Chas., 1948, Airport, Big Scale (?)\"  Box 80; Canister labels: \"Elk River Coal \u0026 Lumber Co., Aerial Map Flown April 1953.\" and \"City of Huntington Scale 1-6000 Apr 28 1947\"  Box 80; Canister label: \"Harmony Near Ripley, [?] ft to 1\" old; Colin Creek Coal Stripping, large scale, 1948; Lake Chaweva, 1948; Armour Park, 1948; C\u0026O Ry [Railway?] Coal River 1948; Bellings Airport, 1947; Kanawha Airport, large and small scale, 12-9-1947; Strip to City Blvd 12-9-1947; City Strip \u0026 Kenna Home; C\u0026CCC Research 1947; Cedar Grove to Montgomery.\"  Box 81; Unlabeled canister.  Box 81; Canister label: \"1949\"  Box 81; Canister label: \"Coal City - Park Beckley, 1947 [?]\" (not usable)  Box 81; Canister label: \"4/20/53 Dick Stata Film, St. Albans - Charleston\" (not usable)","This series contains two rolls of 35 mm black and white motion picture film, and three rolls of 16 mm color motion picture film of a train. Also included is one of the canisters which contained the film. The box which formerly contained the film was labeled \"F.M.C. Movie Scraps.\" Please note that some reels are nitrate; handle with care.","This series contains two reels of microfilm, which were likely the property of Delf Norona before they were acquired by Comstock. The first reel contains West Virginia-related Civil War records; the second contains payroll and public service claims from the West Virginia region in the 1770s."," Reel 1 Contents Notes:  Records of the War Department, Office of the Adjutant General, General Orders, Mountain Department, Army in the Field, May 9 - June 28, 1862.  National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, Washington: 1956. 101 total pgs.  March 18 - June 18, 1862 86 total pgs."," Reel 2 Contents Notes:  Payroll for Pittsburgh, 122 leaves; Payroll for Romney, 43 leaves; Public Service Claims Romney and Winchester 1775, 37 leaves; Public Service Claims West Augusta 1775, 49 leaves; Records of Soldiers and Public Service in Dunmore's War, 279 leaves; index, 25 leaves.","This series includes two cassette tapes which were found in an envelope marked \"Larry Maynor Personal.\" The tapes include recordings of children reading stories and an oral history interview with an unidentified subject.","This series contains 75 wood framed glass lantern slides. Most slides are labeled with the subject, and some are dated. Subjects include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV, as well as Brooke County and Marshall County, WV, and Belmont County, Ohio. These images were likely created by Thomas M. Darrah of Belmont County, Ohio. For the two wooden boxes in which the slides were previously stored, please see Series 16, Artifacts, boxes 105 and 106.","This series includes scrapbooks which contain newspaper clippings and ephemera. Subjects include the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) and U.S. military history with a focus on Civil War history. These scrapbooks may have belonged to Colonel Albert Kern of Dayton, Ohio.","This series includes originals and copies of broadsides and posters. Included are a John Dillinger wanted poster (1934); a Garrett Snuff advertisement (undated); copies of various political notices (originals ca. 1827-1886); Russian broadsides with Cyrillic text, depicting events of the Russian Civil War, USSR propaganda, and other things (ca. 1920-1930); posters for the Marshall County Fair (ca. 1960) and the Moundsville, Powhatan and Clarington Seventh Grand Annual Picnic (1873); advertisements for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus at the Moundsville Fairgrounds (undated); Showboat Rhododendron advertisements (undated); and other material.","This series includes original and facsimile maps, atlases, and books about maps. Highlights include pre- and post-Civil War maps of the West Virginia area;  Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, Illustrated: containing ... special history of the Virginias, maps and histories of Tyler and Wetzel Counties, West Virginia ; maps of America before 1775; copies of [West] Virginia county maps by John Wood from 1820-1821; maps of various West Virginia cities, including, Morgantown, Moundsville, and Wheeling; and various Fry-Jefferson maps (original and copies). A detailed contents list of boxes 93-100b and map cabinet 1, drawer 12 is available. ","\nNote that the date for each map reflects the date of creation of the item, though in the case of copies it may indicate the date of the creation of the original item rather than the date the copy was made. Also, the number of items may indicate different items or different pieces of the same map. ","\n  Not yet located; Item Number 113; County Map of Virginia and West Virginia; 1874","This series includes newspapers from Wheeling, as well as a special bicentennial salute issue of the  West Virginia Hillbilly  (1976). The majority of the newspapers in this collection have been separated to the West Virginia Collection's newspaper holdings. A list of the newspapers originally inventoried for this collection can be found in the control folder."," Most of the West Virginia newspapers have been microfilmed; see Miscellaneous Reel 113 in the Microfilm Room. For a list of the contents of this reel, please see the \"W.Va. Newspapers from Comstock Collection\" three-page packet in the control folder. Additional newspaper pages and clippings can be found throughout Series 6, Comstock Correspondence and Series 17, Oversize, box 117.","This series includes a variety of artifacts and ephemera belonging to or collected by Comstock."," Boxes 105 and 106 include two wooden boxes (undated) which contained glass lantern slides (see Series 11). One box is labeled \"T.M. Darrah.\" Also included are a fountain pen used by Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman to sign the contract to begin building the Bureau of Mines' Appalachian Experiment Station in Morgantown, WV, with letters documenting the donation of the pen by Senator Harley M. Kilgore (1952); and a dinner plate showing a photo-like image of a priest with a group of children, from St. Albans, WV (undated)."," Box 107 includes various nametags for Comstock and his wife, from a variety of conventions and meetings (1960-1963, undated); glasses and sunglasses (undated); a sewing needle pack and a mini ruler advertising Jim Comstock for Congress (ca. 1964); a press pass for President Ford's visit to Charleston, WV (1975); and tickets to the Republican National Convention (1976); among other material."," Box 108 contains two figurines and four whiskey decanters. The figurines are a coal miner (made of coal, undated) and \"Morgan's Virginia Rifleman 1776\" (undated). The decanters are \"Old Time Coal Miner\" (1976), \"Coal Miner\" (1975), Robert E. Lee (undated), and Stonewall Jackson on horseback (undated)."," Box 109 contains six whiskey decanters: Abraham Lincoln (undated), Stonewall Jackson (undated), Hill Billy (1969), General Stonewall Jackson (1974), Randolph McCoy (1973), and Devil Anse Hatfield (1973).","This series contains oversize material that may be relevant to other series.","This subseries includes paintings, sketches, prints, photographs, educational posters, architectural drawings, vinyl records, typescripts, transparencies, clippings, manuscripts, and printed material, among other formats. Topics include Pearl Buck's birthplace, West Virginia, the Civil War, Jim Comstock's work, and other topics. More manuscripts are in the Manuscripts subseries, box 118."," Box 110 and box 111, folders 1-2 contain artwork depicting Pearl Buck's birthplace in Hillsboro, West Virginia, including paintings, sketches, a chalk drawing, and a plan for a sign (1965-1966, undated)."," Box 111, folders 3-4 and unfoldered items include two West Virginia-related prints and an unidentified photo (undated); one framed and six unframed prints depicting mining machinery, possibly of Joy Manufacturing Company (undated); an unframed painting of a coal miner (undated); twelve mounted photographs and sketches (most unidentified, undated); and four rolled photographs (1918-1955?)."," Box 112 includes educational posters regarding the Civil War and West Virginia history (undated). The posters include text, images, and photographs. Also includes mounted photographs, most with accompanying text, that have been added to West Virginia History On View. An additional eight posters regarding maps made by or related to North American Indians, likely assembled by Delf Norona, are also included (ca. 1950). For additional maps related to North American Indians/Native Americans, see also Series 14, Maps, box 98, item number 349."," Box 113 includes various West Virginia-related prints, including one of Mount Chantal near Wheeling (undated); prints of Civil War scenes sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep Roesler, Corporal of Color 47th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers (undated); a copy print of the camps of the 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps. near Romney (undated); prints made from Civil War engravings (1960); W.R. Leigh bullfighting prints (1950); copies of architectural plans for alterations of Wheeling's Custom House and Post Office (undated); and other items."," Box 114 contains limited edition black and white prints from a series entitled \"Covered Bridges of West Virginia\" by Marj Teague (1977) and three copies of a vinyl record album titled \"The Legend of Clark Kessinger\" (ca. 1965)."," Box 115 includes paintings by John Wellington (undated); oversize photos (undated); an unidentified floor plan (undated); and architectural drawings or blueprints for five properties that were part of the Historic American Buildings Survey (undated). These properties are \"The Old Stone Church\" Presbyterian, Lewisburg, WV; Harewood and the ruins of St. George's Chapel, both near Charles Town, Jefferson County, WV; Traveler's Rest, near Leetown, Jefferson County, WV; and the Lee Barn in Leetown, WV."," Box 116 includes radio scripts (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 67); calendars (1984-1991);  Hillbilly  transparencies (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 54); various printed images and magazine clippings (1860-1921, undated); \"Our Wacky Weekly\" and newspaper article typescripts, probably written by Comstock (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 48, folder 1); and music-related magazines and pamphlets (1959-1966, undated)."," Box 117 includes Berkeley County documents from the Barnet Cushwa Papers (see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 1, folders 1-5). These include lists of orders, taxes, fees, etc.; sheriff's office accounts; and land holdings (all 1854-1858). Box 117 also includes television scripts (undated); an envelope and survey plat from the Wells Family Papers (1856, undated; see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 2a, folder 24); Civil War-related prints (1861-1868, 1955); newspaper clippings (1861, 1927-1944, undated; some from Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 67, folders 4 and 7); miscellaneous printed material (1817-1863, undated; includes facsimiles); and facsimile broadsides, legal documents, and clippings regarding West Virginia statehood (1861-1863).","This subseries includes oversize manuscripts, most of which pertain to West Virginia. West Virginia materials include pre- and post-statehood indentures, land grants, other legal documents, letters, certificates, and other formats pertaining to Barbour, Berkeley, Fayette, Hampshire, Hardy, Marshall, Ohio, Raleigh, and Tyler Counties. Additional indentures and land grants pertain to England (1650-1671, 1720-1721, 1833), and to Maryland, Virginia, and Texas.","This series includes Jim Comstock's personal and professional correspondence, and is composed of a wide range of formats, including letters, clippings, postcards, typescripts, articles, financial documents, printed material, ephemera, and photographs. Most of the photographic material in this series has been moved to Series 21, Photographs."," Comstock marked much of his correspondence to be filed by the first letter of the correspondent's last name. Some of this organizational scheme has survived; folders containing specific letter and year files can be found in boxes 119-125. Other notations that Comstock used include \"NL\" for  News Leader -related correspondence and \"HB\" for  West Virginia Hillbilly -related correspondence."," Topics and items of interest include:  card from Comstock to recent graduates regarding a gift subscription to the  Hillbilly  (undated) (box 119);  Comstock's work with the Pearl Buck House (box 127);  the University of Hard Knocks (box 128);  photocopies of a scrapbook about ramps and Comstock's ramp-scented ink incident; and  material regarding Comstock's work on the  Hillbilly , the  News Leader , and the  West Virginia Encyclopedia  (boxes 126-127 and other material throughout) (see also Series 20, Subject Files)."," Please note that the above list is not exhaustive and that material on the above topics may also exist in boxes not mentioned."," *Please note: boxes 123  and 133 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.","This series includes books, magazines, newspapers, journals, promotional materials, poetry, and sheet music. Topics include Jim Comstock's work, the state of West Virginia, WVU, Storer College, industry (e.g., coal, railways), and New England baked beans, among other topics.","Please note: box 133 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.","This series includes mostly morgue files of material that Comstock used in connection with his newspapers. Contents are not in alphabetical order. Formats include clippings, typescripts, photographs, print material, and other formats. The  News Leader  morgue materials (boxes 137-138) include items on a variety of subjects, such as covered bridges and the early history of Clay County. The  News Leader  morgue material also includes a folder of autographs of early West Virginia governors and other politicians, such as D.D.T. Farnsworth, John J. Jacobs, and A.B. Fleming. The  Hillbilly  morgue materials (box 139-140) pertain to a wide variety of subjects, most of whom are likely local individuals. The Newspaper Subjects (boxes 141-146) includes material for which the intended newspaper was not specified; topics include specific local individuals, national figures like Abraham Lincoln, steel and other industries, and towns.","This series includes cartes de visite, cabinet cards, mounted photographs, photographic prints, clippings, and other formats. Many subjects are identified. They include portraits and candid photos of individuals, families, politicians, sports figures, West Virginia towns and buildings. Other notable photographs include crime scene and/or accident photographs, including images of a non-commercial plane crash (undated), and photos of Jim Comstock at the West Virginia Senate (1966). Photographs can also be found in Series 18, Correspondence; Series 20, Subject Files; and Series 26, Oversize Material.  Please note: boxes 123, 133, and 149 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.","This series includes magnetic recording tapes, a VHS tape about college financing, and a vinyl record and cassette tape of Billy Crain music.","This series includes a WVLA cloth ribbon, an empty wallet, and a West Virginia Picture Book imprint plate.","This series includes material from two scrapbooks. One set of loose scrapbook pages contains clippings chiefly regarding Comstock's \"Past 80\" parties (ca. 1956). The other scrapbook of newspaper clippings chronicles the history of Richwood's Sacred Heart Hospital during the years of influence of the Pallottine Sisters from 1913-1983 (ca. 1953-1984).","This series includes two account books. One contains stencil orders from various schools as well as other bills (1960s), and the other is an account book for 1954.","This series includes newspapers, magazines, clippings, posters, prints, photographs, artwork, calendars, a genealogy chart, and other material."," Newspapers and magazines in box 152 include the  West Virginia Hillbilly  Bicentennial special edition (1976), newspaper layouts from the  Hillbilly  (1950-1976, undated), and pages from  Harper's Weekly  (1861-1866)."," Prints in boxes 153 and 154 include Civil War scenes by J. Nep Roesler, Corporal of Color 47th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers (undated)."," Photographs (in boxes 153-156 and loose folders) include regular oversize and cirkut (panoramic) photographs on a wide variety of subjects. Boxes 153 and 154 include photographs of unidentified buildings and a group portrait of a Civilian Conservation Corps reunion (1982). Boxes 155 and 156 include photos of Evenwood (1915), group portrait of a conference of National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools (ca. 1932), campaign photographs (ca. 1972), an unidentified group of cars preparing for a parade (undated), and duplicates from the loose folders."," Additional cirkut photos include:  Loose folder 1: a group portrait of the West Virginia Young People's Conference, Greenbrier Military School, Lewisburg, WV (1929), and a group portrait of the Divisional Young People's Congress, Charleston, WV (1929);  Loose folder 2: a group portrait of the Western Virginia Conference Epworth League (1928-1929);  Loose folder 3: photos of an unidentified bridge and factories or plants (1916 and undated) and the Appalachian Electric Power Company Turner Substation (1929);  Loose folder 4: a birds-eye view of Richwood (undated) and a group portrait of Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal Company Safety First Teams (1933)."," Box 156 also includes a genealogy chart and architectural drawings. The genealogy chart (undated) documents the Paull family, which is accompanied by a note: \"Goes with Jefferson [Fry-Jefferson?] Map.\" The architectural drawings (1972-1976, undated) depict buildings from Richwood.\n \n Box 157 includes a book of exhibits from the Virginia vs. West Virginia Supreme Court case in 1914, and a license for John W. Love to practice Law (1925).\n \n Also includes a muster roll for Company I, 2nd Regiment, [West] Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, U.S. Army (1863 February).","This series includes maps of West Virginia locations, such as Greenbrier County and the Monongahela National Forest, as well as maps of other states and a few world maps.","Mostly financial and legal documents from Marion, Monongalia, and Harrison Counties, bulk from 1840s to 1860s."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeparated to A\u0026amp;M collections:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVarious autographed items have been moved to A\u0026amp;M 435.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAccount book volumes 2, 2a, 3, 3a, 3b, and 3c, daybooks and ledgers from the Sistersville General Store run by Joshua and William Russell, were separated to A\u0026amp;M 3071, Russell, Joshua \u0026amp; William. Sistersville General Store. Daybooks and Ledgers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAccount book volumes 4, 4a, and 4b, daybooks of John Goshorn, were separated to A\u0026amp;M 2426, Goshorn Family. Papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAccount book volumes 6-8, law records and accounts of Judge George A. Vincent, as well as Vincent's letters from the Historical Documents series, were separated to A\u0026amp;M 3068, Vincent, George A., Lawyer and Judge. Papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeparated to the Printed Ephemera Collection:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eArticles, maps, and letters, 1582-1877  (includes selections relating to the South Seas during the colonial period), on 1 reel of microfilm, P13438\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eArticles, letters, maps, and speeches, 1808-1863  (16 items which are listed on a sheet in the box), 1 reel of microfilm, P13439\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBurnett, Nancy S. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSlovenes in Rural Appalachia: An Oral History\u003c/title\u003e (Richwood, W. Va.: News Leader Press, 1994).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeparated to Printed Ephemera (Pamphlets), Periodicals, etc.:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Odd Fellow\u003c/title\u003e, 1919, Charleston (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia State Weekly\u003c/title\u003e, 1910-1911, Fairmont (several items)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eExponent\u003c/title\u003e, 1917-1918, Moundsville (4 items)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eOros\u003c/title\u003e, 1927, Moundsville (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePedagogue's Pastime\u003c/title\u003e, 1885, Moundsville (3 items)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePrinceton Observer\u003c/title\u003e, 1950 (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSearchlight\u003c/title\u003e, Summersville (32 items)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Farm Journal\u003c/title\u003e, 1872, Union (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChurch Calendar\u003c/title\u003e, 1917, Wheeling (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChurch News\u003c/title\u003e, 1892, Wheeling (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eEnglish Lutheran\u003c/title\u003e, 1900, Wheeling (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eMusical Monthly\u003c/title\u003e, 1896-1897, Wheeling (6 items)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Saturday Review\u003c/title\u003e, 1912 August 10, Wheeling\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eState Fair News\u003c/title\u003e, 1910, Wheeling (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWilliam's Courier\u003c/title\u003e, undated, Wheeling (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eValley News Echo\u003c/title\u003e, Hagerstown, MD; reprint of an 1861 paper\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eHaney's Journal\u003c/title\u003e, 1869 March-October except July, New York (several items)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eOur Southern Home\u003c/title\u003e, 1893 November, Hamlet, NC\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eBooks separated to the West Virginia Collection or the WVU Downtown Library stacks:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDonnelly, Shirley. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eYesterday and Today: A Keepsake I, II, and III.\u003c/title\u003e Fayetteville, W. Va.: Fayette County Historical Society, no date.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eKeepsake Stories of the Ozarks.\u003c/title\u003e Cassville, Mo.: Litho Printers, 1978.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNorton, Andre. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eCatseye\u003c/title\u003e. London: Gollancz, 1974.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDeacon, William A. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Four Jameses\u003c/title\u003e. Toronto: Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1974.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHaslip, Joan. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eCatherine the Great: A Biography\u003c/title\u003e. New York: Putnam, 1977.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeparated to the Maps Collection:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVirginie [Virginia], Maryland en 2 Feuilles par Fry et Jefferson, 1777\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBird's Eye View of the City of Wheeling, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSistersville, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBird's Eye View of Philippi, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eElkins, Randolph County, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFairmont and Palatine, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMannington, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMorgantown, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eClarksburg, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDavis, Tucker County, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGrafton, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCairo, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCameron, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHarrisville, Ritchie County, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMoundsville, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNew Martinsville, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eParkersburg, Blennerhasset Island, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePennsboro, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSalem, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSt. Mary's, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWellsburg, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBuckhannon, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWeston, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBird's Eye View of Keyser, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eView of Parsons, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAero View of Bluefield, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAero View of Keystone, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAero View of North Fork and Town of Clark, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWest Virginia Agricultural Society on Wheeling Island\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNote: A spreadsheet with more details regarding the separated maps can be found in the control folder.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe majority of the newspapers in this collection have been separated into the West Virginia Collection's newspaper holdings.\u003c/emph\u003e Lists of the newspapers originally inventoried for this collection can be found in the control folder. Most of the West Virginia newspapers were microfilmed; see Miscellaneous Reel 113. For a list of the contents of this reel, please see the \"W.Va. Newspapers from Comstock Collection\" three-page packet in the control folder. On the third page is a list of items separated from the Comstock Collection to printed ephemera (pamphlets), periodicals, etc.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSheet music separated to A\u0026amp;M 723, Sheet Music:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAmericans, Together.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBack to West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBattle of Port Royal.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBrave Boys Are They.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCanoeing on the Kanawha.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCapt. Linch March.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCherry.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCotton Field Dance.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDown in the Lonely Dell.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDynamite Twist.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFair West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFire Fly Polka.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGlory Hallelujah.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGoing Back to West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHome Alone in West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI Have Something Sweet to Tell You.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eImagine Me.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn Flanders' Fields.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI Want to Go Back to Michigan Down On the Farm.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJ'aime Mon Amour.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJust Before the Battle, Mother.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eKingdom Coming.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLa Violette de Carafa.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLove and Devotion.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMemory's Dream.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMen of West Augusta.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMountain Land West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOn, On, On, the Boys Came Marching!\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOur Grateful Heart Save Singing.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eReminiscing at Cass or the Greenbrier Shay.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSomething Tells Me You're the Girl.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSong of a Woman.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSweet Kitty Wells.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Ballad of Oakland.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Battle Cry of Freedom.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Last Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Self Service Chain Store.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Sunny Hours of Childhood.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Vacant Chair.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe West Virginia Singer.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThere's a Little Spark of Love Still Burning.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTramp! Tramp! Tramp! The Prisoners Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWe Are Mountaineers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWest Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWest Virginia! And My Home.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWest Virginia University Songs.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWhat a Lovely Day!\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWho Will Care For Mother Now?\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWild and Wonderful West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Tell Overture.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWillie My Brave.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eTransferred to A\u0026amp;M 727, Pearl S. Buck, Author. Papers:\u003c/emph\u003e Correspondence, manuscripts, articles, photographs and clippings by and about Pearl S. Buck and her birthplace collected by Jim Comstock (1938-1973; 6 in.)\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Separated to A\u0026M collections:","Various autographed items have been moved to A\u0026M 435.","Account book volumes 2, 2a, 3, 3a, 3b, and 3c, daybooks and ledgers from the Sistersville General Store run by Joshua and William Russell, were separated to A\u0026M 3071, Russell, Joshua \u0026 William. Sistersville General Store. Daybooks and Ledgers.","Account book volumes 4, 4a, and 4b, daybooks of John Goshorn, were separated to A\u0026M 2426, Goshorn Family. Papers.","Account book volumes 6-8, law records and accounts of Judge George A. Vincent, as well as Vincent's letters from the Historical Documents series, were separated to A\u0026M 3068, Vincent, George A., Lawyer and Judge. Papers.","Separated to the Printed Ephemera Collection:","Articles, maps, and letters, 1582-1877  (includes selections relating to the South Seas during the colonial period), on 1 reel of microfilm, P13438","Articles, letters, maps, and speeches, 1808-1863  (16 items which are listed on a sheet in the box), 1 reel of microfilm, P13439","Burnett, Nancy S.  Slovenes in Rural Appalachia: An Oral History  (Richwood, W. Va.: News Leader Press, 1994).","Separated to Printed Ephemera (Pamphlets), Periodicals, etc.:","West Virginia Odd Fellow , 1919, Charleston (1 item)","West Virginia State Weekly , 1910-1911, Fairmont (several items)","Exponent , 1917-1918, Moundsville (4 items)","Oros , 1927, Moundsville (1 item)","Pedagogue's Pastime , 1885, Moundsville (3 items)","Princeton Observer , 1950 (1 item)","Searchlight , Summersville (32 items)","West Virginia Farm Journal , 1872, Union (1 item)","Church Calendar , 1917, Wheeling (1 item)","Church News , 1892, Wheeling (1 item)","English Lutheran , 1900, Wheeling (1 item)","Musical Monthly , 1896-1897, Wheeling (6 items)","The Saturday Review , 1912 August 10, Wheeling","State Fair News , 1910, Wheeling (1 item)","William's Courier , undated, Wheeling (1 item)","Valley News Echo , Hagerstown, MD; reprint of an 1861 paper","Haney's Journal , 1869 March-October except July, New York (several items)","Our Southern Home , 1893 November, Hamlet, NC","Books separated to the West Virginia Collection or the WVU Downtown Library stacks:","Donnelly, Shirley.  Yesterday and Today: A Keepsake I, II, and III.  Fayetteville, W. Va.: Fayette County Historical Society, no date.","Keepsake Stories of the Ozarks.  Cassville, Mo.: Litho Printers, 1978.","Norton, Andre.  Catseye . London: Gollancz, 1974.","Deacon, William A.  The Four Jameses . Toronto: Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1974.","Haslip, Joan.  Catherine the Great: A Biography . New York: Putnam, 1977.","Separated to the Maps Collection:","Virginie [Virginia], Maryland en 2 Feuilles par Fry et Jefferson, 1777","Bird's Eye View of the City of Wheeling, West Virginia","Sistersville, West Virginia","Bird's Eye View of Philippi, West Virginia","Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia","Fairmont and Palatine, West Virginia","Mannington, West Virginia","Morgantown, West Virginia","Clarksburg, West Virginia","Davis, Tucker County, West Virginia","Grafton, West Virginia","Cairo, West Virginia","Cameron, West Virginia","Harrisville, Ritchie County, West Virginia","Moundsville, West Virginia","New Martinsville, West Virginia","Parkersburg, Blennerhasset Island, West Virginia","Pennsboro, West Virginia","Salem, West Virginia","St. Mary's, West Virginia","Wellsburg, West Virginia","Buckhannon, West Virginia","Weston, West Virginia","Bird's Eye View of Keyser, West Virginia","View of Parsons, West Virginia","Aero View of Bluefield, West Virginia","Aero View of Keystone, West Virginia","Aero View of North Fork and Town of Clark, West Virginia","West Virginia Agricultural Society on Wheeling Island","Note: A spreadsheet with more details regarding the separated maps can be found in the control folder.","The majority of the newspapers in this collection have been separated into the West Virginia Collection's newspaper holdings.  Lists of the newspapers originally inventoried for this collection can be found in the control folder. Most of the West Virginia newspapers were microfilmed; see Miscellaneous Reel 113. For a list of the contents of this reel, please see the \"W.Va. Newspapers from Comstock Collection\" three-page packet in the control folder. On the third page is a list of items separated from the Comstock Collection to printed ephemera (pamphlets), periodicals, etc.","Sheet music separated to A\u0026M 723, Sheet Music:","Americans, Together.","Back to West Virginia.","Battle of Port Royal.","Brave Boys Are They.","Canoeing on the Kanawha.","Capt. Linch March.","Cherry.","Cotton Field Dance.","Down in the Lonely Dell.","Dynamite Twist.","Fair West Virginia.","Fire Fly Polka.","Glory Hallelujah.","Going Back to West Virginia.","Home Alone in West Virginia.","I Have Something Sweet to Tell You.","Imagine Me.","In Flanders' Fields.","I Want to Go Back to Michigan Down On the Farm.","J'aime Mon Amour.","Just Before the Battle, Mother.","Kingdom Coming.","La Violette de Carafa.","Love and Devotion.","Memory's Dream.","Men of West Augusta.","Mountain Land West Virginia.","On, On, On, the Boys Came Marching!","Our Grateful Heart Save Singing.","Reminiscing at Cass or the Greenbrier Shay.","Something Tells Me You're the Girl.","Song of a Woman.","Sweet Kitty Wells.","The Ballad of Oakland.","The Battle Cry of Freedom.","The Last Hope.","The Self Service Chain Store.","The Sunny Hours of Childhood.","The Vacant Chair.","The West Virginia Singer.","There's a Little Spark of Love Still Burning.","Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! The Prisoners Hope.","We Are Mountaineers.","West Virginia.","West Virginia! And My Home.","West Virginia University Songs.","What a Lovely Day!","Who Will Care For Mother Now?","Wild and Wonderful West Virginia.","William Tell Overture.","Willie My Brave.","Transferred to A\u0026M 727, Pearl S. Buck, Author. Papers:  Correspondence, manuscripts, articles, photographs and clippings by and about Pearl S. Buck and her birthplace collected by Jim Comstock (1938-1973; 6 in.)"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePermissions and Copyright page\u003c/a\u003e on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_65d6b5a9a55c1158201a2641c226d229\"\u003ePapers of James (\"Jim\") Franklin Comstock of Richwood, West Virginia, whose position as editor of the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e and avocation as collector and advocate of all things West Virginia led to the preservation of much of the state's physical, visual, and textual history. The collection includes materials Comstock collected about West Virginia history as well as his own personal and professional papers. Materials include: general series of historical documents such as letters, deeds, and county court cases pertaining to a diverse range of subjects (1717, 1754-1988, undated [includes facsimiles]); letters of Lucy Prichard, former instructor at Marshall College (now Marshall University) (1925-1927, undated); clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c/emph\u003e writer Louis Eckert Reed (ca. 1960-1975, undated); account books concerning economic development and commercial activities in the northern part of the state in the 19th and early 20th centuries (1830-1938); printed material about West Virginia schools, businesses, and events as well as non-West Virginia books and pamphlets (1829-1995, undated); Comstock's personal and professional correspondence (1882-1995, undated); a wide variety of photographs, including images of West Virginia cities and towns, among many others (ca. 1850s-1995, undated); microfilmed records of the Civil War and Dunmore's War (undated); glass lantern slides, which include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV (1871-1897, undated); Grand Army of the Republic and U.S. military history scrapbooks (1883-1918); broadsides, including advertisements for a circus in Moundsville (ca. 1827-1960 [includes facsimiles]); and maps and atlases of pre- and post-statehood West Virginia, counties, colonial North America, and other topics (1730-1976, undated [includes facsimiles]). An addendum of 2013/05 includes additional personal and professional correspondence, publications, newspaper morgue files, photographs, audio-visual material, artifacts, scrapbooks, account books, and maps. For more information on Jim Comstock, see the Historical Note.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Papers of James (\"Jim\") Franklin Comstock of Richwood, West Virginia, whose position as editor of the  West Virginia Hillbilly  and avocation as collector and advocate of all things West Virginia led to the preservation of much of the state's physical, visual, and textual history. The collection includes materials Comstock collected about West Virginia history as well as his own personal and professional papers. Materials include: general series of historical documents such as letters, deeds, and county court cases pertaining to a diverse range of subjects (1717, 1754-1988, undated [includes facsimiles]); letters of Lucy Prichard, former instructor at Marshall College (now Marshall University) (1925-1927, undated); clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and  Atlantic Monthly  writer Louis Eckert Reed (ca. 1960-1975, undated); account books concerning economic development and commercial activities in the northern part of the state in the 19th and early 20th centuries (1830-1938); printed material about West Virginia schools, businesses, and events as well as non-West Virginia books and pamphlets (1829-1995, undated); Comstock's personal and professional correspondence (1882-1995, undated); a wide variety of photographs, including images of West Virginia cities and towns, among many others (ca. 1850s-1995, undated); microfilmed records of the Civil War and Dunmore's War (undated); glass lantern slides, which include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV (1871-1897, undated); Grand Army of the Republic and U.S. military history scrapbooks (1883-1918); broadsides, including advertisements for a circus in Moundsville (ca. 1827-1960 [includes facsimiles]); and maps and atlases of pre- and post-statehood West Virginia, counties, colonial North America, and other topics (1730-1976, undated [includes facsimiles]). 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Lucy taught at Huntington High School from 1899-1913, and taught Latin and Classical Studies at Marshall College (now Marshall University) from 1914-1941. Marshall's Prichard Hall was named in her honor.","Louis Eckert Reed  (born October 1, 1899 in Wirt County, WV; died January 31, 1979 in Elizabeth, WV) served as a sergeant in the US Army during WWI, served as Administrative Assistant to Senator Chapman Revercomb, and worked as a prosecuting attorney in Wirt County, WV. He also wrote for  Atlantic Monthly .","James Franklin \"Jim\" Comstock  was born to Harry Clinton and Myrtle Blanche in Richwood, West Virginia on February 25, 1911. He married Miss Ola Stowers in Huntington, WV, on October 18, 1933; they would have two daughters, Sandra Ferguson and Elaine Nagy, and a son, Jay. In 1934, Comstock received B.A. from Marshall College (now Marshall University). From 1938-1942, he taught at Richwood High School and wrote for the  Clarksburg Telegram . He served in the U.S. Navy from 1944-1946, and upon returning home he founded the  Nicholas County News Leader  (originally  News Letter ) with Bronson D. McClung (1920-2004), a former student of his. On December 25, 1963, the  Nicholas County News Leader  combined with  Nicholas Republican ; in 1984, it became the  Richwood News Leader . Comstock remained an active part of the paper till his death on May 22, 1996.\n \n In 1957, Comstock founded the weekly  West Virginia Hillbilly  with McClung, and became its editor. The paper included feature articles, columns of special interest to West Virginians, book notes, and the \"Comstock Load,\" the editor's own column on the back page. Comstock first tried to sell the  Hillbilly  in 1976. In 1981, he sold it to the South Charleston Publishing Company. On February 25, 1986, he repurchased and began resuscitating the  Hillbilly . In 1992, he sold the  Hillbilly  to Sandy McCauley. In 2001, the  Hillbilly  ceased publication.","Comstock was involved in many endeavors in addition to his newspaper editing and reporting activities. In 1963, he ran unsuccessfully for Congress on the Republican ticket. He wrote, edited, and contributed to various books, including  Pa and Ma and Mr. Kennedy , a 50-volume  West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia , and a collection of newspaper highlights entitled  Best of Hillbilly . He was also involved in republishing books by West Virginian authors. He campaigned to purchase and preserve author Pearl S. Buck's birthplace at Hillsboro, and he helped save the Cass Scenic Railroad. He also founded the University of Hard Knocks, a lighthearted honorary society that recognizes the accomplishments of people who have succeeded in life without a college degree.","Papers of James (\"Jim\") Franklin Comstock of Richwood, West Virginia, whose position as editor of the  West Virginia Hillbilly  and avocation as collector and advocate of all things West Virginia led to the preservation of much of the state's physical, visual, and textual history. The collection includes materials Comstock collected about West Virginia history as well as his own personal and professional papers.","Materials include: general series of historical documents such as letters, deeds, and county court cases pertaining to a diverse range of subjects (1717, 1754-1988, undated [includes facsimiles]); letters of Lucy Prichard, former instructor at Marshall College (now Marshall University) (1925-1927, undated); clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and  Atlantic Monthly  writer Louis Eckert Reed (ca. 1960-1975, undated); account books concerning economic development and commercial activities in the northern part of the state in the 19th and early 20th centuries (1830-1938); printed material about West Virginia schools, businesses, and events as well as non-West Virginia books and pamphlets (1829-1995, undated); Comstock's personal and professional correspondence (1882-1995, undated); a wide variety of photographs, including images of West Virginia cities and towns, among many others (ca. 1850s-1995, undated); microfilmed records of the Civil War and Dunmore's War (undated); glass lantern slides, which include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV (1871-1897, undated); Grand Army of the Republic and U.S. military history scrapbooks (1883-1918); broadsides, including advertisements for a circus in Moundsville (ca. 1827-1960 [includes facsimiles]); and maps and atlases of pre- and post-statehood West Virginia, counties, colonial North America, and other topics (1730-1976, undated [includes facsimiles]).","An addendum of 2013/05 includes additional personal and professional correspondence, publications, newspaper morgue files, photographs, audio-visual material, artifacts, scrapbooks, account books, and maps. For more information on Jim Comstock, see the Historical Note.","Series 1. Historical Documents; 1717, 1754-1988, undated (includes facsimiles); box 1 - box 3, folder 2. \nSeries 2. Lucy Prichard Papers; 1913-1936, undated; box 3, folders 3-8. \nSeries 3. Louis Reed Papers; ca. 1960-1975, undated; boxes 4-5. \nSeries 4. Account Books; 1830-1938; boxes 6-17. \nSeries 5. Printed Material; 1829-1995, undated; boxes 18-25. \nSeries 6. Comstock Correspondence; 1882-1995, undated (bulk 1950-1995); boxes 26-72. \nSeries 7. Photographs; ca. 1850s-1995, undated; boxes 73-81. \nSeries 8. Motion Pictures; undated; box 82. \nSeries 9. Microfilm; undated; box 82. \nSeries 10. Cassette Tapes; undated; box 82. \nSeries 11. Glass Lantern Slides; 1871-1897, undated; boxes 83-85. \nSeries 12. Scrapbooks; 1883-1918; boxes 86-91. \nSeries 13. Broadsides; ca. 1827-1960 (includes facsimiles); box 92. \nSeries 14. Maps; 1730-1976, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 93-103, and map cabinet 1, drawer 12. \nSeries 15. Newspapers; ca. 1826-1924, 1976; box 104. \nSeries 16. Artifacts; 1952-1976, undated; boxes 105-109. \nSeries 17. Oversize; 1650-1671, 1720-1991, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 110-118.","Addendum of 2013/05  includes material much like that in the initial acquisition, divided into the following series:","Series 18. Correspondence; 1838-2003, undated (bulk 1950-1995); box 119 - box 133 folder 4, and box 134 folders 1-11.* \nSeries 19. Publications; 1889-2002, undated; box 133, folders 5-6, box 134, folder 12, and boxes 135-136.* \nSeries 20. Subject Files; ca. 1851-1995, undated; boxes 137-146. \nSeries 21. Photographs; ca. 1870s-2003, undated; boxes 147-149.* \nSeries 22. Audio-Visual Material; 1990-1992, undated; box 150. \nSeries 23. Artifacts; undated; box 151, folders 1-2. \nSeries 24. Scrapbooks; ca. 1953-1984; box 151, folder 3 and scrapbook. \nSeries 25. Account Books; 1954-1960s; box 151 ledgers. \nSeries 26. Oversize Material; 1861-1866, 1893-1933, 1950-1998, undated; box 152 - box 156, folder 3, loose folders 1-4, oversize folder 1, and box 157. \nSeries 27. Maps; 1884-1891, 1920, 1957-1987; box 156, folders 4-10. \nSeries 28. Historical Documents; 1839-1909; box 158.","*Please note: boxes 123, 133, and 149 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.","This series includes financial records such as receipts and invoices, legal documents such as deeds and court cases, correspondence, land records, genealogy materials, ephemera, and typescript histories. Box 1 includes three subgroups: the Barnet Cushwa Papers, West Virginia Documents, and Non-West Virginia Documents. Boxes 2a-3 contain material of mixed origin. Additional historical documents can be found in Series 17, Oversize, and in subseries Oversize--Manuscripts.","This subseries includes a collection of materials documenting the activities of Cushwa, a prominent farmer and later the sheriff of Berkeley County in the 1850s. Cushwa's papers reveal his activities as administrator of the Daniel Gehr estate (1839-1843). The Berkeley County documents, including lists of landholdings, orders, taxes, and fee collections, demonstrate his duties as sheriff in the 1850s. See Series 17, Oversize, box 117 for Berkeley County land holdings, sheriff's accounts, and lists of orders, taxes, fees, etc. (1854-1858).","This subseries is comprised of correspondence and other material, principally concerning commercial and development activities in north-central West Virginia. These items are grouped by county; please note that there is overlap between counties.   Highlights include:  items relating to Harman Blennerhassett (box 1, folder 12);  a six-page letter written by William G. Brown answering questions concerning the constitutionality of the movement for West Virginia statehood (June 28, 1862) (box 1, folder 13);  letters and reminiscences focusing on the reunions of the Battle of Philippi (1911-1935) (box 1, folder 14); and  two letters from the abolitionist John Brown (box 1, folder 15)."," Additional West Virginia documents can be found in boxes 2a-2c.","Highlights of this subseries include:  four letters from soldiers in the Mexican War;  seventeen letters from Pennsylvania soldier James M. Weaver, principally to his wife, during his service in the Civil War;  a confidential letter from President James Monroe explaining his policy on fortifying the frontier;  seven Booker T. Washington letters;  two letters from Revolutionary War general Horatio Gates; and  a folder of letters written by famous 19th century figures including Samuel Clemens, Collis P. Huntington, Nathaniel P. Banks, and Newton D. Baker.","This subseries contains correspondence, invoices, deeds, tax documents, court cases, and other material. Most of the items pertain to West Virginia.  Highlights include:  bills and invoices of G.H.A. Kunst and John H. Kunst (1853-1867, 1892-1893);  papers of the Wells family of Sistersville (1806-1885);  a telegram regarding the burning of Harpers Ferry (1861);  a broadside listing members of Company H, 3rd Regiment, Potomac Home Brigade, Maryland Infantry (undated); and  legal documents regarding the manumission of slaves (1820-1828, 1856).","Lucy Prichard taught Latin and Classical Studies at Marshall College from 1914 to 1941. This series includes correspondence, photographs, and printed material. Correspondence includes Karl Prichard's letters (1918) and Lucy Prichard's letters (1925-1927, undated). Lucy's letters are addressed to her mother, Mrs. R.H. Prichard, in Huntington, WV. Many of Lucy's letters relate to her travels and studies in the Peloponnesus peninsula of Greece, the British Isles, Western Europe, and Italy in 1925 and 1927. For more information on Lucy Prichard, see the Historical Note.","This series includes newspaper clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and Atlantic Monthly writer Louis Eckert Reed. The newspaper clippings show images of Reed family photos (1960). The typescripts are short stories written by Louis, many likely unpublished. Also included are notes and a draft of  Burning Springs, Virginia: The Civil War's Unsolved Mystery , initially a paper that Reed prepared for the West Virginia Historical Society (see  Burning Springs, West Virginia: the Civil War's Unsolved Mystery , by Louis Reed, self-published in Elizabeth, WV, 1960). This material may have been developed for his later fictional novel,  Burning Springs  (published in Huntington, WV by University Editions/Aegina Press, 1985). For more information on Reed, see the Historical Note. A letter from Louis Reed to Jim Comstock regarding Reed's book  Warning in Appalachia  (1967) can be found in Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 62, folder 27. Other letters from Reed may be found elsewhere in Series 6, Correspondence.","This series includes 27 account books, many of which relate to north-central West Virginia businesses. These ledgers document general stores, a Jewish-owned clothing store in Richwood, the activities of an itinerant Methodist minister in the mining villages of north-central West Virginia, grocery stores and meat markets, a glass manufacturer, and other businesses. See Separated Materials note for information on volumes separated to other collections.","Thistle and Cox formed a partnership in Tyler County, [West] Virginia in March of 1835. This is the partnership's first ledger, which spans the years 1835-1837, but reference is made to the transfer of accounts to at least one subsequent ledger. The business appears to have been located near the Ohio River (probably in Sistersville), since customers included Ohio as well as Tyler County citizens. Although the debit side for each customer only lists the term \"merchandise\" for purchases, the ledger reveals the barter nature of much of the rural economy of Tyler County on the credit side. Among items received in trade by Thistle and Cox were chestnuts, hides, bees wax, rags, sand, tobacco, clothes, meats, produce, and various forms of labor. The ledger also frequently lists the occupations or residences of many of the customers. Included were coopers, tanners, blacksmiths, preachers, schoolteachers, and carpenters, scattered from Point Pleasant to Wheeling.","Inventory and Book Accounts. This volume contains a 66-page inventory of goods on hand and their prices in a Tyler County general store in January 1877. The inventory is divided into the following categories: fancy groceries, groceries, men's shoes, ladies' shoes, children's shoes, overshoes, dress goods, wall paper, housewares, and other. Starting on page 71 is a four-page list of the book accounts of the store's customers, presumably on that same date.","The Cordray Carriage Company was a short-lived business in Fairmont, WV. The ledger lists only the customers and the amount they owed T.L. Cordray, the proprietor of the Carriage Company. The ledger does not list the services for which the customers were charged. However, one itemized account invoice on an inserted piece of paper suggests that the Cordray Carriage Company repaired vehicles. For H.O. Amos, from 1907 through 1911, the Company repaired couplings, repaired and painted the body, repaired the interior, raised the body, and tightened and repaired the fenders, for a total charge of $118. The ledger includes more than 400 customers.","A. H. Breckstein was a Jewish merchant who operated a clothing store in the boom town of Richwood, in Nicholas County. Volume 10 is a cash book detailing daily transactions in the store, both sales and expenses, for part of 1910, and consistently for the period 1928 to 1936. There are also monthly accountings of both cash and credit sales as well as expenses. Volume 11 documents sales and purchases of clothing for the period 1926 to 1934. The sales portion of this volume repeats information available in volume 10. Volume 12 is a ledger of accounts payable for the period 1921-1928, showing the firms from which Breckstein purchased his goods. Included are companies in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and New York.","J.C. Shock was a Methodist minister assigned to a parish in Pullman, WV in 1910. However, he also appeared to be an itinerant preacher, and his account book lists ministerial services provided for the towns and villages of Duffy, Straight Fork, Falls Mill, Glady, and Kingknob, in the north-central West Virginia counties of Lewis, Ritchie, and Wetzel. The account book documents Shock's ministry, listing the text for sermons preached at various towns as well as the contributions of those towns to his salary. Most of the entries cover the years 1910-1917, at which time his base of operations seems to have shifted permanently to Falls Run and Falls Mill in Braxton County. There are entries for sermons, marriages, and assessments for those towns running to 1938. An additional folder contains miscellaneous documents related to Shock found within the ledger.","In the 1890s, Mrs. Samuel C. Gans operated a general store in Moundsville, which by 1900 was specializing in dry goods. This ledger reflects the volume of business and the timing and means of settling accounts. The early pages (for the 1890s) are more detailed, listing the items purchased from the general store. For the later period, the entries are frequently limited to the terms \"goods\" or \"merchandise.\" The back of the volume also contains some notes and miscellaneous accounts, such as rooms rented.","In 1892, a number of Charleston's German families banded together to form an Evangelical Lutheran Church. Subscriptions for a building fund and other church work began to be collected in October of that year. This ledger documents the subscriptions of the founding members of St. Paul's Evangelical Church. It also provides an accounting of the expenses and building funds contributed by the members, including the purchase of a lot on Court Street in Charleston, the church's construction, and the salary of the minister.","These volumes were written by Albert S. Hayden, Notary Public in and for the county of Marion and the state of West Virginia. He recorded handwritten copies of promissory notes and bills presented at Fairmont, WV banks for redemption, which were protested by the First National Bank of Fairmont's cashier. The ledgers also list the date protested, by whom, and the notices mailed to note signers. Most notes originated in West Virginia, but some originated in Ohio. Volume 16a covers 1870-1873. Volume 16b covers 1875-1876.","Anthony Zidn operated a grocery and dry goods store outside of Fairmont on RFD #2. Zidn was an immigrant from the Middle East (perhaps Armenia, as suggested by the fact he kept his accounts in Persian and had a Christian name). These three ledgers document his business, although most of the information is written in Persian.","The Price Brothers operated a general store in the small village of Amos on the Paw Paw Creek, eleven miles from the town of Fairmont in Marion County. The Price Brothers sold all sorts of groceries to people in the town, as documented by this ledger. In addition, the Polk business directory for 1902-1903 notes that the Price sisters operated a millinery business in Amos. There are loose papers within the ledger, including statements and product advertisements (1905-1907, undated).","At the turn of the century, there were four wholesale meat provisioners in Wheeling. This ledger represents the operations of one of them for the years 1901-1902. The company principally supplied general stores and grocers in eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia, southwestern Pennsylvania, and western Maryland. However, individuals could also buy directly. Entries typically include the name of the purchaser, the town in which the purchaser resides, and the amount of the purchase. For local buyers, the ledger frequently lists the Wheeling address. Since transactions are usually noted only as merchandise, it is impossible to glean what types of meats were being purchased at what costs.","Jacob Hornbrook was born in Tavistock, England, in 1812 and moved with his parents to Wheeling when he was a small child. Jacob's father ran a small [business?] in Wheeling. As a young man, Jacob began a mercantile business buying and selling produce on the flatboats travelling on the Ohio River. He later started a notions store, purchased interest in a steamship line and the First National Bank, and was president and owned stock in the Wheeling Gas Company. These three books, a journal (volume 20; 1847-1874), a ledger (volume 21; 1847-1874), and a cash book (volume 22; 1845-1874), document his business interests, investments, and personal expenses during the last three decades of his life. Although he remained an active investor, Hornbrook retired from his mercantile business in 1855 with an estate valued at more than $30,000. In 1852, he moved to what he called \"Forest Home\" near Wheeling Park, and he served in the West Virginia legislature during the Civil War.","This volume includes a manuscript copy of the act \"To incorporate the Wheeling Gas Company\" issued March 18, 1850; a copy of a related Wheeling city ordinance, issued April 29, 1850; stockholders meeting minutes, April 15, April 25, May 1, May 9, and May 11, 1850; and lists of subscribers, the number of shares of stock, and the amount paid.","George C. Gans was a physician practicing in Marshall County in the decades prior to the Civil War. Although most of his patients resided in the area around Moundsville and Elizabeth, Gans does not appear in either the 1840 or the 1850 U.S. census schedules for Marshall County. The ledger documents his treatment of families in Marshall County for a wide variety of ills, including typhoid fever (1861), cholera (1847), and farm injuries. Gans also routinely attended childbirths. His treatments included blistering, bleeding, venesection, lancing, and operating as well as administering medicine and pills. In return for his services, Gans routinely accepted farm produce, labor on his farm, and other useful items such as shingles. He went on to serve as an assistant surgeon in the Civil War.","This is a ledger of an Elizabeth, PA, glass manufacturer's accounts with his workers. The manufacturer ran some type of company store, and the ledger thus includes debits for cash and merchandise received by the workers and credits for the various types of labor performed, including glass blowing, teasing, cutting, coal mining, blacksmithing, and box making. In addition, the ledger includes the manufacturer's accounts with a boarding house owner for boarding his workers and with a local merchant who supplied the company store. In general, the ledger provides insights into the earnings of mid-19th century artisans as well as the operation of a small, rural glass-making establishment.","This consignment book documents commodity prices and the wide variety of goods received by a Wheeling commission merchant house during the 1830s. It also provides insights into the local industrial development, since the commission merchants routinely received goods on consignment from local manufacturers, such as the German Manufacturing Company (textiles). At the beginning of the book, there is evidence that the firm engaged a peddler to make trips in 1830, and the commission house also conducted auctions during the 1830s.","Moses Chapline was a prominent citizen in Wheeling, at various times an attorney, a general store owner, and in the 1830s, mayor. This daybook documents the daily trade at his store during 1845. Included are entries for purchases of a wide variety of goods as well as entries for store expenses, such as insurance, soap, and transportation. The A. Loring who appears frequently throughout was probably Alonzo Loring, a clerk at the store.","Harry Hood and Company was a retail meat and dairy market in Fairmont, WV. This ledger covers the last few months of 1906 and the first months of 1907. It documents purchases of meat from wholesale producers, such as Armour and Company, and sales of meat to local businesses and individuals in Fairmont. Transactions are typically listed only as \"merchandise,\" making it difficult to glean any information concerning prices or consumption patterns. The ledger is used only for the first 150 of its 500 pages, and the business does not appear in the Polk business directory of 1906-1907, suggesting the possibility that it folded some time in 1907.","This ledger documents a general store in Tyler County, probably near Middlebourne, the county seat. Although fairly routine entries characterize customer purchases, the volume also documents purchases from wholesale merchants, beginning on page 251. Included are such firms as Hubbard and Paull, and Jos. Speidel, both of Wheeling; Ed Roome of Sistersville; and Burgunder Brothers and Company, of Columbus, Ohio. Also, the ledger often lists the occupations of the store's customers. Included are John Gates, an oil rig builder (reflecting the emergence of the local oil business) and a number of customers connected to a local woolen mill.","John Gallaher, Christian Ansbrutz, and Caleb Bleakmor started a general store partnership in 1853. Prior to that date, Gallaher operated a store in Moundsville, which is documented in the first 90 pages of the daybook. The daybook follows the partnership for only six months (until September 1853), but then another Moundsville general store (involving Bleakmor) used the daybook during 1856. In the 1850 census, Bleakmor was listed as a constable, age 49, born in Maryland; and Ansbrutz was listed as a miller, age 47, born in France, worth $23,000. Only Gallaher, a 53-year-old Irishman worth $12,000, was listed as a merchant. From the evidence in the daybook, it appears that the partnership was short-lived.","This series includes ephemera, sheet music, booklets, pamphlets, and correspondence. Additional miscellaneous printed material can be found in Series 17, Oversize.","  Box 18 includes calendars, sheet music, notecards, and printed material related to West Virginia history. The notecards include screen printed notecards from Wolf Creek Printery in Alderson, WV (1976). The history printed material includes a booklet entitled  Wheeling Bicentennial, 1769-1969  (1969?).","  Box 19 includes West Virginia serial publications and magazines, as well as printed material about West Virginia schools and locations. Highlights include three issues of  The Searchlight , a serial about education (two published in Summersville, WV [1895-1896], and one published in Fayetteville, WV [1899]); an issue of  The Mikrophone: Devoted to Religion, Morality, and Temperance  (published in Highland, WV, by D.H. Davis, 1906); Scottish Rite pamphlets (published in Wheeling, 1910-1917); the Richwood High School Class of 1940 reunion program (1960); Craigsville Grade School's first yearbook (1973); and  Mountaineer Spirit , a WVU student magazine featuring an article about Jim Comstock (1968).","  Box 20 includes non-West Virginia serial publications and magazines. Highlights include an issue of  The Religious Magazine, or Spirit of the Foreign Theological Journals and Reviews  (Philadelphia: E. Littell, 1829); and E.D. Cope's  On Vertebrata from the Tertiary and Cretaceous Rocks of the North West Territory  (Montreal: W.F. Brown \u0026 Co., 1891);  Naval Training School -- Indoctrination, Hollywood Florida: Quarterdeck, Class of 3-44, 20 June 1944  (Hollywood, FL: Naval Training School, 1944); and issue no. 18 of  Papers from the Society for the Diffusion of Political Knowledge  (undated).","  Box 21 includes various writings, such as student literary magazines, works of fiction, poetry booklets, and George T. Swain's  The Incomparable Don Chafin  (Charleston, WV: Ace Enterprises, 1962).","  Box 22 includes George T. Swain's  Facts About the Two Armed Marches on Logan  (Charleston, WV: Ace Enterprises, 1962), as well as printed materials for a variety of West Virginia and non-West Virginia businesses and organizations. These include advertisements and booklets regarding the West Virginia glass industry, including Fenton Glass (1966-1976, undated), a Woman's Club of Gassaway booklet (1970), a reprint of the Berkeley Springs Hotel Brochure of 1885 (1988), and the constitution of the First Baptist Church of Richwood, WV (undated). For additional business-related printed material, see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 2b, folders 11-12.","  Box 23 includes miscellaneous booklets, programs, book plates, articles, clippings, and other material. Highlights include  Rules of Practice in the United States Patent Office  (Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1892), Elbert Hubbard's  Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Teachers: Erasmus  (East Aurora, Erie County, NY: The Roycrofters, 1908), the Richwood Spud and Splinter Festival Program (1940), and Eugene L. Huddleston's  The World's Greatest Mallets: C \u0026 O H-8 Versus N \u0026 W Class A  (Alderson, WV: Chesapeake \u0026 Ohio Historical Society, 1986).","  Boxes 24 and 25 contain books, including Comstock's autobiography.","This series includes Jim Comstock's personal and professional correspondence. This series contains materials that are diverse in format, including letters, scripts for radio and other media, clippings, postcards, typescripts, articles, financial materials (e.g. bank books and checks), printed material, ephemera, and photographs. Most of the photographic material in this series has been moved to Series 7, Photographs. Some materials were moved to Series 17, Oversize -- see the Series 17 description for details."," Comstock marked much of his correspondence to be filed by the first letter of the correspondent's last name. Some of this organizational scheme has survived; folders containing specific letter and year files are dispersed throughout the series. Other notations that Comstock used include \"LR\" for letters received, \"Sp\" for speech-related correspondence, \"NL\" for  News Leader -related correspondence, and \"HB\" for  West Virginia Hillbilly -related correspondence."," Topics and items of interest include:  \n letters written to Comstock by regional author Jesse Stuart, and by political figures such as Hubert H. Humphrey, Robert C. Byrd, Jennings Randolph, and Barry Goldwater (box 26 and others);  rejection letters from newspapers and magazines to which Comstock submitted material (box 26);  biographical material about Jim Comstock and his family, including a thesis about Comstock by Mary Abel (boxes 26 and 47);  Larry Maynor, journalist for the  Charleston Daily Mail  (box 29);  the sale and ultimate demise of the  West Virginia Hillbilly  (boxes 31 and 72);  the University of Hard Knocks, including a mock-up diploma, resumes, and portrait photograph headshots of potential graduates (boxes 31 and 60);  [Delf] Norona Collection payments (boxes 33 and 46);  Pearl S. Buck (box 33 and others);  Billy Edd Wheeler, West Virginia writer and musician (box 36);  Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) reunion in 1979 (box 36);  Otto Whittaker, who worked with Comstock on  The Best of the Hillbilly  (boxes 37 and 65);  the  West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia  (box 40);  Comstock's appearance on John Nebel's WOR radio show in 1960, including postcards and letters regarding the appearance and requests for Comstock's Richwood Kinsey Report as well as  News Leader  or  West Virginia Hillbilly  subscriptions (boxes 41-42);  Comstock's appearance on the Today Show in 1966 (box 42);  Comstock's appearance on Patricia/Patsy McCann's WOR radio show in New York in August 1977, including letters and postcards regarding the appearance and requests to receive the free six-week subscription to the  West Virginia Hillbilly  which Comstock offered on the show (boxes 42-43);  writers, with an emphasis on West Virginia authors, whose work Comstock was interested in collecting (boxes 40, 44, 45, and 62);  writings by Comstock, including short stories, articles, drafts, etc. (boxes 47-49);  Comstock's nomination and campaign for a U.S. House of Representatives seat on the Republican ticket in 1964 (boxes 51 and 56);  the  West Virginia Hillbilly  and  News Leader , including morgue files, old articles, submissions, letters, and other items (boxes 54, 55, 57, 61, 63, and others; for oversize items, see Series 17, Oversize, box 116);  Eck Bozeman (box 57);  Comstock's pocket diaries (box 57);  Comstock's naval service during World War II (box 60);  H.C. Comstock, Jim's father (box 68); and  historical research material, possibly for the  Encyclopedia  (box 72)."," Please note that the above list is not exhaustive.","This series includes print photographs, negatives, cartes de visite, cabinet cards, mounted photos, tintypes, photo postcards, slides, clippings, printed material, correspondence, photo plates, and eight canisters of large format aerial diapositives (photo transparencies). Subjects include furniture; first ladies of West Virginia; historic homes of West Virginia; identified and unidentified individual and group portraits; cities and towns of West Virginia; buildings; scenery; Museum of the Hills in Richwood, WV; glass and glassmaking; and the Greenbrier. Some of the material in this series was transferred from Series 6, Comstock Correspondence -- in cases where the photographic item was attached to correspondence, the correspondence was transferred as well. Please note that some negatives are nitrate; keep these away from heat and handle with care. Additional photographic material can be found in Series 6, Correspondence, boxes 35, 54, 55, and 72. For photos of Fenton Glass products, see Series 5, Printed Material, box 22. Some oversize photos have been separated to the Photographs Collection; most of these have been added to West Virginia History OnView. Additional oversize photos can be found in Series 17, Oversize."," Contents of the eight canisters of large format aerial diapositives (photo transparencies):"," Box 80; Canister label: \"Huntington 1-6000 April 1947\"  Box 80; Canister label: \"Chas. [Charleston?] 1957, Nitro, 1957; St. Albans, 1957, Old Chas., 1948, Airport, Big Scale (?)\"  Box 80; Canister labels: \"Elk River Coal \u0026 Lumber Co., Aerial Map Flown April 1953.\" and \"City of Huntington Scale 1-6000 Apr 28 1947\"  Box 80; Canister label: \"Harmony Near Ripley, [?] ft to 1\" old; Colin Creek Coal Stripping, large scale, 1948; Lake Chaweva, 1948; Armour Park, 1948; C\u0026O Ry [Railway?] Coal River 1948; Bellings Airport, 1947; Kanawha Airport, large and small scale, 12-9-1947; Strip to City Blvd 12-9-1947; City Strip \u0026 Kenna Home; C\u0026CCC Research 1947; Cedar Grove to Montgomery.\"  Box 81; Unlabeled canister.  Box 81; Canister label: \"1949\"  Box 81; Canister label: \"Coal City - Park Beckley, 1947 [?]\" (not usable)  Box 81; Canister label: \"4/20/53 Dick Stata Film, St. Albans - Charleston\" (not usable)","This series contains two rolls of 35 mm black and white motion picture film, and three rolls of 16 mm color motion picture film of a train. Also included is one of the canisters which contained the film. The box which formerly contained the film was labeled \"F.M.C. Movie Scraps.\" Please note that some reels are nitrate; handle with care.","This series contains two reels of microfilm, which were likely the property of Delf Norona before they were acquired by Comstock. The first reel contains West Virginia-related Civil War records; the second contains payroll and public service claims from the West Virginia region in the 1770s."," Reel 1 Contents Notes:  Records of the War Department, Office of the Adjutant General, General Orders, Mountain Department, Army in the Field, May 9 - June 28, 1862.  National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, Washington: 1956. 101 total pgs.  March 18 - June 18, 1862 86 total pgs."," Reel 2 Contents Notes:  Payroll for Pittsburgh, 122 leaves; Payroll for Romney, 43 leaves; Public Service Claims Romney and Winchester 1775, 37 leaves; Public Service Claims West Augusta 1775, 49 leaves; Records of Soldiers and Public Service in Dunmore's War, 279 leaves; index, 25 leaves.","This series includes two cassette tapes which were found in an envelope marked \"Larry Maynor Personal.\" The tapes include recordings of children reading stories and an oral history interview with an unidentified subject.","This series contains 75 wood framed glass lantern slides. Most slides are labeled with the subject, and some are dated. Subjects include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV, as well as Brooke County and Marshall County, WV, and Belmont County, Ohio. These images were likely created by Thomas M. Darrah of Belmont County, Ohio. For the two wooden boxes in which the slides were previously stored, please see Series 16, Artifacts, boxes 105 and 106.","This series includes scrapbooks which contain newspaper clippings and ephemera. Subjects include the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) and U.S. military history with a focus on Civil War history. These scrapbooks may have belonged to Colonel Albert Kern of Dayton, Ohio.","This series includes originals and copies of broadsides and posters. Included are a John Dillinger wanted poster (1934); a Garrett Snuff advertisement (undated); copies of various political notices (originals ca. 1827-1886); Russian broadsides with Cyrillic text, depicting events of the Russian Civil War, USSR propaganda, and other things (ca. 1920-1930); posters for the Marshall County Fair (ca. 1960) and the Moundsville, Powhatan and Clarington Seventh Grand Annual Picnic (1873); advertisements for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus at the Moundsville Fairgrounds (undated); Showboat Rhododendron advertisements (undated); and other material.","This series includes original and facsimile maps, atlases, and books about maps. Highlights include pre- and post-Civil War maps of the West Virginia area;  Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, Illustrated: containing ... special history of the Virginias, maps and histories of Tyler and Wetzel Counties, West Virginia ; maps of America before 1775; copies of [West] Virginia county maps by John Wood from 1820-1821; maps of various West Virginia cities, including, Morgantown, Moundsville, and Wheeling; and various Fry-Jefferson maps (original and copies). A detailed contents list of boxes 93-100b and map cabinet 1, drawer 12 is available. ","\nNote that the date for each map reflects the date of creation of the item, though in the case of copies it may indicate the date of the creation of the original item rather than the date the copy was made. Also, the number of items may indicate different items or different pieces of the same map. ","\n  Not yet located; Item Number 113; County Map of Virginia and West Virginia; 1874","This series includes newspapers from Wheeling, as well as a special bicentennial salute issue of the  West Virginia Hillbilly  (1976). The majority of the newspapers in this collection have been separated to the West Virginia Collection's newspaper holdings. A list of the newspapers originally inventoried for this collection can be found in the control folder."," Most of the West Virginia newspapers have been microfilmed; see Miscellaneous Reel 113 in the Microfilm Room. For a list of the contents of this reel, please see the \"W.Va. Newspapers from Comstock Collection\" three-page packet in the control folder. Additional newspaper pages and clippings can be found throughout Series 6, Comstock Correspondence and Series 17, Oversize, box 117.","This series includes a variety of artifacts and ephemera belonging to or collected by Comstock."," Boxes 105 and 106 include two wooden boxes (undated) which contained glass lantern slides (see Series 11). One box is labeled \"T.M. Darrah.\" Also included are a fountain pen used by Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman to sign the contract to begin building the Bureau of Mines' Appalachian Experiment Station in Morgantown, WV, with letters documenting the donation of the pen by Senator Harley M. Kilgore (1952); and a dinner plate showing a photo-like image of a priest with a group of children, from St. Albans, WV (undated)."," Box 107 includes various nametags for Comstock and his wife, from a variety of conventions and meetings (1960-1963, undated); glasses and sunglasses (undated); a sewing needle pack and a mini ruler advertising Jim Comstock for Congress (ca. 1964); a press pass for President Ford's visit to Charleston, WV (1975); and tickets to the Republican National Convention (1976); among other material."," Box 108 contains two figurines and four whiskey decanters. The figurines are a coal miner (made of coal, undated) and \"Morgan's Virginia Rifleman 1776\" (undated). The decanters are \"Old Time Coal Miner\" (1976), \"Coal Miner\" (1975), Robert E. Lee (undated), and Stonewall Jackson on horseback (undated)."," Box 109 contains six whiskey decanters: Abraham Lincoln (undated), Stonewall Jackson (undated), Hill Billy (1969), General Stonewall Jackson (1974), Randolph McCoy (1973), and Devil Anse Hatfield (1973).","This series contains oversize material that may be relevant to other series.","This subseries includes paintings, sketches, prints, photographs, educational posters, architectural drawings, vinyl records, typescripts, transparencies, clippings, manuscripts, and printed material, among other formats. Topics include Pearl Buck's birthplace, West Virginia, the Civil War, Jim Comstock's work, and other topics. More manuscripts are in the Manuscripts subseries, box 118."," Box 110 and box 111, folders 1-2 contain artwork depicting Pearl Buck's birthplace in Hillsboro, West Virginia, including paintings, sketches, a chalk drawing, and a plan for a sign (1965-1966, undated)."," Box 111, folders 3-4 and unfoldered items include two West Virginia-related prints and an unidentified photo (undated); one framed and six unframed prints depicting mining machinery, possibly of Joy Manufacturing Company (undated); an unframed painting of a coal miner (undated); twelve mounted photographs and sketches (most unidentified, undated); and four rolled photographs (1918-1955?)."," Box 112 includes educational posters regarding the Civil War and West Virginia history (undated). The posters include text, images, and photographs. Also includes mounted photographs, most with accompanying text, that have been added to West Virginia History On View. An additional eight posters regarding maps made by or related to North American Indians, likely assembled by Delf Norona, are also included (ca. 1950). For additional maps related to North American Indians/Native Americans, see also Series 14, Maps, box 98, item number 349."," Box 113 includes various West Virginia-related prints, including one of Mount Chantal near Wheeling (undated); prints of Civil War scenes sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep Roesler, Corporal of Color 47th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers (undated); a copy print of the camps of the 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps. near Romney (undated); prints made from Civil War engravings (1960); W.R. Leigh bullfighting prints (1950); copies of architectural plans for alterations of Wheeling's Custom House and Post Office (undated); and other items."," Box 114 contains limited edition black and white prints from a series entitled \"Covered Bridges of West Virginia\" by Marj Teague (1977) and three copies of a vinyl record album titled \"The Legend of Clark Kessinger\" (ca. 1965)."," Box 115 includes paintings by John Wellington (undated); oversize photos (undated); an unidentified floor plan (undated); and architectural drawings or blueprints for five properties that were part of the Historic American Buildings Survey (undated). These properties are \"The Old Stone Church\" Presbyterian, Lewisburg, WV; Harewood and the ruins of St. George's Chapel, both near Charles Town, Jefferson County, WV; Traveler's Rest, near Leetown, Jefferson County, WV; and the Lee Barn in Leetown, WV."," Box 116 includes radio scripts (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 67); calendars (1984-1991);  Hillbilly  transparencies (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 54); various printed images and magazine clippings (1860-1921, undated); \"Our Wacky Weekly\" and newspaper article typescripts, probably written by Comstock (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 48, folder 1); and music-related magazines and pamphlets (1959-1966, undated)."," Box 117 includes Berkeley County documents from the Barnet Cushwa Papers (see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 1, folders 1-5). These include lists of orders, taxes, fees, etc.; sheriff's office accounts; and land holdings (all 1854-1858). Box 117 also includes television scripts (undated); an envelope and survey plat from the Wells Family Papers (1856, undated; see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 2a, folder 24); Civil War-related prints (1861-1868, 1955); newspaper clippings (1861, 1927-1944, undated; some from Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 67, folders 4 and 7); miscellaneous printed material (1817-1863, undated; includes facsimiles); and facsimile broadsides, legal documents, and clippings regarding West Virginia statehood (1861-1863).","This subseries includes oversize manuscripts, most of which pertain to West Virginia. West Virginia materials include pre- and post-statehood indentures, land grants, other legal documents, letters, certificates, and other formats pertaining to Barbour, Berkeley, Fayette, Hampshire, Hardy, Marshall, Ohio, Raleigh, and Tyler Counties. Additional indentures and land grants pertain to England (1650-1671, 1720-1721, 1833), and to Maryland, Virginia, and Texas.","This series includes Jim Comstock's personal and professional correspondence, and is composed of a wide range of formats, including letters, clippings, postcards, typescripts, articles, financial documents, printed material, ephemera, and photographs. Most of the photographic material in this series has been moved to Series 21, Photographs."," Comstock marked much of his correspondence to be filed by the first letter of the correspondent's last name. Some of this organizational scheme has survived; folders containing specific letter and year files can be found in boxes 119-125. Other notations that Comstock used include \"NL\" for  News Leader -related correspondence and \"HB\" for  West Virginia Hillbilly -related correspondence."," Topics and items of interest include:  card from Comstock to recent graduates regarding a gift subscription to the  Hillbilly  (undated) (box 119);  Comstock's work with the Pearl Buck House (box 127);  the University of Hard Knocks (box 128);  photocopies of a scrapbook about ramps and Comstock's ramp-scented ink incident; and  material regarding Comstock's work on the  Hillbilly , the  News Leader , and the  West Virginia Encyclopedia  (boxes 126-127 and other material throughout) (see also Series 20, Subject Files)."," Please note that the above list is not exhaustive and that material on the above topics may also exist in boxes not mentioned."," *Please note: boxes 123  and 133 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.","This series includes books, magazines, newspapers, journals, promotional materials, poetry, and sheet music. Topics include Jim Comstock's work, the state of West Virginia, WVU, Storer College, industry (e.g., coal, railways), and New England baked beans, among other topics.","Please note: box 133 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.","This series includes mostly morgue files of material that Comstock used in connection with his newspapers. Contents are not in alphabetical order. Formats include clippings, typescripts, photographs, print material, and other formats. The  News Leader  morgue materials (boxes 137-138) include items on a variety of subjects, such as covered bridges and the early history of Clay County. The  News Leader  morgue material also includes a folder of autographs of early West Virginia governors and other politicians, such as D.D.T. Farnsworth, John J. Jacobs, and A.B. Fleming. The  Hillbilly  morgue materials (box 139-140) pertain to a wide variety of subjects, most of whom are likely local individuals. The Newspaper Subjects (boxes 141-146) includes material for which the intended newspaper was not specified; topics include specific local individuals, national figures like Abraham Lincoln, steel and other industries, and towns.","This series includes cartes de visite, cabinet cards, mounted photographs, photographic prints, clippings, and other formats. Many subjects are identified. They include portraits and candid photos of individuals, families, politicians, sports figures, West Virginia towns and buildings. Other notable photographs include crime scene and/or accident photographs, including images of a non-commercial plane crash (undated), and photos of Jim Comstock at the West Virginia Senate (1966). Photographs can also be found in Series 18, Correspondence; Series 20, Subject Files; and Series 26, Oversize Material.  Please note: boxes 123, 133, and 149 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.","This series includes magnetic recording tapes, a VHS tape about college financing, and a vinyl record and cassette tape of Billy Crain music.","This series includes a WVLA cloth ribbon, an empty wallet, and a West Virginia Picture Book imprint plate.","This series includes material from two scrapbooks. One set of loose scrapbook pages contains clippings chiefly regarding Comstock's \"Past 80\" parties (ca. 1956). The other scrapbook of newspaper clippings chronicles the history of Richwood's Sacred Heart Hospital during the years of influence of the Pallottine Sisters from 1913-1983 (ca. 1953-1984).","This series includes two account books. One contains stencil orders from various schools as well as other bills (1960s), and the other is an account book for 1954.","This series includes newspapers, magazines, clippings, posters, prints, photographs, artwork, calendars, a genealogy chart, and other material."," Newspapers and magazines in box 152 include the  West Virginia Hillbilly  Bicentennial special edition (1976), newspaper layouts from the  Hillbilly  (1950-1976, undated), and pages from  Harper's Weekly  (1861-1866)."," Prints in boxes 153 and 154 include Civil War scenes by J. Nep Roesler, Corporal of Color 47th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers (undated)."," Photographs (in boxes 153-156 and loose folders) include regular oversize and cirkut (panoramic) photographs on a wide variety of subjects. Boxes 153 and 154 include photographs of unidentified buildings and a group portrait of a Civilian Conservation Corps reunion (1982). Boxes 155 and 156 include photos of Evenwood (1915), group portrait of a conference of National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools (ca. 1932), campaign photographs (ca. 1972), an unidentified group of cars preparing for a parade (undated), and duplicates from the loose folders."," Additional cirkut photos include:  Loose folder 1: a group portrait of the West Virginia Young People's Conference, Greenbrier Military School, Lewisburg, WV (1929), and a group portrait of the Divisional Young People's Congress, Charleston, WV (1929);  Loose folder 2: a group portrait of the Western Virginia Conference Epworth League (1928-1929);  Loose folder 3: photos of an unidentified bridge and factories or plants (1916 and undated) and the Appalachian Electric Power Company Turner Substation (1929);  Loose folder 4: a birds-eye view of Richwood (undated) and a group portrait of Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal Company Safety First Teams (1933)."," Box 156 also includes a genealogy chart and architectural drawings. The genealogy chart (undated) documents the Paull family, which is accompanied by a note: \"Goes with Jefferson [Fry-Jefferson?] Map.\" The architectural drawings (1972-1976, undated) depict buildings from Richwood.\n \n Box 157 includes a book of exhibits from the Virginia vs. West Virginia Supreme Court case in 1914, and a license for John W. Love to practice Law (1925).\n \n Also includes a muster roll for Company I, 2nd Regiment, [West] Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, U.S. Army (1863 February).","This series includes maps of West Virginia locations, such as Greenbrier County and the Monongahela National Forest, as well as maps of other states and a few world maps.","Mostly financial and legal documents from Marion, Monongalia, and Harrison Counties, bulk from 1840s to 1860s.","Separated to A\u0026M collections:","Various autographed items have been moved to A\u0026M 435.","Account book volumes 2, 2a, 3, 3a, 3b, and 3c, daybooks and ledgers from the Sistersville General Store run by Joshua and William Russell, were separated to A\u0026M 3071, Russell, Joshua \u0026 William. Sistersville General Store. Daybooks and Ledgers.","Account book volumes 4, 4a, and 4b, daybooks of John Goshorn, were separated to A\u0026M 2426, Goshorn Family. Papers.","Account book volumes 6-8, law records and accounts of Judge George A. Vincent, as well as Vincent's letters from the Historical Documents series, were separated to A\u0026M 3068, Vincent, George A., Lawyer and Judge. Papers.","Separated to the Printed Ephemera Collection:","Articles, maps, and letters, 1582-1877  (includes selections relating to the South Seas during the colonial period), on 1 reel of microfilm, P13438","Articles, letters, maps, and speeches, 1808-1863  (16 items which are listed on a sheet in the box), 1 reel of microfilm, P13439","Burnett, Nancy S.  Slovenes in Rural Appalachia: An Oral History  (Richwood, W. Va.: News Leader Press, 1994).","Separated to Printed Ephemera (Pamphlets), Periodicals, etc.:","West Virginia Odd Fellow , 1919, Charleston (1 item)","West Virginia State Weekly , 1910-1911, Fairmont (several items)","Exponent , 1917-1918, Moundsville (4 items)","Oros , 1927, Moundsville (1 item)","Pedagogue's Pastime , 1885, Moundsville (3 items)","Princeton Observer , 1950 (1 item)","Searchlight , Summersville (32 items)","West Virginia Farm Journal , 1872, Union (1 item)","Church Calendar , 1917, Wheeling (1 item)","Church News , 1892, Wheeling (1 item)","English Lutheran , 1900, Wheeling (1 item)","Musical Monthly , 1896-1897, Wheeling (6 items)","The Saturday Review , 1912 August 10, Wheeling","State Fair News , 1910, Wheeling (1 item)","William's Courier , undated, Wheeling (1 item)","Valley News Echo , Hagerstown, MD; reprint of an 1861 paper","Haney's Journal , 1869 March-October except July, New York (several items)","Our Southern Home , 1893 November, Hamlet, NC","Books separated to the West Virginia Collection or the WVU Downtown Library stacks:","Donnelly, Shirley.  Yesterday and Today: A Keepsake I, II, and III.  Fayetteville, W. Va.: Fayette County Historical Society, no date.","Keepsake Stories of the Ozarks.  Cassville, Mo.: Litho Printers, 1978.","Norton, Andre.  Catseye . London: Gollancz, 1974.","Deacon, William A.  The Four Jameses . Toronto: Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1974.","Haslip, Joan.  Catherine the Great: A Biography . New York: Putnam, 1977.","Separated to the Maps Collection:","Virginie [Virginia], Maryland en 2 Feuilles par Fry et Jefferson, 1777","Bird's Eye View of the City of Wheeling, West Virginia","Sistersville, West Virginia","Bird's Eye View of Philippi, West Virginia","Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia","Fairmont and Palatine, West Virginia","Mannington, West Virginia","Morgantown, West Virginia","Clarksburg, West Virginia","Davis, Tucker County, West Virginia","Grafton, West Virginia","Cairo, West Virginia","Cameron, West Virginia","Harrisville, Ritchie County, West Virginia","Moundsville, West Virginia","New Martinsville, West Virginia","Parkersburg, Blennerhasset Island, West Virginia","Pennsboro, West Virginia","Salem, West Virginia","St. Mary's, West Virginia","Wellsburg, West Virginia","Buckhannon, West Virginia","Weston, West Virginia","Bird's Eye View of Keyser, West Virginia","View of Parsons, West Virginia","Aero View of Bluefield, West Virginia","Aero View of Keystone, West Virginia","Aero View of North Fork and Town of Clark, West Virginia","West Virginia Agricultural Society on Wheeling Island","Note: A spreadsheet with more details regarding the separated maps can be found in the control folder.","The majority of the newspapers in this collection have been separated into the West Virginia Collection's newspaper holdings.  Lists of the newspapers originally inventoried for this collection can be found in the control folder. Most of the West Virginia newspapers were microfilmed; see Miscellaneous Reel 113. For a list of the contents of this reel, please see the \"W.Va. Newspapers from Comstock Collection\" three-page packet in the control folder. On the third page is a list of items separated from the Comstock Collection to printed ephemera (pamphlets), periodicals, etc.","Sheet music separated to A\u0026M 723, Sheet Music:","Americans, Together.","Back to West Virginia.","Battle of Port Royal.","Brave Boys Are They.","Canoeing on the Kanawha.","Capt. Linch March.","Cherry.","Cotton Field Dance.","Down in the Lonely Dell.","Dynamite Twist.","Fair West Virginia.","Fire Fly Polka.","Glory Hallelujah.","Going Back to West Virginia.","Home Alone in West Virginia.","I Have Something Sweet to Tell You.","Imagine Me.","In Flanders' Fields.","I Want to Go Back to Michigan Down On the Farm.","J'aime Mon Amour.","Just Before the Battle, Mother.","Kingdom Coming.","La Violette de Carafa.","Love and Devotion.","Memory's Dream.","Men of West Augusta.","Mountain Land West Virginia.","On, On, On, the Boys Came Marching!","Our Grateful Heart Save Singing.","Reminiscing at Cass or the Greenbrier Shay.","Something Tells Me You're the Girl.","Song of a Woman.","Sweet Kitty Wells.","The Ballad of Oakland.","The Battle Cry of Freedom.","The Last Hope.","The Self Service Chain Store.","The Sunny Hours of Childhood.","The Vacant Chair.","The West Virginia Singer.","There's a Little Spark of Love Still Burning.","Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! The Prisoners Hope.","We Are Mountaineers.","West Virginia.","West Virginia! And My Home.","West Virginia University Songs.","What a Lovely Day!","Who Will Care For Mother Now?","Wild and Wonderful West Virginia.","William Tell Overture.","Willie My Brave.","Transferred to A\u0026M 727, Pearl S. Buck, Author. Papers:  Correspondence, manuscripts, articles, photographs and clippings by and about Pearl S. Buck and her birthplace collected by Jim Comstock (1938-1973; 6 in.)","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","Papers of James (\"Jim\") Franklin Comstock of Richwood, West Virginia, whose position as editor of the  West Virginia Hillbilly  and avocation as collector and advocate of all things West Virginia led to the preservation of much of the state's physical, visual, and textual history. The collection includes materials Comstock collected about West Virginia history as well as his own personal and professional papers. Materials include: general series of historical documents such as letters, deeds, and county court cases pertaining to a diverse range of subjects (1717, 1754-1988, undated [includes facsimiles]); letters of Lucy Prichard, former instructor at Marshall College (now Marshall University) (1925-1927, undated); clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and  Atlantic Monthly  writer Louis Eckert Reed (ca. 1960-1975, undated); account books concerning economic development and commercial activities in the northern part of the state in the 19th and early 20th centuries (1830-1938); printed material about West Virginia schools, businesses, and events as well as non-West Virginia books and pamphlets (1829-1995, undated); Comstock's personal and professional correspondence (1882-1995, undated); a wide variety of photographs, including images of West Virginia cities and towns, among many others (ca. 1850s-1995, undated); microfilmed records of the Civil War and Dunmore's War (undated); glass lantern slides, which include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV (1871-1897, undated); Grand Army of the Republic and U.S. military history scrapbooks (1883-1918); broadsides, including advertisements for a circus in Moundsville (ca. 1827-1960 [includes facsimiles]); and maps and atlases of pre- and post-statehood West Virginia, counties, colonial North America, and other topics (1730-1976, undated [includes facsimiles]). An addendum of 2013/05 includes additional personal and professional correspondence, publications, newspaper morgue files, photographs, audio-visual material, artifacts, scrapbooks, account books, and maps. For more information on Jim Comstock, see the Historical Note.","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Bleakmor, Gallaher \u0026 Ansbrutz","First National Bank of Fairmont","Grand Army of the Republic","Harry Hood \u0026 Company","St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church  (Charleston, W. Va.)","Thistle \u0026 Cox","University of Hard Knocks.","Wheeling Gas Company","Comstock, Jim (James Franklin), 1911-1996","Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937","Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894","Blennerhassett, Harman, 1764-1831","Breckstein, A. H.","Brown, John, 1800-1859","Brown, William G.  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Please contact the West Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center for more information.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eResearchers may access digitized materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc. \u003c/p\u003e"],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Access"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["Box 93 cannot be retrieved for use at this time. Please contact the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center for more information.","Researchers may access digitized materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc. "],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLucy Elizabeth Prichard\u003c/emph\u003e (October 26, 1876 - July 29, 1964) was born in Cattlettsburg, Kentucky. Daughter of Robert H. and Mary Prichard, she had a brother, Karl, and a sister-in-law, Elizabeth. Lucy taught at Huntington High School from 1899-1913, and taught Latin and Classical Studies at Marshall College (now Marshall University) from 1914-1941. Marshall's Prichard Hall was named in her honor.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLouis Eckert Reed\u003c/emph\u003e (born October 1, 1899 in Wirt County, WV; died January 31, 1979 in Elizabeth, WV) served as a sergeant in the US Army during WWI, served as Administrative Assistant to Senator Chapman Revercomb, and worked as a prosecuting attorney in Wirt County, WV. He also wrote for \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c/emph\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eJames Franklin \"Jim\" Comstock\u003c/emph\u003e was born to Harry Clinton and Myrtle Blanche in Richwood, West Virginia on February 25, 1911. He married Miss Ola Stowers in Huntington, WV, on October 18, 1933; they would have two daughters, Sandra Ferguson and Elaine Nagy, and a son, Jay. In 1934, Comstock received B.A. from Marshall College (now Marshall University). From 1938-1942, he taught at Richwood High School and wrote for the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eClarksburg Telegram\u003c/emph\u003e. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1944-1946, and upon returning home he founded the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNicholas County News Leader\u003c/emph\u003e (originally \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNews Letter\u003c/emph\u003e) with Bronson D. McClung (1920-2004), a former student of his. On December 25, 1963, the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNicholas County News Leader\u003c/emph\u003e combined with \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNicholas Republican\u003c/emph\u003e; in 1984, it became the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eRichwood News Leader\u003c/emph\u003e. Comstock remained an active part of the paper till his death on May 22, 1996.\n \n In 1957, Comstock founded the weekly \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e with McClung, and became its editor. The paper included feature articles, columns of special interest to West Virginians, book notes, and the \"Comstock Load,\" the editor's own column on the back page. Comstock first tried to sell the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly \u003c/emph\u003ein 1976. In 1981, he sold it to the South Charleston Publishing Company. On February 25, 1986, he repurchased and began resuscitating the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e. In 1992, he sold the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly \u003c/emph\u003eto Sandy McCauley. In 2001, the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly \u003c/emph\u003eceased publication.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eComstock was involved in many endeavors in addition to his newspaper editing and reporting activities. In 1963, he ran unsuccessfully for Congress on the Republican ticket. He wrote, edited, and contributed to various books, including \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003ePa and Ma and Mr. Kennedy\u003c/emph\u003e, a 50-volume \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia\u003c/emph\u003e, and a collection of newspaper highlights entitled \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBest of Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e. He was also involved in republishing books by West Virginian authors. He campaigned to purchase and preserve author Pearl S. Buck's birthplace at Hillsboro, and he helped save the Cass Scenic Railroad. He also founded the University of Hard Knocks, a lighthearted honorary society that recognizes the accomplishments of people who have succeeded in life without a college degree.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Lucy Elizabeth Prichard  (October 26, 1876 - July 29, 1964) was born in Cattlettsburg, Kentucky. Daughter of Robert H. and Mary Prichard, she had a brother, Karl, and a sister-in-law, Elizabeth. Lucy taught at Huntington High School from 1899-1913, and taught Latin and Classical Studies at Marshall College (now Marshall University) from 1914-1941. Marshall's Prichard Hall was named in her honor.","Louis Eckert Reed  (born October 1, 1899 in Wirt County, WV; died January 31, 1979 in Elizabeth, WV) served as a sergeant in the US Army during WWI, served as Administrative Assistant to Senator Chapman Revercomb, and worked as a prosecuting attorney in Wirt County, WV. He also wrote for  Atlantic Monthly .","James Franklin \"Jim\" Comstock  was born to Harry Clinton and Myrtle Blanche in Richwood, West Virginia on February 25, 1911. He married Miss Ola Stowers in Huntington, WV, on October 18, 1933; they would have two daughters, Sandra Ferguson and Elaine Nagy, and a son, Jay. In 1934, Comstock received B.A. from Marshall College (now Marshall University). From 1938-1942, he taught at Richwood High School and wrote for the  Clarksburg Telegram . He served in the U.S. Navy from 1944-1946, and upon returning home he founded the  Nicholas County News Leader  (originally  News Letter ) with Bronson D. McClung (1920-2004), a former student of his. On December 25, 1963, the  Nicholas County News Leader  combined with  Nicholas Republican ; in 1984, it became the  Richwood News Leader . Comstock remained an active part of the paper till his death on May 22, 1996.\n \n In 1957, Comstock founded the weekly  West Virginia Hillbilly  with McClung, and became its editor. The paper included feature articles, columns of special interest to West Virginians, book notes, and the \"Comstock Load,\" the editor's own column on the back page. Comstock first tried to sell the  Hillbilly  in 1976. In 1981, he sold it to the South Charleston Publishing Company. On February 25, 1986, he repurchased and began resuscitating the  Hillbilly . In 1992, he sold the  Hillbilly  to Sandy McCauley. In 2001, the  Hillbilly  ceased publication.","Comstock was involved in many endeavors in addition to his newspaper editing and reporting activities. In 1963, he ran unsuccessfully for Congress on the Republican ticket. He wrote, edited, and contributed to various books, including  Pa and Ma and Mr. Kennedy , a 50-volume  West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia , and a collection of newspaper highlights entitled  Best of Hillbilly . He was also involved in republishing books by West Virginian authors. He campaigned to purchase and preserve author Pearl S. Buck's birthplace at Hillsboro, and he helped save the Cass Scenic Railroad. He also founded the University of Hard Knocks, a lighthearted honorary society that recognizes the accomplishments of people who have succeeded in life without a college degree."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Jim Comstock, Newspaper Editor and Collector, Papers, A\u0026amp;M 2600, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Jim Comstock, Newspaper Editor and Collector, Papers, A\u0026M 2600, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of James (\"Jim\") Franklin Comstock of Richwood, West Virginia, whose position as editor of the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e and avocation as collector and advocate of all things West Virginia led to the preservation of much of the state's physical, visual, and textual history. The collection includes materials Comstock collected about West Virginia history as well as his own personal and professional papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMaterials include: general series of historical documents such as letters, deeds, and county court cases pertaining to a diverse range of subjects (1717, 1754-1988, undated [includes facsimiles]); letters of Lucy Prichard, former instructor at Marshall College (now Marshall University) (1925-1927, undated); clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c/emph\u003e writer Louis Eckert Reed (ca. 1960-1975, undated); account books concerning economic development and commercial activities in the northern part of the state in the 19th and early 20th centuries (1830-1938); printed material about West Virginia schools, businesses, and events as well as non-West Virginia books and pamphlets (1829-1995, undated); Comstock's personal and professional correspondence (1882-1995, undated); a wide variety of photographs, including images of West Virginia cities and towns, among many others (ca. 1850s-1995, undated); microfilmed records of the Civil War and Dunmore's War (undated); glass lantern slides, which include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV (1871-1897, undated); Grand Army of the Republic and U.S. military history scrapbooks (1883-1918); broadsides, including advertisements for a circus in Moundsville (ca. 1827-1960 [includes facsimiles]); and maps and atlases of pre- and post-statehood West Virginia, counties, colonial North America, and other topics (1730-1976, undated [includes facsimiles]).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAn addendum of 2013/05 includes additional personal and professional correspondence, publications, newspaper morgue files, photographs, audio-visual material, artifacts, scrapbooks, account books, and maps. For more information on Jim Comstock, see the Historical Note.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1. Historical Documents; 1717, 1754-1988, undated (includes facsimiles); box 1 - box 3, folder 2.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 2. Lucy Prichard Papers; 1913-1936, undated; box 3, folders 3-8.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 3. Louis Reed Papers; ca. 1960-1975, undated; boxes 4-5.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 4. Account Books; 1830-1938; boxes 6-17.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 5. Printed Material; 1829-1995, undated; boxes 18-25.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 6. Comstock Correspondence; 1882-1995, undated (bulk 1950-1995); boxes 26-72.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 7. Photographs; ca. 1850s-1995, undated; boxes 73-81.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 8. Motion Pictures; undated; box 82.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 9. Microfilm; undated; box 82.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 10. Cassette Tapes; undated; box 82.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 11. Glass Lantern Slides; 1871-1897, undated; boxes 83-85.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 12. Scrapbooks; 1883-1918; boxes 86-91.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 13. Broadsides; ca. 1827-1960 (includes facsimiles); box 92.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 14. Maps; 1730-1976, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 93-103, and map cabinet 1, drawer 12.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 15. Newspapers; ca. 1826-1924, 1976; box 104.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 16. Artifacts; 1952-1976, undated; boxes 105-109.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 17. Oversize; 1650-1671, 1720-1991, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 110-118.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAddendum of 2013/05\u003c/emph\u003e includes material much like that in the initial acquisition, divided into the following series:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 18. Correspondence; 1838-2003, undated (bulk 1950-1995); box 119 - box 133 folder 4, and box 134 folders 1-11.*\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 19. Publications; 1889-2002, undated; box 133, folders 5-6, box 134, folder 12, and boxes 135-136.*\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 20. Subject Files; ca. 1851-1995, undated; boxes 137-146.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 21. Photographs; ca. 1870s-2003, undated; boxes 147-149.*\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 22. Audio-Visual Material; 1990-1992, undated; box 150.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 23. Artifacts; undated; box 151, folders 1-2.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 24. Scrapbooks; ca. 1953-1984; box 151, folder 3 and scrapbook.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 25. Account Books; 1954-1960s; box 151 ledgers.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 26. Oversize Material; 1861-1866, 1893-1933, 1950-1998, undated; box 152 - box 156, folder 3, loose folders 1-4, oversize folder 1, and box 157.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 27. Maps; 1884-1891, 1920, 1957-1987; box 156, folders 4-10.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 28. Historical Documents; 1839-1909; box 158.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003e*Please note: boxes 123, 133, and 149 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes financial records such as receipts and invoices, legal documents such as deeds and court cases, correspondence, land records, genealogy materials, ephemera, and typescript histories. Box 1 includes three subgroups: the Barnet Cushwa Papers, West Virginia Documents, and Non-West Virginia Documents. Boxes 2a-3 contain material of mixed origin. Additional historical documents can be found in Series 17, Oversize, and in subseries Oversize--Manuscripts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes a collection of materials documenting the activities of Cushwa, a prominent farmer and later the sheriff of Berkeley County in the 1850s. Cushwa's papers reveal his activities as administrator of the Daniel Gehr estate (1839-1843). The Berkeley County documents, including lists of landholdings, orders, taxes, and fee collections, demonstrate his duties as sheriff in the 1850s. See Series 17, Oversize, box 117 for Berkeley County land holdings, sheriff's accounts, and lists of orders, taxes, fees, etc. (1854-1858).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries is comprised of correspondence and other material, principally concerning commercial and development activities in north-central West Virginia. These items are grouped by county; please note that there is overlap between counties. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e Highlights include: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eitems relating to Harman Blennerhassett (box 1, folder 12); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ea six-page letter written by William G. Brown answering questions concerning the constitutionality of the movement for West Virginia statehood (June 28, 1862) (box 1, folder 13); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eletters and reminiscences focusing on the reunions of the Battle of Philippi (1911-1935) (box 1, folder 14); and \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003etwo letters from the abolitionist John Brown (box 1, folder 15).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Additional West Virginia documents can be found in boxes 2a-2c.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHighlights of this subseries include: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003efour letters from soldiers in the Mexican War; \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eseventeen letters from Pennsylvania soldier James M. Weaver, principally to his wife, during his service in the Civil War; \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ea confidential letter from President James Monroe explaining his policy on fortifying the frontier; \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eseven Booker T. Washington letters; \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003etwo letters from Revolutionary War general Horatio Gates; and \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ea folder of letters written by famous 19th century figures including Samuel Clemens, Collis P. Huntington, Nathaniel P. Banks, and Newton D. Baker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries contains correspondence, invoices, deeds, tax documents, court cases, and other material. Most of the items pertain to West Virginia. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eHighlights include: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ebills and invoices of G.H.A. Kunst and John H. Kunst (1853-1867, 1892-1893); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003epapers of the Wells family of Sistersville (1806-1885); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ea telegram regarding the burning of Harpers Ferry (1861); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ea broadside listing members of Company H, 3rd Regiment, Potomac Home Brigade, Maryland Infantry (undated); and \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003elegal documents regarding the manumission of slaves (1820-1828, 1856).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLucy Prichard taught Latin and Classical Studies at Marshall College from 1914 to 1941. This series includes correspondence, photographs, and printed material. Correspondence includes Karl Prichard's letters (1918) and Lucy Prichard's letters (1925-1927, undated). Lucy's letters are addressed to her mother, Mrs. R.H. Prichard, in Huntington, WV. Many of Lucy's letters relate to her travels and studies in the Peloponnesus peninsula of Greece, the British Isles, Western Europe, and Italy in 1925 and 1927. For more information on Lucy Prichard, see the Historical Note.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes newspaper clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and Atlantic Monthly writer Louis Eckert Reed. The newspaper clippings show images of Reed family photos (1960). The typescripts are short stories written by Louis, many likely unpublished. Also included are notes and a draft of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBurning Springs, Virginia: The Civil War's Unsolved Mystery\u003c/emph\u003e, initially a paper that Reed prepared for the West Virginia Historical Society (see \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBurning Springs, West Virginia: the Civil War's Unsolved Mystery\u003c/emph\u003e, by Louis Reed, self-published in Elizabeth, WV, 1960). This material may have been developed for his later fictional novel, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBurning Springs\u003c/emph\u003e (published in Huntington, WV by University Editions/Aegina Press, 1985). For more information on Reed, see the Historical Note. A letter from Louis Reed to Jim Comstock regarding Reed's book \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWarning in Appalachia\u003c/emph\u003e (1967) can be found in Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 62, folder 27. Other letters from Reed may be found elsewhere in Series 6, Correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes 27 account books, many of which relate to north-central West Virginia businesses. These ledgers document general stores, a Jewish-owned clothing store in Richwood, the activities of an itinerant Methodist minister in the mining villages of north-central West Virginia, grocery stores and meat markets, a glass manufacturer, and other businesses. See Separated Materials note for information on volumes separated to other collections.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThistle and Cox formed a partnership in Tyler County, [West] Virginia in March of 1835. This is the partnership's first ledger, which spans the years 1835-1837, but reference is made to the transfer of accounts to at least one subsequent ledger. The business appears to have been located near the Ohio River (probably in Sistersville), since customers included Ohio as well as Tyler County citizens. Although the debit side for each customer only lists the term \"merchandise\" for purchases, the ledger reveals the barter nature of much of the rural economy of Tyler County on the credit side. Among items received in trade by Thistle and Cox were chestnuts, hides, bees wax, rags, sand, tobacco, clothes, meats, produce, and various forms of labor. The ledger also frequently lists the occupations or residences of many of the customers. Included were coopers, tanners, blacksmiths, preachers, schoolteachers, and carpenters, scattered from Point Pleasant to Wheeling.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInventory and Book Accounts. This volume contains a 66-page inventory of goods on hand and their prices in a Tyler County general store in January 1877. The inventory is divided into the following categories: fancy groceries, groceries, men's shoes, ladies' shoes, children's shoes, overshoes, dress goods, wall paper, housewares, and other. Starting on page 71 is a four-page list of the book accounts of the store's customers, presumably on that same date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Cordray Carriage Company was a short-lived business in Fairmont, WV. The ledger lists only the customers and the amount they owed T.L. Cordray, the proprietor of the Carriage Company. The ledger does not list the services for which the customers were charged. However, one itemized account invoice on an inserted piece of paper suggests that the Cordray Carriage Company repaired vehicles. For H.O. Amos, from 1907 through 1911, the Company repaired couplings, repaired and painted the body, repaired the interior, raised the body, and tightened and repaired the fenders, for a total charge of $118. The ledger includes more than 400 customers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA. H. Breckstein was a Jewish merchant who operated a clothing store in the boom town of Richwood, in Nicholas County. Volume 10 is a cash book detailing daily transactions in the store, both sales and expenses, for part of 1910, and consistently for the period 1928 to 1936. There are also monthly accountings of both cash and credit sales as well as expenses. Volume 11 documents sales and purchases of clothing for the period 1926 to 1934. The sales portion of this volume repeats information available in volume 10. Volume 12 is a ledger of accounts payable for the period 1921-1928, showing the firms from which Breckstein purchased his goods. Included are companies in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and New York.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ.C. Shock was a Methodist minister assigned to a parish in Pullman, WV in 1910. However, he also appeared to be an itinerant preacher, and his account book lists ministerial services provided for the towns and villages of Duffy, Straight Fork, Falls Mill, Glady, and Kingknob, in the north-central West Virginia counties of Lewis, Ritchie, and Wetzel. The account book documents Shock's ministry, listing the text for sermons preached at various towns as well as the contributions of those towns to his salary. Most of the entries cover the years 1910-1917, at which time his base of operations seems to have shifted permanently to Falls Run and Falls Mill in Braxton County. There are entries for sermons, marriages, and assessments for those towns running to 1938. An additional folder contains miscellaneous documents related to Shock found within the ledger.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn the 1890s, Mrs. Samuel C. Gans operated a general store in Moundsville, which by 1900 was specializing in dry goods. This ledger reflects the volume of business and the timing and means of settling accounts. The early pages (for the 1890s) are more detailed, listing the items purchased from the general store. For the later period, the entries are frequently limited to the terms \"goods\" or \"merchandise.\" The back of the volume also contains some notes and miscellaneous accounts, such as rooms rented.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1892, a number of Charleston's German families banded together to form an Evangelical Lutheran Church. Subscriptions for a building fund and other church work began to be collected in October of that year. This ledger documents the subscriptions of the founding members of St. Paul's Evangelical Church. It also provides an accounting of the expenses and building funds contributed by the members, including the purchase of a lot on Court Street in Charleston, the church's construction, and the salary of the minister.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese volumes were written by Albert S. Hayden, Notary Public in and for the county of Marion and the state of West Virginia. He recorded handwritten copies of promissory notes and bills presented at Fairmont, WV banks for redemption, which were protested by the First National Bank of Fairmont's cashier. The ledgers also list the date protested, by whom, and the notices mailed to note signers. Most notes originated in West Virginia, but some originated in Ohio. Volume 16a covers 1870-1873. Volume 16b covers 1875-1876.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnthony Zidn operated a grocery and dry goods store outside of Fairmont on RFD #2. Zidn was an immigrant from the Middle East (perhaps Armenia, as suggested by the fact he kept his accounts in Persian and had a Christian name). These three ledgers document his business, although most of the information is written in Persian.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Price Brothers operated a general store in the small village of Amos on the Paw Paw Creek, eleven miles from the town of Fairmont in Marion County. The Price Brothers sold all sorts of groceries to people in the town, as documented by this ledger. In addition, the Polk business directory for 1902-1903 notes that the Price sisters operated a millinery business in Amos. There are loose papers within the ledger, including statements and product advertisements (1905-1907, undated).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt the turn of the century, there were four wholesale meat provisioners in Wheeling. This ledger represents the operations of one of them for the years 1901-1902. The company principally supplied general stores and grocers in eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia, southwestern Pennsylvania, and western Maryland. However, individuals could also buy directly. Entries typically include the name of the purchaser, the town in which the purchaser resides, and the amount of the purchase. For local buyers, the ledger frequently lists the Wheeling address. Since transactions are usually noted only as merchandise, it is impossible to glean what types of meats were being purchased at what costs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJacob Hornbrook was born in Tavistock, England, in 1812 and moved with his parents to Wheeling when he was a small child. Jacob's father ran a small [business?] in Wheeling. As a young man, Jacob began a mercantile business buying and selling produce on the flatboats travelling on the Ohio River. He later started a notions store, purchased interest in a steamship line and the First National Bank, and was president and owned stock in the Wheeling Gas Company. These three books, a journal (volume 20; 1847-1874), a ledger (volume 21; 1847-1874), and a cash book (volume 22; 1845-1874), document his business interests, investments, and personal expenses during the last three decades of his life. Although he remained an active investor, Hornbrook retired from his mercantile business in 1855 with an estate valued at more than $30,000. In 1852, he moved to what he called \"Forest Home\" near Wheeling Park, and he served in the West Virginia legislature during the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis volume includes a manuscript copy of the act \"To incorporate the Wheeling Gas Company\" issued March 18, 1850; a copy of a related Wheeling city ordinance, issued April 29, 1850; stockholders meeting minutes, April 15, April 25, May 1, May 9, and May 11, 1850; and lists of subscribers, the number of shares of stock, and the amount paid.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge C. Gans was a physician practicing in Marshall County in the decades prior to the Civil War. Although most of his patients resided in the area around Moundsville and Elizabeth, Gans does not appear in either the 1840 or the 1850 U.S. census schedules for Marshall County. The ledger documents his treatment of families in Marshall County for a wide variety of ills, including typhoid fever (1861), cholera (1847), and farm injuries. Gans also routinely attended childbirths. His treatments included blistering, bleeding, venesection, lancing, and operating as well as administering medicine and pills. In return for his services, Gans routinely accepted farm produce, labor on his farm, and other useful items such as shingles. He went on to serve as an assistant surgeon in the Civil War.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis is a ledger of an Elizabeth, PA, glass manufacturer's accounts with his workers. The manufacturer ran some type of company store, and the ledger thus includes debits for cash and merchandise received by the workers and credits for the various types of labor performed, including glass blowing, teasing, cutting, coal mining, blacksmithing, and box making. In addition, the ledger includes the manufacturer's accounts with a boarding house owner for boarding his workers and with a local merchant who supplied the company store. In general, the ledger provides insights into the earnings of mid-19th century artisans as well as the operation of a small, rural glass-making establishment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis consignment book documents commodity prices and the wide variety of goods received by a Wheeling commission merchant house during the 1830s. It also provides insights into the local industrial development, since the commission merchants routinely received goods on consignment from local manufacturers, such as the German Manufacturing Company (textiles). At the beginning of the book, there is evidence that the firm engaged a peddler to make trips in 1830, and the commission house also conducted auctions during the 1830s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMoses Chapline was a prominent citizen in Wheeling, at various times an attorney, a general store owner, and in the 1830s, mayor. This daybook documents the daily trade at his store during 1845. Included are entries for purchases of a wide variety of goods as well as entries for store expenses, such as insurance, soap, and transportation. The A. Loring who appears frequently throughout was probably Alonzo Loring, a clerk at the store.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHarry Hood and Company was a retail meat and dairy market in Fairmont, WV. This ledger covers the last few months of 1906 and the first months of 1907. It documents purchases of meat from wholesale producers, such as Armour and Company, and sales of meat to local businesses and individuals in Fairmont. Transactions are typically listed only as \"merchandise,\" making it difficult to glean any information concerning prices or consumption patterns. The ledger is used only for the first 150 of its 500 pages, and the business does not appear in the Polk business directory of 1906-1907, suggesting the possibility that it folded some time in 1907.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis ledger documents a general store in Tyler County, probably near Middlebourne, the county seat. Although fairly routine entries characterize customer purchases, the volume also documents purchases from wholesale merchants, beginning on page 251. Included are such firms as Hubbard and Paull, and Jos. Speidel, both of Wheeling; Ed Roome of Sistersville; and Burgunder Brothers and Company, of Columbus, Ohio. Also, the ledger often lists the occupations of the store's customers. Included are John Gates, an oil rig builder (reflecting the emergence of the local oil business) and a number of customers connected to a local woolen mill.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Gallaher, Christian Ansbrutz, and Caleb Bleakmor started a general store partnership in 1853. Prior to that date, Gallaher operated a store in Moundsville, which is documented in the first 90 pages of the daybook. The daybook follows the partnership for only six months (until September 1853), but then another Moundsville general store (involving Bleakmor) used the daybook during 1856. In the 1850 census, Bleakmor was listed as a constable, age 49, born in Maryland; and Ansbrutz was listed as a miller, age 47, born in France, worth $23,000. Only Gallaher, a 53-year-old Irishman worth $12,000, was listed as a merchant. From the evidence in the daybook, it appears that the partnership was short-lived.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes ephemera, sheet music, booklets, pamphlets, and correspondence. Additional miscellaneous printed material can be found in Series 17, Oversize.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Box 18 includes calendars, sheet music, notecards, and printed material related to West Virginia history. The notecards include screen printed notecards from Wolf Creek Printery in Alderson, WV (1976). The history printed material includes a booklet entitled \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWheeling Bicentennial, 1769-1969\u003c/emph\u003e (1969?).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Box 19 includes West Virginia serial publications and magazines, as well as printed material about West Virginia schools and locations. Highlights include three issues of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Searchlight\u003c/emph\u003e, a serial about education (two published in Summersville, WV [1895-1896], and one published in Fayetteville, WV [1899]); an issue of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Mikrophone: Devoted to Religion, Morality, and Temperance \u003c/emph\u003e(published in Highland, WV, by D.H. Davis, 1906); Scottish Rite pamphlets (published in Wheeling, 1910-1917); the Richwood High School Class of 1940 reunion program (1960); Craigsville Grade School's first yearbook (1973); and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eMountaineer Spirit\u003c/emph\u003e, a WVU student magazine featuring an article about Jim Comstock (1968).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Box 20 includes non-West Virginia serial publications and magazines. Highlights include an issue of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Religious Magazine, or Spirit of the Foreign Theological Journals and Reviews\u003c/emph\u003e (Philadelphia: E. Littell, 1829); and E.D. Cope's \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eOn Vertebrata from the Tertiary and Cretaceous Rocks of the North West Territory\u003c/emph\u003e (Montreal: W.F. Brown \u0026amp; Co., 1891); \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNaval Training School -- Indoctrination, Hollywood Florida: Quarterdeck, Class of 3-44, 20 June 1944\u003c/emph\u003e (Hollywood, FL: Naval Training School, 1944); and issue no. 18 of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003ePapers from the Society for the Diffusion of Political Knowledge\u003c/emph\u003e (undated).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Box 21 includes various writings, such as student literary magazines, works of fiction, poetry booklets, and George T. Swain's \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Incomparable Don Chafin\u003c/emph\u003e (Charleston, WV: Ace Enterprises, 1962).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Box 22 includes George T. Swain's \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFacts About the Two Armed Marches on Logan\u003c/emph\u003e (Charleston, WV: Ace Enterprises, 1962), as well as printed materials for a variety of West Virginia and non-West Virginia businesses and organizations. These include advertisements and booklets regarding the West Virginia glass industry, including Fenton Glass (1966-1976, undated), a Woman's Club of Gassaway booklet (1970), a reprint of the Berkeley Springs Hotel Brochure of 1885 (1988), and the constitution of the First Baptist Church of Richwood, WV (undated). For additional business-related printed material, see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 2b, folders 11-12.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Box 23 includes miscellaneous booklets, programs, book plates, articles, clippings, and other material. Highlights include \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eRules of Practice in the United States Patent Office\u003c/emph\u003e (Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1892), Elbert Hubbard's \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eLittle Journeys to the Homes of Great Teachers: Erasmus\u003c/emph\u003e (East Aurora, Erie County, NY: The Roycrofters, 1908), the Richwood Spud and Splinter Festival Program (1940), and Eugene L. Huddleston's \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe World's Greatest Mallets: C \u0026amp; O H-8 Versus N \u0026amp; W Class A\u003c/emph\u003e (Alderson, WV: Chesapeake \u0026amp; Ohio Historical Society, 1986).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e  Boxes 24 and 25 contain books, including Comstock's autobiography.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes Jim Comstock's personal and professional correspondence. This series contains materials that are diverse in format, including letters, scripts for radio and other media, clippings, postcards, typescripts, articles, financial materials (e.g. bank books and checks), printed material, ephemera, and photographs. Most of the photographic material in this series has been moved to Series 7, Photographs. Some materials were moved to Series 17, Oversize -- see the Series 17 description for details.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Comstock marked much of his correspondence to be filed by the first letter of the correspondent's last name. Some of this organizational scheme has survived; folders containing specific letter and year files are dispersed throughout the series. Other notations that Comstock used include \"LR\" for letters received, \"Sp\" for speech-related correspondence, \"NL\" for \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNews Leader\u003c/emph\u003e-related correspondence, and \"HB\" for \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e-related correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Topics and items of interest include: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n letters written to Comstock by regional author Jesse Stuart, and by political figures such as Hubert H. Humphrey, Robert C. Byrd, Jennings Randolph, and Barry Goldwater (box 26 and others); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003erejection letters from newspapers and magazines to which Comstock submitted material (box 26); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ebiographical material about Jim Comstock and his family, including a thesis about Comstock by Mary Abel (boxes 26 and 47); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eLarry Maynor, journalist for the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eCharleston Daily Mail\u003c/emph\u003e (box 29); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ethe sale and ultimate demise of the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e (boxes 31 and 72); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ethe University of Hard Knocks, including a mock-up diploma, resumes, and portrait photograph headshots of potential graduates (boxes 31 and 60); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e[Delf] Norona Collection payments (boxes 33 and 46); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ePearl S. Buck (box 33 and others); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBilly Edd Wheeler, West Virginia writer and musician (box 36); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eCivilian Conservation Corps (CCC) reunion in 1979 (box 36); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eOtto Whittaker, who worked with Comstock on \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Best of the Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e (boxes 37 and 65); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ethe \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia\u003c/emph\u003e (box 40); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eComstock's appearance on John Nebel's WOR radio show in 1960, including postcards and letters regarding the appearance and requests for Comstock's Richwood Kinsey Report as well as \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNews Leader\u003c/emph\u003e or \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e subscriptions (boxes 41-42); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eComstock's appearance on the Today Show in 1966 (box 42); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eComstock's appearance on Patricia/Patsy McCann's WOR radio show in New York in August 1977, including letters and postcards regarding the appearance and requests to receive the free six-week subscription to the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e which Comstock offered on the show (boxes 42-43); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ewriters, with an emphasis on West Virginia authors, whose work Comstock was interested in collecting (boxes 40, 44, 45, and 62); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ewritings by Comstock, including short stories, articles, drafts, etc. (boxes 47-49); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eComstock's nomination and campaign for a U.S. House of Representatives seat on the Republican ticket in 1964 (boxes 51 and 56); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ethe \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNews Leader\u003c/emph\u003e, including morgue files, old articles, submissions, letters, and other items (boxes 54, 55, 57, 61, 63, and others; for oversize items, see Series 17, Oversize, box 116); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eEck Bozeman (box 57); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eComstock's pocket diaries (box 57); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eComstock's naval service during World War II (box 60); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eH.C. Comstock, Jim's father (box 68); and \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ehistorical research material, possibly for the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eEncyclopedia \u003c/emph\u003e(box 72).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Please note that the above list is not exhaustive.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes print photographs, negatives, cartes de visite, cabinet cards, mounted photos, tintypes, photo postcards, slides, clippings, printed material, correspondence, photo plates, and eight canisters of large format aerial diapositives (photo transparencies). Subjects include furniture; first ladies of West Virginia; historic homes of West Virginia; identified and unidentified individual and group portraits; cities and towns of West Virginia; buildings; scenery; Museum of the Hills in Richwood, WV; glass and glassmaking; and the Greenbrier. Some of the material in this series was transferred from Series 6, Comstock Correspondence -- in cases where the photographic item was attached to correspondence, the correspondence was transferred as well. Please note that some negatives are nitrate; keep these away from heat and handle with care. Additional photographic material can be found in Series 6, Correspondence, boxes 35, 54, 55, and 72. For photos of Fenton Glass products, see Series 5, Printed Material, box 22. Some oversize photos have been separated to the Photographs Collection; most of these have been added to West Virginia History OnView. Additional oversize photos can be found in Series 17, Oversize.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Contents of the eight canisters of large format aerial diapositives (photo transparencies):\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 80; Canister label: \"Huntington 1-6000 April 1947\" \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBox 80; Canister label: \"Chas. [Charleston?] 1957, Nitro, 1957; St. Albans, 1957, Old Chas., 1948, Airport, Big Scale (?)\" \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBox 80; Canister labels: \"Elk River Coal \u0026amp; Lumber Co., Aerial Map Flown April 1953.\" and \"City of Huntington Scale 1-6000 Apr 28 1947\" \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBox 80; Canister label: \"Harmony Near Ripley, [?] ft to 1\" old; Colin Creek Coal Stripping, large scale, 1948; Lake Chaweva, 1948; Armour Park, 1948; C\u0026amp;O Ry [Railway?] Coal River 1948; Bellings Airport, 1947; Kanawha Airport, large and small scale, 12-9-1947; Strip to City Blvd 12-9-1947; City Strip \u0026amp; Kenna Home; C\u0026amp;CCC Research 1947; Cedar Grove to Montgomery.\" \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBox 81; Unlabeled canister. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBox 81; Canister label: \"1949\" \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBox 81; Canister label: \"Coal City - Park Beckley, 1947 [?]\" (not usable) \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eBox 81; Canister label: \"4/20/53 Dick Stata Film, St. Albans - Charleston\" (not usable)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains two rolls of 35 mm black and white motion picture film, and three rolls of 16 mm color motion picture film of a train. Also included is one of the canisters which contained the film. The box which formerly contained the film was labeled \"F.M.C. Movie Scraps.\" Please note that some reels are nitrate; handle with care.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains two reels of microfilm, which were likely the property of Delf Norona before they were acquired by Comstock. The first reel contains West Virginia-related Civil War records; the second contains payroll and public service claims from the West Virginia region in the 1770s.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Reel 1 Contents Notes: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eRecords of the War Department, Office of the Adjutant General, General Orders, Mountain Department, Army in the Field, May 9 - June 28, 1862. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eNational Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, Washington: 1956. 101 total pgs. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eMarch 18 - June 18, 1862 86 total pgs.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Reel 2 Contents Notes: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ePayroll for Pittsburgh, 122 leaves; Payroll for Romney, 43 leaves; Public Service Claims Romney and Winchester 1775, 37 leaves; Public Service Claims West Augusta 1775, 49 leaves; Records of Soldiers and Public Service in Dunmore's War, 279 leaves; index, 25 leaves.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes two cassette tapes which were found in an envelope marked \"Larry Maynor Personal.\" The tapes include recordings of children reading stories and an oral history interview with an unidentified subject.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains 75 wood framed glass lantern slides. Most slides are labeled with the subject, and some are dated. Subjects include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV, as well as Brooke County and Marshall County, WV, and Belmont County, Ohio. These images were likely created by Thomas M. Darrah of Belmont County, Ohio. For the two wooden boxes in which the slides were previously stored, please see Series 16, Artifacts, boxes 105 and 106.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes scrapbooks which contain newspaper clippings and ephemera. Subjects include the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) and U.S. military history with a focus on Civil War history. These scrapbooks may have belonged to Colonel Albert Kern of Dayton, Ohio.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes originals and copies of broadsides and posters. Included are a John Dillinger wanted poster (1934); a Garrett Snuff advertisement (undated); copies of various political notices (originals ca. 1827-1886); Russian broadsides with Cyrillic text, depicting events of the Russian Civil War, USSR propaganda, and other things (ca. 1920-1930); posters for the Marshall County Fair (ca. 1960) and the Moundsville, Powhatan and Clarington Seventh Grand Annual Picnic (1873); advertisements for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus at the Moundsville Fairgrounds (undated); Showboat Rhododendron advertisements (undated); and other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes original and facsimile maps, atlases, and books about maps. Highlights include pre- and post-Civil War maps of the West Virginia area; \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, Illustrated: containing ... special history of the Virginias, maps and histories of Tyler and Wetzel Counties, West Virginia\u003c/emph\u003e; maps of America before 1775; copies of [West] Virginia county maps by John Wood from 1820-1821; maps of various West Virginia cities, including, Morgantown, Moundsville, and Wheeling; and various Fry-Jefferson maps (original and copies). A detailed contents list of boxes 93-100b and map cabinet 1, drawer 12 is available. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nNote that the date for each map reflects the date of creation of the item, though in the case of copies it may indicate the date of the creation of the original item rather than the date the copy was made. Also, the number of items may indicate different items or different pieces of the same map. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\n  Not yet located; Item Number 113; County Map of Virginia and West Virginia; 1874\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes newspapers from Wheeling, as well as a special bicentennial salute issue of the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e (1976). The majority of the newspapers in this collection have been separated to the West Virginia Collection's newspaper holdings. A list of the newspapers originally inventoried for this collection can be found in the control folder.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Most of the West Virginia newspapers have been microfilmed; see Miscellaneous Reel 113 in the Microfilm Room. For a list of the contents of this reel, please see the \"W.Va. Newspapers from Comstock Collection\" three-page packet in the control folder. Additional newspaper pages and clippings can be found throughout Series 6, Comstock Correspondence and Series 17, Oversize, box 117.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes a variety of artifacts and ephemera belonging to or collected by Comstock.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Boxes 105 and 106 include two wooden boxes (undated) which contained glass lantern slides (see Series 11). One box is labeled \"T.M. Darrah.\" Also included are a fountain pen used by Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman to sign the contract to begin building the Bureau of Mines' Appalachian Experiment Station in Morgantown, WV, with letters documenting the donation of the pen by Senator Harley M. Kilgore (1952); and a dinner plate showing a photo-like image of a priest with a group of children, from St. Albans, WV (undated).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 107 includes various nametags for Comstock and his wife, from a variety of conventions and meetings (1960-1963, undated); glasses and sunglasses (undated); a sewing needle pack and a mini ruler advertising Jim Comstock for Congress (ca. 1964); a press pass for President Ford's visit to Charleston, WV (1975); and tickets to the Republican National Convention (1976); among other material.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 108 contains two figurines and four whiskey decanters. The figurines are a coal miner (made of coal, undated) and \"Morgan's Virginia Rifleman 1776\" (undated). The decanters are \"Old Time Coal Miner\" (1976), \"Coal Miner\" (1975), Robert E. Lee (undated), and Stonewall Jackson on horseback (undated).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 109 contains six whiskey decanters: Abraham Lincoln (undated), Stonewall Jackson (undated), Hill Billy (1969), General Stonewall Jackson (1974), Randolph McCoy (1973), and Devil Anse Hatfield (1973).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains oversize material that may be relevant to other series.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes paintings, sketches, prints, photographs, educational posters, architectural drawings, vinyl records, typescripts, transparencies, clippings, manuscripts, and printed material, among other formats. Topics include Pearl Buck's birthplace, West Virginia, the Civil War, Jim Comstock's work, and other topics. More manuscripts are in the Manuscripts subseries, box 118.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 110 and box 111, folders 1-2 contain artwork depicting Pearl Buck's birthplace in Hillsboro, West Virginia, including paintings, sketches, a chalk drawing, and a plan for a sign (1965-1966, undated).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 111, folders 3-4 and unfoldered items include two West Virginia-related prints and an unidentified photo (undated); one framed and six unframed prints depicting mining machinery, possibly of Joy Manufacturing Company (undated); an unframed painting of a coal miner (undated); twelve mounted photographs and sketches (most unidentified, undated); and four rolled photographs (1918-1955?).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 112 includes educational posters regarding the Civil War and West Virginia history (undated). The posters include text, images, and photographs. Also includes mounted photographs, most with accompanying text, that have been added to West Virginia History On View. An additional eight posters regarding maps made by or related to North American Indians, likely assembled by Delf Norona, are also included (ca. 1950). For additional maps related to North American Indians/Native Americans, see also Series 14, Maps, box 98, item number 349.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 113 includes various West Virginia-related prints, including one of Mount Chantal near Wheeling (undated); prints of Civil War scenes sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep Roesler, Corporal of Color 47th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers (undated); a copy print of the camps of the 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps. near Romney (undated); prints made from Civil War engravings (1960); W.R. Leigh bullfighting prints (1950); copies of architectural plans for alterations of Wheeling's Custom House and Post Office (undated); and other items.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 114 contains limited edition black and white prints from a series entitled \"Covered Bridges of West Virginia\" by Marj Teague (1977) and three copies of a vinyl record album titled \"The Legend of Clark Kessinger\" (ca. 1965).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 115 includes paintings by John Wellington (undated); oversize photos (undated); an unidentified floor plan (undated); and architectural drawings or blueprints for five properties that were part of the Historic American Buildings Survey (undated). These properties are \"The Old Stone Church\" Presbyterian, Lewisburg, WV; Harewood and the ruins of St. George's Chapel, both near Charles Town, Jefferson County, WV; Traveler's Rest, near Leetown, Jefferson County, WV; and the Lee Barn in Leetown, WV.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 116 includes radio scripts (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 67); calendars (1984-1991); \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly \u003c/emph\u003etransparencies (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 54); various printed images and magazine clippings (1860-1921, undated); \"Our Wacky Weekly\" and newspaper article typescripts, probably written by Comstock (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 48, folder 1); and music-related magazines and pamphlets (1959-1966, undated).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 117 includes Berkeley County documents from the Barnet Cushwa Papers (see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 1, folders 1-5). These include lists of orders, taxes, fees, etc.; sheriff's office accounts; and land holdings (all 1854-1858). Box 117 also includes television scripts (undated); an envelope and survey plat from the Wells Family Papers (1856, undated; see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 2a, folder 24); Civil War-related prints (1861-1868, 1955); newspaper clippings (1861, 1927-1944, undated; some from Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 67, folders 4 and 7); miscellaneous printed material (1817-1863, undated; includes facsimiles); and facsimile broadsides, legal documents, and clippings regarding West Virginia statehood (1861-1863).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes oversize manuscripts, most of which pertain to West Virginia. West Virginia materials include pre- and post-statehood indentures, land grants, other legal documents, letters, certificates, and other formats pertaining to Barbour, Berkeley, Fayette, Hampshire, Hardy, Marshall, Ohio, Raleigh, and Tyler Counties. Additional indentures and land grants pertain to England (1650-1671, 1720-1721, 1833), and to Maryland, Virginia, and Texas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes Jim Comstock's personal and professional correspondence, and is composed of a wide range of formats, including letters, clippings, postcards, typescripts, articles, financial documents, printed material, ephemera, and photographs. Most of the photographic material in this series has been moved to Series 21, Photographs.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Comstock marked much of his correspondence to be filed by the first letter of the correspondent's last name. Some of this organizational scheme has survived; folders containing specific letter and year files can be found in boxes 119-125. Other notations that Comstock used include \"NL\" for \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNews Leader\u003c/emph\u003e-related correspondence and \"HB\" for \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e-related correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Topics and items of interest include: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ecard from Comstock to recent graduates regarding a gift subscription to the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly \u003c/emph\u003e(undated) (box 119); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eComstock's work with the Pearl Buck House (box 127); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ethe University of Hard Knocks (box 128); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ephotocopies of a scrapbook about ramps and Comstock's ramp-scented ink incident; and \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003ematerial regarding Comstock's work on the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e, the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNews Leader\u003c/emph\u003e, and the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Encyclopedia\u003c/emph\u003e (boxes 126-127 and other material throughout) (see also Series 20, Subject Files).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Please note that the above list is not exhaustive and that material on the above topics may also exist in boxes not mentioned.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e \u003cemph\u003e *Please note: boxes 123  and 133 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes books, magazines, newspapers, journals, promotional materials, poetry, and sheet music. Topics include Jim Comstock's work, the state of West Virginia, WVU, Storer College, industry (e.g., coal, railways), and New England baked beans, among other topics.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e \u003cemph\u003ePlease note: box 133 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes mostly morgue files of material that Comstock used in connection with his newspapers. Contents are not in alphabetical order. Formats include clippings, typescripts, photographs, print material, and other formats. The \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNews Leader\u003c/emph\u003e morgue materials (boxes 137-138) include items on a variety of subjects, such as covered bridges and the early history of Clay County. The \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNews Leader\u003c/emph\u003e morgue material also includes a folder of autographs of early West Virginia governors and other politicians, such as D.D.T. Farnsworth, John J. Jacobs, and A.B. Fleming. The \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly \u003c/emph\u003emorgue materials (box 139-140) pertain to a wide variety of subjects, most of whom are likely local individuals. The Newspaper Subjects (boxes 141-146) includes material for which the intended newspaper was not specified; topics include specific local individuals, national figures like Abraham Lincoln, steel and other industries, and towns.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes cartes de visite, cabinet cards, mounted photographs, photographic prints, clippings, and other formats. Many subjects are identified. They include portraits and candid photos of individuals, families, politicians, sports figures, West Virginia towns and buildings. Other notable photographs include crime scene and/or accident photographs, including images of a non-commercial plane crash (undated), and photos of Jim Comstock at the West Virginia Senate (1966). Photographs can also be found in Series 18, Correspondence; Series 20, Subject Files; and Series 26, Oversize Material. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\u003cemph\u003ePlease note: boxes 123, 133, and 149 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes magnetic recording tapes, a VHS tape about college financing, and a vinyl record and cassette tape of Billy Crain music.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes a WVLA cloth ribbon, an empty wallet, and a West Virginia Picture Book imprint plate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes material from two scrapbooks. One set of loose scrapbook pages contains clippings chiefly regarding Comstock's \"Past 80\" parties (ca. 1956). The other scrapbook of newspaper clippings chronicles the history of Richwood's Sacred Heart Hospital during the years of influence of the Pallottine Sisters from 1913-1983 (ca. 1953-1984).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes two account books. One contains stencil orders from various schools as well as other bills (1960s), and the other is an account book for 1954.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes newspapers, magazines, clippings, posters, prints, photographs, artwork, calendars, a genealogy chart, and other material.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Newspapers and magazines in box 152 include the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e Bicentennial special edition (1976), newspaper layouts from the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHillbilly \u003c/emph\u003e(1950-1976, undated), and pages from \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHarper's Weekly\u003c/emph\u003e (1861-1866).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Prints in boxes 153 and 154 include Civil War scenes by J. Nep Roesler, Corporal of Color 47th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers (undated).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Photographs (in boxes 153-156 and loose folders) include regular oversize and cirkut (panoramic) photographs on a wide variety of subjects. Boxes 153 and 154 include photographs of unidentified buildings and a group portrait of a Civilian Conservation Corps reunion (1982). Boxes 155 and 156 include photos of Evenwood (1915), group portrait of a conference of National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools (ca. 1932), campaign photographs (ca. 1972), an unidentified group of cars preparing for a parade (undated), and duplicates from the loose folders.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Additional cirkut photos include: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eLoose folder 1: a group portrait of the West Virginia Young People's Conference, Greenbrier Military School, Lewisburg, WV (1929), and a group portrait of the Divisional Young People's Congress, Charleston, WV (1929); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eLoose folder 2: a group portrait of the Western Virginia Conference Epworth League (1928-1929); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eLoose folder 3: photos of an unidentified bridge and factories or plants (1916 and undated) and the Appalachian Electric Power Company Turner Substation (1929); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003eLoose folder 4: a birds-eye view of Richwood (undated) and a group portrait of Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal Company Safety First Teams (1933).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Box 156 also includes a genealogy chart and architectural drawings. The genealogy chart (undated) documents the Paull family, which is accompanied by a note: \"Goes with Jefferson [Fry-Jefferson?] Map.\" The architectural drawings (1972-1976, undated) depict buildings from Richwood.\n \n Box 157 includes a book of exhibits from the Virginia vs. West Virginia Supreme Court case in 1914, and a license for John W. Love to practice Law (1925).\n \n Also includes a muster roll for Company I, 2nd Regiment, [West] Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, U.S. Army (1863 February).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes maps of West Virginia locations, such as Greenbrier County and the Monongahela National Forest, as well as maps of other states and a few world maps.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMostly financial and legal documents from Marion, Monongalia, and Harrison Counties, bulk from 1840s to 1860s.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of James (\"Jim\") Franklin Comstock of Richwood, West Virginia, whose position as editor of the  West Virginia Hillbilly  and avocation as collector and advocate of all things West Virginia led to the preservation of much of the state's physical, visual, and textual history. The collection includes materials Comstock collected about West Virginia history as well as his own personal and professional papers.","Materials include: general series of historical documents such as letters, deeds, and county court cases pertaining to a diverse range of subjects (1717, 1754-1988, undated [includes facsimiles]); letters of Lucy Prichard, former instructor at Marshall College (now Marshall University) (1925-1927, undated); clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and  Atlantic Monthly  writer Louis Eckert Reed (ca. 1960-1975, undated); account books concerning economic development and commercial activities in the northern part of the state in the 19th and early 20th centuries (1830-1938); printed material about West Virginia schools, businesses, and events as well as non-West Virginia books and pamphlets (1829-1995, undated); Comstock's personal and professional correspondence (1882-1995, undated); a wide variety of photographs, including images of West Virginia cities and towns, among many others (ca. 1850s-1995, undated); microfilmed records of the Civil War and Dunmore's War (undated); glass lantern slides, which include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV (1871-1897, undated); Grand Army of the Republic and U.S. military history scrapbooks (1883-1918); broadsides, including advertisements for a circus in Moundsville (ca. 1827-1960 [includes facsimiles]); and maps and atlases of pre- and post-statehood West Virginia, counties, colonial North America, and other topics (1730-1976, undated [includes facsimiles]).","An addendum of 2013/05 includes additional personal and professional correspondence, publications, newspaper morgue files, photographs, audio-visual material, artifacts, scrapbooks, account books, and maps. For more information on Jim Comstock, see the Historical Note.","Series 1. Historical Documents; 1717, 1754-1988, undated (includes facsimiles); box 1 - box 3, folder 2. \nSeries 2. Lucy Prichard Papers; 1913-1936, undated; box 3, folders 3-8. \nSeries 3. Louis Reed Papers; ca. 1960-1975, undated; boxes 4-5. \nSeries 4. Account Books; 1830-1938; boxes 6-17. \nSeries 5. Printed Material; 1829-1995, undated; boxes 18-25. \nSeries 6. Comstock Correspondence; 1882-1995, undated (bulk 1950-1995); boxes 26-72. \nSeries 7. Photographs; ca. 1850s-1995, undated; boxes 73-81. \nSeries 8. Motion Pictures; undated; box 82. \nSeries 9. Microfilm; undated; box 82. \nSeries 10. Cassette Tapes; undated; box 82. \nSeries 11. Glass Lantern Slides; 1871-1897, undated; boxes 83-85. \nSeries 12. Scrapbooks; 1883-1918; boxes 86-91. \nSeries 13. Broadsides; ca. 1827-1960 (includes facsimiles); box 92. \nSeries 14. Maps; 1730-1976, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 93-103, and map cabinet 1, drawer 12. \nSeries 15. Newspapers; ca. 1826-1924, 1976; box 104. \nSeries 16. Artifacts; 1952-1976, undated; boxes 105-109. \nSeries 17. Oversize; 1650-1671, 1720-1991, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 110-118.","Addendum of 2013/05  includes material much like that in the initial acquisition, divided into the following series:","Series 18. Correspondence; 1838-2003, undated (bulk 1950-1995); box 119 - box 133 folder 4, and box 134 folders 1-11.* \nSeries 19. Publications; 1889-2002, undated; box 133, folders 5-6, box 134, folder 12, and boxes 135-136.* \nSeries 20. Subject Files; ca. 1851-1995, undated; boxes 137-146. \nSeries 21. Photographs; ca. 1870s-2003, undated; boxes 147-149.* \nSeries 22. Audio-Visual Material; 1990-1992, undated; box 150. \nSeries 23. Artifacts; undated; box 151, folders 1-2. \nSeries 24. Scrapbooks; ca. 1953-1984; box 151, folder 3 and scrapbook. \nSeries 25. Account Books; 1954-1960s; box 151 ledgers. \nSeries 26. Oversize Material; 1861-1866, 1893-1933, 1950-1998, undated; box 152 - box 156, folder 3, loose folders 1-4, oversize folder 1, and box 157. \nSeries 27. Maps; 1884-1891, 1920, 1957-1987; box 156, folders 4-10. \nSeries 28. Historical Documents; 1839-1909; box 158.","*Please note: boxes 123, 133, and 149 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.","This series includes financial records such as receipts and invoices, legal documents such as deeds and court cases, correspondence, land records, genealogy materials, ephemera, and typescript histories. Box 1 includes three subgroups: the Barnet Cushwa Papers, West Virginia Documents, and Non-West Virginia Documents. Boxes 2a-3 contain material of mixed origin. Additional historical documents can be found in Series 17, Oversize, and in subseries Oversize--Manuscripts.","This subseries includes a collection of materials documenting the activities of Cushwa, a prominent farmer and later the sheriff of Berkeley County in the 1850s. Cushwa's papers reveal his activities as administrator of the Daniel Gehr estate (1839-1843). The Berkeley County documents, including lists of landholdings, orders, taxes, and fee collections, demonstrate his duties as sheriff in the 1850s. See Series 17, Oversize, box 117 for Berkeley County land holdings, sheriff's accounts, and lists of orders, taxes, fees, etc. (1854-1858).","This subseries is comprised of correspondence and other material, principally concerning commercial and development activities in north-central West Virginia. These items are grouped by county; please note that there is overlap between counties.   Highlights include:  items relating to Harman Blennerhassett (box 1, folder 12);  a six-page letter written by William G. Brown answering questions concerning the constitutionality of the movement for West Virginia statehood (June 28, 1862) (box 1, folder 13);  letters and reminiscences focusing on the reunions of the Battle of Philippi (1911-1935) (box 1, folder 14); and  two letters from the abolitionist John Brown (box 1, folder 15)."," Additional West Virginia documents can be found in boxes 2a-2c.","Highlights of this subseries include:  four letters from soldiers in the Mexican War;  seventeen letters from Pennsylvania soldier James M. Weaver, principally to his wife, during his service in the Civil War;  a confidential letter from President James Monroe explaining his policy on fortifying the frontier;  seven Booker T. Washington letters;  two letters from Revolutionary War general Horatio Gates; and  a folder of letters written by famous 19th century figures including Samuel Clemens, Collis P. Huntington, Nathaniel P. Banks, and Newton D. Baker.","This subseries contains correspondence, invoices, deeds, tax documents, court cases, and other material. Most of the items pertain to West Virginia.  Highlights include:  bills and invoices of G.H.A. Kunst and John H. Kunst (1853-1867, 1892-1893);  papers of the Wells family of Sistersville (1806-1885);  a telegram regarding the burning of Harpers Ferry (1861);  a broadside listing members of Company H, 3rd Regiment, Potomac Home Brigade, Maryland Infantry (undated); and  legal documents regarding the manumission of slaves (1820-1828, 1856).","Lucy Prichard taught Latin and Classical Studies at Marshall College from 1914 to 1941. This series includes correspondence, photographs, and printed material. Correspondence includes Karl Prichard's letters (1918) and Lucy Prichard's letters (1925-1927, undated). Lucy's letters are addressed to her mother, Mrs. R.H. Prichard, in Huntington, WV. Many of Lucy's letters relate to her travels and studies in the Peloponnesus peninsula of Greece, the British Isles, Western Europe, and Italy in 1925 and 1927. For more information on Lucy Prichard, see the Historical Note.","This series includes newspaper clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and Atlantic Monthly writer Louis Eckert Reed. The newspaper clippings show images of Reed family photos (1960). The typescripts are short stories written by Louis, many likely unpublished. Also included are notes and a draft of  Burning Springs, Virginia: The Civil War's Unsolved Mystery , initially a paper that Reed prepared for the West Virginia Historical Society (see  Burning Springs, West Virginia: the Civil War's Unsolved Mystery , by Louis Reed, self-published in Elizabeth, WV, 1960). This material may have been developed for his later fictional novel,  Burning Springs  (published in Huntington, WV by University Editions/Aegina Press, 1985). For more information on Reed, see the Historical Note. A letter from Louis Reed to Jim Comstock regarding Reed's book  Warning in Appalachia  (1967) can be found in Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 62, folder 27. Other letters from Reed may be found elsewhere in Series 6, Correspondence.","This series includes 27 account books, many of which relate to north-central West Virginia businesses. These ledgers document general stores, a Jewish-owned clothing store in Richwood, the activities of an itinerant Methodist minister in the mining villages of north-central West Virginia, grocery stores and meat markets, a glass manufacturer, and other businesses. See Separated Materials note for information on volumes separated to other collections.","Thistle and Cox formed a partnership in Tyler County, [West] Virginia in March of 1835. This is the partnership's first ledger, which spans the years 1835-1837, but reference is made to the transfer of accounts to at least one subsequent ledger. The business appears to have been located near the Ohio River (probably in Sistersville), since customers included Ohio as well as Tyler County citizens. Although the debit side for each customer only lists the term \"merchandise\" for purchases, the ledger reveals the barter nature of much of the rural economy of Tyler County on the credit side. Among items received in trade by Thistle and Cox were chestnuts, hides, bees wax, rags, sand, tobacco, clothes, meats, produce, and various forms of labor. The ledger also frequently lists the occupations or residences of many of the customers. Included were coopers, tanners, blacksmiths, preachers, schoolteachers, and carpenters, scattered from Point Pleasant to Wheeling.","Inventory and Book Accounts. This volume contains a 66-page inventory of goods on hand and their prices in a Tyler County general store in January 1877. The inventory is divided into the following categories: fancy groceries, groceries, men's shoes, ladies' shoes, children's shoes, overshoes, dress goods, wall paper, housewares, and other. Starting on page 71 is a four-page list of the book accounts of the store's customers, presumably on that same date.","The Cordray Carriage Company was a short-lived business in Fairmont, WV. The ledger lists only the customers and the amount they owed T.L. Cordray, the proprietor of the Carriage Company. The ledger does not list the services for which the customers were charged. However, one itemized account invoice on an inserted piece of paper suggests that the Cordray Carriage Company repaired vehicles. For H.O. Amos, from 1907 through 1911, the Company repaired couplings, repaired and painted the body, repaired the interior, raised the body, and tightened and repaired the fenders, for a total charge of $118. The ledger includes more than 400 customers.","A. H. Breckstein was a Jewish merchant who operated a clothing store in the boom town of Richwood, in Nicholas County. Volume 10 is a cash book detailing daily transactions in the store, both sales and expenses, for part of 1910, and consistently for the period 1928 to 1936. There are also monthly accountings of both cash and credit sales as well as expenses. Volume 11 documents sales and purchases of clothing for the period 1926 to 1934. The sales portion of this volume repeats information available in volume 10. Volume 12 is a ledger of accounts payable for the period 1921-1928, showing the firms from which Breckstein purchased his goods. Included are companies in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and New York.","J.C. Shock was a Methodist minister assigned to a parish in Pullman, WV in 1910. However, he also appeared to be an itinerant preacher, and his account book lists ministerial services provided for the towns and villages of Duffy, Straight Fork, Falls Mill, Glady, and Kingknob, in the north-central West Virginia counties of Lewis, Ritchie, and Wetzel. The account book documents Shock's ministry, listing the text for sermons preached at various towns as well as the contributions of those towns to his salary. Most of the entries cover the years 1910-1917, at which time his base of operations seems to have shifted permanently to Falls Run and Falls Mill in Braxton County. There are entries for sermons, marriages, and assessments for those towns running to 1938. An additional folder contains miscellaneous documents related to Shock found within the ledger.","In the 1890s, Mrs. Samuel C. Gans operated a general store in Moundsville, which by 1900 was specializing in dry goods. This ledger reflects the volume of business and the timing and means of settling accounts. The early pages (for the 1890s) are more detailed, listing the items purchased from the general store. For the later period, the entries are frequently limited to the terms \"goods\" or \"merchandise.\" The back of the volume also contains some notes and miscellaneous accounts, such as rooms rented.","In 1892, a number of Charleston's German families banded together to form an Evangelical Lutheran Church. Subscriptions for a building fund and other church work began to be collected in October of that year. This ledger documents the subscriptions of the founding members of St. Paul's Evangelical Church. It also provides an accounting of the expenses and building funds contributed by the members, including the purchase of a lot on Court Street in Charleston, the church's construction, and the salary of the minister.","These volumes were written by Albert S. Hayden, Notary Public in and for the county of Marion and the state of West Virginia. He recorded handwritten copies of promissory notes and bills presented at Fairmont, WV banks for redemption, which were protested by the First National Bank of Fairmont's cashier. The ledgers also list the date protested, by whom, and the notices mailed to note signers. Most notes originated in West Virginia, but some originated in Ohio. Volume 16a covers 1870-1873. Volume 16b covers 1875-1876.","Anthony Zidn operated a grocery and dry goods store outside of Fairmont on RFD #2. Zidn was an immigrant from the Middle East (perhaps Armenia, as suggested by the fact he kept his accounts in Persian and had a Christian name). These three ledgers document his business, although most of the information is written in Persian.","The Price Brothers operated a general store in the small village of Amos on the Paw Paw Creek, eleven miles from the town of Fairmont in Marion County. The Price Brothers sold all sorts of groceries to people in the town, as documented by this ledger. In addition, the Polk business directory for 1902-1903 notes that the Price sisters operated a millinery business in Amos. There are loose papers within the ledger, including statements and product advertisements (1905-1907, undated).","At the turn of the century, there were four wholesale meat provisioners in Wheeling. This ledger represents the operations of one of them for the years 1901-1902. The company principally supplied general stores and grocers in eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia, southwestern Pennsylvania, and western Maryland. However, individuals could also buy directly. Entries typically include the name of the purchaser, the town in which the purchaser resides, and the amount of the purchase. For local buyers, the ledger frequently lists the Wheeling address. Since transactions are usually noted only as merchandise, it is impossible to glean what types of meats were being purchased at what costs.","Jacob Hornbrook was born in Tavistock, England, in 1812 and moved with his parents to Wheeling when he was a small child. Jacob's father ran a small [business?] in Wheeling. As a young man, Jacob began a mercantile business buying and selling produce on the flatboats travelling on the Ohio River. He later started a notions store, purchased interest in a steamship line and the First National Bank, and was president and owned stock in the Wheeling Gas Company. These three books, a journal (volume 20; 1847-1874), a ledger (volume 21; 1847-1874), and a cash book (volume 22; 1845-1874), document his business interests, investments, and personal expenses during the last three decades of his life. Although he remained an active investor, Hornbrook retired from his mercantile business in 1855 with an estate valued at more than $30,000. In 1852, he moved to what he called \"Forest Home\" near Wheeling Park, and he served in the West Virginia legislature during the Civil War.","This volume includes a manuscript copy of the act \"To incorporate the Wheeling Gas Company\" issued March 18, 1850; a copy of a related Wheeling city ordinance, issued April 29, 1850; stockholders meeting minutes, April 15, April 25, May 1, May 9, and May 11, 1850; and lists of subscribers, the number of shares of stock, and the amount paid.","George C. Gans was a physician practicing in Marshall County in the decades prior to the Civil War. Although most of his patients resided in the area around Moundsville and Elizabeth, Gans does not appear in either the 1840 or the 1850 U.S. census schedules for Marshall County. The ledger documents his treatment of families in Marshall County for a wide variety of ills, including typhoid fever (1861), cholera (1847), and farm injuries. Gans also routinely attended childbirths. His treatments included blistering, bleeding, venesection, lancing, and operating as well as administering medicine and pills. In return for his services, Gans routinely accepted farm produce, labor on his farm, and other useful items such as shingles. He went on to serve as an assistant surgeon in the Civil War.","This is a ledger of an Elizabeth, PA, glass manufacturer's accounts with his workers. The manufacturer ran some type of company store, and the ledger thus includes debits for cash and merchandise received by the workers and credits for the various types of labor performed, including glass blowing, teasing, cutting, coal mining, blacksmithing, and box making. In addition, the ledger includes the manufacturer's accounts with a boarding house owner for boarding his workers and with a local merchant who supplied the company store. In general, the ledger provides insights into the earnings of mid-19th century artisans as well as the operation of a small, rural glass-making establishment.","This consignment book documents commodity prices and the wide variety of goods received by a Wheeling commission merchant house during the 1830s. It also provides insights into the local industrial development, since the commission merchants routinely received goods on consignment from local manufacturers, such as the German Manufacturing Company (textiles). At the beginning of the book, there is evidence that the firm engaged a peddler to make trips in 1830, and the commission house also conducted auctions during the 1830s.","Moses Chapline was a prominent citizen in Wheeling, at various times an attorney, a general store owner, and in the 1830s, mayor. This daybook documents the daily trade at his store during 1845. Included are entries for purchases of a wide variety of goods as well as entries for store expenses, such as insurance, soap, and transportation. The A. Loring who appears frequently throughout was probably Alonzo Loring, a clerk at the store.","Harry Hood and Company was a retail meat and dairy market in Fairmont, WV. This ledger covers the last few months of 1906 and the first months of 1907. It documents purchases of meat from wholesale producers, such as Armour and Company, and sales of meat to local businesses and individuals in Fairmont. Transactions are typically listed only as \"merchandise,\" making it difficult to glean any information concerning prices or consumption patterns. The ledger is used only for the first 150 of its 500 pages, and the business does not appear in the Polk business directory of 1906-1907, suggesting the possibility that it folded some time in 1907.","This ledger documents a general store in Tyler County, probably near Middlebourne, the county seat. Although fairly routine entries characterize customer purchases, the volume also documents purchases from wholesale merchants, beginning on page 251. Included are such firms as Hubbard and Paull, and Jos. Speidel, both of Wheeling; Ed Roome of Sistersville; and Burgunder Brothers and Company, of Columbus, Ohio. Also, the ledger often lists the occupations of the store's customers. Included are John Gates, an oil rig builder (reflecting the emergence of the local oil business) and a number of customers connected to a local woolen mill.","John Gallaher, Christian Ansbrutz, and Caleb Bleakmor started a general store partnership in 1853. Prior to that date, Gallaher operated a store in Moundsville, which is documented in the first 90 pages of the daybook. The daybook follows the partnership for only six months (until September 1853), but then another Moundsville general store (involving Bleakmor) used the daybook during 1856. In the 1850 census, Bleakmor was listed as a constable, age 49, born in Maryland; and Ansbrutz was listed as a miller, age 47, born in France, worth $23,000. Only Gallaher, a 53-year-old Irishman worth $12,000, was listed as a merchant. From the evidence in the daybook, it appears that the partnership was short-lived.","This series includes ephemera, sheet music, booklets, pamphlets, and correspondence. Additional miscellaneous printed material can be found in Series 17, Oversize.","  Box 18 includes calendars, sheet music, notecards, and printed material related to West Virginia history. The notecards include screen printed notecards from Wolf Creek Printery in Alderson, WV (1976). The history printed material includes a booklet entitled  Wheeling Bicentennial, 1769-1969  (1969?).","  Box 19 includes West Virginia serial publications and magazines, as well as printed material about West Virginia schools and locations. Highlights include three issues of  The Searchlight , a serial about education (two published in Summersville, WV [1895-1896], and one published in Fayetteville, WV [1899]); an issue of  The Mikrophone: Devoted to Religion, Morality, and Temperance  (published in Highland, WV, by D.H. Davis, 1906); Scottish Rite pamphlets (published in Wheeling, 1910-1917); the Richwood High School Class of 1940 reunion program (1960); Craigsville Grade School's first yearbook (1973); and  Mountaineer Spirit , a WVU student magazine featuring an article about Jim Comstock (1968).","  Box 20 includes non-West Virginia serial publications and magazines. Highlights include an issue of  The Religious Magazine, or Spirit of the Foreign Theological Journals and Reviews  (Philadelphia: E. Littell, 1829); and E.D. Cope's  On Vertebrata from the Tertiary and Cretaceous Rocks of the North West Territory  (Montreal: W.F. Brown \u0026 Co., 1891);  Naval Training School -- Indoctrination, Hollywood Florida: Quarterdeck, Class of 3-44, 20 June 1944  (Hollywood, FL: Naval Training School, 1944); and issue no. 18 of  Papers from the Society for the Diffusion of Political Knowledge  (undated).","  Box 21 includes various writings, such as student literary magazines, works of fiction, poetry booklets, and George T. Swain's  The Incomparable Don Chafin  (Charleston, WV: Ace Enterprises, 1962).","  Box 22 includes George T. Swain's  Facts About the Two Armed Marches on Logan  (Charleston, WV: Ace Enterprises, 1962), as well as printed materials for a variety of West Virginia and non-West Virginia businesses and organizations. These include advertisements and booklets regarding the West Virginia glass industry, including Fenton Glass (1966-1976, undated), a Woman's Club of Gassaway booklet (1970), a reprint of the Berkeley Springs Hotel Brochure of 1885 (1988), and the constitution of the First Baptist Church of Richwood, WV (undated). For additional business-related printed material, see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 2b, folders 11-12.","  Box 23 includes miscellaneous booklets, programs, book plates, articles, clippings, and other material. Highlights include  Rules of Practice in the United States Patent Office  (Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1892), Elbert Hubbard's  Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Teachers: Erasmus  (East Aurora, Erie County, NY: The Roycrofters, 1908), the Richwood Spud and Splinter Festival Program (1940), and Eugene L. Huddleston's  The World's Greatest Mallets: C \u0026 O H-8 Versus N \u0026 W Class A  (Alderson, WV: Chesapeake \u0026 Ohio Historical Society, 1986).","  Boxes 24 and 25 contain books, including Comstock's autobiography.","This series includes Jim Comstock's personal and professional correspondence. This series contains materials that are diverse in format, including letters, scripts for radio and other media, clippings, postcards, typescripts, articles, financial materials (e.g. bank books and checks), printed material, ephemera, and photographs. Most of the photographic material in this series has been moved to Series 7, Photographs. Some materials were moved to Series 17, Oversize -- see the Series 17 description for details."," Comstock marked much of his correspondence to be filed by the first letter of the correspondent's last name. Some of this organizational scheme has survived; folders containing specific letter and year files are dispersed throughout the series. Other notations that Comstock used include \"LR\" for letters received, \"Sp\" for speech-related correspondence, \"NL\" for  News Leader -related correspondence, and \"HB\" for  West Virginia Hillbilly -related correspondence."," Topics and items of interest include:  \n letters written to Comstock by regional author Jesse Stuart, and by political figures such as Hubert H. Humphrey, Robert C. Byrd, Jennings Randolph, and Barry Goldwater (box 26 and others);  rejection letters from newspapers and magazines to which Comstock submitted material (box 26);  biographical material about Jim Comstock and his family, including a thesis about Comstock by Mary Abel (boxes 26 and 47);  Larry Maynor, journalist for the  Charleston Daily Mail  (box 29);  the sale and ultimate demise of the  West Virginia Hillbilly  (boxes 31 and 72);  the University of Hard Knocks, including a mock-up diploma, resumes, and portrait photograph headshots of potential graduates (boxes 31 and 60);  [Delf] Norona Collection payments (boxes 33 and 46);  Pearl S. Buck (box 33 and others);  Billy Edd Wheeler, West Virginia writer and musician (box 36);  Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) reunion in 1979 (box 36);  Otto Whittaker, who worked with Comstock on  The Best of the Hillbilly  (boxes 37 and 65);  the  West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia  (box 40);  Comstock's appearance on John Nebel's WOR radio show in 1960, including postcards and letters regarding the appearance and requests for Comstock's Richwood Kinsey Report as well as  News Leader  or  West Virginia Hillbilly  subscriptions (boxes 41-42);  Comstock's appearance on the Today Show in 1966 (box 42);  Comstock's appearance on Patricia/Patsy McCann's WOR radio show in New York in August 1977, including letters and postcards regarding the appearance and requests to receive the free six-week subscription to the  West Virginia Hillbilly  which Comstock offered on the show (boxes 42-43);  writers, with an emphasis on West Virginia authors, whose work Comstock was interested in collecting (boxes 40, 44, 45, and 62);  writings by Comstock, including short stories, articles, drafts, etc. (boxes 47-49);  Comstock's nomination and campaign for a U.S. House of Representatives seat on the Republican ticket in 1964 (boxes 51 and 56);  the  West Virginia Hillbilly  and  News Leader , including morgue files, old articles, submissions, letters, and other items (boxes 54, 55, 57, 61, 63, and others; for oversize items, see Series 17, Oversize, box 116);  Eck Bozeman (box 57);  Comstock's pocket diaries (box 57);  Comstock's naval service during World War II (box 60);  H.C. Comstock, Jim's father (box 68); and  historical research material, possibly for the  Encyclopedia  (box 72)."," Please note that the above list is not exhaustive.","This series includes print photographs, negatives, cartes de visite, cabinet cards, mounted photos, tintypes, photo postcards, slides, clippings, printed material, correspondence, photo plates, and eight canisters of large format aerial diapositives (photo transparencies). Subjects include furniture; first ladies of West Virginia; historic homes of West Virginia; identified and unidentified individual and group portraits; cities and towns of West Virginia; buildings; scenery; Museum of the Hills in Richwood, WV; glass and glassmaking; and the Greenbrier. Some of the material in this series was transferred from Series 6, Comstock Correspondence -- in cases where the photographic item was attached to correspondence, the correspondence was transferred as well. Please note that some negatives are nitrate; keep these away from heat and handle with care. Additional photographic material can be found in Series 6, Correspondence, boxes 35, 54, 55, and 72. For photos of Fenton Glass products, see Series 5, Printed Material, box 22. Some oversize photos have been separated to the Photographs Collection; most of these have been added to West Virginia History OnView. Additional oversize photos can be found in Series 17, Oversize."," Contents of the eight canisters of large format aerial diapositives (photo transparencies):"," Box 80; Canister label: \"Huntington 1-6000 April 1947\"  Box 80; Canister label: \"Chas. [Charleston?] 1957, Nitro, 1957; St. Albans, 1957, Old Chas., 1948, Airport, Big Scale (?)\"  Box 80; Canister labels: \"Elk River Coal \u0026 Lumber Co., Aerial Map Flown April 1953.\" and \"City of Huntington Scale 1-6000 Apr 28 1947\"  Box 80; Canister label: \"Harmony Near Ripley, [?] ft to 1\" old; Colin Creek Coal Stripping, large scale, 1948; Lake Chaweva, 1948; Armour Park, 1948; C\u0026O Ry [Railway?] Coal River 1948; Bellings Airport, 1947; Kanawha Airport, large and small scale, 12-9-1947; Strip to City Blvd 12-9-1947; City Strip \u0026 Kenna Home; C\u0026CCC Research 1947; Cedar Grove to Montgomery.\"  Box 81; Unlabeled canister.  Box 81; Canister label: \"1949\"  Box 81; Canister label: \"Coal City - Park Beckley, 1947 [?]\" (not usable)  Box 81; Canister label: \"4/20/53 Dick Stata Film, St. Albans - Charleston\" (not usable)","This series contains two rolls of 35 mm black and white motion picture film, and three rolls of 16 mm color motion picture film of a train. Also included is one of the canisters which contained the film. The box which formerly contained the film was labeled \"F.M.C. Movie Scraps.\" Please note that some reels are nitrate; handle with care.","This series contains two reels of microfilm, which were likely the property of Delf Norona before they were acquired by Comstock. The first reel contains West Virginia-related Civil War records; the second contains payroll and public service claims from the West Virginia region in the 1770s."," Reel 1 Contents Notes:  Records of the War Department, Office of the Adjutant General, General Orders, Mountain Department, Army in the Field, May 9 - June 28, 1862.  National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, Washington: 1956. 101 total pgs.  March 18 - June 18, 1862 86 total pgs."," Reel 2 Contents Notes:  Payroll for Pittsburgh, 122 leaves; Payroll for Romney, 43 leaves; Public Service Claims Romney and Winchester 1775, 37 leaves; Public Service Claims West Augusta 1775, 49 leaves; Records of Soldiers and Public Service in Dunmore's War, 279 leaves; index, 25 leaves.","This series includes two cassette tapes which were found in an envelope marked \"Larry Maynor Personal.\" The tapes include recordings of children reading stories and an oral history interview with an unidentified subject.","This series contains 75 wood framed glass lantern slides. Most slides are labeled with the subject, and some are dated. Subjects include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV, as well as Brooke County and Marshall County, WV, and Belmont County, Ohio. These images were likely created by Thomas M. Darrah of Belmont County, Ohio. For the two wooden boxes in which the slides were previously stored, please see Series 16, Artifacts, boxes 105 and 106.","This series includes scrapbooks which contain newspaper clippings and ephemera. Subjects include the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) and U.S. military history with a focus on Civil War history. These scrapbooks may have belonged to Colonel Albert Kern of Dayton, Ohio.","This series includes originals and copies of broadsides and posters. Included are a John Dillinger wanted poster (1934); a Garrett Snuff advertisement (undated); copies of various political notices (originals ca. 1827-1886); Russian broadsides with Cyrillic text, depicting events of the Russian Civil War, USSR propaganda, and other things (ca. 1920-1930); posters for the Marshall County Fair (ca. 1960) and the Moundsville, Powhatan and Clarington Seventh Grand Annual Picnic (1873); advertisements for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus at the Moundsville Fairgrounds (undated); Showboat Rhododendron advertisements (undated); and other material.","This series includes original and facsimile maps, atlases, and books about maps. Highlights include pre- and post-Civil War maps of the West Virginia area;  Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, Illustrated: containing ... special history of the Virginias, maps and histories of Tyler and Wetzel Counties, West Virginia ; maps of America before 1775; copies of [West] Virginia county maps by John Wood from 1820-1821; maps of various West Virginia cities, including, Morgantown, Moundsville, and Wheeling; and various Fry-Jefferson maps (original and copies). A detailed contents list of boxes 93-100b and map cabinet 1, drawer 12 is available. ","\nNote that the date for each map reflects the date of creation of the item, though in the case of copies it may indicate the date of the creation of the original item rather than the date the copy was made. Also, the number of items may indicate different items or different pieces of the same map. ","\n  Not yet located; Item Number 113; County Map of Virginia and West Virginia; 1874","This series includes newspapers from Wheeling, as well as a special bicentennial salute issue of the  West Virginia Hillbilly  (1976). The majority of the newspapers in this collection have been separated to the West Virginia Collection's newspaper holdings. A list of the newspapers originally inventoried for this collection can be found in the control folder."," Most of the West Virginia newspapers have been microfilmed; see Miscellaneous Reel 113 in the Microfilm Room. For a list of the contents of this reel, please see the \"W.Va. Newspapers from Comstock Collection\" three-page packet in the control folder. Additional newspaper pages and clippings can be found throughout Series 6, Comstock Correspondence and Series 17, Oversize, box 117.","This series includes a variety of artifacts and ephemera belonging to or collected by Comstock."," Boxes 105 and 106 include two wooden boxes (undated) which contained glass lantern slides (see Series 11). One box is labeled \"T.M. Darrah.\" Also included are a fountain pen used by Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman to sign the contract to begin building the Bureau of Mines' Appalachian Experiment Station in Morgantown, WV, with letters documenting the donation of the pen by Senator Harley M. Kilgore (1952); and a dinner plate showing a photo-like image of a priest with a group of children, from St. Albans, WV (undated)."," Box 107 includes various nametags for Comstock and his wife, from a variety of conventions and meetings (1960-1963, undated); glasses and sunglasses (undated); a sewing needle pack and a mini ruler advertising Jim Comstock for Congress (ca. 1964); a press pass for President Ford's visit to Charleston, WV (1975); and tickets to the Republican National Convention (1976); among other material."," Box 108 contains two figurines and four whiskey decanters. The figurines are a coal miner (made of coal, undated) and \"Morgan's Virginia Rifleman 1776\" (undated). The decanters are \"Old Time Coal Miner\" (1976), \"Coal Miner\" (1975), Robert E. Lee (undated), and Stonewall Jackson on horseback (undated)."," Box 109 contains six whiskey decanters: Abraham Lincoln (undated), Stonewall Jackson (undated), Hill Billy (1969), General Stonewall Jackson (1974), Randolph McCoy (1973), and Devil Anse Hatfield (1973).","This series contains oversize material that may be relevant to other series.","This subseries includes paintings, sketches, prints, photographs, educational posters, architectural drawings, vinyl records, typescripts, transparencies, clippings, manuscripts, and printed material, among other formats. Topics include Pearl Buck's birthplace, West Virginia, the Civil War, Jim Comstock's work, and other topics. More manuscripts are in the Manuscripts subseries, box 118."," Box 110 and box 111, folders 1-2 contain artwork depicting Pearl Buck's birthplace in Hillsboro, West Virginia, including paintings, sketches, a chalk drawing, and a plan for a sign (1965-1966, undated)."," Box 111, folders 3-4 and unfoldered items include two West Virginia-related prints and an unidentified photo (undated); one framed and six unframed prints depicting mining machinery, possibly of Joy Manufacturing Company (undated); an unframed painting of a coal miner (undated); twelve mounted photographs and sketches (most unidentified, undated); and four rolled photographs (1918-1955?)."," Box 112 includes educational posters regarding the Civil War and West Virginia history (undated). The posters include text, images, and photographs. Also includes mounted photographs, most with accompanying text, that have been added to West Virginia History On View. An additional eight posters regarding maps made by or related to North American Indians, likely assembled by Delf Norona, are also included (ca. 1950). For additional maps related to North American Indians/Native Americans, see also Series 14, Maps, box 98, item number 349."," Box 113 includes various West Virginia-related prints, including one of Mount Chantal near Wheeling (undated); prints of Civil War scenes sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep Roesler, Corporal of Color 47th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers (undated); a copy print of the camps of the 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps. near Romney (undated); prints made from Civil War engravings (1960); W.R. Leigh bullfighting prints (1950); copies of architectural plans for alterations of Wheeling's Custom House and Post Office (undated); and other items."," Box 114 contains limited edition black and white prints from a series entitled \"Covered Bridges of West Virginia\" by Marj Teague (1977) and three copies of a vinyl record album titled \"The Legend of Clark Kessinger\" (ca. 1965)."," Box 115 includes paintings by John Wellington (undated); oversize photos (undated); an unidentified floor plan (undated); and architectural drawings or blueprints for five properties that were part of the Historic American Buildings Survey (undated). These properties are \"The Old Stone Church\" Presbyterian, Lewisburg, WV; Harewood and the ruins of St. George's Chapel, both near Charles Town, Jefferson County, WV; Traveler's Rest, near Leetown, Jefferson County, WV; and the Lee Barn in Leetown, WV."," Box 116 includes radio scripts (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 67); calendars (1984-1991);  Hillbilly  transparencies (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 54); various printed images and magazine clippings (1860-1921, undated); \"Our Wacky Weekly\" and newspaper article typescripts, probably written by Comstock (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 48, folder 1); and music-related magazines and pamphlets (1959-1966, undated)."," Box 117 includes Berkeley County documents from the Barnet Cushwa Papers (see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 1, folders 1-5). These include lists of orders, taxes, fees, etc.; sheriff's office accounts; and land holdings (all 1854-1858). Box 117 also includes television scripts (undated); an envelope and survey plat from the Wells Family Papers (1856, undated; see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 2a, folder 24); Civil War-related prints (1861-1868, 1955); newspaper clippings (1861, 1927-1944, undated; some from Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 67, folders 4 and 7); miscellaneous printed material (1817-1863, undated; includes facsimiles); and facsimile broadsides, legal documents, and clippings regarding West Virginia statehood (1861-1863).","This subseries includes oversize manuscripts, most of which pertain to West Virginia. West Virginia materials include pre- and post-statehood indentures, land grants, other legal documents, letters, certificates, and other formats pertaining to Barbour, Berkeley, Fayette, Hampshire, Hardy, Marshall, Ohio, Raleigh, and Tyler Counties. Additional indentures and land grants pertain to England (1650-1671, 1720-1721, 1833), and to Maryland, Virginia, and Texas.","This series includes Jim Comstock's personal and professional correspondence, and is composed of a wide range of formats, including letters, clippings, postcards, typescripts, articles, financial documents, printed material, ephemera, and photographs. Most of the photographic material in this series has been moved to Series 21, Photographs."," Comstock marked much of his correspondence to be filed by the first letter of the correspondent's last name. Some of this organizational scheme has survived; folders containing specific letter and year files can be found in boxes 119-125. Other notations that Comstock used include \"NL\" for  News Leader -related correspondence and \"HB\" for  West Virginia Hillbilly -related correspondence."," Topics and items of interest include:  card from Comstock to recent graduates regarding a gift subscription to the  Hillbilly  (undated) (box 119);  Comstock's work with the Pearl Buck House (box 127);  the University of Hard Knocks (box 128);  photocopies of a scrapbook about ramps and Comstock's ramp-scented ink incident; and  material regarding Comstock's work on the  Hillbilly , the  News Leader , and the  West Virginia Encyclopedia  (boxes 126-127 and other material throughout) (see also Series 20, Subject Files)."," Please note that the above list is not exhaustive and that material on the above topics may also exist in boxes not mentioned."," *Please note: boxes 123  and 133 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.","This series includes books, magazines, newspapers, journals, promotional materials, poetry, and sheet music. Topics include Jim Comstock's work, the state of West Virginia, WVU, Storer College, industry (e.g., coal, railways), and New England baked beans, among other topics.","Please note: box 133 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.","This series includes mostly morgue files of material that Comstock used in connection with his newspapers. Contents are not in alphabetical order. Formats include clippings, typescripts, photographs, print material, and other formats. The  News Leader  morgue materials (boxes 137-138) include items on a variety of subjects, such as covered bridges and the early history of Clay County. The  News Leader  morgue material also includes a folder of autographs of early West Virginia governors and other politicians, such as D.D.T. Farnsworth, John J. Jacobs, and A.B. Fleming. The  Hillbilly  morgue materials (box 139-140) pertain to a wide variety of subjects, most of whom are likely local individuals. The Newspaper Subjects (boxes 141-146) includes material for which the intended newspaper was not specified; topics include specific local individuals, national figures like Abraham Lincoln, steel and other industries, and towns.","This series includes cartes de visite, cabinet cards, mounted photographs, photographic prints, clippings, and other formats. Many subjects are identified. They include portraits and candid photos of individuals, families, politicians, sports figures, West Virginia towns and buildings. Other notable photographs include crime scene and/or accident photographs, including images of a non-commercial plane crash (undated), and photos of Jim Comstock at the West Virginia Senate (1966). Photographs can also be found in Series 18, Correspondence; Series 20, Subject Files; and Series 26, Oversize Material.  Please note: boxes 123, 133, and 149 could contain allergens. Masks and gloves will be provided for patrons wishing to use them.","This series includes magnetic recording tapes, a VHS tape about college financing, and a vinyl record and cassette tape of Billy Crain music.","This series includes a WVLA cloth ribbon, an empty wallet, and a West Virginia Picture Book imprint plate.","This series includes material from two scrapbooks. One set of loose scrapbook pages contains clippings chiefly regarding Comstock's \"Past 80\" parties (ca. 1956). The other scrapbook of newspaper clippings chronicles the history of Richwood's Sacred Heart Hospital during the years of influence of the Pallottine Sisters from 1913-1983 (ca. 1953-1984).","This series includes two account books. One contains stencil orders from various schools as well as other bills (1960s), and the other is an account book for 1954.","This series includes newspapers, magazines, clippings, posters, prints, photographs, artwork, calendars, a genealogy chart, and other material."," Newspapers and magazines in box 152 include the  West Virginia Hillbilly  Bicentennial special edition (1976), newspaper layouts from the  Hillbilly  (1950-1976, undated), and pages from  Harper's Weekly  (1861-1866)."," Prints in boxes 153 and 154 include Civil War scenes by J. Nep Roesler, Corporal of Color 47th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers (undated)."," Photographs (in boxes 153-156 and loose folders) include regular oversize and cirkut (panoramic) photographs on a wide variety of subjects. Boxes 153 and 154 include photographs of unidentified buildings and a group portrait of a Civilian Conservation Corps reunion (1982). Boxes 155 and 156 include photos of Evenwood (1915), group portrait of a conference of National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools (ca. 1932), campaign photographs (ca. 1972), an unidentified group of cars preparing for a parade (undated), and duplicates from the loose folders."," Additional cirkut photos include:  Loose folder 1: a group portrait of the West Virginia Young People's Conference, Greenbrier Military School, Lewisburg, WV (1929), and a group portrait of the Divisional Young People's Congress, Charleston, WV (1929);  Loose folder 2: a group portrait of the Western Virginia Conference Epworth League (1928-1929);  Loose folder 3: photos of an unidentified bridge and factories or plants (1916 and undated) and the Appalachian Electric Power Company Turner Substation (1929);  Loose folder 4: a birds-eye view of Richwood (undated) and a group portrait of Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal Company Safety First Teams (1933)."," Box 156 also includes a genealogy chart and architectural drawings. The genealogy chart (undated) documents the Paull family, which is accompanied by a note: \"Goes with Jefferson [Fry-Jefferson?] Map.\" The architectural drawings (1972-1976, undated) depict buildings from Richwood.\n \n Box 157 includes a book of exhibits from the Virginia vs. West Virginia Supreme Court case in 1914, and a license for John W. Love to practice Law (1925).\n \n Also includes a muster roll for Company I, 2nd Regiment, [West] Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, U.S. Army (1863 February).","This series includes maps of West Virginia locations, such as Greenbrier County and the Monongahela National Forest, as well as maps of other states and a few world maps.","Mostly financial and legal documents from Marion, Monongalia, and Harrison Counties, bulk from 1840s to 1860s."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeparated to A\u0026amp;M collections:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVarious autographed items have been moved to A\u0026amp;M 435.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAccount book volumes 2, 2a, 3, 3a, 3b, and 3c, daybooks and ledgers from the Sistersville General Store run by Joshua and William Russell, were separated to A\u0026amp;M 3071, Russell, Joshua \u0026amp; William. Sistersville General Store. Daybooks and Ledgers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAccount book volumes 4, 4a, and 4b, daybooks of John Goshorn, were separated to A\u0026amp;M 2426, Goshorn Family. Papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAccount book volumes 6-8, law records and accounts of Judge George A. Vincent, as well as Vincent's letters from the Historical Documents series, were separated to A\u0026amp;M 3068, Vincent, George A., Lawyer and Judge. Papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeparated to the Printed Ephemera Collection:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eArticles, maps, and letters, 1582-1877  (includes selections relating to the South Seas during the colonial period), on 1 reel of microfilm, P13438\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eArticles, letters, maps, and speeches, 1808-1863  (16 items which are listed on a sheet in the box), 1 reel of microfilm, P13439\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBurnett, Nancy S. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSlovenes in Rural Appalachia: An Oral History\u003c/title\u003e (Richwood, W. Va.: News Leader Press, 1994).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeparated to Printed Ephemera (Pamphlets), Periodicals, etc.:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Odd Fellow\u003c/title\u003e, 1919, Charleston (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia State Weekly\u003c/title\u003e, 1910-1911, Fairmont (several items)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eExponent\u003c/title\u003e, 1917-1918, Moundsville (4 items)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eOros\u003c/title\u003e, 1927, Moundsville (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePedagogue's Pastime\u003c/title\u003e, 1885, Moundsville (3 items)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePrinceton Observer\u003c/title\u003e, 1950 (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eSearchlight\u003c/title\u003e, Summersville (32 items)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Farm Journal\u003c/title\u003e, 1872, Union (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChurch Calendar\u003c/title\u003e, 1917, Wheeling (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eChurch News\u003c/title\u003e, 1892, Wheeling (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eEnglish Lutheran\u003c/title\u003e, 1900, Wheeling (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eMusical Monthly\u003c/title\u003e, 1896-1897, Wheeling (6 items)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Saturday Review\u003c/title\u003e, 1912 August 10, Wheeling\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eState Fair News\u003c/title\u003e, 1910, Wheeling (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eWilliam's Courier\u003c/title\u003e, undated, Wheeling (1 item)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eValley News Echo\u003c/title\u003e, Hagerstown, MD; reprint of an 1861 paper\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eHaney's Journal\u003c/title\u003e, 1869 March-October except July, New York (several items)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eOur Southern Home\u003c/title\u003e, 1893 November, Hamlet, NC\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eBooks separated to the West Virginia Collection or the WVU Downtown Library stacks:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDonnelly, Shirley. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eYesterday and Today: A Keepsake I, II, and III.\u003c/title\u003e Fayetteville, W. Va.: Fayette County Historical Society, no date.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eKeepsake Stories of the Ozarks.\u003c/title\u003e Cassville, Mo.: Litho Printers, 1978.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNorton, Andre. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eCatseye\u003c/title\u003e. London: Gollancz, 1974.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDeacon, William A. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Four Jameses\u003c/title\u003e. Toronto: Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1974.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHaslip, Joan. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eCatherine the Great: A Biography\u003c/title\u003e. New York: Putnam, 1977.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeparated to the Maps Collection:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVirginie [Virginia], Maryland en 2 Feuilles par Fry et Jefferson, 1777\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBird's Eye View of the City of Wheeling, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSistersville, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBird's Eye View of Philippi, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eElkins, Randolph County, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFairmont and Palatine, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMannington, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMorgantown, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eClarksburg, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDavis, Tucker County, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGrafton, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCairo, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCameron, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHarrisville, Ritchie County, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMoundsville, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNew Martinsville, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eParkersburg, Blennerhasset Island, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePennsboro, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSalem, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSt. Mary's, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWellsburg, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBuckhannon, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWeston, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBird's Eye View of Keyser, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eView of Parsons, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAero View of Bluefield, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAero View of Keystone, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAero View of North Fork and Town of Clark, West Virginia\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWest Virginia Agricultural Society on Wheeling Island\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNote: A spreadsheet with more details regarding the separated maps can be found in the control folder.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThe majority of the newspapers in this collection have been separated into the West Virginia Collection's newspaper holdings.\u003c/emph\u003e Lists of the newspapers originally inventoried for this collection can be found in the control folder. Most of the West Virginia newspapers were microfilmed; see Miscellaneous Reel 113. For a list of the contents of this reel, please see the \"W.Va. Newspapers from Comstock Collection\" three-page packet in the control folder. On the third page is a list of items separated from the Comstock Collection to printed ephemera (pamphlets), periodicals, etc.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSheet music separated to A\u0026amp;M 723, Sheet Music:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAmericans, Together.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBack to West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBattle of Port Royal.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBrave Boys Are They.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCanoeing on the Kanawha.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCapt. Linch March.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCherry.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCotton Field Dance.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDown in the Lonely Dell.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDynamite Twist.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFair West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFire Fly Polka.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGlory Hallelujah.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eGoing Back to West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHome Alone in West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI Have Something Sweet to Tell You.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eImagine Me.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn Flanders' Fields.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eI Want to Go Back to Michigan Down On the Farm.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJ'aime Mon Amour.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJust Before the Battle, Mother.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eKingdom Coming.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLa Violette de Carafa.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eLove and Devotion.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMemory's Dream.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMen of West Augusta.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMountain Land West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOn, On, On, the Boys Came Marching!\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOur Grateful Heart Save Singing.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eReminiscing at Cass or the Greenbrier Shay.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSomething Tells Me You're the Girl.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSong of a Woman.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSweet Kitty Wells.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Ballad of Oakland.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Battle Cry of Freedom.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Last Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Self Service Chain Store.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Sunny Hours of Childhood.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe Vacant Chair.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe West Virginia Singer.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThere's a Little Spark of Love Still Burning.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTramp! Tramp! Tramp! The Prisoners Hope.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWe Are Mountaineers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWest Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWest Virginia! And My Home.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWest Virginia University Songs.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWhat a Lovely Day!\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWho Will Care For Mother Now?\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWild and Wonderful West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Tell Overture.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWillie My Brave.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eTransferred to A\u0026amp;M 727, Pearl S. Buck, Author. Papers:\u003c/emph\u003e Correspondence, manuscripts, articles, photographs and clippings by and about Pearl S. Buck and her birthplace collected by Jim Comstock (1938-1973; 6 in.)\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Separated to A\u0026M collections:","Various autographed items have been moved to A\u0026M 435.","Account book volumes 2, 2a, 3, 3a, 3b, and 3c, daybooks and ledgers from the Sistersville General Store run by Joshua and William Russell, were separated to A\u0026M 3071, Russell, Joshua \u0026 William. Sistersville General Store. Daybooks and Ledgers.","Account book volumes 4, 4a, and 4b, daybooks of John Goshorn, were separated to A\u0026M 2426, Goshorn Family. Papers.","Account book volumes 6-8, law records and accounts of Judge George A. Vincent, as well as Vincent's letters from the Historical Documents series, were separated to A\u0026M 3068, Vincent, George A., Lawyer and Judge. Papers.","Separated to the Printed Ephemera Collection:","Articles, maps, and letters, 1582-1877  (includes selections relating to the South Seas during the colonial period), on 1 reel of microfilm, P13438","Articles, letters, maps, and speeches, 1808-1863  (16 items which are listed on a sheet in the box), 1 reel of microfilm, P13439","Burnett, Nancy S.  Slovenes in Rural Appalachia: An Oral History  (Richwood, W. Va.: News Leader Press, 1994).","Separated to Printed Ephemera (Pamphlets), Periodicals, etc.:","West Virginia Odd Fellow , 1919, Charleston (1 item)","West Virginia State Weekly , 1910-1911, Fairmont (several items)","Exponent , 1917-1918, Moundsville (4 items)","Oros , 1927, Moundsville (1 item)","Pedagogue's Pastime , 1885, Moundsville (3 items)","Princeton Observer , 1950 (1 item)","Searchlight , Summersville (32 items)","West Virginia Farm Journal , 1872, Union (1 item)","Church Calendar , 1917, Wheeling (1 item)","Church News , 1892, Wheeling (1 item)","English Lutheran , 1900, Wheeling (1 item)","Musical Monthly , 1896-1897, Wheeling (6 items)","The Saturday Review , 1912 August 10, Wheeling","State Fair News , 1910, Wheeling (1 item)","William's Courier , undated, Wheeling (1 item)","Valley News Echo , Hagerstown, MD; reprint of an 1861 paper","Haney's Journal , 1869 March-October except July, New York (several items)","Our Southern Home , 1893 November, Hamlet, NC","Books separated to the West Virginia Collection or the WVU Downtown Library stacks:","Donnelly, Shirley.  Yesterday and Today: A Keepsake I, II, and III.  Fayetteville, W. Va.: Fayette County Historical Society, no date.","Keepsake Stories of the Ozarks.  Cassville, Mo.: Litho Printers, 1978.","Norton, Andre.  Catseye . London: Gollancz, 1974.","Deacon, William A.  The Four Jameses . Toronto: Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1974.","Haslip, Joan.  Catherine the Great: A Biography . New York: Putnam, 1977.","Separated to the Maps Collection:","Virginie [Virginia], Maryland en 2 Feuilles par Fry et Jefferson, 1777","Bird's Eye View of the City of Wheeling, West Virginia","Sistersville, West Virginia","Bird's Eye View of Philippi, West Virginia","Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia","Fairmont and Palatine, West Virginia","Mannington, West Virginia","Morgantown, West Virginia","Clarksburg, West Virginia","Davis, Tucker County, West Virginia","Grafton, West Virginia","Cairo, West Virginia","Cameron, West Virginia","Harrisville, Ritchie County, West Virginia","Moundsville, West Virginia","New Martinsville, West Virginia","Parkersburg, Blennerhasset Island, West Virginia","Pennsboro, West Virginia","Salem, West Virginia","St. Mary's, West Virginia","Wellsburg, West Virginia","Buckhannon, West Virginia","Weston, West Virginia","Bird's Eye View of Keyser, West Virginia","View of Parsons, West Virginia","Aero View of Bluefield, West Virginia","Aero View of Keystone, West Virginia","Aero View of North Fork and Town of Clark, West Virginia","West Virginia Agricultural Society on Wheeling Island","Note: A spreadsheet with more details regarding the separated maps can be found in the control folder.","The majority of the newspapers in this collection have been separated into the West Virginia Collection's newspaper holdings.  Lists of the newspapers originally inventoried for this collection can be found in the control folder. Most of the West Virginia newspapers were microfilmed; see Miscellaneous Reel 113. For a list of the contents of this reel, please see the \"W.Va. Newspapers from Comstock Collection\" three-page packet in the control folder. On the third page is a list of items separated from the Comstock Collection to printed ephemera (pamphlets), periodicals, etc.","Sheet music separated to A\u0026M 723, Sheet Music:","Americans, Together.","Back to West Virginia.","Battle of Port Royal.","Brave Boys Are They.","Canoeing on the Kanawha.","Capt. Linch March.","Cherry.","Cotton Field Dance.","Down in the Lonely Dell.","Dynamite Twist.","Fair West Virginia.","Fire Fly Polka.","Glory Hallelujah.","Going Back to West Virginia.","Home Alone in West Virginia.","I Have Something Sweet to Tell You.","Imagine Me.","In Flanders' Fields.","I Want to Go Back to Michigan Down On the Farm.","J'aime Mon Amour.","Just Before the Battle, Mother.","Kingdom Coming.","La Violette de Carafa.","Love and Devotion.","Memory's Dream.","Men of West Augusta.","Mountain Land West Virginia.","On, On, On, the Boys Came Marching!","Our Grateful Heart Save Singing.","Reminiscing at Cass or the Greenbrier Shay.","Something Tells Me You're the Girl.","Song of a Woman.","Sweet Kitty Wells.","The Ballad of Oakland.","The Battle Cry of Freedom.","The Last Hope.","The Self Service Chain Store.","The Sunny Hours of Childhood.","The Vacant Chair.","The West Virginia Singer.","There's a Little Spark of Love Still Burning.","Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! The Prisoners Hope.","We Are Mountaineers.","West Virginia.","West Virginia! And My Home.","West Virginia University Songs.","What a Lovely Day!","Who Will Care For Mother Now?","Wild and Wonderful West Virginia.","William Tell Overture.","Willie My Brave.","Transferred to A\u0026M 727, Pearl S. Buck, Author. Papers:  Correspondence, manuscripts, articles, photographs and clippings by and about Pearl S. Buck and her birthplace collected by Jim Comstock (1938-1973; 6 in.)"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePermissions and Copyright page\u003c/a\u003e on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_65d6b5a9a55c1158201a2641c226d229\"\u003ePapers of James (\"Jim\") Franklin Comstock of Richwood, West Virginia, whose position as editor of the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWest Virginia Hillbilly\u003c/emph\u003e and avocation as collector and advocate of all things West Virginia led to the preservation of much of the state's physical, visual, and textual history. The collection includes materials Comstock collected about West Virginia history as well as his own personal and professional papers. Materials include: general series of historical documents such as letters, deeds, and county court cases pertaining to a diverse range of subjects (1717, 1754-1988, undated [includes facsimiles]); letters of Lucy Prichard, former instructor at Marshall College (now Marshall University) (1925-1927, undated); clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c/emph\u003e writer Louis Eckert Reed (ca. 1960-1975, undated); account books concerning economic development and commercial activities in the northern part of the state in the 19th and early 20th centuries (1830-1938); printed material about West Virginia schools, businesses, and events as well as non-West Virginia books and pamphlets (1829-1995, undated); Comstock's personal and professional correspondence (1882-1995, undated); a wide variety of photographs, including images of West Virginia cities and towns, among many others (ca. 1850s-1995, undated); microfilmed records of the Civil War and Dunmore's War (undated); glass lantern slides, which include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV (1871-1897, undated); Grand Army of the Republic and U.S. military history scrapbooks (1883-1918); broadsides, including advertisements for a circus in Moundsville (ca. 1827-1960 [includes facsimiles]); and maps and atlases of pre- and post-statehood West Virginia, counties, colonial North America, and other topics (1730-1976, undated [includes facsimiles]). An addendum of 2013/05 includes additional personal and professional correspondence, publications, newspaper morgue files, photographs, audio-visual material, artifacts, scrapbooks, account books, and maps. For more information on Jim Comstock, see the Historical Note.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Papers of James (\"Jim\") Franklin Comstock of Richwood, West Virginia, whose position as editor of the  West Virginia Hillbilly  and avocation as collector and advocate of all things West Virginia led to the preservation of much of the state's physical, visual, and textual history. The collection includes materials Comstock collected about West Virginia history as well as his own personal and professional papers. Materials include: general series of historical documents such as letters, deeds, and county court cases pertaining to a diverse range of subjects (1717, 1754-1988, undated [includes facsimiles]); letters of Lucy Prichard, former instructor at Marshall College (now Marshall University) (1925-1927, undated); clippings and typescripts of Wirt County resident and  Atlantic Monthly  writer Louis Eckert Reed (ca. 1960-1975, undated); account books concerning economic development and commercial activities in the northern part of the state in the 19th and early 20th centuries (1830-1938); printed material about West Virginia schools, businesses, and events as well as non-West Virginia books and pamphlets (1829-1995, undated); Comstock's personal and professional correspondence (1882-1995, undated); a wide variety of photographs, including images of West Virginia cities and towns, among many others (ca. 1850s-1995, undated); microfilmed records of the Civil War and Dunmore's War (undated); glass lantern slides, which include views of scenery and buildings in Wheeling and various other locations in Ohio County, WV (1871-1897, undated); Grand Army of the Republic and U.S. military history scrapbooks (1883-1918); broadsides, including advertisements for a circus in Moundsville (ca. 1827-1960 [includes facsimiles]); and maps and atlases of pre- and post-statehood West Virginia, counties, colonial North America, and other topics (1730-1976, undated [includes facsimiles]). 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Within each series, materials are generally separated by format and listed chronologically, with undated materials listed last.","Series 1. Papers of George Washington Series 2. Papers of Tobias Lear Series 3. Miscellaneous Series 4. Papers of Martha Washington Series 5. Papers of Eliza Parke Custis Law Series 6. Papers of Thomas Law : Subseries 6.1. Legal Documents, Subseries 6.2. Correspondence Series 7. Papers of William Costin Series 8. Papers of John Law Series 9. Papers of Lloyd Nicholas Rogers Series 10. Papers of Edmund Law Rogers Series 11. Papers of Robert Peter : Subseries 11.1. Accounts, Subseries 11.2. Financial Documents, Subseries 11.3. Legal Documents, Subseries 11.4. Land Documents, Subseries 11.5. Estate Documents Series 12. Papers of Thomas Peter : Subseries 12.1. Financial Documents, Subseries 12.2. Land Documents, Subseries 12.3. Estate Documents, Subseries 12.4. Correspondence Series 13. Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, 1824-1909 : Subseries 13.1. Financial Documents, Subseries 13.2. Legal Documents, Subseries 13.3. Correspondence","The Peters were a prominent family in Washington, D.C. during the eighteenth and nineteen centuries. Martha Parke Custis, Martha Washington's granddaughter, married into the Peter family in 1795.","George Washington (1732-1799) : George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 at a modest farm in Westmoreland County, Virginia to parents Augustine and Mary Ball Washington. In 1749, George Washington was appointed surveyor for Culpepper County. In 1752, he started his military career in the Virginia militia. During the Revolutionary War he was the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and later was elected as the first President of the United States of America. He lived with his wife, Martha Washington, at Mount Vernon, where he passed away December 14, 1799.","Martha Washington (1731-1802) : Martha Dandridge Custis Washington was born on June 2, 1731 to parents John and Frances Jones Dandridge. She married her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis, on May 15, 1750. Together they had four children, two of whom died in childhood. On July 8, 1757, her husband unexpectedly died, leaving her a widow with their two remaining children, John Parke Custis and Martha Parke Custis. On January 6, 1759, Martha Dandridge Custis married George Washington. Martha Parke Custis or Patsy, died at the age of 17. On February 3, 1774, John Parke Custis married Eleanor Calvert, and together they had four children who survived to adulthood. However, on November 5, 1781, John Parke Custis passed away, and the younger two of his children went to live at Mount Vernon with their grandmother. Martha Dandridge Custis Washington died on May 22, 1802.","Tobias Lear (1762-1816) : Tobias Lear was born in 1762. He was employed by George Washington in 1786 to manage expense reports to Congress and also as the personal tutor to Martha Washington's grandchildren. In 1790 Tobias Lear married Mary \"Polly\" Long; however she died in 1793. Lear then married Martha Washington's niece, Frances Bassett Washington, but she died shortly they were married. Lear married for a third time to Frances Dandridge Henley, another niece of Martha Washington. He died in 1816.","Elizabeth (Betsy, Beth, Eliza) Parke Custis Law (1776-1831) : Wife to Thomas Law, Eliza Parke Custis Law was born on August 21, 1776. She was the daughter of John (Jacky) Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Calvert. Upon the death of her father in 1781, Eliza's two younger siblings, George Washington (Washy) Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Parke Custis went to live with their grandmother, Martha Washington, and her second husband, George Washington. Eliza and her other sister Martha stayed at home with their mother. Shortly after, their mother remarried Dr. David Stuart and had thirteen more children. On March 21, 1796, Eliza Parke Custis Law married Thomas Law and together they had one child, Eliza Law. In 1804, the couple separated and their daughter went to live with her father. They officially divorced in 1811. Eliza Parke Custis Law lived with one of her uncles for a time after the separation, and soon purchased a house in Alexandria called \"Mount Washington.\" Eliza Law Rogers died in 1822, leaving behind a husband (Lloyd Nicholas Rogers) and two children. Eliza Parke Custis Law died on December 31, 1831.","Thomas Law (1756-1834) : Thomas Law was born on October 23, 1756 in Cambridge, England. He started his career working for the East India Trading Company and began building his reputation, as well as his income. In 1794, he left England to start a new life in America where he began to invest in lands, particularly in the nation's capital. Over time, Law became extremely passionate about the arts, particularly poetry, which he wrote and published. He even founded the first dance society, theater, and the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences. Thomas Law married Eliza Parke Custis on March 21, 1796. Together they had one child, Eliza Law, who married Lloyd Nicholls Rogers in 1817. Thomas Law died in 1834.","William Costin (1780-1842) : William Costin was a prominent free black man in early 19th-century Washington DC. He was a messenger for the Bank of Washington and ran a hack business in the city. In 1800, he married his cousin Philadelphia (\"Delphy\"), a dower slave of Martha Washington. Upon Martha Washington's death in 1802, Delphy became the property of Eliza Parke Custis Law, wife to Thomas Law. Delphy and their children were granted freedom shortly after, and the couple decided to stay in Washington, D.C. Together the Costins had seven children. He died in 1842.","John Law (1784-1822) : John Law was born in India about 1784 to Thomas Law and an unidentified Indian woman. In 1794 Thomas Law came to America after living about two decades in India; presumably John and his brothers came with him. Thomas Law married Eliza Parke Custis in 1796 and raised the boys until their separation around 1804. John Law graduated from Harvard University in 1804; he was a member of the Columbian Dragoons in 1811; and was the commissioner to adjust the Yazoo claims in 1814. He died on October 4, 1822.","Lloyd Nicholas Rogers (1787 or 1788-1860) : Lloyd Nicholas Rogers was born on September 20, 1788 to parents Nicholas and Eleanor Buchanan Rogers. Lloyd Nicholas Rogers married Eliza Law Rogers in 1817. Together they had two children, Edmund Law Rogers and Eleanor Agnes Rogers. They lived on Druid Hill which had been passed down by Lloyd's Scottish father. Very shortly after the death of Lloyd's father in 1822, Eliza also died. In 1829, Rogers was married to Hortensia Monroe Hay who was the granddaughter of James Monroe. Together, they had an additional three daughters, Harriet, Hortensia, and Mary Custis. Lloyd was a proprietor of his estate and practiced law out of his home on Druid Hill. Hortensia died in the 1850s, leaving Lloyd all alone. All of his children except for Eleanor had already married and moved out. Eleanor would not marry until 1862, following her father's death. Lloyd Nicholas Rogers died on November 12, 1860.","Edmund Law Rogers (1818-1896) : Edmund Law Rogers was born in 1818 to Lloyd Nicholas Rogers and Eliza Law Rogers. He grew up and lived in Baltimore all of his life, and was a founding member of the Maryland and Harvard Club, as well as a member of various other organizations, such as, the Sons of the Revolution and the Baltimore Historical Society. He spoke several different languages and was a lover of the arts. He married Charlotte Matilda Plater and together they had two children, Edmund Law Rogers, Jr., and Charlotte Plater Rogers. He died of paralysis on January 24, 1896.","Robert Peter (1726-1806) : Robert Peter was born in 1726 in Scotland to Thomas Peter and Jean Dunlop, who were prosperous merchants. He immigrated to the United States around 1745, but there is no definite reason why he chose to leave. He first settled in the town, Bladensburg, along the Anacostia River. In 1751, Georgetown was established, and Robert purchased a lot in the town the following year, and slowly began to build up his land holdings. His land holdings grew to be quite extensive, including owning the entire square from M, K, and 31st Streets, and Wisconsin Ave. From 1789 to 1798, Robert Peter was the first mayor of Georgetown. On December 27, 1767, he married Elizabeth Scott, and together they had 10 children, one of whom died as an infant. Their names were: Thomas, Alexander, Elizabeth, Walter, Robert, Jean, Margaret, David, George, and James. He died in 1806.","Thomas Peter (1769-1834) : Thomas Peter was born January 4, 1769 to Robert and Elizabeth Scott Peter. Thomas Peter married Martha Parke Custis, granddaughter to Martha Washington, in 1795. Together, they had eight children. Martha Eliza Eleanor, Columbia Washington, John Parke Custis, Robert Thomas, George Washington, America Pinckney, Martha Custis Castania (who died young), and Britannia Wellington. In 1805, Thomas and Martha purchased eight-and-a-half acres in \"Georgetown Heights.\" [For more information on Tudor Place, see Tudor Place: Historic House and Gardens.] They later hired architect Dr. William Thornton to design and build Tudor Place located in Georgetown. It was completed in 1816 and still stands today. Thomas Peter was a prominent lawyer of the time and was one of the executors of Martha Washington's will. He died April 16, 1834.","Martha (Patty) Parke Custis Peter (1777-1854) : was born to John Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Calvert Custis on December 31, 1777. She was one of four children in their family to survive to adulthood: Eliza Parke, Martha Parke, Eleanor Parke (Nelly), and George Washington (Washy) Parke. Following the death of their father in 1781, Patty and her older sister, Eliza, lived with their mother and stepfather, Dr. David Stuart, and their large family, while their younger siblings, Nelly and Washy, lived with their grandparents at Mount Vernon. There were frequent visits to Mount Vernon in both childhood and following her marriage to Thomas Peter in 1795. She died July 13 or 15, 1854.","Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon (1815-1911) : Britannia Wellington Peter was born January 28, 1815, as the youngest child of Martha Parke (Patty) Custis Peter and Thomas Peter. In 1842, she married Commodore Beverley Kennon, and together they had one child, Martha Custis Kennon, on October 18, 1843. Commodore Kennon died from a gun explosion on the frigate Princeton on February 28, 1844. Martha Custis Kennon married Dr. Armistead Peter in 1867. When Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon's mother passed in 1854, she inherited Tudor Place, where she lived until her death in 1911.","Major George Peter (1779-1861) : Major George W. Peter was born on September 28, 1779 to Robert and Elizabeth Scott Peter. He was married three times during his life. First, to Ann Plater in 1809. Together they had two children, George and Thomas. His wife and two children all died in 1814. Secondly, in 1815 he married Agnes Buchanon Freeland. They had five children, Robert, Ann, James, Agnes, and David. Agnes, his wife, died in 1825. Only a month later, he again married, this time to Sarah Norfleet Freeland, the sister of his second wife. Together, they had nine children: Sarah Agnes, George, Alexander Scott, Margaret Dick, Elizabeth, Armistead, Walter Gibson, William, and Katherine Norfleet. Major George Peter was an officer in the army, a representative in Congress, and a farmer. During his career in the army, he was first appointed first lieutenant 2nd, Artillery and Engineers on February 16, 1801. He was promoted to Captain on November 3, 1807, and finally was transferred to the Light Artillery in May of 1808. He resigned in June 11, 1809. In 1815, he was elected to Congress to cover the sixth district in Maryland. He would continue this appointment until after 1828. He died June 22, 1861.","Dr. Armistead Peter (1840-1902) : Dr. Armistead Peter was one of George Peter's sons from his third marriage to Sarah Norfleet Freeland Peter. He was born on February 23, 1840. Dr. Armistead Peter was a cousin to his wife Martha Custis Kennon Peter, whom he married in 1867. Together, Martha and Armistead had five children: Walter Gibson, Armistead, Beverley Kennon, George Freeland, and Agnes. He and Martha Custis Kennon Peter both moved into Tudor Place and Dr. Armistead Peter converted a portion of the house for his medical practice. He created a very successful business as one of the best doctors in the city of Washington. During the Civil War he was employed by the U.S. Army as ward surgeon, as well as serving in a smallpox hospital. Martha Custis Kennon Peter died suddenly in 1886. Armistead died in 1902, his mother-in-law, Britannia W. Peter Kennon outliving both of them. The land in Bethesda was divided between their four children. After Britannia W. Peter Kennon died, the house was left to her grandson, Armistead Peter II. Dr. Armistead Peter died on January 28, 1902.","Agnes Peter (1880-1957) : Agnes Peter, born on February 3, 1880, was the daughter of Dr. Armistead Peter and Martha Custis Kennon Peter. She lived in France for a period of time during WWI conducting work for the YMCA. Agnes Peter was the director of a Foyer du Soldat and helped to receive soldiers and refugees. She was also in charge of the Graves Registration Section in Rheims. She was the first woman in France to be awarded the silver Medal of Honor for her distinguished services to the country during the war. In 1946, when she was 73, she married Nobel Prize winner, Dr. John R. Mott, who is most acclaimed for his work creating international Christian programs with a goal to establish peace. She died in 1957.","Peter family owned books are cataloged in the Library Catalog. The 23 titles (36 volumes) are searchable in the\n the Catalog's Peter Family Collection .","see Century Magazine, May 1890, p. 17","This collection consists of papers collected by various members of the Peter families. It includes letters from George Washington, letters of condolence to Martha Washington after George Washington's death, estate documents, Major George Peter's military papers, land plats and surveys, photo albums, letterbooks, and notebooks that tell of the life of this prominent family in Virginia and the City of Washington.","Autograph letter signed from Eliza, Hope Park, asking her grandfather for a picture of him. Docketed in Washington's hand on verso.","Autographed letter signed (signature cut out) George Washington, German Town, to Eliza Parke Custis. Washington offers his granddaughter advice on love and marriage.","Autograph letter in Washington's hand, initialed by both George and Martha. George and Martha Washington, Philadelphia, to Thomas Law. The Washingtons congratulate Law on his marriage to their grandaughter Eliza.","Autograph letter signed by George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter, discussing the purchase of English cattle.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Docketed in Washington's hand.Thomas Peter, George Town, to George Washington, Mount Vernon. Peter asks Washington to secure a spot for his brother in the Army and shares rumors about a bill coming up in Congress.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel and seal. George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter. Washington writes about the sale of tobacco.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel.George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter. Washington writes about farming and congratulates Thomas and Patsy on the birth of their son.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. John Mercereau, Union Township, to George Washington. John Mercereau, a businessman who served with his brother and nephew in a spy ring during the Revolutionary War, writes to Washington asking if he may come and visit, reflecting that no memories give him greater satisfaction than those he spent \"Devoted to my Countrys Service.\" Tragically, Mercereau did not know that Washington had died 10 days before his letter was sent.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., London, to George Washington.  Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., writes to his uncle about his business ventures from London. He had not yet received word of Washington's death on December 14, 1799.","Autograph letter unsigned in the hand of Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart and most likely addressed to Tobias Lear. The letter is dated 7 February with no year but was most likely written in 1790, since it mentions Lear's first marriage, which occured in 1790.","Autograph letter signed, undated, with integral free franked address panel. Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart to Tobias Lear, New York. Docketed in Lear's hand as received 2 October 1790. Eleanor writes of her unhappiness at being parted from her children Nelly and Wash.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear, New York. Eleanor writes about the lottery and her family, noting that \"My Dear Nelly \u0026 Wash. are still spoilt by Grand Mama but chearfully obey every word I say to them.\"","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Docketed in hand of George Washington. Lucretia Constance Radcliffe, Charleston, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Mrs. Radcliffe writes seeking an Army commission for her son and sends a packet of crane feathers and melon seeds. She also sends news of Major Pinkney.","Manuscript resolution of the \"Sixth Congress of the United States: At the first session Begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the second of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine\" stating that a marble monument to George Washington be erected in the City of Washington and that his remains be interred beneath it. It is also resolved that a funeral procession from Comgress Hall to the German Lutheran Church shall take place on Thursday, December 26, 1799, and that the nation will wear crepe arm bands for thirty days of mourning.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Maria S. Ross, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. A condolence letter from Maria S. Ross of Lancaster, Pennsylvania to Martha Washington on the death of her husband.","Autograph letter, copy. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response to Maria Ross's condolence letter to Martha Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel with seal of John Adams. Abigail Adams, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Condolence letter written by Abigail Adams to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Martha Washington's response to Abigail Adams's condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Mary Stead Pinckney, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Pinckney also sends her regards and congratulations to Nelly Parke Custis Lewis, who was recovering from the birth of her first child, Frances Parke Lewis.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Jonathan Trumbull Jr., Governor of Connecticut, Lebanon, Connecticut, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Elias Boudinot, New Jersey Congressman and Director of the United States Mint, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, to Elias Boudinot. Tobias Lear's response on behalf of Martha Washington to Elias Boudinot's condolence letter.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Bushrod Washington, Walnut Farm, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Bushrod writes to Martha about purchasing corn from Colonel Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Condolence letter written by Ann Huntington, New London, Connecticut,  to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon, on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response on behalf of Martha to Hamilton's condolence letter.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Condolence letter from Reverend Samuel Miller, New York, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon, on the death of George Washington. He writes that he is inclosing a discourse he recently delivered on the occasion of Washington's death.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response on behalf of Martha to Samuel Miller's, New York, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Stephen Williamson, Philadelphia, State Prison, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Stephen Williamson introduces himself as the captain of a company in the Rhode Island Regiment who served under Washington in the Revolutionary War. He recounts a dream he had in which she gives birth to a son following Washington's death. He also tells Martha the details of his arrest for buying a stolen horse and requests her assistance in getting him out of prison.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Former Secretary of War Henry Knox, Montpelier, St. Georges, sends Martha his condolences after the passing of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Henry Knox's condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Mayor of New York City Richard Varick offers his condolences to Martha after the death of George Washington. He also incloses, on behalf of the Common Council of New York City, an oration delivered on the occassion of Washington's death by Gouverneur Morris.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha Washington in response to Richard Varick's, New York, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Richard Washington,Bermuda, a former business associate of Washington's in London, offers his condolences to Martha after George Washington's death.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Theodore Sedgwick, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Sedgwick writes that he is inclosing a second edition of General Lee's funeral oration.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha in response to Theodore Sedgwick's condolence letter after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter written by the Marquis de Lafayette, La Grange, to Martha after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. A condolence letter from Auguste Belin, Secretary of the Loge Française l'Aménité of Philidelphia, a freemason lodge of French and Saint-Dominguen émigrés. Belin writes that he is inclosing copies of a funeral oration performed at the lodge in honor of George Washington's death.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Auguste Belin's, Philadelphia, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter. Condolence note from Reverend William Rogers, Philadelphia, to Martha on the death of George Washington. Rogers writes that he is enclosing a copy of a funeral oration he delivered in Washington's honor.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, on behalf of Martha Washington, thanks William Rogers for sending \"a copy of the Religious Exercises, at the time of the Eulogy, at the German Reformed Church.\"","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha Washington, requests that Gilbert Stuart's original portrait of Washington be given to Martha, in exchange for fair compensation. Lear writes that Martha has expressed no desire for her own portrait, but Lear thinks it would be nice to display alongside the portrait of Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence note written by Charles Humphrey Atherton, Amherst, New Hampshire, to Martha Washington after the death of George Washington. Atherton writes that he is enclosing a funeral oration delivered at the request of the citizens of Amherst, New Hampshire in Washington's honor.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha Washington in response to Charles H. Atherton's, Amherst, New Hampshire, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Georges Washington de Lafayette, La Grange, son of the Marquis de Lafayette, writes a condolence note to Martha after the death of George Washington. Georges writes of Washington's \"parental kindness\" when he visited Mount Vernon and says, \"How far was I to imagine when I left your family that it would be a last farewell.\"","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Condolence letter written by Alexandria merchant Thomas Porter to Martha after the death of George Washington. Porter writes that he is sending an eulogy along with the letter.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. A condolence letter written by Revered James Kemp, Cambridge, Maryland, to Martha Washington after the death of George Washington. Kemp writes that he is enclosing a copy of a sermon he delivered on the day appointed by Congress to honor George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, responds on behalf of Martha Washington to James Kemp's, Cambridge, Maryland, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Peleg Wadsworth, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Wadsworth requests, on behalf of his daughter, a relic of the late General.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Peleg Wadsworth's condolence letter after the death of George Washington. Lear writes that he is enclosing a lock of Washington's hair for Wadsworth's daughter as requested.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha Washington, thanks Reverend John D. Blair for sending his condolences and two orations delivered in Richmond on February 22 in honor of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. William Griffiths, Burlington, New Jersey, offers his condolences on behalf of the citizens of Burlington, New Jersey to Martha after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, responds on behalf of Martha to William Griffith's, Burlington, New Jersey, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Theodore Sedgwick, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon","Autograph letter signed \"John Lemayere.\" Jean Pierre Le Mayeur, Sweet Springs, was George Washington's dentist during the Revolutionary War. He writes his condolences to Martha on the death of Washington, apologizing that his servant lost the first condolence letter he had written on February 24.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, to Dr. Jean Pierre Le Mayeur, Sweet Springs","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., New York, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Bartholomew Dandridge Jr. writes his aunt inquiring about letters sent to him from Washington before his death that Dandridge never received.","Autograph letter signed. Sir John Sinclair, London, writes to Martha in praise of her late husband and sends her a volume of his letters.","3 letters written by Elizabeth Parke Custis Law Rogers to her mother between December 5, 1819 - November 21, 1821.","7 letters written by Brigadier General Simon Bernard, Washington City, to Eliza Parke Custis Law between March 28, 1828 and May 21, 1830.","Lloyd Rogers to Elizabeth Parke Custis Law, Alexandria","Printed legal document: Statement of the defendant's case. Docketed on verso \"Papers relating to case of Law v. Morris Nicholson \u0026 Greenleaf.\"","Manuscript legal statement of Thomas Law in regards to a property dispute in Washington City between William Mayne Duncason and Tench Ringgold.","Manuscript memoranda regarding property dispute over square 744 in the City of Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Concerning Tench Ringgold and property dealings in the City of Washington.","Manuscript descriptions of the architectural plans for the Thomas Law House, designed by architect William Lovering and built circa 1794 on the 689 square in the City of Washington.","Thomas Law, Washington City, discusses his plan for construction of New Jersey Avenue on lot 744 of Washington City, along the public canal.","Gustavus Scott, William Thornton, and Alexander White, Washington City, to Thomas Law","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. George Washington Parke Custis, Philadelphia to Thomas Law, Federal City. George Washington Parke Custis writes to Law of the pleasure he will have in serving Washington City, which is to be \"the pride of future ages\" and \"the metropolis of America.\"","A manuscript copy of the address read by W. M. Duncanson at a meeting of the Managers of Washington Canal Lottery - Law, Carroll, Young, and Duncanson. Their reply is copied on the verso.","Autograph letter signed. Duncanson writes that Thomas Law has resigned his title to Lot 744 of Washington City in favor of Tench Ringgold.","Unsigned, undated manuscript, docketed \"Tench Ringgold Arbitration.\"","James Piercy, City of Washington, to Gustavus Scott, William Thornton, and Alexander White. Three manuscript copies by Thomas Munroe of letters written by James Piercy to the Commissioners of the City of Washington about his claims to lot 744.","Manuscript copy made by Thomas Munroe of a letter written by the Commissioners of the City of Washington to James Piercy in response to Piercy's claims on lot 744. Scott and Thornton write to Piercy that \"no intention exists of granting you the square you mention.\"","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Elizabeth Parke Custis Law Rogers, Druid Hill, to Thomas Law, City of Washington","Lloyd Rogers, Druid Hill, to Thomas Law, Washington City","Thomas Law to Lloyd Rogers, Baltimore","Writing from New Orleans in 1832, John Taylor reports that fifty to sixty people a day are dying from yellow fever and smallpox.","Elizabeth Parke Custis Law, Washington, to Thomas Law, London","Letter written by Lawrence Lewis to William \"Billy\" Costin requesting Costin's service in transporting his family from Mr. Charles Carter's residence in Culpepper County to their home. Lewis provides a suggested route and expected arrival date stating, 'you must not disappoint me.' A postscript in the hand of Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis requests additional and immediate transportation for herself to Philadelphia. She offers Costin's mother payment in Pork if she will accompany them on the trip. Autograph letter signed, 1 page, with integral address panel.","Undated note from Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis asking \"Billy\" to ask her sister Betsy to send the things by which she [Eleanor] wrote to her for. Directs Billy to be very careful of them as they are easily broken. Autograph note signed E Lewis, 1 page.","Autograph letter signed with integral adddress panel.","Autograph letter signed. George Washington Parke Custis writes William \"Billy\" Costin at the Bank of Washington. He mentions he expects to go with Lafayette to visit Woodlawn.","5 letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law. The first letter is addressed to John at George Town College and the other four to Harvard University.","Edmund Law, Washington, to John Law, Baltimore","5 dated letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.","Letter discussing the court martial of Commodore James Barron, who would later kill Commodore Stephen Decatur in duel in 1820.","4 undated letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.","15 undated letters and notes written by Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. John Law asks William Thornton if he can borrow a book on calvary maneuvers.","2 letters written by William Thornton in response to John Law's August 10, 1807 letter.","An undated letter from John Law to his half sister, Eliza Law. He writes that he is sending sweetmeats from Woodlawn by William, as promised.","William D. Sims, Pittsburgh, to John Law, Washington City","Three letters","A series of four letters and their draft copies written over the course of two days by John Law to his father, criticizing his conduct, particularly in regards to Eliza Law's marriage to Lloyd Nicholas Rogers.","5 letters written by Thomas Law to his son John Law, Washington City, around 1817, addressing John's criticisms of him, his divorce, and his friendship with Elizabeth Bordley Gibson.","Autograph letter signed. A letter of reconciliation sent by John Law to his father.","Draft of letter from Lloyd Nicholas Rogers, New York, to Major-General Henry Lee discussing the life of Baron de Kalb.","2 letters about the sale of property in Washington.Lenman and Brother, Washington City, to Edmund Law Rogers, Baltimore.","Documents related to the sale of property in Washington.","Correspondence about the sale of property in Washington.","2 letters about the sale of property in Washington. N. Callan, Washington, to Edmund Law Rogers, Baltimore.","Bond of conveyance for Lot No. 1 in Square 260 in Washington City, District of Columbia.","1 survey plat of lots in Washington along Canal St, and 2 pages of notes listing the prices of lots and the names of their purchasers.","Letter from the Commisioners of the Sinking Fund of the Corporation of Washington. William McCormick, Registers Office, Washington, to Edmund Law Rogers.","An indenture form reassigning a parcel of property in Washington City. The Deed of Trust form is marked at the top of the first page \"Printed and Sold by Robert A. Waters, D. st., bet. 9th \u0026 10th.\"","1 page autograph letter signed by George Washington Parke Custis to Edmund Law Rogers, with additional letter from Martha Custis Williams, Arlington House, written on verso. Custis writes, \"From the very graphic account you gave Martha Williams of your visit to Mr Fenno, I see but a poor chance of my Drama being brought out [in Baltimore].\" He asks Rogers to inquire of his \"theater going friends\" if any other Baltimore theatres will perform the work. If not, he asks Rogers to return the book care of William Adam Bookseller Pennsylvania Avenie Washington.","In her letter, Williams passes on a request from \"Aunt B\" (Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon) to send the \"little manuscript book, containing an inventory of the Mt Vernon relics at Tudor Place, as she is much at a loss, with regard to the history of many things in the House.\" Britannia Peter had inherited Tudor Place the year before, in 1854. Williams adds to Rogers that she hopes he will not make too much effort to have Uncle Custis's play produced because \"Cousin Mary Lee and all his family are so much opposed to it.\" Williams hopes Custis will focus on finishing his Recollections instead.","Bill for $21 addressed to Edmund Law Rogers for advertising the sale of lots in the City of Washington in the newspaper the National Intelligencer.","Unsigned indenture for the sale of lots in the City of Washington. Docketed in pencil \"sale not made.\"","Invoices, notes, and receipts from accounts between Robert Peter and the firm O'Neill and Dearkins. Includes an invoice for tobacco, sugar, corduroy, gauze, linen, chocolate, silk, muslin, paper, wine, ribbons, pins, cotton, and tea.","Unknown list of accounts, believed to be from Robert Peter.","Pages from account book with the note \"These leaves was received by James S Webber from Mrs. Esther H Webber wife of Mr Levi Webber of Vassalboro Kennebeck Co. Maine being a part of account Book of Charles Webber, my Grand Father, his own handwriting. Received by me June 22 1878.\" The accounts include invoices for cod fish, bacon, molasses, tea, rum, sugar, silk, shoes, brandy, wine, coffee, and corn.","Includes accounts for flour, pork, beef, lamb, and veal.","Bond for the conveyance of a parcel of property called Black Oak Thickett in Frederick County, Maryland.","rent paid","Page of rent payment accounts in unknown hand.","Bond of Thomas Nicholls of John to Robert Peter","Bond of Isaiah and Edward Nicholls to Robert Peter","Lawsuit against Robert Peter by James Gordon, Henry Riddell, John Campbell, John Campbell Junior, Alexander Low, and William Ingram","Three documents related to disputed accounts between Robert Peter and Benjamin Ray. One with a note by John T. Mason dated February 27, 1799, \"He has no shadow of right to one shilling on this [account].\"","List of Robert Peter's court appearances","Court documents and accounts related to Robert Peter, 5 manuscripts.","Court documents and accounts related to Robert Peter, 19 small manuscript receipts","Survey of land called Bealls Plaines in what became Washington City, along Goose Creek, later renamed Tiber Creek.","Manuscript on parchment with large seal attached by a ribbon.","1766, Survey to Forrest, May 12, 1773, (six documents) Bladenburg, Sept., 21, 1766; Rock Creek, Nov. 13, 1766 \"to Robert Peter, merchant in Georgetown.\"","One undated note by Thomas Peter and one letter from William Dearkins and Ben Stoddert to Stephen Chiswell about resurveying about 200 acres called Partnership granted to Elting Williams.","The Resurvey of Brandy and transfer of several named enslaved people.","A letter about resurveying a parcel of propery called Hazard. George Scott to Robert Peter, George Town.","Four autograph documents dealing with land ownership. Two notes on fragments; one half sheet giving history of a property in Prince George's County; and an 8 page survey document, with reference to points on a drawn survey, of Cross Basket, Balantyre, and other properties (9 lots) belonging to Robert Peter and divided amongst George and Thomas Peter.","Certificate and plat for 5 3/4 acres of vacant land granted by special warrant to Robert Peter out of the Western Shore Land Office of Washington County in the District of Columbia. Surveyed by Joseph Elgar, Jr. Autograph document signed, 1 page.","Hand colored survey plat showing the division of Robert Peter's Square in George Town. Docketed on verso \"Plat belonging to Thomas Peter's Square in George Town.\"","Tobacco sales","Tabacco Sales, Real Estate, Transfer of enslaved people","Deed of trust book is dated 1790","One dollar printed in Annapolis by F. Green, 7 December 1775. Two thirds of a dollar printed in Philadelphia by Hall and Sellers, 17 February 1776.","List of items purchased by Martha Washington from Macleod \u0026 Lumsdon, dated at the top 18 February 1800, Alexandria. The accounts, dated 8 July and 9 August, include entries for 47 panes of glass, oil, paint for 30 mahoghany chairs, paint for a wine cooler, varnishing, picture frame gilding, and glazing. Signed by Macleod \u0026 Lumdsdon at the bottom, noting that the above money was received in full 9 October 1800.","Receipt signed \"Daniel Lecock\" for payment received by the hands of James Anderson on behalf of Martha Washington for 790 bushels of corn on 2 May 1800.","Receipt for $25 paid by Thomas Carwood to James Anderson for 100 barrels of fish from Mount Vernon.","Accounts dated February 13, March 11, and April 12, 1800 for newspaper advertisements and handbills purchased by Martha Washington from Ellis Price, printer of The Columbian Mirror and Alexandria Gazette. Items Martha purchased include 26 advertisements for a house to rent, an advertisement about the Mount Vernon fishery, 23 advertisements about the donkey Knight of Malta, and notice about the runaway slave Marcus.","Accounts dated 23 April-23 September 1800 for weaving yards of cotton, wool, and other fabrics. The payments are marked as having been paid \"By balance due the Estate of General Washington,\" by cash, by 41 gallons of whiskey, and barrells of herring. The final payment is marked as received from James Anderson on 10 November 1801.","Bill addressed to the Estate of Mrs. Martha Washington, Deceased for $200 due to James Craik for medical services rendered Mrs. Washington during her last illness and $5 for cash paid Heyskill for the hire of his carriage. A signed oath by Jacob Hoffman testifies to the validity of the charges.","Receipt of payment from Thomas Peter to Lawrence Lewis for three hundred dollars for one hundred barrels of corn sold to Mount Vernon for the use of the estate. Signed by John Anderson.","Receipt written by Dr. David Stuart for the receipt from Thomas Peter for five guineas, the leagcy left by Martha Washington to Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart.","Payment from Thomas Law to Griffith Coombs for repairs to Martha Washington's townhome in the District Columbia occupied by Henry Dearborn. Payment marked by Coombs as received in full from Thomas Peter on August 23, 1802.","Twenty dollars wages paid to Richard Burnett of the City of Washingon by Thomas Peter for the year 1802.","Payment of $50 received by George Smith of Woodlawn from Thomas Peter on 12 January 1803 for hire as a blacksmith at Mount Vernon in the year 1802. Signed by George Smith (his mark) and Lawrence Lewis. George Smith was one of George Washington's slaves who was freed after Washington's death. His wife, Lydia, was one of Martha Washington's dower slaves and was inherited by Nelly Parke Custis Lewis of Woodlawn.","Receipt for one hundred pounds Virginia currency received by Benjamin Lincoln Lear from Thomas Peter, one of the executors of Martha Washington's estate.","Accounts of Mr. James Dunlop with Thomas Peter, for horses, ploughs, and an enslaved woman named Peg. Peg is likely one of the slaves Martha Parke Custis Peter inherited from the Custis estate.","Receipt for funeral arrangements paid by Thomas Peter to William King on December 4, 1820 following the death of his twenty-three-year-old daughter Columbia Washington Peter. The arrangements include a \"walnut coffin lined,\" silver plate and engraving, and rental of horses, a hearse, and attendants.","H. B. Morris, Philadelphia, to Thomas Peter, Georgetown. Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. A letter about bank accounts and stock certificates.","Bill from Dr. Warfield to Thomas Peter for a visit to a \"black man in the night\" on March 5, 1824 which resulted in the amputation of the man's leg.","Two bills from P.L. Dupont paid by Martha Parke Custis Peter for dancing lessons for her daughter Britannia.","Two stock share certificates for the Patowmack Company (Potomac Company). Share No. 89 is for Martha Peter, and No. 91 for Thomas Peter.","Land office papers for the resurvey of Bear Denn, Daniels Discovery, and Partnership in Maryland","With unknown survey plat on verso.","Aquila Johns to Thomas Peter on sale of Seneca plantation","Autograph letter signed by Sarah Norfleet Freeland Peter, wife of Thomas Peter's brother George, relinquishing right title and interest on a tract of land called Forrest, property of her husband, in order to pay his debts.","Letter about resurveying property owned by George Washington Peter.","List of property in Montgomery County Maryland owned by Thomas Peter","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Regarding financial matters.","Horatio Edmondson of Taylor County, Maryland","Pamphlet stitch binding with marbled paper covers. Contains notes about purchases made by Thomas Peter 1813-1814.","Calling card from Le Baron de Maltitz, Secretaire de la Legation Imperiale de Russie. Manuscript date 1823 on verso.","John Dandridge writes to Thomas Peter, George Town, asking to borrow money from the estate of Martha Washington.","Thomas Peter, George Town, to George Peter","Autograph letter signed, with envelope. Josiah Quincy, Cambridge, to Martha Parke Custis Peter, Georgetown. Josiah Quincy thanks Martha Parke Custis Peter for her generous reeption of his children at Tudor Place and thanks her for the relic of George Washington that she sent back with them.","A contemporary manuscript copy of a letter in which Nelly Parke Custis describes having seen George Washington writing his farewell address at Mount Vernon. When the address was finished, she says he asked her to bring him silk string, and she watched him stitch the address together in front of her. Nelly writes this as a rebuke to one of Alexander Hamilton's sons, who claims his father wrote the farewell address.","A list of accounts between the Estate of George Washington and Alexandria apothecary Edward Stabler, including purchases for Turlington's Balsam, castor oil, arsenic, balsam copaiva, British oil, salts, purified Salt Petre, cantharides, ipecacuanha, laudanum, tumeric, and opodildo. Payments are marked as received from James Anderson. Autograph document, 1 page.","Manuscript titled \"A List of Negroes belonging to Mrs. Washington.\" A list of 121 enslaved persons who were Martha's dower slaves. Unlike the slaves owned by George Washington, Martha's slaves were not freed after her death and were inherited by the Custis descendants. Men, boys, women, and girls and listed in separate columns, each further broken down into the places where they worked: Mansion house, River Farm, Muddy Hole, and Union Farm. Five women - Amy, Alice, Peg, Agnes, and Old Judy - are listed as \"Free but yet remain.\"","Signed certificate from the executors of General George Washington to the Clerk of Fairfax.","Accounts from 1802 for furniture and household goods purchased by George Washington Parke Custis from the Estate of Martha Washington. The final payment was made in 1826, and the account is signed by Thomas Peter, executor of the estate.","A list of the household belongings sold by Thomas Peter from the personal estate of Martha Washington. Includes a listing of who purchased each item and the price it sold for.","Signed indenture for sale of land in the City of Washington.","Articles of agreement between George Calvert and Thomas Peter with Thomas Law, agreeing that Thomas Law and his wife Eliza Parke Custis Law will live separately. Eliza will receive $1500 per year from Law, and all the interest from her inheritance from George Washington will go to her and her daughter.","3 sheets of accounts between the estate of Robert Peter and James Dunlop, including the sale of \"5 negroes willed Mrs. Peter.\" These are some of Martha's dower slaves inherited by Martha Parke Custis Peter. One additional account between Jonathan Hicks and the heirs of Robert Peter, dated 1809-1811.","Receipt written by Lawrence Lewis acknowledging receipt from Thomas Peter of three hundred and twenty-six dollars eighteen cent left to his son Lorenzo Lewis as a legacy from Martha Washington.","Receipt signed by George Washington Parke Custis acknowledging the receipt from Thomas Peter of one thousand dollars as a legacy left to his daughter from the late Martha Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Thomas Peter, George Town, to Bushrod Washington, Mount Vernon. Thomas Peter writes to Bushrod about money owed for two purchases he made from the estate of George Washington.","Two documents related to a settlement made by John Dandridge against George Washington Parke Custis and Thomas Peter, executors of Martha Washington's estate. One is a 1829 decree from the U. S. Circuit Court, signed by William Thomas Carroll; and the other is an account of money owed to John Dandridge signed by Benjamin Lincoln Lear, 1830 June 21. Autograph documents signed (2).","3 documents related to the death of Beverley Kennon, husband of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, who died aboard the USS Princeton during the 1844 Peacemaker accident: a newspaper clipping with an excerpt from a sermon by Reverend Mr. Magoon on the Princeton Tragedy, a plan of the burying ground belonging to Mrs. Beverly Kennon, and a certificate from the Vestry of Washington Parish granting Mrs. Beverley Kennon four sites in the Washington Parish Burial Ground.","Receipts for two legacies received of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, executor of Martha Parke Custis Peter's estate. One is for a grandson named Thomas Peter and another for her grandson John Parke Custis Peter.","Manuscript resolution of the Senate of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, offering sympathy to the families of those killed aboard the USS Princeton during the Peacemaker accident. This copy was given by the President of the United States to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, whose husband, Beverley Kennon, was killed in the accident.","Printed form signed by Britannia W. Peter Kennon and witnessed by William Purcell, esquire, Judge of the Orphans' Court of Washington county, District of Columbia.","A list of collections and payments made to sundry persons to settle the estate of Martha Parke Custis Peter.","Document bound with blue ribbon, with envelope. Last will and testament of Ann Gertrude Wightt, a former nun at the Georgetown Visitation Convent who later lived at Tudor Place. Autograph document, 8 pages.","Autograph letter, with envelope. Ann Gertrude Wightt, Rochester, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place","Papers related to the sale of Lot 9 in Square 72 of Washington City to William A. Gordon. Letter from William E. Edmonston to William A. Gordon, 1891 May 30. Two letters from William A. Gordon to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, 1891 June 3 and 1889 October 4. Typescript signed by William Gordon of Declaration of Trust for sale of Lot Nine, Square Seventy Two in Washington City, D.C..","Indenture made between Britannia Wellington Kennon, party of the first part, and Walter Gibson Peter, Armistead Peter Jr., and George Freeland Peter, parties of the second part, all of the District of Columbia, regarding relics and heirlooms at Tudor Place acquired by Britannia W. Peter Kennon from her mother Martha Custis Peter grand-daughter of Martha the wife of George Washington, known in the family as \"The Mount Vernon Heirlooms.\" Other relics are from the estates of Thomas Peter and Beverley Kennon. Britannia wishes that these relics be preserved by her descendants and that none of them be sold or disposed of.","These include pictures, miniatures, engravings, glass, china, silver, jewelry, furniture, needlework, and other relics, including a sago palm formerly belonging to Martha Parke Custis Peter. The relics and heirlooms are to be divided into five parts after Britannia's death and delivered to her grandchildren.","A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language (New York : Printed and published by William A. Davies) Inscribed Britannia W. Peter.","Autograph letter signed. Beverley Kennon, Navy Yard, Washington, to Reverend W. Hoff, George Town. Kennon asks Reverend Hoff to be present at Mrs. Peter's place in George Town on the 8th to marry him to Britannia W. Peter.","2 autograph letters signed.","Autograph letter signed on mourning stationary, with envelope and black seal. John Tyler, Washington, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon. President John Tyler offers his condolences to Britannia W. Peter Kennon on the death of her husband, Beverley Kennon, during the Peacemaker accident aboard the USS Princeton.","G. T. Kennon to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place","Autograph letter signed with envelope docketed \"A letter written to Uncle Bev. by my mother while at boarding school given to me after Uncle Bev's death by Aunt G.\". Martha Custis Kennon, Georgetown, to Beverley Kennon Jr. Beverley Kennon Jr. was Martha Custis Kennon's half brother.","According to Martha Custis Peter, this illustration was at the Tudor Place.","W. Van Ness, New York, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place, Georgetown","Department of the Interior, Pension Office, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place, Georgetown","Mrs. Charles Carroll Simms to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Georgetown","Mattie D. Abbot to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place. From the Secretary of the Ladies Aid Society of Christ Church accepting Britannia Kennon's resignation as President.","Letters from James Mackubin, Ellicott City, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon","Two letters from Justine Van Rensselaer Townsend, Vice Regent of New York for the Mount Vernon Ladies Association, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon. In the 26 November 1890 letter, Justine asks Britannia to help the Ladies determine what is genuine at the upcoming 1890 Thomas Birch's Sons sale of Washington relics in Philadelphia. The sale will include \"General Washington's papers, a clock, a punch bowl, and many other things.\"","Invitation from The Board of World's Fair Managers of Virginia inviting Britannia W. Peter Kennon to be present at the ceremonies of Virginia Day at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Enclosed with an envelope and the calling card of Mrs. William Radford Beale.","Calling cards for Martha Custis Kennon and Armistead Peter. At home card with envelope for Britannia W. Peter Kennon, engraved by Dempsey \u0026 O. Toole of Baltimore \u0026 Washington.","Engraved form ceritifying that \"Cream Ladle No 68944 is an exact reproduction of one onwed by General and Mrs. Washington and used for a number of years at Mr. Vernon.\" The ladle was produced by Galt \u0026 Bro. Jewellers, Silversmiths, Stationers, Washington D.C..","Regarding the purchase of a clock.","Typescript lists of letters and items from Mount Vernon that were part of  Britannia W. Peter Kennon's collection at Tudor Place.","Unbound notebook with list of items and letters from Mount Vernon that belonged to Britannia W. Peter Kennon at Tudor Place. Includes a list of how the items were divided amongst Britannia's grandchildren.Includes furniture and household items.","Includes a list of how the items were divided amongst Britannia W. Peter Kennon's grandchildren.","Manuscript list of books, jewelry, and locks of hair at Tudor Place","Includes both manuscript and typescript inventories of books, furniture, and objects from Tudor Place.","Newsclippings and correspondence related to Washington relics loaned by Walter G. Peter to the National Museum in the early 1900s.","Lent by Walter G. Peter from the Britannia W. Peter Kennon Collection of Washington Relics.","R. Davidson, Pinckneyville, to George Peter, George Town","Includes a $5 charge on 23 October 1813 for a coffin \"for a black man.\" On 9 February 1814, Peter was charged $50.00 for a lined coffin covered with black cloth, among other expenses, possibly following the death of his first wife, Ann Plater Peter, or one of their young sons.","Thomas Anderson, Clarksburgh, to George Peter","Autograph letter signed with printed cash form from the Office of Discount and Deposit, Washington.","Joseph Delaplaine, Philadelphia, to George Peter. Deplaine requests Major Peter's portrait for his gallery.","U. McInder, Petersburg, to George Peter","Letter from unidentified, Annapolis, to George Peter","W. Coor, Rockville, to George Peter","Partially printed form from the District of Columbia. Major Peter grants Charles A. Burnett power of attorney to sell, assign, and transfer his 50 shares of stock in the Books of the Washington Turnpike Company.","Letter from unidentified, Annapolis, to George Peter","Charles Bunting, Montgomery County, to George Peter","James H., Georgetown, to George Peter","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Benjamin Lincoln Lear, Washington, to George Peter. Lear writes regarding two suits againist Mrs. Sarah Peter.","John Wootton, Rockville, to George Peter","Benjamin Lincoln Lear, Washington, to George Peter. Printed letter with manuscript additions, from B. L. Lear, Attorney of the Bank, Bank of the United States.","W. W. Ramsay, Washington, to George Peter","Letter from unidentified, Washington, to George Peter","Letter from unidentified, Washington City, to George Peter","B. H., Rockville, to George Peter","Clement Cod, Georgetown, to George Peter","William Thompson, Union School, to George Peter","Michael Keepers, Frederick Town, to George Peter","John Wootton, Rockville, to George Peter","G. D., George Town, to George Peter","J. Orme, Georgetown, to George Peter","W. Sellman, Clarksburg, to George Peter","Samuel C. Ulens, Poolesville, to George Peter","J. Higgins, Poolesville, to George Peter","Jesse V., Poolesville, to George Peter, Darnestown","J. Falls, Baltimore, to George Peter","Geo. Howson Mason, Annapolis, to George Peter","Alfred Spates, Cumberland, to George Peter","Letter from unidentified, Baltimore, to George Peter","W. Matthews, George Town, to George Peter","Geo. Hownson Mason, Annapolis, to George Peter","Benj. Fawcett, Colesville, to George Peter","J. Williams, Washington D.C., to George Peter","A letter from the Treasuries Office of the Baltimore and Ohion Railroad Company, offering Peter free tickets to pass over the roads of their company.","Printed election ballot for \"The Constitution and Union Ticket,\" promising \"Civil and Religious Liberty.\" George Peter is listed as the candidate for Commisioner of Public Works.","A list of clothing purchased by Martha Washington from William Jones of Alexandria. Includes suits purchased for enslaved workers Daniel, Marcus, Christopher, and Frank. According to notes on the verso, payments were received from James Anderson on 12 April 1800 and 15 May 1800.","Five receipts for goods and services paid for by James Anderson in 1800, including repairs to old shoes, paper lampblack, freight for one box from Philadelphia, 93 yards of cloth, and leather.","Promissory notes from George Peter","Promissory notes and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.","Bills and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.","Bills and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.","Promissory notes and bank notes from George Peter","Bills and bank notes from George Peter","Bills and bank notes from George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter with F. S. Poole and Bro","Bills and accounts of George Peter with F. S. Poole and Bro.","Undated Bills and accounts of George Peter","George H. Peter, Carlise, writes to his uncle asking for money for an upcoming vacation.","3 letters from James Peter to his uncle George Peter.","George Peter, George Town","3 letters sent by James Freeland Peter to his father from Alexandria, Buffalo, and Detroit.","Manuscript acrostic written for Uncle George Peter.","Sarah Peter, Georgetown, to George Peter","4 letters from George Peter, Jr., to his father.","Typescript list of \"Things from Mt. Vernon\" with manuscript annotations by George Freeland Peter of which Peter heirs inherited the items.","Typescript and manuscript inventories of items fro Tudor Place, with notes on which Peter heirs inherited them.","Identification key to \"The battle at Bunker's Hill\" engraved by Johann Gotthard Müller after the painting by John Trumbull. Printed in London by A. C. de Poggi.","Accounts for shoes, boots, and repairs, including shoes for enslaved people.","Major George Peter's troops are invited to attend Divine Service. \"It is hoped they will attend \u0026 conduct themselves with a reverence suited to the character of Christian soldiers, who have taken arms in defence of their homes \u0026 country \u0026 who look for success \u0026 preservation to the favor of the Almighty Giver of all victory.\"","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel and red wax seal.","2 letters to George Peter from his brother David Peter, George Town.","Deed of sale for land purchased by Peter on Gay Street and Dumarton Street in George Town.","A list of 322 volumes, showing title, number of volumes, size, and type of bookbinding.","8 letters and 1 receipt, mostly addressed to George Peter from his niece, Jane Beverley and her husband, James.","printed pages","Roger Brooke Taney, Annapolis, to George Peter regarding upcoming elections [December 20] to the U. S. Senate specifically the potential election of Mr. [Alexander C.] Hanson as a means to heal and reconcile the differences in the Federal Party. Also discuss Mr. Washington's 'zeal and industry' in supporting Hanson's candidacy. Autograph letter signed, 2 pages. Docketed 'Roger B. Taney - Hanson \u0026 Washington'","W. Cook, Hyates Town,","William Brewer, Aix la Chapelle, to George Peter","James Summers, New Market, to George Peter","G. Dalls S., Colesville, to George Peter, Poolesville","Elisha Jones, Clarksburg, to George Peter","Includes the papers granting George and Sarah Peter guardianship of David Peter's children Elizabeth, William, Jane, George H., and James.","trust, property, and expenses of land","material and clothing","Receipt for the purchase of Lot No. 15 in Square No. 170 in the City of Washington.","Receipts from Leonard W. Candler, Darnes Town, to George Peter. Receipts for the purchase of dry goods, clothing, and other household goods.","3 copies of the will of Sarah Freeland, George Peter's mother-in-law.","appraisal authorization of Alexander Broome and Samuel Darby","Accounts of Margaret Dick with William Parson. Includes an account for shoes soled and nailed for James Peter.","Medical bills, pharmacy, doctor","tuition bills","Letter, T.H. Paul to George Peter. Letter, Unknown  to the Secretary of the Interior of the United States.","Receipts from Leonard W. Candler, Darnes Town, to George Peter. Receipts for the purchase of dry goods, clothing, and other household goods.","typescript copy","deed of conveyance","Indenture, George Peter to Thomas Peter, Land from estate of Robert Peter, Jr.","copies of letters","Military exemption for Armistead Peter","Bill, George Peter, Esq. to Dr. Armistead Peter, 1869 February 11; Col. Richard L. Maury, Attorney, to Dr. Armistead Peter, 1876 October 10","Includes story of Abraham Lincoln and the Maryland Barbecue by Agnes Peter","Memento for either Walter Gibson Peter or W. Orton Williams from Mrs. Laura Cassaway, small American flag and small ivory mirror with flower [Fragile]","Includes receipt of letter, 1873 January 24. Letter regarding interest in farm from Robert Dick.","lock of hair","From Binder 1","From Binder 1","From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- Fragmented letter - From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Four envelopes","Goes up to Britannia W. Peter Kennon -From Binder 1","Condolence letter","Signed by Governor Horatio Sharpe","Indenture, September 30, 1791; Resurvey of Forrest, 1796. Document signed by Gov. Haywood","Resurvey of Pipe Tomhock; Copy of Platt (sic) and Illustrations, August 14, 1798; July 11, 1766, Explanation of Survey, September 19, 1797, May 26, 1796, February 16, 1797","Deed, Elizabeth and John Scrivenor, April 18, 1799, June 11, 1799, Resurvey of Brandy, June 9, 1792, June 18, 1792","December 24, 1871, wrapper","List of enslaved persons, livestock, and tools sold at Slashes, Sugar Lands, and Rock Creek Quarters totaling $9,308.00. Autograph document, 3 pages, with docket.","Bernard Gilpin firmly bound to Thomas Peter for $5520","wove paper","Photocopy, \"Account Book 1, Robert Peter, Esq. with the Commissioners of the Federal Buildings; On division of the Tract, Mexico within the City of Washington, Exclusive of what are called \"Old divisions of squares\" and water lots of which no account is key by the Commissioners. 21 pp. Note from Walter Gibson Peter re: History of book, how it ended up in the Library of Congress Thomas Peter","signed by James Madison, B. Crowninshield, Secretary of the Navy","James Madison signature","The most important ones delivered to F.S. Keys Esq. and recorded in suit pending in Court Dt. Columbia","9 manuscripts","under the orders of Lt. Col. E. Robert, USTE","Building 3044 O Street","copies","Includes Allison's Forrest Enlarged; Fort Grubby Hill, July 1, 1732","Includes Indenture, Daniel Veetch, February 19, 1758 Document signed by Gov. Horatio Sharpe","Bathsheba","First found in Thomas Peter's Letterbooks","Photos, Photos from Survey (4) and Ivory Cross [First found in Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon] Interesting small religious carved cross, made from Mother-of-Pearl","Letter, William A. Coffin to Britannia Kennon, February 23, 1889; Brouchure for Exhibition, April 30, 1889; Letter, A. W. Drake to Britannia Kennon, January 29, 1889, May 16, 1889, including: carte de visite of George Washington and calling card of Mr. A. W. Drake (Photo) [First found in Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon]","First found in Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","First found in Major George Peter's Letterbooks","Frenzel Gallery, Georgetown. Moved from Papers of Dr. Armistead Peter.","Includes Sir Thomas Nicholson, William Scott Blair, General Scott of Malenie, Robert Buchanan, William Dunlop, Elizabeth Roberton, J. Horsburgh, Lord Abbots Hall, Isabel Corbet, Cunningham Scott. First found in Papers of Dr. Armistead Peter.","First found in Papers of Dr. Armistead Peter","Containing photographs of Peter relatives","Pictures of Tudor Place, Vacation, Content Farm, Ellen Beale Peter 1931 (Walter Gibson's Wife) Made by Walter Gibson Peter, [Loose photographs], Half Full.","Elizabeth Peter, wife of Robert Peter. Made by Walter Gibson Peter [Note: Some loose pages]","Book of tobacco sales, list of enslaved persons belonging to Robert Peter, and lots of Robert Peter in the City of Washington with division by squares for the Commissioners and how they are disposed. The bound volume is made up of 178 pages. Pages 52-147 are blank. At some point the volume is flipped and entries are begun at the back of the book from pages 178-154. For viewing purposes those pages have been reoriented and reordered.","\"Tobacco Book,\" All letters received pertaining to his business of selling tobacco in Europe and trading across the Atlantic, including captains, lawyers, and buyers in Europe.","Includes personal letters that were sent to the family, photocopied letters from Thomas and General Washington, various financial papersNot in order [Documents are fragile and book in poor condition]. Made by Walter Gibson Peter.","Contains photographs and letters. Created by Walter Gibson Peter, received documents from Britannia W. Peter Kennon.","Commissions, Letters, Orders, etc. Relating to service in the U.S. Army and Major Georgetown Field Artillery, Created by Walter Gibson Peter. Items signed by John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.","Corps of the Artillerists, New Orleans and Fort McHenry, Garrison and Regimental Orders, Major George Peter; Order and prisoner tries and punishments, List from Fort McHenry, Morning Reports [Note: Book in poor condition]","Ledger of real estate holdings of George Peter with Robert Peter and James Peter [pages 2-17]. Also includes, \"The following Table exhibits a view of the Squares and Lots, the Number of square feet therein contained, and the value of the same, now owned by Capt. George Peter, in the City of Washington\" [pages 74-78]. Stitch binding with marbled paper covers, 88 pages. Real estate accounts appear on pages 2-7, 10-11, 14-17, 74, 76, and 78. The remaining page are blank. In 1813, the ledger is flipped and a single page (page 88) includes a list of names under the title 'Rent Roll for 1813.'","Ledger for the estate of Robert Peter maintained by his son Thomas Peter. The bond volume contains 176 pages, partially completed. Accounts are entered on pages 6-54, pages 55-173 are blank, and pages 174-176 include bank notes at the Bank of Columbia and the Branch Bank of Washington City. A scrap of paper with calculations was found between pages 49 and 50 and is included in the digitization.","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","Lessons and Exercises in Vocal Music by Benjamin Carr","Contains letters, pictures, U.S. Navy Commissions (James Madison, John Tyler, and Franklin Pierce), invitations, and a memorandum of Britannia and Beverley made by Walter Gibson Peter- Grandson to Britannia.","After resigning from the army, notes made from Walter George Peter. Includes letters, a list of enlaved people from Montanaverde, bills, and business transactions.","Repairs made on properties of Robert Peter, Jr.  Stitch binding with marbled paper covers, 98 pages. Real estate accounts appear on pages 2-5, 8-23, and 26-33. The remaining pages are blank.","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","Copies made February 1 and 2, 1849 by Edmund Law Rogers at Tudor Place, the residence of his Great-Aunt Martha Peter.","Communion Alms, Christmas and Easter Offerings, June 5, 1850. In Memory of Mrs. Britannia Wellington Kennon, From the Trustees of the Louise Home, 1911.","Four account books. Account Money paid for the Estate of Mrs. Martha Peter","\"Commenced the practice of medicine the latter end of March 1867. Left town the first of May 1867 and returned June 28th- recommended practicing 8th of July, etc., Expense Log and Visiting List\"","First found in Dr. Armistead Peter's files. 9 volumes, dated 1863, 1866, 1870, 1873, 1876, 1878, 1889, 1892, and 1896.","List of patients from practice and paid or unpaid, in alphabetical order, Bills Due, Cash Paid to Mrs. Peter, other accounts, small pox vaccination count","Notes on visits, family seal, copied letters, list of articles from Mount Vernon, notes about clothes and jewelry; Copy of Album was acquired by Martha Custis Peter, great-great granddaughter to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, which Britannia had given to her grandson, Walter Gibson Peter. Her father was Walter Gibson Peter, Jr.","contains dried flowers","Includes folders of France and WWI soldiers","Contains deeds, inventories, and papers pertaining to Robert Peter's estates and his sons, Robert, James, David, George, and Thomas. Various notes about David Peter's death, and letters from George Peter. Made by Walter Gibson Peter. [Note: There are loose pages]","Includes voice and music notes for the saxon ground, will you come to the bower, nobody coming to marry me, the rose, rondo, and others.","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","No. 5116, volume 190, covering the coronation of George VI.","Printed volume, includes a facsimile handwritten section entitled \"accounts, G. Washington with the United States, commencing June 1775, and ending June 1773, comprehending a space of eight years.\"","Special Collections at The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon","Washington, George, 1732-1799","Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816","Washington, Martha, 1731-1802","Law, Elizabeth Parke Custis, 1776-1831","Law, Thomas, 1756-1834","Costin, William, 1780?-1842","Law, John, 1784?-1822","Rogers, Lloyd Nicholas, approximately 1788-1860","Rogers, Edmund Law","Peter, Robert, 1726-1806","Peter, Thomas, 1769-1834","Peter, Martha Parke Custis, 1777-1854","Kennon, Britannia Wellington Peter, 1815-1911","Peter, George, 1779-1861","Peter, Armistead, 1840-1902","Peter, Agnes, 1840-1902","Mercereau, John, 1732-1820","Dandridge, Bartholomew, approximately 1774-1802","Stuart, Eleanor Calvert Custis, approximately 1758-1811","Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834","Madison, James, 1751-1836","Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818","Pinckney, Mary Stead, approximately 1751-1812","Trumbull, Jonathan, 1740-1809","Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821","Washington, Bushrod, 1762-1829","Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804","Miller, Samuel, 1769-1850","Knox, Henry, 1750-1806","Varick, Richard, 1753-1831","Sedgwick, Theodore, 1746-1813","Rogers, William, 1751-1824","Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828","Atherton, Charles H.  (Charles Humphrey), 1773-1853","Lafayette, Georges Washington Louis Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1779-1849","Kemp, James, 1764-1827","Wadsworth, Peleg, 1748-1829","Blair, John D.  (John Durbarrow), 1759-1823","Griffith, William, 1766-1826","Le Mayeur, Jean Pierre","Sinclair, John, Sir, 1754-1835","Rogers, Elizabeth Parke Custis Law, 1797-1822","Bernard, Simon, 1779-1839","Ringgold, Tench","Lovering, William (Architect)","Scott, Gustavus, 1753-1800","Thornton, William, 1759-1828","White, Alexander, 1738-1804","Custis, George Washington Parke, 1781-1857","Lewis, Lawrence, 1767-1839","Lewis, Eleanor Parke Custis, 1779-1852","Law, Edmund, 1790-1829","Decatur, Susan Wheeler","Hay, George, 1765-1830","Lee, Henry, 1756-1818","De Kalb, Johann, 1721-1780","Elgar, Joseph","Anderson, James, 1745-1807","Craik, James, 1730-1814","Anderson, John","Stuart, David, 1753-1814","Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829","Smith, George (Blacksmith)","Lear, Benjamin L. 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Papers of Robert Peter : Subseries 11.1. Accounts, Subseries 11.2. Financial Documents, Subseries 11.3. Legal Documents, Subseries 11.4. Land Documents, Subseries 11.5. Estate Documents Series 12. Papers of Thomas Peter : Subseries 12.1. Financial Documents, Subseries 12.2. Land Documents, Subseries 12.3. Estate Documents, Subseries 12.4. Correspondence Series 13. Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, 1824-1909 : Subseries 13.1. Financial Documents, Subseries 13.2. Legal Documents, Subseries 13.3. Correspondence"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Peters were a prominent family in Washington, D.C. during the eighteenth and nineteen centuries. Martha Parke Custis, Martha Washington's granddaughter, married into the Peter family in 1795.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eGeorge Washington (1732-1799)\u003c/emph\u003e: George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 at a modest farm in Westmoreland County, Virginia to parents Augustine and Mary Ball Washington. In 1749, George Washington was appointed surveyor for Culpepper County. In 1752, he started his military career in the Virginia militia. During the Revolutionary War he was the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and later was elected as the first President of the United States of America. He lived with his wife, Martha Washington, at Mount Vernon, where he passed away December 14, 1799.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eMartha Washington (1731-1802)\u003c/emph\u003e: Martha Dandridge Custis Washington was born on June 2, 1731 to parents John and Frances Jones Dandridge. She married her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis, on May 15, 1750. Together they had four children, two of whom died in childhood. On July 8, 1757, her husband unexpectedly died, leaving her a widow with their two remaining children, John Parke Custis and Martha Parke Custis. On January 6, 1759, Martha Dandridge Custis married George Washington. Martha Parke Custis or Patsy, died at the age of 17. On February 3, 1774, John Parke Custis married Eleanor Calvert, and together they had four children who survived to adulthood. However, on November 5, 1781, John Parke Custis passed away, and the younger two of his children went to live at Mount Vernon with their grandmother. Martha Dandridge Custis Washington died on May 22, 1802.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eTobias Lear (1762-1816)\u003c/emph\u003e: Tobias Lear was born in 1762. He was employed by George Washington in 1786 to manage expense reports to Congress and also as the personal tutor to Martha Washington's grandchildren. In 1790 Tobias Lear married Mary \"Polly\" Long; however she died in 1793. Lear then married Martha Washington's niece, Frances Bassett Washington, but she died shortly they were married. Lear married for a third time to Frances Dandridge Henley, another niece of Martha Washington. He died in 1816.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eElizabeth (Betsy, Beth, Eliza) Parke Custis Law (1776-1831)\u003c/emph\u003e: Wife to Thomas Law, Eliza Parke Custis Law was born on August 21, 1776. She was the daughter of John (Jacky) Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Calvert. Upon the death of her father in 1781, Eliza's two younger siblings, George Washington (Washy) Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Parke Custis went to live with their grandmother, Martha Washington, and her second husband, George Washington. Eliza and her other sister Martha stayed at home with their mother. Shortly after, their mother remarried Dr. David Stuart and had thirteen more children. On March 21, 1796, Eliza Parke Custis Law married Thomas Law and together they had one child, Eliza Law. In 1804, the couple separated and their daughter went to live with her father. They officially divorced in 1811. Eliza Parke Custis Law lived with one of her uncles for a time after the separation, and soon purchased a house in Alexandria called \"Mount Washington.\" Eliza Law Rogers died in 1822, leaving behind a husband (Lloyd Nicholas Rogers) and two children. Eliza Parke Custis Law died on December 31, 1831.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThomas Law (1756-1834)\u003c/emph\u003e: Thomas Law was born on October 23, 1756 in Cambridge, England. He started his career working for the East India Trading Company and began building his reputation, as well as his income. In 1794, he left England to start a new life in America where he began to invest in lands, particularly in the nation's capital. Over time, Law became extremely passionate about the arts, particularly poetry, which he wrote and published. He even founded the first dance society, theater, and the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences. Thomas Law married Eliza Parke Custis on March 21, 1796. Together they had one child, Eliza Law, who married Lloyd Nicholls Rogers in 1817. Thomas Law died in 1834.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eWilliam Costin (1780-1842)\u003c/emph\u003e: William Costin was a prominent free black man in early 19th-century Washington DC. He was a messenger for the Bank of Washington and ran a hack business in the city. In 1800, he married his cousin Philadelphia (\"Delphy\"), a dower slave of Martha Washington. Upon Martha Washington's death in 1802, Delphy became the property of Eliza Parke Custis Law, wife to Thomas Law. Delphy and their children were granted freedom shortly after, and the couple decided to stay in Washington, D.C. Together the Costins had seven children. He died in 1842.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eJohn Law (1784-1822)\u003c/emph\u003e: John Law was born in India about 1784 to Thomas Law and an unidentified Indian woman. In 1794 Thomas Law came to America after living about two decades in India; presumably John and his brothers came with him. Thomas Law married Eliza Parke Custis in 1796 and raised the boys until their separation around 1804. John Law graduated from Harvard University in 1804; he was a member of the Columbian Dragoons in 1811; and was the commissioner to adjust the Yazoo claims in 1814. He died on October 4, 1822.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLloyd Nicholas Rogers (1787 or 1788-1860)\u003c/emph\u003e: Lloyd Nicholas Rogers was born on September 20, 1788 to parents Nicholas and Eleanor Buchanan Rogers. Lloyd Nicholas Rogers married Eliza Law Rogers in 1817. Together they had two children, Edmund Law Rogers and Eleanor Agnes Rogers. They lived on Druid Hill which had been passed down by Lloyd's Scottish father. Very shortly after the death of Lloyd's father in 1822, Eliza also died. In 1829, Rogers was married to Hortensia Monroe Hay who was the granddaughter of James Monroe. Together, they had an additional three daughters, Harriet, Hortensia, and Mary Custis. Lloyd was a proprietor of his estate and practiced law out of his home on Druid Hill. Hortensia died in the 1850s, leaving Lloyd all alone. All of his children except for Eleanor had already married and moved out. Eleanor would not marry until 1862, following her father's death. Lloyd Nicholas Rogers died on November 12, 1860.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eEdmund Law Rogers (1818-1896)\u003c/emph\u003e: Edmund Law Rogers was born in 1818 to Lloyd Nicholas Rogers and Eliza Law Rogers. He grew up and lived in Baltimore all of his life, and was a founding member of the Maryland and Harvard Club, as well as a member of various other organizations, such as, the Sons of the Revolution and the Baltimore Historical Society. He spoke several different languages and was a lover of the arts. He married Charlotte Matilda Plater and together they had two children, Edmund Law Rogers, Jr., and Charlotte Plater Rogers. He died of paralysis on January 24, 1896.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eRobert Peter (1726-1806)\u003c/emph\u003e: Robert Peter was born in 1726 in Scotland to Thomas Peter and Jean Dunlop, who were prosperous merchants. He immigrated to the United States around 1745, but there is no definite reason why he chose to leave. He first settled in the town, Bladensburg, along the Anacostia River. In 1751, Georgetown was established, and Robert purchased a lot in the town the following year, and slowly began to build up his land holdings. His land holdings grew to be quite extensive, including owning the entire square from M, K, and 31st Streets, and Wisconsin Ave. From 1789 to 1798, Robert Peter was the first mayor of Georgetown. On December 27, 1767, he married Elizabeth Scott, and together they had 10 children, one of whom died as an infant. Their names were: Thomas, Alexander, Elizabeth, Walter, Robert, Jean, Margaret, David, George, and James. He died in 1806.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eThomas Peter (1769-1834)\u003c/emph\u003e: Thomas Peter was born January 4, 1769 to Robert and Elizabeth Scott Peter. Thomas Peter married Martha Parke Custis, granddaughter to Martha Washington, in 1795. Together, they had eight children. Martha Eliza Eleanor, Columbia Washington, John Parke Custis, Robert Thomas, George Washington, America Pinckney, Martha Custis Castania (who died young), and Britannia Wellington. In 1805, Thomas and Martha purchased eight-and-a-half acres in \"Georgetown Heights.\" [For more information on Tudor Place, see Tudor Place: Historic House and Gardens.] They later hired architect Dr. William Thornton to design and build Tudor Place located in Georgetown. It was completed in 1816 and still stands today. Thomas Peter was a prominent lawyer of the time and was one of the executors of Martha Washington's will. He died April 16, 1834.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eMartha (Patty) Parke Custis Peter (1777-1854)\u003c/emph\u003e: was born to John Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Calvert Custis on December 31, 1777. She was one of four children in their family to survive to adulthood: Eliza Parke, Martha Parke, Eleanor Parke (Nelly), and George Washington (Washy) Parke. Following the death of their father in 1781, Patty and her older sister, Eliza, lived with their mother and stepfather, Dr. David Stuart, and their large family, while their younger siblings, Nelly and Washy, lived with their grandparents at Mount Vernon. There were frequent visits to Mount Vernon in both childhood and following her marriage to Thomas Peter in 1795. She died July 13 or 15, 1854.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eBritannia Wellington Peter Kennon (1815-1911)\u003c/emph\u003e: Britannia Wellington Peter was born January 28, 1815, as the youngest child of Martha Parke (Patty) Custis Peter and Thomas Peter. In 1842, she married Commodore Beverley Kennon, and together they had one child, Martha Custis Kennon, on October 18, 1843. Commodore Kennon died from a gun explosion on the frigate Princeton on February 28, 1844. Martha Custis Kennon married Dr. Armistead Peter in 1867. When Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon's mother passed in 1854, she inherited Tudor Place, where she lived until her death in 1911.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eMajor George Peter (1779-1861)\u003c/emph\u003e: Major George W. Peter was born on September 28, 1779 to Robert and Elizabeth Scott Peter. He was married three times during his life. First, to Ann Plater in 1809. Together they had two children, George and Thomas. His wife and two children all died in 1814. Secondly, in 1815 he married Agnes Buchanon Freeland. They had five children, Robert, Ann, James, Agnes, and David. Agnes, his wife, died in 1825. Only a month later, he again married, this time to Sarah Norfleet Freeland, the sister of his second wife. Together, they had nine children: Sarah Agnes, George, Alexander Scott, Margaret Dick, Elizabeth, Armistead, Walter Gibson, William, and Katherine Norfleet. Major George Peter was an officer in the army, a representative in Congress, and a farmer. During his career in the army, he was first appointed first lieutenant 2nd, Artillery and Engineers on February 16, 1801. He was promoted to Captain on November 3, 1807, and finally was transferred to the Light Artillery in May of 1808. He resigned in June 11, 1809. In 1815, he was elected to Congress to cover the sixth district in Maryland. He would continue this appointment until after 1828. He died June 22, 1861.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eDr. Armistead Peter (1840-1902)\u003c/emph\u003e: Dr. Armistead Peter was one of George Peter's sons from his third marriage to Sarah Norfleet Freeland Peter. He was born on February 23, 1840. Dr. Armistead Peter was a cousin to his wife Martha Custis Kennon Peter, whom he married in 1867. Together, Martha and Armistead had five children: Walter Gibson, Armistead, Beverley Kennon, George Freeland, and Agnes. He and Martha Custis Kennon Peter both moved into Tudor Place and Dr. Armistead Peter converted a portion of the house for his medical practice. He created a very successful business as one of the best doctors in the city of Washington. During the Civil War he was employed by the U.S. Army as ward surgeon, as well as serving in a smallpox hospital. Martha Custis Kennon Peter died suddenly in 1886. Armistead died in 1902, his mother-in-law, Britannia W. Peter Kennon outliving both of them. The land in Bethesda was divided between their four children. After Britannia W. Peter Kennon died, the house was left to her grandson, Armistead Peter II. Dr. Armistead Peter died on January 28, 1902.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAgnes Peter (1880-1957)\u003c/emph\u003e: Agnes Peter, born on February 3, 1880, was the daughter of Dr. Armistead Peter and Martha Custis Kennon Peter. She lived in France for a period of time during WWI conducting work for the YMCA. Agnes Peter was the director of a Foyer du Soldat and helped to receive soldiers and refugees. She was also in charge of the Graves Registration Section in Rheims. She was the first woman in France to be awarded the silver Medal of Honor for her distinguished services to the country during the war. In 1946, when she was 73, she married Nobel Prize winner, Dr. John R. Mott, who is most acclaimed for his work creating international Christian programs with a goal to establish peace. She died in 1957.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["The Peters were a prominent family in Washington, D.C. during the eighteenth and nineteen centuries. Martha Parke Custis, Martha Washington's granddaughter, married into the Peter family in 1795.","George Washington (1732-1799) : George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 at a modest farm in Westmoreland County, Virginia to parents Augustine and Mary Ball Washington. In 1749, George Washington was appointed surveyor for Culpepper County. In 1752, he started his military career in the Virginia militia. During the Revolutionary War he was the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and later was elected as the first President of the United States of America. He lived with his wife, Martha Washington, at Mount Vernon, where he passed away December 14, 1799.","Martha Washington (1731-1802) : Martha Dandridge Custis Washington was born on June 2, 1731 to parents John and Frances Jones Dandridge. She married her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis, on May 15, 1750. Together they had four children, two of whom died in childhood. On July 8, 1757, her husband unexpectedly died, leaving her a widow with their two remaining children, John Parke Custis and Martha Parke Custis. On January 6, 1759, Martha Dandridge Custis married George Washington. Martha Parke Custis or Patsy, died at the age of 17. On February 3, 1774, John Parke Custis married Eleanor Calvert, and together they had four children who survived to adulthood. However, on November 5, 1781, John Parke Custis passed away, and the younger two of his children went to live at Mount Vernon with their grandmother. Martha Dandridge Custis Washington died on May 22, 1802.","Tobias Lear (1762-1816) : Tobias Lear was born in 1762. He was employed by George Washington in 1786 to manage expense reports to Congress and also as the personal tutor to Martha Washington's grandchildren. In 1790 Tobias Lear married Mary \"Polly\" Long; however she died in 1793. Lear then married Martha Washington's niece, Frances Bassett Washington, but she died shortly they were married. Lear married for a third time to Frances Dandridge Henley, another niece of Martha Washington. He died in 1816.","Elizabeth (Betsy, Beth, Eliza) Parke Custis Law (1776-1831) : Wife to Thomas Law, Eliza Parke Custis Law was born on August 21, 1776. She was the daughter of John (Jacky) Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Calvert. Upon the death of her father in 1781, Eliza's two younger siblings, George Washington (Washy) Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Parke Custis went to live with their grandmother, Martha Washington, and her second husband, George Washington. Eliza and her other sister Martha stayed at home with their mother. Shortly after, their mother remarried Dr. David Stuart and had thirteen more children. On March 21, 1796, Eliza Parke Custis Law married Thomas Law and together they had one child, Eliza Law. In 1804, the couple separated and their daughter went to live with her father. They officially divorced in 1811. Eliza Parke Custis Law lived with one of her uncles for a time after the separation, and soon purchased a house in Alexandria called \"Mount Washington.\" Eliza Law Rogers died in 1822, leaving behind a husband (Lloyd Nicholas Rogers) and two children. Eliza Parke Custis Law died on December 31, 1831.","Thomas Law (1756-1834) : Thomas Law was born on October 23, 1756 in Cambridge, England. He started his career working for the East India Trading Company and began building his reputation, as well as his income. In 1794, he left England to start a new life in America where he began to invest in lands, particularly in the nation's capital. Over time, Law became extremely passionate about the arts, particularly poetry, which he wrote and published. He even founded the first dance society, theater, and the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences. Thomas Law married Eliza Parke Custis on March 21, 1796. Together they had one child, Eliza Law, who married Lloyd Nicholls Rogers in 1817. Thomas Law died in 1834.","William Costin (1780-1842) : William Costin was a prominent free black man in early 19th-century Washington DC. He was a messenger for the Bank of Washington and ran a hack business in the city. In 1800, he married his cousin Philadelphia (\"Delphy\"), a dower slave of Martha Washington. Upon Martha Washington's death in 1802, Delphy became the property of Eliza Parke Custis Law, wife to Thomas Law. Delphy and their children were granted freedom shortly after, and the couple decided to stay in Washington, D.C. Together the Costins had seven children. He died in 1842.","John Law (1784-1822) : John Law was born in India about 1784 to Thomas Law and an unidentified Indian woman. In 1794 Thomas Law came to America after living about two decades in India; presumably John and his brothers came with him. Thomas Law married Eliza Parke Custis in 1796 and raised the boys until their separation around 1804. John Law graduated from Harvard University in 1804; he was a member of the Columbian Dragoons in 1811; and was the commissioner to adjust the Yazoo claims in 1814. He died on October 4, 1822.","Lloyd Nicholas Rogers (1787 or 1788-1860) : Lloyd Nicholas Rogers was born on September 20, 1788 to parents Nicholas and Eleanor Buchanan Rogers. Lloyd Nicholas Rogers married Eliza Law Rogers in 1817. Together they had two children, Edmund Law Rogers and Eleanor Agnes Rogers. They lived on Druid Hill which had been passed down by Lloyd's Scottish father. Very shortly after the death of Lloyd's father in 1822, Eliza also died. In 1829, Rogers was married to Hortensia Monroe Hay who was the granddaughter of James Monroe. Together, they had an additional three daughters, Harriet, Hortensia, and Mary Custis. Lloyd was a proprietor of his estate and practiced law out of his home on Druid Hill. Hortensia died in the 1850s, leaving Lloyd all alone. All of his children except for Eleanor had already married and moved out. Eleanor would not marry until 1862, following her father's death. Lloyd Nicholas Rogers died on November 12, 1860.","Edmund Law Rogers (1818-1896) : Edmund Law Rogers was born in 1818 to Lloyd Nicholas Rogers and Eliza Law Rogers. He grew up and lived in Baltimore all of his life, and was a founding member of the Maryland and Harvard Club, as well as a member of various other organizations, such as, the Sons of the Revolution and the Baltimore Historical Society. He spoke several different languages and was a lover of the arts. He married Charlotte Matilda Plater and together they had two children, Edmund Law Rogers, Jr., and Charlotte Plater Rogers. He died of paralysis on January 24, 1896.","Robert Peter (1726-1806) : Robert Peter was born in 1726 in Scotland to Thomas Peter and Jean Dunlop, who were prosperous merchants. He immigrated to the United States around 1745, but there is no definite reason why he chose to leave. He first settled in the town, Bladensburg, along the Anacostia River. In 1751, Georgetown was established, and Robert purchased a lot in the town the following year, and slowly began to build up his land holdings. His land holdings grew to be quite extensive, including owning the entire square from M, K, and 31st Streets, and Wisconsin Ave. From 1789 to 1798, Robert Peter was the first mayor of Georgetown. On December 27, 1767, he married Elizabeth Scott, and together they had 10 children, one of whom died as an infant. Their names were: Thomas, Alexander, Elizabeth, Walter, Robert, Jean, Margaret, David, George, and James. He died in 1806.","Thomas Peter (1769-1834) : Thomas Peter was born January 4, 1769 to Robert and Elizabeth Scott Peter. Thomas Peter married Martha Parke Custis, granddaughter to Martha Washington, in 1795. Together, they had eight children. Martha Eliza Eleanor, Columbia Washington, John Parke Custis, Robert Thomas, George Washington, America Pinckney, Martha Custis Castania (who died young), and Britannia Wellington. In 1805, Thomas and Martha purchased eight-and-a-half acres in \"Georgetown Heights.\" [For more information on Tudor Place, see Tudor Place: Historic House and Gardens.] They later hired architect Dr. William Thornton to design and build Tudor Place located in Georgetown. It was completed in 1816 and still stands today. Thomas Peter was a prominent lawyer of the time and was one of the executors of Martha Washington's will. He died April 16, 1834.","Martha (Patty) Parke Custis Peter (1777-1854) : was born to John Parke Custis and Eleanor (Nelly) Calvert Custis on December 31, 1777. She was one of four children in their family to survive to adulthood: Eliza Parke, Martha Parke, Eleanor Parke (Nelly), and George Washington (Washy) Parke. Following the death of their father in 1781, Patty and her older sister, Eliza, lived with their mother and stepfather, Dr. David Stuart, and their large family, while their younger siblings, Nelly and Washy, lived with their grandparents at Mount Vernon. There were frequent visits to Mount Vernon in both childhood and following her marriage to Thomas Peter in 1795. She died July 13 or 15, 1854.","Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon (1815-1911) : Britannia Wellington Peter was born January 28, 1815, as the youngest child of Martha Parke (Patty) Custis Peter and Thomas Peter. In 1842, she married Commodore Beverley Kennon, and together they had one child, Martha Custis Kennon, on October 18, 1843. Commodore Kennon died from a gun explosion on the frigate Princeton on February 28, 1844. Martha Custis Kennon married Dr. Armistead Peter in 1867. When Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon's mother passed in 1854, she inherited Tudor Place, where she lived until her death in 1911.","Major George Peter (1779-1861) : Major George W. Peter was born on September 28, 1779 to Robert and Elizabeth Scott Peter. He was married three times during his life. First, to Ann Plater in 1809. Together they had two children, George and Thomas. His wife and two children all died in 1814. Secondly, in 1815 he married Agnes Buchanon Freeland. They had five children, Robert, Ann, James, Agnes, and David. Agnes, his wife, died in 1825. Only a month later, he again married, this time to Sarah Norfleet Freeland, the sister of his second wife. Together, they had nine children: Sarah Agnes, George, Alexander Scott, Margaret Dick, Elizabeth, Armistead, Walter Gibson, William, and Katherine Norfleet. Major George Peter was an officer in the army, a representative in Congress, and a farmer. During his career in the army, he was first appointed first lieutenant 2nd, Artillery and Engineers on February 16, 1801. He was promoted to Captain on November 3, 1807, and finally was transferred to the Light Artillery in May of 1808. He resigned in June 11, 1809. In 1815, he was elected to Congress to cover the sixth district in Maryland. He would continue this appointment until after 1828. He died June 22, 1861.","Dr. Armistead Peter (1840-1902) : Dr. Armistead Peter was one of George Peter's sons from his third marriage to Sarah Norfleet Freeland Peter. He was born on February 23, 1840. Dr. Armistead Peter was a cousin to his wife Martha Custis Kennon Peter, whom he married in 1867. Together, Martha and Armistead had five children: Walter Gibson, Armistead, Beverley Kennon, George Freeland, and Agnes. He and Martha Custis Kennon Peter both moved into Tudor Place and Dr. Armistead Peter converted a portion of the house for his medical practice. He created a very successful business as one of the best doctors in the city of Washington. During the Civil War he was employed by the U.S. Army as ward surgeon, as well as serving in a smallpox hospital. Martha Custis Kennon Peter died suddenly in 1886. Armistead died in 1902, his mother-in-law, Britannia W. Peter Kennon outliving both of them. The land in Bethesda was divided between their four children. After Britannia W. Peter Kennon died, the house was left to her grandson, Armistead Peter II. Dr. Armistead Peter died on January 28, 1902.","Agnes Peter (1880-1957) : Agnes Peter, born on February 3, 1880, was the daughter of Dr. Armistead Peter and Martha Custis Kennon Peter. She lived in France for a period of time during WWI conducting work for the YMCA. Agnes Peter was the director of a Foyer du Soldat and helped to receive soldiers and refugees. She was also in charge of the Graves Registration Section in Rheims. She was the first woman in France to be awarded the silver Medal of Honor for her distinguished services to the country during the war. In 1946, when she was 73, she married Nobel Prize winner, Dr. John R. Mott, who is most acclaimed for his work creating international Christian programs with a goal to establish peace. She died in 1957."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Name and date of item], Peter Family papers, [Folder], Special Collections, The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon [hereafter Washington Library], Mount Vernon, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Name and date of item], Peter Family papers, [Folder], Special Collections, The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon [hereafter Washington Library], Mount Vernon, Virginia."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePeter family owned books are cataloged in the Library Catalog. The 23 titles (36 volumes) are searchable in the\n\u003ca href=\"https://mountvernonlibrary.on.worldcat.org/search?queryString=%2A\u0026amp;clusterResults=false\u0026amp;groupVariantRecords=false\u0026amp;subscope=wz%3A46368%3A%3Azs%3A39386\u0026amp;changedFacet=scope\"\u003ethe Catalog's Peter Family Collection\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003esee Century Magazine, May 1890, p. 17\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials","Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Peter family owned books are cataloged in the Library Catalog. The 23 titles (36 volumes) are searchable in the\n the Catalog's Peter Family Collection .","see Century Magazine, May 1890, p. 17"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection consists of papers collected by various members of the Peter families. It includes letters from George Washington, letters of condolence to Martha Washington after George Washington's death, estate documents, Major George Peter's military papers, land plats and surveys, photo albums, letterbooks, and notebooks that tell of the life of this prominent family in Virginia and the City of Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed from Eliza, Hope Park, asking her grandfather for a picture of him. Docketed in Washington's hand on verso.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutographed letter signed (signature cut out) George Washington, German Town, to Eliza Parke Custis. Washington offers his granddaughter advice on love and marriage.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter in Washington's hand, initialed by both George and Martha. George and Martha Washington, Philadelphia, to Thomas Law. The Washingtons congratulate Law on his marriage to their grandaughter Eliza.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed by George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter, discussing the purchase of English cattle.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Docketed in Washington's hand.Thomas Peter, George Town, to George Washington, Mount Vernon. Peter asks Washington to secure a spot for his brother in the Army and shares rumors about a bill coming up in Congress.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel and seal. George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter. Washington writes about the sale of tobacco.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel.George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter. Washington writes about farming and congratulates Thomas and Patsy on the birth of their son.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. John Mercereau, Union Township, to George Washington. John Mercereau, a businessman who served with his brother and nephew in a spy ring during the Revolutionary War, writes to Washington asking if he may come and visit, reflecting that no memories give him greater satisfaction than those he spent \"Devoted to my Countrys Service.\" Tragically, Mercereau did not know that Washington had died 10 days before his letter was sent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., London, to George Washington.  Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., writes to his uncle about his business ventures from London. He had not yet received word of Washington's death on December 14, 1799.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter unsigned in the hand of Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart and most likely addressed to Tobias Lear. The letter is dated 7 February with no year but was most likely written in 1790, since it mentions Lear's first marriage, which occured in 1790.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed, undated, with integral free franked address panel. Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart to Tobias Lear, New York. Docketed in Lear's hand as received 2 October 1790. Eleanor writes of her unhappiness at being parted from her children Nelly and Wash.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear, New York. Eleanor writes about the lottery and her family, noting that \"My Dear Nelly \u0026amp; Wash. are still spoilt by Grand Mama but chearfully obey every word I say to them.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Docketed in hand of George Washington. Lucretia Constance Radcliffe, Charleston, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Mrs. Radcliffe writes seeking an Army commission for her son and sends a packet of crane feathers and melon seeds. She also sends news of Major Pinkney.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript resolution of the \"Sixth Congress of the United States: At the first session Begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the second of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine\" stating that a marble monument to George Washington be erected in the City of Washington and that his remains be interred beneath it. It is also resolved that a funeral procession from Comgress Hall to the German Lutheran Church shall take place on Thursday, December 26, 1799, and that the nation will wear crepe arm bands for thirty days of mourning.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Maria S. Ross, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. A condolence letter from Maria S. Ross of Lancaster, Pennsylvania to Martha Washington on the death of her husband.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter, copy. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response to Maria Ross's condolence letter to Martha Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel with seal of John Adams. Abigail Adams, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Condolence letter written by Abigail Adams to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Martha Washington's response to Abigail Adams's condolence letter on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Mary Stead Pinckney, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Pinckney also sends her regards and congratulations to Nelly Parke Custis Lewis, who was recovering from the birth of her first child, Frances Parke Lewis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Jonathan Trumbull Jr., Governor of Connecticut, Lebanon, Connecticut, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Elias Boudinot, New Jersey Congressman and Director of the United States Mint, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, to Elias Boudinot. Tobias Lear's response on behalf of Martha Washington to Elias Boudinot's condolence letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Bushrod Washington, Walnut Farm, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Bushrod writes to Martha about purchasing corn from Colonel Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Condolence letter written by Ann Huntington, New London, Connecticut,  to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon, on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response on behalf of Martha to Hamilton's condolence letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Condolence letter from Reverend Samuel Miller, New York, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon, on the death of George Washington. He writes that he is inclosing a discourse he recently delivered on the occasion of Washington's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response on behalf of Martha to Samuel Miller's, New York, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Stephen Williamson, Philadelphia, State Prison, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Stephen Williamson introduces himself as the captain of a company in the Rhode Island Regiment who served under Washington in the Revolutionary War. He recounts a dream he had in which she gives birth to a son following Washington's death. He also tells Martha the details of his arrest for buying a stolen horse and requests her assistance in getting him out of prison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Former Secretary of War Henry Knox, Montpelier, St. Georges, sends Martha his condolences after the passing of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Henry Knox's condolence letter on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Mayor of New York City Richard Varick offers his condolences to Martha after the death of George Washington. He also incloses, on behalf of the Common Council of New York City, an oration delivered on the occassion of Washington's death by Gouverneur Morris.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha Washington in response to Richard Varick's, New York, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Richard Washington,Bermuda, a former business associate of Washington's in London, offers his condolences to Martha after George Washington's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Theodore Sedgwick, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Sedgwick writes that he is inclosing a second edition of General Lee's funeral oration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha in response to Theodore Sedgwick's condolence letter after the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Condolence letter written by the Marquis de Lafayette, La Grange, to Martha after the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. A condolence letter from Auguste Belin, Secretary of the Loge Française l'Aménité of Philidelphia, a freemason lodge of French and Saint-Dominguen émigrés. Belin writes that he is inclosing copies of a funeral oration performed at the lodge in honor of George Washington's death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Auguste Belin's, Philadelphia, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter. Condolence note from Reverend William Rogers, Philadelphia, to Martha on the death of George Washington. Rogers writes that he is enclosing a copy of a funeral oration he delivered in Washington's honor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, on behalf of Martha Washington, thanks William Rogers for sending \"a copy of the Religious Exercises, at the time of the Eulogy, at the German Reformed Church.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha Washington, requests that Gilbert Stuart's original portrait of Washington be given to Martha, in exchange for fair compensation. Lear writes that Martha has expressed no desire for her own portrait, but Lear thinks it would be nice to display alongside the portrait of Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Condolence note written by Charles Humphrey Atherton, Amherst, New Hampshire, to Martha Washington after the death of George Washington. Atherton writes that he is enclosing a funeral oration delivered at the request of the citizens of Amherst, New Hampshire in Washington's honor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha Washington in response to Charles H. Atherton's, Amherst, New Hampshire, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Georges Washington de Lafayette, La Grange, son of the Marquis de Lafayette, writes a condolence note to Martha after the death of George Washington. Georges writes of Washington's \"parental kindness\" when he visited Mount Vernon and says, \"How far was I to imagine when I left your family that it would be a last farewell.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Condolence letter written by Alexandria merchant Thomas Porter to Martha after the death of George Washington. Porter writes that he is sending an eulogy along with the letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. A condolence letter written by Revered James Kemp, Cambridge, Maryland, to Martha Washington after the death of George Washington. Kemp writes that he is enclosing a copy of a sermon he delivered on the day appointed by Congress to honor George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, responds on behalf of Martha Washington to James Kemp's, Cambridge, Maryland, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Peleg Wadsworth, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Wadsworth requests, on behalf of his daughter, a relic of the late General.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Peleg Wadsworth's condolence letter after the death of George Washington. Lear writes that he is enclosing a lock of Washington's hair for Wadsworth's daughter as requested.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha Washington, thanks Reverend John D. Blair for sending his condolences and two orations delivered in Richmond on February 22 in honor of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. William Griffiths, Burlington, New Jersey, offers his condolences on behalf of the citizens of Burlington, New Jersey to Martha after the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, responds on behalf of Martha to William Griffith's, Burlington, New Jersey, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Theodore Sedgwick, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed \"John Lemayere.\" Jean Pierre Le Mayeur, Sweet Springs, was George Washington's dentist during the Revolutionary War. He writes his condolences to Martha on the death of Washington, apologizing that his servant lost the first condolence letter he had written on February 24.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, to Dr. Jean Pierre Le Mayeur, Sweet Springs\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., New York, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Bartholomew Dandridge Jr. writes his aunt inquiring about letters sent to him from Washington before his death that Dandridge never received.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Sir John Sinclair, London, writes to Martha in praise of her late husband and sends her a volume of his letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 letters written by Elizabeth Parke Custis Law Rogers to her mother between December 5, 1819 - November 21, 1821.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e7 letters written by Brigadier General Simon Bernard, Washington City, to Eliza Parke Custis Law between March 28, 1828 and May 21, 1830.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLloyd Rogers to Elizabeth Parke Custis Law, Alexandria\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted legal document: Statement of the defendant's case. Docketed on verso \"Papers relating to case of Law v. Morris Nicholson \u0026amp; Greenleaf.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript legal statement of Thomas Law in regards to a property dispute in Washington City between William Mayne Duncason and Tench Ringgold.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript memoranda regarding property dispute over square 744 in the City of Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Concerning Tench Ringgold and property dealings in the City of Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript descriptions of the architectural plans for the Thomas Law House, designed by architect William Lovering and built circa 1794 on the 689 square in the City of Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Law, Washington City, discusses his plan for construction of New Jersey Avenue on lot 744 of Washington City, along the public canal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGustavus Scott, William Thornton, and Alexander White, Washington City, to Thomas Law\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. George Washington Parke Custis, Philadelphia to Thomas Law, Federal City. George Washington Parke Custis writes to Law of the pleasure he will have in serving Washington City, which is to be \"the pride of future ages\" and \"the metropolis of America.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA manuscript copy of the address read by W. M. Duncanson at a meeting of the Managers of Washington Canal Lottery - Law, Carroll, Young, and Duncanson. Their reply is copied on the verso.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Duncanson writes that Thomas Law has resigned his title to Lot 744 of Washington City in favor of Tench Ringgold.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnsigned, undated manuscript, docketed \"Tench Ringgold Arbitration.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Piercy, City of Washington, to Gustavus Scott, William Thornton, and Alexander White. Three manuscript copies by Thomas Munroe of letters written by James Piercy to the Commissioners of the City of Washington about his claims to lot 744.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript copy made by Thomas Munroe of a letter written by the Commissioners of the City of Washington to James Piercy in response to Piercy's claims on lot 744. Scott and Thornton write to Piercy that \"no intention exists of granting you the square you mention.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Elizabeth Parke Custis Law Rogers, Druid Hill, to Thomas Law, City of Washington\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLloyd Rogers, Druid Hill, to Thomas Law, Washington City\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Law to Lloyd Rogers, Baltimore\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWriting from New Orleans in 1832, John Taylor reports that fifty to sixty people a day are dying from yellow fever and smallpox.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Parke Custis Law, Washington, to Thomas Law, London\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter written by Lawrence Lewis to William \"Billy\" Costin requesting Costin's service in transporting his family from Mr. Charles Carter's residence in Culpepper County to their home. Lewis provides a suggested route and expected arrival date stating, 'you must not disappoint me.' A postscript in the hand of Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis requests additional and immediate transportation for herself to Philadelphia. She offers Costin's mother payment in Pork if she will accompany them on the trip. Autograph letter signed, 1 page, with integral address panel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUndated note from Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis asking \"Billy\" to ask her sister Betsy to send the things by which she [Eleanor] wrote to her for. Directs Billy to be very careful of them as they are easily broken. Autograph note signed E Lewis, 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral adddress panel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. George Washington Parke Custis writes William \"Billy\" Costin at the Bank of Washington. He mentions he expects to go with Lafayette to visit Woodlawn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law. The first letter is addressed to John at George Town College and the other four to Harvard University.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdmund Law, Washington, to John Law, Baltimore\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 dated letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter discussing the court martial of Commodore James Barron, who would later kill Commodore Stephen Decatur in duel in 1820.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 undated letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e15 undated letters and notes written by Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. John Law asks William Thornton if he can borrow a book on calvary maneuvers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters written by William Thornton in response to John Law's August 10, 1807 letter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn undated letter from John Law to his half sister, Eliza Law. He writes that he is sending sweetmeats from Woodlawn by William, as promised.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam D. Sims, Pittsburgh, to John Law, Washington City\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree letters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA series of four letters and their draft copies written over the course of two days by John Law to his father, criticizing his conduct, particularly in regards to Eliza Law's marriage to Lloyd Nicholas Rogers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e5 letters written by Thomas Law to his son John Law, Washington City, around 1817, addressing John's criticisms of him, his divorce, and his friendship with Elizabeth Bordley Gibson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. A letter of reconciliation sent by John Law to his father.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDraft of letter from Lloyd Nicholas Rogers, New York, to Major-General Henry Lee discussing the life of Baron de Kalb.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters about the sale of property in Washington.Lenman and Brother, Washington City, to Edmund Law Rogers, Baltimore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocuments related to the sale of property in Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorrespondence about the sale of property in Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters about the sale of property in Washington. N. Callan, Washington, to Edmund Law Rogers, Baltimore.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond of conveyance for Lot No. 1 in Square 260 in Washington City, District of Columbia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 survey plat of lots in Washington along Canal St, and 2 pages of notes listing the prices of lots and the names of their purchasers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from the Commisioners of the Sinking Fund of the Corporation of Washington. William McCormick, Registers Office, Washington, to Edmund Law Rogers.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAn indenture form reassigning a parcel of property in Washington City. The Deed of Trust form is marked at the top of the first page \"Printed and Sold by Robert A. Waters, D. st., bet. 9th \u0026amp; 10th.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1 page autograph letter signed by George Washington Parke Custis to Edmund Law Rogers, with additional letter from Martha Custis Williams, Arlington House, written on verso. Custis writes, \"From the very graphic account you gave Martha Williams of your visit to Mr Fenno, I see but a poor chance of my Drama being brought out [in Baltimore].\" He asks Rogers to inquire of his \"theater going friends\" if any other Baltimore theatres will perform the work. If not, he asks Rogers to return the book care of William Adam Bookseller Pennsylvania Avenie Washington.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn her letter, Williams passes on a request from \"Aunt B\" (Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon) to send the \"little manuscript book, containing an inventory of the Mt Vernon relics at Tudor Place, as she is much at a loss, with regard to the history of many things in the House.\" Britannia Peter had inherited Tudor Place the year before, in 1854. Williams adds to Rogers that she hopes he will not make too much effort to have Uncle Custis's play produced because \"Cousin Mary Lee and all his family are so much opposed to it.\" Williams hopes Custis will focus on finishing his Recollections instead.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill for $21 addressed to Edmund Law Rogers for advertising the sale of lots in the City of Washington in the newspaper the National Intelligencer.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnsigned indenture for the sale of lots in the City of Washington. Docketed in pencil \"sale not made.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvoices, notes, and receipts from accounts between Robert Peter and the firm O'Neill and Dearkins. Includes an invoice for tobacco, sugar, corduroy, gauze, linen, chocolate, silk, muslin, paper, wine, ribbons, pins, cotton, and tea.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnknown list of accounts, believed to be from Robert Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePages from account book with the note \"These leaves was received by James S Webber from Mrs. Esther H Webber wife of Mr Levi Webber of Vassalboro Kennebeck Co. Maine being a part of account Book of Charles Webber, my Grand Father, his own handwriting. Received by me June 22 1878.\" The accounts include invoices for cod fish, bacon, molasses, tea, rum, sugar, silk, shoes, brandy, wine, coffee, and corn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes accounts for flour, pork, beef, lamb, and veal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond for the conveyance of a parcel of property called Black Oak Thickett in Frederick County, Maryland.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003erent paid\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePage of rent payment accounts in unknown hand.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond of Thomas Nicholls of John to Robert Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBond of Isaiah and Edward Nicholls to Robert Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLawsuit against Robert Peter by James Gordon, Henry Riddell, John Campbell, John Campbell Junior, Alexander Low, and William Ingram\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThree documents related to disputed accounts between Robert Peter and Benjamin Ray. One with a note by John T. Mason dated February 27, 1799, \"He has no shadow of right to one shilling on this [account].\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of Robert Peter's court appearances\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt documents and accounts related to Robert Peter, 5 manuscripts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCourt documents and accounts related to Robert Peter, 19 small manuscript receipts\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSurvey of land called Bealls Plaines in what became Washington City, along Goose Creek, later renamed Tiber Creek.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript on parchment with large seal attached by a ribbon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e1766, Survey to Forrest, May 12, 1773, (six documents) Bladenburg, Sept., 21, 1766; Rock Creek, Nov. 13, 1766 \"to Robert Peter, merchant in Georgetown.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne undated note by Thomas Peter and one letter from William Dearkins and Ben Stoddert to Stephen Chiswell about resurveying about 200 acres called Partnership granted to Elting Williams.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Resurvey of Brandy and transfer of several named enslaved people.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA letter about resurveying a parcel of propery called Hazard. George Scott to Robert Peter, George Town.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFour autograph documents dealing with land ownership. Two notes on fragments; one half sheet giving history of a property in Prince George's County; and an 8 page survey document, with reference to points on a drawn survey, of Cross Basket, Balantyre, and other properties (9 lots) belonging to Robert Peter and divided amongst George and Thomas Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCertificate and plat for 5 3/4 acres of vacant land granted by special warrant to Robert Peter out of the Western Shore Land Office of Washington County in the District of Columbia. Surveyed by Joseph Elgar, Jr. Autograph document signed, 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHand colored survey plat showing the division of Robert Peter's Square in George Town. Docketed on verso \"Plat belonging to Thomas Peter's Square in George Town.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTobacco sales\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTabacco Sales, Real Estate, Transfer of enslaved people\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed of trust book is dated 1790\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne dollar printed in Annapolis by F. Green, 7 December 1775. Two thirds of a dollar printed in Philadelphia by Hall and Sellers, 17 February 1776.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of items purchased by Martha Washington from Macleod \u0026amp; Lumsdon, dated at the top 18 February 1800, Alexandria. The accounts, dated 8 July and 9 August, include entries for 47 panes of glass, oil, paint for 30 mahoghany chairs, paint for a wine cooler, varnishing, picture frame gilding, and glazing. Signed by Macleod \u0026amp; Lumdsdon at the bottom, noting that the above money was received in full 9 October 1800.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt signed \"Daniel Lecock\" for payment received by the hands of James Anderson on behalf of Martha Washington for 790 bushels of corn on 2 May 1800.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for $25 paid by Thomas Carwood to James Anderson for 100 barrels of fish from Mount Vernon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts dated February 13, March 11, and April 12, 1800 for newspaper advertisements and handbills purchased by Martha Washington from Ellis Price, printer of The Columbian Mirror and Alexandria Gazette. Items Martha purchased include 26 advertisements for a house to rent, an advertisement about the Mount Vernon fishery, 23 advertisements about the donkey Knight of Malta, and notice about the runaway slave Marcus.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts dated 23 April-23 September 1800 for weaving yards of cotton, wool, and other fabrics. The payments are marked as having been paid \"By balance due the Estate of General Washington,\" by cash, by 41 gallons of whiskey, and barrells of herring. The final payment is marked as received from James Anderson on 10 November 1801.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill addressed to the Estate of Mrs. Martha Washington, Deceased for $200 due to James Craik for medical services rendered Mrs. Washington during her last illness and $5 for cash paid Heyskill for the hire of his carriage. A signed oath by Jacob Hoffman testifies to the validity of the charges.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt of payment from Thomas Peter to Lawrence Lewis for three hundred dollars for one hundred barrels of corn sold to Mount Vernon for the use of the estate. Signed by John Anderson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt written by Dr. David Stuart for the receipt from Thomas Peter for five guineas, the leagcy left by Martha Washington to Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment from Thomas Law to Griffith Coombs for repairs to Martha Washington's townhome in the District Columbia occupied by Henry Dearborn. Payment marked by Coombs as received in full from Thomas Peter on August 23, 1802.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwenty dollars wages paid to Richard Burnett of the City of Washingon by Thomas Peter for the year 1802.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePayment of $50 received by George Smith of Woodlawn from Thomas Peter on 12 January 1803 for hire as a blacksmith at Mount Vernon in the year 1802. Signed by George Smith (his mark) and Lawrence Lewis. George Smith was one of George Washington's slaves who was freed after Washington's death. His wife, Lydia, was one of Martha Washington's dower slaves and was inherited by Nelly Parke Custis Lewis of Woodlawn.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for one hundred pounds Virginia currency received by Benjamin Lincoln Lear from Thomas Peter, one of the executors of Martha Washington's estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts of Mr. James Dunlop with Thomas Peter, for horses, ploughs, and an enslaved woman named Peg. Peg is likely one of the slaves Martha Parke Custis Peter inherited from the Custis estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for funeral arrangements paid by Thomas Peter to William King on December 4, 1820 following the death of his twenty-three-year-old daughter Columbia Washington Peter. The arrangements include a \"walnut coffin lined,\" silver plate and engraving, and rental of horses, a hearse, and attendants.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eH. B. Morris, Philadelphia, to Thomas Peter, Georgetown. Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. A letter about bank accounts and stock certificates.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill from Dr. Warfield to Thomas Peter for a visit to a \"black man in the night\" on March 5, 1824 which resulted in the amputation of the man's leg.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo bills from P.L. Dupont paid by Martha Parke Custis Peter for dancing lessons for her daughter Britannia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo stock share certificates for the Patowmack Company (Potomac Company). Share No. 89 is for Martha Peter, and No. 91 for Thomas Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLand office papers for the resurvey of Bear Denn, Daniels Discovery, and Partnership in Maryland\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWith unknown survey plat on verso.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAquila Johns to Thomas Peter on sale of Seneca plantation\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed by Sarah Norfleet Freeland Peter, wife of Thomas Peter's brother George, relinquishing right title and interest on a tract of land called Forrest, property of her husband, in order to pay his debts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter about resurveying property owned by George Washington Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of property in Montgomery County Maryland owned by Thomas Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Regarding financial matters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHoratio Edmondson of Taylor County, Maryland\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePamphlet stitch binding with marbled paper covers. Contains notes about purchases made by Thomas Peter 1813-1814.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCalling card from Le Baron de Maltitz, Secretaire de la Legation Imperiale de Russie. Manuscript date 1823 on verso.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Dandridge writes to Thomas Peter, George Town, asking to borrow money from the estate of Martha Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Peter, George Town, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed, with envelope. Josiah Quincy, Cambridge, to Martha Parke Custis Peter, Georgetown. Josiah Quincy thanks Martha Parke Custis Peter for her generous reeption of his children at Tudor Place and thanks her for the relic of George Washington that she sent back with them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA contemporary manuscript copy of a letter in which Nelly Parke Custis describes having seen George Washington writing his farewell address at Mount Vernon. When the address was finished, she says he asked her to bring him silk string, and she watched him stitch the address together in front of her. Nelly writes this as a rebuke to one of Alexander Hamilton's sons, who claims his father wrote the farewell address.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list of accounts between the Estate of George Washington and Alexandria apothecary Edward Stabler, including purchases for Turlington's Balsam, castor oil, arsenic, balsam copaiva, British oil, salts, purified Salt Petre, cantharides, ipecacuanha, laudanum, tumeric, and opodildo. Payments are marked as received from James Anderson. Autograph document, 1 page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript titled \"A List of Negroes belonging to Mrs. Washington.\" A list of 121 enslaved persons who were Martha's dower slaves. Unlike the slaves owned by George Washington, Martha's slaves were not freed after her death and were inherited by the Custis descendants. Men, boys, women, and girls and listed in separate columns, each further broken down into the places where they worked: Mansion house, River Farm, Muddy Hole, and Union Farm. Five women - Amy, Alice, Peg, Agnes, and Old Judy - are listed as \"Free but yet remain.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned certificate from the executors of General George Washington to the Clerk of Fairfax.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts from 1802 for furniture and household goods purchased by George Washington Parke Custis from the Estate of Martha Washington. The final payment was made in 1826, and the account is signed by Thomas Peter, executor of the estate.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list of the household belongings sold by Thomas Peter from the personal estate of Martha Washington. Includes a listing of who purchased each item and the price it sold for.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned indenture for sale of land in the City of Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eArticles of agreement between George Calvert and Thomas Peter with Thomas Law, agreeing that Thomas Law and his wife Eliza Parke Custis Law will live separately. Eliza will receive $1500 per year from Law, and all the interest from her inheritance from George Washington will go to her and her daughter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 sheets of accounts between the estate of Robert Peter and James Dunlop, including the sale of \"5 negroes willed Mrs. Peter.\" These are some of Martha's dower slaves inherited by Martha Parke Custis Peter. One additional account between Jonathan Hicks and the heirs of Robert Peter, dated 1809-1811.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt written by Lawrence Lewis acknowledging receipt from Thomas Peter of three hundred and twenty-six dollars eighteen cent left to his son Lorenzo Lewis as a legacy from Martha Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt signed by George Washington Parke Custis acknowledging the receipt from Thomas Peter of one thousand dollars as a legacy left to his daughter from the late Martha Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Thomas Peter, George Town, to Bushrod Washington, Mount Vernon. Thomas Peter writes to Bushrod about money owed for two purchases he made from the estate of George Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo documents related to a settlement made by John Dandridge against George Washington Parke Custis and Thomas Peter, executors of Martha Washington's estate. One is a 1829 decree from the U. S. Circuit Court, signed by William Thomas Carroll; and the other is an account of money owed to John Dandridge signed by Benjamin Lincoln Lear, 1830 June 21. Autograph documents signed (2).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 documents related to the death of Beverley Kennon, husband of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, who died aboard the USS Princeton during the 1844 Peacemaker accident: a newspaper clipping with an excerpt from a sermon by Reverend Mr. Magoon on the Princeton Tragedy, a plan of the burying ground belonging to Mrs. Beverly Kennon, and a certificate from the Vestry of Washington Parish granting Mrs. Beverley Kennon four sites in the Washington Parish Burial Ground.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts for two legacies received of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, executor of Martha Parke Custis Peter's estate. One is for a grandson named Thomas Peter and another for her grandson John Parke Custis Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript resolution of the Senate of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, offering sympathy to the families of those killed aboard the USS Princeton during the Peacemaker accident. This copy was given by the President of the United States to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, whose husband, Beverley Kennon, was killed in the accident.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted form signed by Britannia W. Peter Kennon and witnessed by William Purcell, esquire, Judge of the Orphans' Court of Washington county, District of Columbia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list of collections and payments made to sundry persons to settle the estate of Martha Parke Custis Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDocument bound with blue ribbon, with envelope. Last will and testament of Ann Gertrude Wightt, a former nun at the Georgetown Visitation Convent who later lived at Tudor Place. Autograph document, 8 pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter, with envelope. Ann Gertrude Wightt, Rochester, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers related to the sale of Lot 9 in Square 72 of Washington City to William A. Gordon. Letter from William E. Edmonston to William A. Gordon, 1891 May 30. Two letters from William A. Gordon to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, 1891 June 3 and 1889 October 4. Typescript signed by William Gordon of Declaration of Trust for sale of Lot Nine, Square Seventy Two in Washington City, D.C..\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndenture made between Britannia Wellington Kennon, party of the first part, and Walter Gibson Peter, Armistead Peter Jr., and George Freeland Peter, parties of the second part, all of the District of Columbia, regarding relics and heirlooms at Tudor Place acquired by Britannia W. Peter Kennon from her mother Martha Custis Peter grand-daughter of Martha the wife of George Washington, known in the family as \"The Mount Vernon Heirlooms.\" Other relics are from the estates of Thomas Peter and Beverley Kennon. Britannia wishes that these relics be preserved by her descendants and that none of them be sold or disposed of.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThese include pictures, miniatures, engravings, glass, china, silver, jewelry, furniture, needlework, and other relics, including a sago palm formerly belonging to Martha Parke Custis Peter. The relics and heirlooms are to be divided into five parts after Britannia's death and delivered to her grandchildren.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language (New York : Printed and published by William A. Davies) Inscribed Britannia W. Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed. Beverley Kennon, Navy Yard, Washington, to Reverend W. Hoff, George Town. Kennon asks Reverend Hoff to be present at Mrs. Peter's place in George Town on the 8th to marry him to Britannia W. Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 autograph letters signed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed on mourning stationary, with envelope and black seal. John Tyler, Washington, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon. President John Tyler offers his condolences to Britannia W. Peter Kennon on the death of her husband, Beverley Kennon, during the Peacemaker accident aboard the USS Princeton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eG. T. Kennon to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with envelope docketed \"A letter written to Uncle Bev. by my mother while at boarding school given to me after Uncle Bev's death by Aunt G.\". Martha Custis Kennon, Georgetown, to Beverley Kennon Jr. Beverley Kennon Jr. was Martha Custis Kennon's half brother.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccording to Martha Custis Peter, this illustration was at the Tudor Place.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW. Van Ness, New York, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place, Georgetown\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDepartment of the Interior, Pension Office, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place, Georgetown\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMrs. Charles Carroll Simms to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Georgetown\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMattie D. Abbot to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place. From the Secretary of the Ladies Aid Society of Christ Church accepting Britannia Kennon's resignation as President.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters from James Mackubin, Ellicott City, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo letters from Justine Van Rensselaer Townsend, Vice Regent of New York for the Mount Vernon Ladies Association, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon. In the 26 November 1890 letter, Justine asks Britannia to help the Ladies determine what is genuine at the upcoming 1890 Thomas Birch's Sons sale of Washington relics in Philadelphia. The sale will include \"General Washington's papers, a clock, a punch bowl, and many other things.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInvitation from The Board of World's Fair Managers of Virginia inviting Britannia W. Peter Kennon to be present at the ceremonies of Virginia Day at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Enclosed with an envelope and the calling card of Mrs. William Radford Beale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCalling cards for Martha Custis Kennon and Armistead Peter. At home card with envelope for Britannia W. Peter Kennon, engraved by Dempsey \u0026amp; O. Toole of Baltimore \u0026amp; Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEngraved form ceritifying that \"Cream Ladle No 68944 is an exact reproduction of one onwed by General and Mrs. Washington and used for a number of years at Mr. Vernon.\" The ladle was produced by Galt \u0026amp; Bro. Jewellers, Silversmiths, Stationers, Washington D.C..\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRegarding the purchase of a clock.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypescript lists of letters and items from Mount Vernon that were part of  Britannia W. Peter Kennon's collection at Tudor Place.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUnbound notebook with list of items and letters from Mount Vernon that belonged to Britannia W. Peter Kennon at Tudor Place. Includes a list of how the items were divided amongst Britannia's grandchildren.Includes furniture and household items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a list of how the items were divided amongst Britannia W. Peter Kennon's grandchildren.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript list of books, jewelry, and locks of hair at Tudor Place\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes both manuscript and typescript inventories of books, furniture, and objects from Tudor Place.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNewsclippings and correspondence related to Washington relics loaned by Walter G. Peter to the National Museum in the early 1900s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLent by Walter G. Peter from the Britannia W. Peter Kennon Collection of Washington Relics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eR. Davidson, Pinckneyville, to George Peter, George Town\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a $5 charge on 23 October 1813 for a coffin \"for a black man.\" On 9 February 1814, Peter was charged $50.00 for a lined coffin covered with black cloth, among other expenses, possibly following the death of his first wife, Ann Plater Peter, or one of their young sons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThomas Anderson, Clarksburgh, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with printed cash form from the Office of Discount and Deposit, Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJoseph Delaplaine, Philadelphia, to George Peter. Deplaine requests Major Peter's portrait for his gallery.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eU. McInder, Petersburg, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from unidentified, Annapolis, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW. Coor, Rockville, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePartially printed form from the District of Columbia. Major Peter grants Charles A. Burnett power of attorney to sell, assign, and transfer his 50 shares of stock in the Books of the Washington Turnpike Company.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from unidentified, Annapolis, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCharles Bunting, Montgomery County, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames H., Georgetown, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel. Benjamin Lincoln Lear, Washington, to George Peter. Lear writes regarding two suits againist Mrs. Sarah Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Wootton, Rockville, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Lincoln Lear, Washington, to George Peter. Printed letter with manuscript additions, from B. L. Lear, Attorney of the Bank, Bank of the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW. W. Ramsay, Washington, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from unidentified, Washington, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from unidentified, Washington City, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eB. H., Rockville, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClement Cod, Georgetown, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Thompson, Union School, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMichael Keepers, Frederick Town, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Wootton, Rockville, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eG. D., George Town, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. Orme, Georgetown, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW. Sellman, Clarksburg, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSamuel C. Ulens, Poolesville, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. Higgins, Poolesville, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJesse V., Poolesville, to George Peter, Darnestown\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. Falls, Baltimore, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeo. Howson Mason, Annapolis, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlfred Spates, Cumberland, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter from unidentified, Baltimore, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW. Matthews, George Town, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeo. Hownson Mason, Annapolis, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBenj. Fawcett, Colesville, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJ. Williams, Washington D.C., to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA letter from the Treasuries Office of the Baltimore and Ohion Railroad Company, offering Peter free tickets to pass over the roads of their company.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted election ballot for \"The Constitution and Union Ticket,\" promising \"Civil and Religious Liberty.\" George Peter is listed as the candidate for Commisioner of Public Works.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list of clothing purchased by Martha Washington from William Jones of Alexandria. Includes suits purchased for enslaved workers Daniel, Marcus, Christopher, and Frank. According to notes on the verso, payments were received from James Anderson on 12 April 1800 and 15 May 1800.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFive receipts for goods and services paid for by James Anderson in 1800, including repairs to old shoes, paper lampblack, freight for one box from Philadelphia, 93 yards of cloth, and leather.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory notes from George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory notes and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromissory notes and bank notes from George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and bank notes from George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and bank notes from George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter with F. S. Poole and Bro\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBills and accounts of George Peter with F. S. Poole and Bro.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUndated Bills and accounts of George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge H. Peter, Carlise, writes to his uncle asking for money for an upcoming vacation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 letters from James Peter to his uncle George Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGeorge Peter, George Town\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 letters sent by James Freeland Peter to his father from Alexandria, Buffalo, and Detroit.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eManuscript acrostic written for Uncle George Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSarah Peter, Georgetown, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e4 letters from George Peter, Jr., to his father.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypescript list of \"Things from Mt. Vernon\" with manuscript annotations by George Freeland Peter of which Peter heirs inherited the items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTypescript and manuscript inventories of items fro Tudor Place, with notes on which Peter heirs inherited them.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIdentification key to \"The battle at Bunker's Hill\" engraved by Johann Gotthard Müller after the painting by John Trumbull. Printed in London by A. C. de Poggi.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts for shoes, boots, and repairs, including shoes for enslaved people.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMajor George Peter's troops are invited to attend Divine Service. \"It is hoped they will attend \u0026amp; conduct themselves with a reverence suited to the character of Christian soldiers, who have taken arms in defence of their homes \u0026amp; country \u0026amp; who look for success \u0026amp; preservation to the favor of the Almighty Giver of all victory.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAutograph letter signed with integral address panel and red wax seal.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e2 letters to George Peter from his brother David Peter, George Town.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed of sale for land purchased by Peter on Gay Street and Dumarton Street in George Town.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA list of 322 volumes, showing title, number of volumes, size, and type of bookbinding.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e8 letters and 1 receipt, mostly addressed to George Peter from his niece, Jane Beverley and her husband, James.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eprinted pages\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRoger Brooke Taney, Annapolis, to George Peter regarding upcoming elections [December 20] to the U. S. Senate specifically the potential election of Mr. [Alexander C.] Hanson as a means to heal and reconcile the differences in the Federal Party. Also discuss Mr. Washington's 'zeal and industry' in supporting Hanson's candidacy. Autograph letter signed, 2 pages. Docketed 'Roger B. Taney - Hanson \u0026amp; Washington'\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eW. Cook, Hyates Town,\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Brewer, Aix la Chapelle, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Summers, New Market, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eG. Dalls S., Colesville, to George Peter, Poolesville\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElisha Jones, Clarksburg, to George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes the papers granting George and Sarah Peter guardianship of David Peter's children Elizabeth, William, Jane, George H., and James.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003etrust, property, and expenses of land\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ematerial and clothing\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipt for the purchase of Lot No. 15 in Square No. 170 in the City of Washington.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts from Leonard W. Candler, Darnes Town, to George Peter. Receipts for the purchase of dry goods, clothing, and other household goods.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e3 copies of the will of Sarah Freeland, George Peter's mother-in-law.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eappraisal authorization of Alexander Broome and Samuel Darby\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAccounts of Margaret Dick with William Parson. Includes an account for shoes soled and nailed for James Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMedical bills, pharmacy, doctor\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003etuition bills\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter, T.H. Paul to George Peter. Letter, Unknown  to the Secretary of the Interior of the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReceipts from Leonard W. Candler, Darnes Town, to George Peter. Receipts for the purchase of dry goods, clothing, and other household goods.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003etypescript copy\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003edeed of conveyance\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndenture, George Peter to Thomas Peter, Land from estate of Robert Peter, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ecopies of letters\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMilitary exemption for Armistead Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBill, George Peter, Esq. to Dr. Armistead Peter, 1869 February 11; Col. Richard L. Maury, Attorney, to Dr. Armistead Peter, 1876 October 10\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes story of Abraham Lincoln and the Maryland Barbecue by Agnes Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMemento for either Walter Gibson Peter or W. Orton Williams from Mrs. Laura Cassaway, small American flag and small ivory mirror with flower [Fragile]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes receipt of letter, 1873 January 24. Letter regarding interest in farm from Robert Dick.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003elock of hair\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical Studies- From Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical Studies- From Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical Studies- Fragmented letter - From Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical Studies- From Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical Studies- From Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGenealogical Studies- From Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFour envelopes\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGoes up to Britannia W. Peter Kennon -From Binder 1\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCondolence letter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSigned by Governor Horatio Sharpe\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIndenture, September 30, 1791; Resurvey of Forrest, 1796. Document signed by Gov. Haywood\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eResurvey of Pipe Tomhock; Copy of Platt (sic) and Illustrations, August 14, 1798; July 11, 1766, Explanation of Survey, September 19, 1797, May 26, 1796, February 16, 1797\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDeed, Elizabeth and John Scrivenor, April 18, 1799, June 11, 1799, Resurvey of Brandy, June 9, 1792, June 18, 1792\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDecember 24, 1871, wrapper\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of enslaved persons, livestock, and tools sold at Slashes, Sugar Lands, and Rock Creek Quarters totaling $9,308.00. Autograph document, 3 pages, with docket.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBernard Gilpin firmly bound to Thomas Peter for $5520\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ewove paper\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotocopy, \"Account Book 1, Robert Peter, Esq. with the Commissioners of the Federal Buildings; On division of the Tract, Mexico within the City of Washington, Exclusive of what are called \"Old divisions of squares\" and water lots of which no account is key by the Commissioners. 21 pp. Note from Walter Gibson Peter re: History of book, how it ended up in the Library of Congress Thomas Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003esigned by James Madison, B. Crowninshield, Secretary of the Navy\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJames Madison signature\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe most important ones delivered to F.S. Keys Esq. and recorded in suit pending in Court Dt. Columbia\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e9 manuscripts\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eunder the orders of Lt. Col. E. Robert, USTE\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBuilding 3044 O Street\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ecopies\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Allison's Forrest Enlarged; Fort Grubby Hill, July 1, 1732\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Indenture, Daniel Veetch, February 19, 1758 Document signed by Gov. Horatio Sharpe\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBathsheba\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Thomas Peter's Letterbooks\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotos, Photos from Survey (4) and Ivory Cross [First found in Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon] Interesting small religious carved cross, made from Mother-of-Pearl\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetter, William A. Coffin to Britannia Kennon, February 23, 1889; Brouchure for Exhibition, April 30, 1889; Letter, A. W. Drake to Britannia Kennon, January 29, 1889, May 16, 1889, including: carte de visite of George Washington and calling card of Mr. A. W. Drake (Photo) [First found in Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Papers of Major George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Major George Peter's Letterbooks\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrenzel Gallery, Georgetown. Moved from Papers of Dr. Armistead Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Sir Thomas Nicholson, William Scott Blair, General Scott of Malenie, Robert Buchanan, William Dunlop, Elizabeth Roberton, J. Horsburgh, Lord Abbots Hall, Isabel Corbet, Cunningham Scott. First found in Papers of Dr. Armistead Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Papers of Dr. Armistead Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContaining photographs of Peter relatives\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePictures of Tudor Place, Vacation, Content Farm, Ellen Beale Peter 1931 (Walter Gibson's Wife) Made by Walter Gibson Peter, [Loose photographs], Half Full.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Peter, wife of Robert Peter. Made by Walter Gibson Peter [Note: Some loose pages]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBook of tobacco sales, list of enslaved persons belonging to Robert Peter, and lots of Robert Peter in the City of Washington with division by squares for the Commissioners and how they are disposed. The bound volume is made up of 178 pages. Pages 52-147 are blank. At some point the volume is flipped and entries are begun at the back of the book from pages 178-154. For viewing purposes those pages have been reoriented and reordered.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Tobacco Book,\" All letters received pertaining to his business of selling tobacco in Europe and trading across the Atlantic, including captains, lawyers, and buyers in Europe.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes personal letters that were sent to the family, photocopied letters from Thomas and General Washington, various financial papersNot in order [Documents are fragile and book in poor condition]. Made by Walter Gibson Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains photographs and letters. Created by Walter Gibson Peter, received documents from Britannia W. Peter Kennon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommissions, Letters, Orders, etc. Relating to service in the U.S. Army and Major Georgetown Field Artillery, Created by Walter Gibson Peter. Items signed by John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCorps of the Artillerists, New Orleans and Fort McHenry, Garrison and Regimental Orders, Major George Peter; Order and prisoner tries and punishments, List from Fort McHenry, Morning Reports [Note: Book in poor condition]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLedger of real estate holdings of George Peter with Robert Peter and James Peter [pages 2-17]. Also includes, \"The following Table exhibits a view of the Squares and Lots, the Number of square feet therein contained, and the value of the same, now owned by Capt. George Peter, in the City of Washington\" [pages 74-78]. Stitch binding with marbled paper covers, 88 pages. Real estate accounts appear on pages 2-7, 10-11, 14-17, 74, 76, and 78. The remaining page are blank. In 1813, the ledger is flipped and a single page (page 88) includes a list of names under the title 'Rent Roll for 1813.'\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLedger for the estate of Robert Peter maintained by his son Thomas Peter. The bond volume contains 176 pages, partially completed. Accounts are entered on pages 6-54, pages 55-173 are blank, and pages 174-176 include bank notes at the Bank of Columbia and the Branch Bank of Washington City. A scrap of paper with calculations was found between pages 49 and 50 and is included in the digitization.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Papers of Major George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLessons and Exercises in Vocal Music by Benjamin Carr\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains letters, pictures, U.S. Navy Commissions (James Madison, John Tyler, and Franklin Pierce), invitations, and a memorandum of Britannia and Beverley made by Walter Gibson Peter- Grandson to Britannia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter resigning from the army, notes made from Walter George Peter. Includes letters, a list of enlaved people from Montanaverde, bills, and business transactions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRepairs made on properties of Robert Peter, Jr.  Stitch binding with marbled paper covers, 98 pages. Real estate accounts appear on pages 2-5, 8-23, and 26-33. The remaining pages are blank.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Papers of Major George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Papers of Major George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopies made February 1 and 2, 1849 by Edmund Law Rogers at Tudor Place, the residence of his Great-Aunt Martha Peter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCommunion Alms, Christmas and Easter Offerings, June 5, 1850. In Memory of Mrs. Britannia Wellington Kennon, From the Trustees of the Louise Home, 1911.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFour account books. Account Money paid for the Estate of Mrs. Martha Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Commenced the practice of medicine the latter end of March 1867. Left town the first of May 1867 and returned June 28th- recommended practicing 8th of July, etc., Expense Log and Visiting List\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Dr. Armistead Peter's files. 9 volumes, dated 1863, 1866, 1870, 1873, 1876, 1878, 1889, 1892, and 1896.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eList of patients from practice and paid or unpaid, in alphabetical order, Bills Due, Cash Paid to Mrs. Peter, other accounts, small pox vaccination count\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNotes on visits, family seal, copied letters, list of articles from Mount Vernon, notes about clothes and jewelry; Copy of Album was acquired by Martha Custis Peter, great-great granddaughter to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, which Britannia had given to her grandson, Walter Gibson Peter. Her father was Walter Gibson Peter, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003econtains dried flowers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes folders of France and WWI soldiers\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eContains deeds, inventories, and papers pertaining to Robert Peter's estates and his sons, Robert, James, David, George, and Thomas. Various notes about David Peter's death, and letters from George Peter. Made by Walter Gibson Peter. [Note: There are loose pages]\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes voice and music notes for the saxon ground, will you come to the bower, nobody coming to marry me, the rose, rondo, and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFirst found in Papers of Major George Peter\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNo. 5116, volume 190, covering the coronation of George VI.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted volume, includes a facsimile handwritten section entitled \"accounts, G. 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It includes letters from George Washington, letters of condolence to Martha Washington after George Washington's death, estate documents, Major George Peter's military papers, land plats and surveys, photo albums, letterbooks, and notebooks that tell of the life of this prominent family in Virginia and the City of Washington.","Autograph letter signed from Eliza, Hope Park, asking her grandfather for a picture of him. Docketed in Washington's hand on verso.","Autographed letter signed (signature cut out) George Washington, German Town, to Eliza Parke Custis. Washington offers his granddaughter advice on love and marriage.","Autograph letter in Washington's hand, initialed by both George and Martha. George and Martha Washington, Philadelphia, to Thomas Law. The Washingtons congratulate Law on his marriage to their grandaughter Eliza.","Autograph letter signed by George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter, discussing the purchase of English cattle.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Docketed in Washington's hand.Thomas Peter, George Town, to George Washington, Mount Vernon. Peter asks Washington to secure a spot for his brother in the Army and shares rumors about a bill coming up in Congress.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel and seal. George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter. Washington writes about the sale of tobacco.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel.George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter. Washington writes about farming and congratulates Thomas and Patsy on the birth of their son.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. John Mercereau, Union Township, to George Washington. John Mercereau, a businessman who served with his brother and nephew in a spy ring during the Revolutionary War, writes to Washington asking if he may come and visit, reflecting that no memories give him greater satisfaction than those he spent \"Devoted to my Countrys Service.\" Tragically, Mercereau did not know that Washington had died 10 days before his letter was sent.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., London, to George Washington.  Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., writes to his uncle about his business ventures from London. He had not yet received word of Washington's death on December 14, 1799.","Autograph letter unsigned in the hand of Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart and most likely addressed to Tobias Lear. The letter is dated 7 February with no year but was most likely written in 1790, since it mentions Lear's first marriage, which occured in 1790.","Autograph letter signed, undated, with integral free franked address panel. Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart to Tobias Lear, New York. Docketed in Lear's hand as received 2 October 1790. Eleanor writes of her unhappiness at being parted from her children Nelly and Wash.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart, Mount Vernon, to Tobias Lear, New York. Eleanor writes about the lottery and her family, noting that \"My Dear Nelly \u0026 Wash. are still spoilt by Grand Mama but chearfully obey every word I say to them.\"","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Docketed in hand of George Washington. Lucretia Constance Radcliffe, Charleston, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Mrs. Radcliffe writes seeking an Army commission for her son and sends a packet of crane feathers and melon seeds. She also sends news of Major Pinkney.","Manuscript resolution of the \"Sixth Congress of the United States: At the first session Begun and held at the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the second of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine\" stating that a marble monument to George Washington be erected in the City of Washington and that his remains be interred beneath it. It is also resolved that a funeral procession from Comgress Hall to the German Lutheran Church shall take place on Thursday, December 26, 1799, and that the nation will wear crepe arm bands for thirty days of mourning.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Maria S. Ross, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. A condolence letter from Maria S. Ross of Lancaster, Pennsylvania to Martha Washington on the death of her husband.","Autograph letter, copy. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response to Maria Ross's condolence letter to Martha Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel with seal of John Adams. Abigail Adams, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Condolence letter written by Abigail Adams to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Martha Washington's response to Abigail Adams's condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Mary Stead Pinckney, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Pinckney also sends her regards and congratulations to Nelly Parke Custis Lewis, who was recovering from the birth of her first child, Frances Parke Lewis.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Jonathan Trumbull Jr., Governor of Connecticut, Lebanon, Connecticut, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Elias Boudinot, New Jersey Congressman and Director of the United States Mint, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, to Elias Boudinot. Tobias Lear's response on behalf of Martha Washington to Elias Boudinot's condolence letter.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Bushrod Washington, Walnut Farm, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Bushrod writes to Martha about purchasing corn from Colonel Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Condolence letter written by Ann Huntington, New London, Connecticut,  to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon, on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response on behalf of Martha to Hamilton's condolence letter.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Condolence letter from Reverend Samuel Miller, New York, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon, on the death of George Washington. He writes that he is inclosing a discourse he recently delivered on the occasion of Washington's death.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear's, Mount Vernon, response on behalf of Martha to Samuel Miller's, New York, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Stephen Williamson, Philadelphia, State Prison, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Stephen Williamson introduces himself as the captain of a company in the Rhode Island Regiment who served under Washington in the Revolutionary War. He recounts a dream he had in which she gives birth to a son following Washington's death. He also tells Martha the details of his arrest for buying a stolen horse and requests her assistance in getting him out of prison.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Former Secretary of War Henry Knox, Montpelier, St. Georges, sends Martha his condolences after the passing of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Henry Knox's condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Mayor of New York City Richard Varick offers his condolences to Martha after the death of George Washington. He also incloses, on behalf of the Common Council of New York City, an oration delivered on the occassion of Washington's death by Gouverneur Morris.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha Washington in response to Richard Varick's, New York, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Richard Washington,Bermuda, a former business associate of Washington's in London, offers his condolences to Martha after George Washington's death.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Theodore Sedgwick, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Sedgwick writes that he is inclosing a second edition of General Lee's funeral oration.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha in response to Theodore Sedgwick's condolence letter after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter written by the Marquis de Lafayette, La Grange, to Martha after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. A condolence letter from Auguste Belin, Secretary of the Loge Française l'Aménité of Philidelphia, a freemason lodge of French and Saint-Dominguen émigrés. Belin writes that he is inclosing copies of a funeral oration performed at the lodge in honor of George Washington's death.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Auguste Belin's, Philadelphia, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter. Condolence note from Reverend William Rogers, Philadelphia, to Martha on the death of George Washington. Rogers writes that he is enclosing a copy of a funeral oration he delivered in Washington's honor.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, on behalf of Martha Washington, thanks William Rogers for sending \"a copy of the Religious Exercises, at the time of the Eulogy, at the German Reformed Church.\"","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha Washington, requests that Gilbert Stuart's original portrait of Washington be given to Martha, in exchange for fair compensation. Lear writes that Martha has expressed no desire for her own portrait, but Lear thinks it would be nice to display alongside the portrait of Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence note written by Charles Humphrey Atherton, Amherst, New Hampshire, to Martha Washington after the death of George Washington. Atherton writes that he is enclosing a funeral oration delivered at the request of the citizens of Amherst, New Hampshire in Washington's honor.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha Washington in response to Charles H. Atherton's, Amherst, New Hampshire, condolence letter on the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Georges Washington de Lafayette, La Grange, son of the Marquis de Lafayette, writes a condolence note to Martha after the death of George Washington. Georges writes of Washington's \"parental kindness\" when he visited Mount Vernon and says, \"How far was I to imagine when I left your family that it would be a last farewell.\"","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Condolence letter written by Alexandria merchant Thomas Porter to Martha after the death of George Washington. Porter writes that he is sending an eulogy along with the letter.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. A condolence letter written by Revered James Kemp, Cambridge, Maryland, to Martha Washington after the death of George Washington. Kemp writes that he is enclosing a copy of a sermon he delivered on the day appointed by Congress to honor George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, responds on behalf of Martha Washington to James Kemp's, Cambridge, Maryland, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Condolence letter from Peleg Wadsworth, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington on the death of George Washington. Wadsworth requests, on behalf of his daughter, a relic of the late General.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writes on behalf of Martha in response to Peleg Wadsworth's condolence letter after the death of George Washington. Lear writes that he is enclosing a lock of Washington's hair for Wadsworth's daughter as requested.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, writing on behalf of Martha Washington, thanks Reverend John D. Blair for sending his condolences and two orations delivered in Richmond on February 22 in honor of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. William Griffiths, Burlington, New Jersey, offers his condolences on behalf of the citizens of Burlington, New Jersey to Martha after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, responds on behalf of Martha to William Griffith's, Burlington, New Jersey, condolence letter after the death of George Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Theodore Sedgwick, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon","Autograph letter signed \"John Lemayere.\" Jean Pierre Le Mayeur, Sweet Springs, was George Washington's dentist during the Revolutionary War. He writes his condolences to Martha on the death of Washington, apologizing that his servant lost the first condolence letter he had written on February 24.","Autograph letter signed. Tobias Lear, Mount Vernon, to Dr. Jean Pierre Le Mayeur, Sweet Springs","Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Bartholomew Dandridge, Jr., New York, to Martha Washington, Mount Vernon. Bartholomew Dandridge Jr. writes his aunt inquiring about letters sent to him from Washington before his death that Dandridge never received.","Autograph letter signed. Sir John Sinclair, London, writes to Martha in praise of her late husband and sends her a volume of his letters.","3 letters written by Elizabeth Parke Custis Law Rogers to her mother between December 5, 1819 - November 21, 1821.","7 letters written by Brigadier General Simon Bernard, Washington City, to Eliza Parke Custis Law between March 28, 1828 and May 21, 1830.","Lloyd Rogers to Elizabeth Parke Custis Law, Alexandria","Printed legal document: Statement of the defendant's case. Docketed on verso \"Papers relating to case of Law v. Morris Nicholson \u0026 Greenleaf.\"","Manuscript legal statement of Thomas Law in regards to a property dispute in Washington City between William Mayne Duncason and Tench Ringgold.","Manuscript memoranda regarding property dispute over square 744 in the City of Washington.","Autograph letter signed. Concerning Tench Ringgold and property dealings in the City of Washington.","Manuscript descriptions of the architectural plans for the Thomas Law House, designed by architect William Lovering and built circa 1794 on the 689 square in the City of Washington.","Thomas Law, Washington City, discusses his plan for construction of New Jersey Avenue on lot 744 of Washington City, along the public canal.","Gustavus Scott, William Thornton, and Alexander White, Washington City, to Thomas Law","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. George Washington Parke Custis, Philadelphia to Thomas Law, Federal City. George Washington Parke Custis writes to Law of the pleasure he will have in serving Washington City, which is to be \"the pride of future ages\" and \"the metropolis of America.\"","A manuscript copy of the address read by W. M. Duncanson at a meeting of the Managers of Washington Canal Lottery - Law, Carroll, Young, and Duncanson. Their reply is copied on the verso.","Autograph letter signed. Duncanson writes that Thomas Law has resigned his title to Lot 744 of Washington City in favor of Tench Ringgold.","Unsigned, undated manuscript, docketed \"Tench Ringgold Arbitration.\"","James Piercy, City of Washington, to Gustavus Scott, William Thornton, and Alexander White. Three manuscript copies by Thomas Munroe of letters written by James Piercy to the Commissioners of the City of Washington about his claims to lot 744.","Manuscript copy made by Thomas Munroe of a letter written by the Commissioners of the City of Washington to James Piercy in response to Piercy's claims on lot 744. Scott and Thornton write to Piercy that \"no intention exists of granting you the square you mention.\"","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Elizabeth Parke Custis Law Rogers, Druid Hill, to Thomas Law, City of Washington","Lloyd Rogers, Druid Hill, to Thomas Law, Washington City","Thomas Law to Lloyd Rogers, Baltimore","Writing from New Orleans in 1832, John Taylor reports that fifty to sixty people a day are dying from yellow fever and smallpox.","Elizabeth Parke Custis Law, Washington, to Thomas Law, London","Letter written by Lawrence Lewis to William \"Billy\" Costin requesting Costin's service in transporting his family from Mr. Charles Carter's residence in Culpepper County to their home. Lewis provides a suggested route and expected arrival date stating, 'you must not disappoint me.' A postscript in the hand of Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis requests additional and immediate transportation for herself to Philadelphia. She offers Costin's mother payment in Pork if she will accompany them on the trip. Autograph letter signed, 1 page, with integral address panel.","Undated note from Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis asking \"Billy\" to ask her sister Betsy to send the things by which she [Eleanor] wrote to her for. Directs Billy to be very careful of them as they are easily broken. Autograph note signed E Lewis, 1 page.","Autograph letter signed with integral adddress panel.","Autograph letter signed. George Washington Parke Custis writes William \"Billy\" Costin at the Bank of Washington. He mentions he expects to go with Lafayette to visit Woodlawn.","5 letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law. The first letter is addressed to John at George Town College and the other four to Harvard University.","Edmund Law, Washington, to John Law, Baltimore","5 dated letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.","Letter discussing the court martial of Commodore James Barron, who would later kill Commodore Stephen Decatur in duel in 1820.","4 undated letters from Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.","15 undated letters and notes written by Eliza Custis Law to her stepson John Law.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. John Law asks William Thornton if he can borrow a book on calvary maneuvers.","2 letters written by William Thornton in response to John Law's August 10, 1807 letter.","An undated letter from John Law to his half sister, Eliza Law. He writes that he is sending sweetmeats from Woodlawn by William, as promised.","William D. Sims, Pittsburgh, to John Law, Washington City","Three letters","A series of four letters and their draft copies written over the course of two days by John Law to his father, criticizing his conduct, particularly in regards to Eliza Law's marriage to Lloyd Nicholas Rogers.","5 letters written by Thomas Law to his son John Law, Washington City, around 1817, addressing John's criticisms of him, his divorce, and his friendship with Elizabeth Bordley Gibson.","Autograph letter signed. A letter of reconciliation sent by John Law to his father.","Draft of letter from Lloyd Nicholas Rogers, New York, to Major-General Henry Lee discussing the life of Baron de Kalb.","2 letters about the sale of property in Washington.Lenman and Brother, Washington City, to Edmund Law Rogers, Baltimore.","Documents related to the sale of property in Washington.","Correspondence about the sale of property in Washington.","2 letters about the sale of property in Washington. N. Callan, Washington, to Edmund Law Rogers, Baltimore.","Bond of conveyance for Lot No. 1 in Square 260 in Washington City, District of Columbia.","1 survey plat of lots in Washington along Canal St, and 2 pages of notes listing the prices of lots and the names of their purchasers.","Letter from the Commisioners of the Sinking Fund of the Corporation of Washington. William McCormick, Registers Office, Washington, to Edmund Law Rogers.","An indenture form reassigning a parcel of property in Washington City. The Deed of Trust form is marked at the top of the first page \"Printed and Sold by Robert A. Waters, D. st., bet. 9th \u0026 10th.\"","1 page autograph letter signed by George Washington Parke Custis to Edmund Law Rogers, with additional letter from Martha Custis Williams, Arlington House, written on verso. Custis writes, \"From the very graphic account you gave Martha Williams of your visit to Mr Fenno, I see but a poor chance of my Drama being brought out [in Baltimore].\" He asks Rogers to inquire of his \"theater going friends\" if any other Baltimore theatres will perform the work. If not, he asks Rogers to return the book care of William Adam Bookseller Pennsylvania Avenie Washington.","In her letter, Williams passes on a request from \"Aunt B\" (Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon) to send the \"little manuscript book, containing an inventory of the Mt Vernon relics at Tudor Place, as she is much at a loss, with regard to the history of many things in the House.\" Britannia Peter had inherited Tudor Place the year before, in 1854. Williams adds to Rogers that she hopes he will not make too much effort to have Uncle Custis's play produced because \"Cousin Mary Lee and all his family are so much opposed to it.\" Williams hopes Custis will focus on finishing his Recollections instead.","Bill for $21 addressed to Edmund Law Rogers for advertising the sale of lots in the City of Washington in the newspaper the National Intelligencer.","Unsigned indenture for the sale of lots in the City of Washington. Docketed in pencil \"sale not made.\"","Invoices, notes, and receipts from accounts between Robert Peter and the firm O'Neill and Dearkins. Includes an invoice for tobacco, sugar, corduroy, gauze, linen, chocolate, silk, muslin, paper, wine, ribbons, pins, cotton, and tea.","Unknown list of accounts, believed to be from Robert Peter.","Pages from account book with the note \"These leaves was received by James S Webber from Mrs. Esther H Webber wife of Mr Levi Webber of Vassalboro Kennebeck Co. Maine being a part of account Book of Charles Webber, my Grand Father, his own handwriting. Received by me June 22 1878.\" The accounts include invoices for cod fish, bacon, molasses, tea, rum, sugar, silk, shoes, brandy, wine, coffee, and corn.","Includes accounts for flour, pork, beef, lamb, and veal.","Bond for the conveyance of a parcel of property called Black Oak Thickett in Frederick County, Maryland.","rent paid","Page of rent payment accounts in unknown hand.","Bond of Thomas Nicholls of John to Robert Peter","Bond of Isaiah and Edward Nicholls to Robert Peter","Lawsuit against Robert Peter by James Gordon, Henry Riddell, John Campbell, John Campbell Junior, Alexander Low, and William Ingram","Three documents related to disputed accounts between Robert Peter and Benjamin Ray. One with a note by John T. Mason dated February 27, 1799, \"He has no shadow of right to one shilling on this [account].\"","List of Robert Peter's court appearances","Court documents and accounts related to Robert Peter, 5 manuscripts.","Court documents and accounts related to Robert Peter, 19 small manuscript receipts","Survey of land called Bealls Plaines in what became Washington City, along Goose Creek, later renamed Tiber Creek.","Manuscript on parchment with large seal attached by a ribbon.","1766, Survey to Forrest, May 12, 1773, (six documents) Bladenburg, Sept., 21, 1766; Rock Creek, Nov. 13, 1766 \"to Robert Peter, merchant in Georgetown.\"","One undated note by Thomas Peter and one letter from William Dearkins and Ben Stoddert to Stephen Chiswell about resurveying about 200 acres called Partnership granted to Elting Williams.","The Resurvey of Brandy and transfer of several named enslaved people.","A letter about resurveying a parcel of propery called Hazard. George Scott to Robert Peter, George Town.","Four autograph documents dealing with land ownership. Two notes on fragments; one half sheet giving history of a property in Prince George's County; and an 8 page survey document, with reference to points on a drawn survey, of Cross Basket, Balantyre, and other properties (9 lots) belonging to Robert Peter and divided amongst George and Thomas Peter.","Certificate and plat for 5 3/4 acres of vacant land granted by special warrant to Robert Peter out of the Western Shore Land Office of Washington County in the District of Columbia. Surveyed by Joseph Elgar, Jr. Autograph document signed, 1 page.","Hand colored survey plat showing the division of Robert Peter's Square in George Town. Docketed on verso \"Plat belonging to Thomas Peter's Square in George Town.\"","Tobacco sales","Tabacco Sales, Real Estate, Transfer of enslaved people","Deed of trust book is dated 1790","One dollar printed in Annapolis by F. Green, 7 December 1775. Two thirds of a dollar printed in Philadelphia by Hall and Sellers, 17 February 1776.","List of items purchased by Martha Washington from Macleod \u0026 Lumsdon, dated at the top 18 February 1800, Alexandria. The accounts, dated 8 July and 9 August, include entries for 47 panes of glass, oil, paint for 30 mahoghany chairs, paint for a wine cooler, varnishing, picture frame gilding, and glazing. Signed by Macleod \u0026 Lumdsdon at the bottom, noting that the above money was received in full 9 October 1800.","Receipt signed \"Daniel Lecock\" for payment received by the hands of James Anderson on behalf of Martha Washington for 790 bushels of corn on 2 May 1800.","Receipt for $25 paid by Thomas Carwood to James Anderson for 100 barrels of fish from Mount Vernon.","Accounts dated February 13, March 11, and April 12, 1800 for newspaper advertisements and handbills purchased by Martha Washington from Ellis Price, printer of The Columbian Mirror and Alexandria Gazette. Items Martha purchased include 26 advertisements for a house to rent, an advertisement about the Mount Vernon fishery, 23 advertisements about the donkey Knight of Malta, and notice about the runaway slave Marcus.","Accounts dated 23 April-23 September 1800 for weaving yards of cotton, wool, and other fabrics. The payments are marked as having been paid \"By balance due the Estate of General Washington,\" by cash, by 41 gallons of whiskey, and barrells of herring. The final payment is marked as received from James Anderson on 10 November 1801.","Bill addressed to the Estate of Mrs. Martha Washington, Deceased for $200 due to James Craik for medical services rendered Mrs. Washington during her last illness and $5 for cash paid Heyskill for the hire of his carriage. A signed oath by Jacob Hoffman testifies to the validity of the charges.","Receipt of payment from Thomas Peter to Lawrence Lewis for three hundred dollars for one hundred barrels of corn sold to Mount Vernon for the use of the estate. Signed by John Anderson.","Receipt written by Dr. David Stuart for the receipt from Thomas Peter for five guineas, the leagcy left by Martha Washington to Eleanor Calvert Custis Stuart.","Payment from Thomas Law to Griffith Coombs for repairs to Martha Washington's townhome in the District Columbia occupied by Henry Dearborn. Payment marked by Coombs as received in full from Thomas Peter on August 23, 1802.","Twenty dollars wages paid to Richard Burnett of the City of Washingon by Thomas Peter for the year 1802.","Payment of $50 received by George Smith of Woodlawn from Thomas Peter on 12 January 1803 for hire as a blacksmith at Mount Vernon in the year 1802. Signed by George Smith (his mark) and Lawrence Lewis. George Smith was one of George Washington's slaves who was freed after Washington's death. His wife, Lydia, was one of Martha Washington's dower slaves and was inherited by Nelly Parke Custis Lewis of Woodlawn.","Receipt for one hundred pounds Virginia currency received by Benjamin Lincoln Lear from Thomas Peter, one of the executors of Martha Washington's estate.","Accounts of Mr. James Dunlop with Thomas Peter, for horses, ploughs, and an enslaved woman named Peg. Peg is likely one of the slaves Martha Parke Custis Peter inherited from the Custis estate.","Receipt for funeral arrangements paid by Thomas Peter to William King on December 4, 1820 following the death of his twenty-three-year-old daughter Columbia Washington Peter. The arrangements include a \"walnut coffin lined,\" silver plate and engraving, and rental of horses, a hearse, and attendants.","H. B. Morris, Philadelphia, to Thomas Peter, Georgetown. Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. A letter about bank accounts and stock certificates.","Bill from Dr. Warfield to Thomas Peter for a visit to a \"black man in the night\" on March 5, 1824 which resulted in the amputation of the man's leg.","Two bills from P.L. Dupont paid by Martha Parke Custis Peter for dancing lessons for her daughter Britannia.","Two stock share certificates for the Patowmack Company (Potomac Company). Share No. 89 is for Martha Peter, and No. 91 for Thomas Peter.","Land office papers for the resurvey of Bear Denn, Daniels Discovery, and Partnership in Maryland","With unknown survey plat on verso.","Aquila Johns to Thomas Peter on sale of Seneca plantation","Autograph letter signed by Sarah Norfleet Freeland Peter, wife of Thomas Peter's brother George, relinquishing right title and interest on a tract of land called Forrest, property of her husband, in order to pay his debts.","Letter about resurveying property owned by George Washington Peter.","List of property in Montgomery County Maryland owned by Thomas Peter","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Regarding financial matters.","Horatio Edmondson of Taylor County, Maryland","Pamphlet stitch binding with marbled paper covers. Contains notes about purchases made by Thomas Peter 1813-1814.","Calling card from Le Baron de Maltitz, Secretaire de la Legation Imperiale de Russie. Manuscript date 1823 on verso.","John Dandridge writes to Thomas Peter, George Town, asking to borrow money from the estate of Martha Washington.","Thomas Peter, George Town, to George Peter","Autograph letter signed, with envelope. Josiah Quincy, Cambridge, to Martha Parke Custis Peter, Georgetown. Josiah Quincy thanks Martha Parke Custis Peter for her generous reeption of his children at Tudor Place and thanks her for the relic of George Washington that she sent back with them.","A contemporary manuscript copy of a letter in which Nelly Parke Custis describes having seen George Washington writing his farewell address at Mount Vernon. When the address was finished, she says he asked her to bring him silk string, and she watched him stitch the address together in front of her. Nelly writes this as a rebuke to one of Alexander Hamilton's sons, who claims his father wrote the farewell address.","A list of accounts between the Estate of George Washington and Alexandria apothecary Edward Stabler, including purchases for Turlington's Balsam, castor oil, arsenic, balsam copaiva, British oil, salts, purified Salt Petre, cantharides, ipecacuanha, laudanum, tumeric, and opodildo. Payments are marked as received from James Anderson. Autograph document, 1 page.","Manuscript titled \"A List of Negroes belonging to Mrs. Washington.\" A list of 121 enslaved persons who were Martha's dower slaves. Unlike the slaves owned by George Washington, Martha's slaves were not freed after her death and were inherited by the Custis descendants. Men, boys, women, and girls and listed in separate columns, each further broken down into the places where they worked: Mansion house, River Farm, Muddy Hole, and Union Farm. Five women - Amy, Alice, Peg, Agnes, and Old Judy - are listed as \"Free but yet remain.\"","Signed certificate from the executors of General George Washington to the Clerk of Fairfax.","Accounts from 1802 for furniture and household goods purchased by George Washington Parke Custis from the Estate of Martha Washington. The final payment was made in 1826, and the account is signed by Thomas Peter, executor of the estate.","A list of the household belongings sold by Thomas Peter from the personal estate of Martha Washington. Includes a listing of who purchased each item and the price it sold for.","Signed indenture for sale of land in the City of Washington.","Articles of agreement between George Calvert and Thomas Peter with Thomas Law, agreeing that Thomas Law and his wife Eliza Parke Custis Law will live separately. Eliza will receive $1500 per year from Law, and all the interest from her inheritance from George Washington will go to her and her daughter.","3 sheets of accounts between the estate of Robert Peter and James Dunlop, including the sale of \"5 negroes willed Mrs. Peter.\" These are some of Martha's dower slaves inherited by Martha Parke Custis Peter. One additional account between Jonathan Hicks and the heirs of Robert Peter, dated 1809-1811.","Receipt written by Lawrence Lewis acknowledging receipt from Thomas Peter of three hundred and twenty-six dollars eighteen cent left to his son Lorenzo Lewis as a legacy from Martha Washington.","Receipt signed by George Washington Parke Custis acknowledging the receipt from Thomas Peter of one thousand dollars as a legacy left to his daughter from the late Martha Washington.","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Thomas Peter, George Town, to Bushrod Washington, Mount Vernon. Thomas Peter writes to Bushrod about money owed for two purchases he made from the estate of George Washington.","Two documents related to a settlement made by John Dandridge against George Washington Parke Custis and Thomas Peter, executors of Martha Washington's estate. One is a 1829 decree from the U. S. Circuit Court, signed by William Thomas Carroll; and the other is an account of money owed to John Dandridge signed by Benjamin Lincoln Lear, 1830 June 21. Autograph documents signed (2).","3 documents related to the death of Beverley Kennon, husband of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, who died aboard the USS Princeton during the 1844 Peacemaker accident: a newspaper clipping with an excerpt from a sermon by Reverend Mr. Magoon on the Princeton Tragedy, a plan of the burying ground belonging to Mrs. Beverly Kennon, and a certificate from the Vestry of Washington Parish granting Mrs. Beverley Kennon four sites in the Washington Parish Burial Ground.","Receipts for two legacies received of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, executor of Martha Parke Custis Peter's estate. One is for a grandson named Thomas Peter and another for her grandson John Parke Custis Peter.","Manuscript resolution of the Senate of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, offering sympathy to the families of those killed aboard the USS Princeton during the Peacemaker accident. This copy was given by the President of the United States to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, whose husband, Beverley Kennon, was killed in the accident.","Printed form signed by Britannia W. Peter Kennon and witnessed by William Purcell, esquire, Judge of the Orphans' Court of Washington county, District of Columbia.","A list of collections and payments made to sundry persons to settle the estate of Martha Parke Custis Peter.","Document bound with blue ribbon, with envelope. Last will and testament of Ann Gertrude Wightt, a former nun at the Georgetown Visitation Convent who later lived at Tudor Place. Autograph document, 8 pages.","Autograph letter, with envelope. Ann Gertrude Wightt, Rochester, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place","Papers related to the sale of Lot 9 in Square 72 of Washington City to William A. Gordon. Letter from William E. Edmonston to William A. Gordon, 1891 May 30. Two letters from William A. Gordon to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, 1891 June 3 and 1889 October 4. Typescript signed by William Gordon of Declaration of Trust for sale of Lot Nine, Square Seventy Two in Washington City, D.C..","Indenture made between Britannia Wellington Kennon, party of the first part, and Walter Gibson Peter, Armistead Peter Jr., and George Freeland Peter, parties of the second part, all of the District of Columbia, regarding relics and heirlooms at Tudor Place acquired by Britannia W. Peter Kennon from her mother Martha Custis Peter grand-daughter of Martha the wife of George Washington, known in the family as \"The Mount Vernon Heirlooms.\" Other relics are from the estates of Thomas Peter and Beverley Kennon. Britannia wishes that these relics be preserved by her descendants and that none of them be sold or disposed of.","These include pictures, miniatures, engravings, glass, china, silver, jewelry, furniture, needlework, and other relics, including a sago palm formerly belonging to Martha Parke Custis Peter. The relics and heirlooms are to be divided into five parts after Britannia's death and delivered to her grandchildren.","A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language (New York : Printed and published by William A. Davies) Inscribed Britannia W. Peter.","Autograph letter signed. Beverley Kennon, Navy Yard, Washington, to Reverend W. Hoff, George Town. Kennon asks Reverend Hoff to be present at Mrs. Peter's place in George Town on the 8th to marry him to Britannia W. Peter.","2 autograph letters signed.","Autograph letter signed on mourning stationary, with envelope and black seal. John Tyler, Washington, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon. President John Tyler offers his condolences to Britannia W. Peter Kennon on the death of her husband, Beverley Kennon, during the Peacemaker accident aboard the USS Princeton.","G. T. Kennon to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place","Autograph letter signed with envelope docketed \"A letter written to Uncle Bev. by my mother while at boarding school given to me after Uncle Bev's death by Aunt G.\". Martha Custis Kennon, Georgetown, to Beverley Kennon Jr. Beverley Kennon Jr. was Martha Custis Kennon's half brother.","According to Martha Custis Peter, this illustration was at the Tudor Place.","W. Van Ness, New York, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place, Georgetown","Department of the Interior, Pension Office, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place, Georgetown","Mrs. Charles Carroll Simms to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Georgetown","Mattie D. Abbot to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, Tudor Place. From the Secretary of the Ladies Aid Society of Christ Church accepting Britannia Kennon's resignation as President.","Letters from James Mackubin, Ellicott City, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon","Two letters from Justine Van Rensselaer Townsend, Vice Regent of New York for the Mount Vernon Ladies Association, to Britannia W. Peter Kennon. In the 26 November 1890 letter, Justine asks Britannia to help the Ladies determine what is genuine at the upcoming 1890 Thomas Birch's Sons sale of Washington relics in Philadelphia. The sale will include \"General Washington's papers, a clock, a punch bowl, and many other things.\"","Invitation from The Board of World's Fair Managers of Virginia inviting Britannia W. Peter Kennon to be present at the ceremonies of Virginia Day at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Enclosed with an envelope and the calling card of Mrs. William Radford Beale.","Calling cards for Martha Custis Kennon and Armistead Peter. At home card with envelope for Britannia W. Peter Kennon, engraved by Dempsey \u0026 O. Toole of Baltimore \u0026 Washington.","Engraved form ceritifying that \"Cream Ladle No 68944 is an exact reproduction of one onwed by General and Mrs. Washington and used for a number of years at Mr. Vernon.\" The ladle was produced by Galt \u0026 Bro. Jewellers, Silversmiths, Stationers, Washington D.C..","Regarding the purchase of a clock.","Typescript lists of letters and items from Mount Vernon that were part of  Britannia W. Peter Kennon's collection at Tudor Place.","Unbound notebook with list of items and letters from Mount Vernon that belonged to Britannia W. Peter Kennon at Tudor Place. Includes a list of how the items were divided amongst Britannia's grandchildren.Includes furniture and household items.","Includes a list of how the items were divided amongst Britannia W. Peter Kennon's grandchildren.","Manuscript list of books, jewelry, and locks of hair at Tudor Place","Includes both manuscript and typescript inventories of books, furniture, and objects from Tudor Place.","Newsclippings and correspondence related to Washington relics loaned by Walter G. Peter to the National Museum in the early 1900s.","Lent by Walter G. Peter from the Britannia W. Peter Kennon Collection of Washington Relics.","R. Davidson, Pinckneyville, to George Peter, George Town","Includes a $5 charge on 23 October 1813 for a coffin \"for a black man.\" On 9 February 1814, Peter was charged $50.00 for a lined coffin covered with black cloth, among other expenses, possibly following the death of his first wife, Ann Plater Peter, or one of their young sons.","Thomas Anderson, Clarksburgh, to George Peter","Autograph letter signed with printed cash form from the Office of Discount and Deposit, Washington.","Joseph Delaplaine, Philadelphia, to George Peter. Deplaine requests Major Peter's portrait for his gallery.","U. McInder, Petersburg, to George Peter","Letter from unidentified, Annapolis, to George Peter","W. Coor, Rockville, to George Peter","Partially printed form from the District of Columbia. Major Peter grants Charles A. Burnett power of attorney to sell, assign, and transfer his 50 shares of stock in the Books of the Washington Turnpike Company.","Letter from unidentified, Annapolis, to George Peter","Charles Bunting, Montgomery County, to George Peter","James H., Georgetown, to George Peter","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Benjamin Lincoln Lear, Washington, to George Peter. Lear writes regarding two suits againist Mrs. Sarah Peter.","John Wootton, Rockville, to George Peter","Benjamin Lincoln Lear, Washington, to George Peter. Printed letter with manuscript additions, from B. L. Lear, Attorney of the Bank, Bank of the United States.","W. W. Ramsay, Washington, to George Peter","Letter from unidentified, Washington, to George Peter","Letter from unidentified, Washington City, to George Peter","B. H., Rockville, to George Peter","Clement Cod, Georgetown, to George Peter","William Thompson, Union School, to George Peter","Michael Keepers, Frederick Town, to George Peter","John Wootton, Rockville, to George Peter","G. D., George Town, to George Peter","J. Orme, Georgetown, to George Peter","W. Sellman, Clarksburg, to George Peter","Samuel C. Ulens, Poolesville, to George Peter","J. Higgins, Poolesville, to George Peter","Jesse V., Poolesville, to George Peter, Darnestown","J. Falls, Baltimore, to George Peter","Geo. Howson Mason, Annapolis, to George Peter","Alfred Spates, Cumberland, to George Peter","Letter from unidentified, Baltimore, to George Peter","W. Matthews, George Town, to George Peter","Geo. Hownson Mason, Annapolis, to George Peter","Benj. Fawcett, Colesville, to George Peter","J. Williams, Washington D.C., to George Peter","A letter from the Treasuries Office of the Baltimore and Ohion Railroad Company, offering Peter free tickets to pass over the roads of their company.","Printed election ballot for \"The Constitution and Union Ticket,\" promising \"Civil and Religious Liberty.\" George Peter is listed as the candidate for Commisioner of Public Works.","A list of clothing purchased by Martha Washington from William Jones of Alexandria. Includes suits purchased for enslaved workers Daniel, Marcus, Christopher, and Frank. According to notes on the verso, payments were received from James Anderson on 12 April 1800 and 15 May 1800.","Five receipts for goods and services paid for by James Anderson in 1800, including repairs to old shoes, paper lampblack, freight for one box from Philadelphia, 93 yards of cloth, and leather.","Promissory notes from George Peter","Promissory notes and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.","Bills and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.","Bills and bank notes from George Peter. Checks, Union Bank of Georgetown.","Promissory notes and bank notes from George Peter","Bills and bank notes from George Peter","Bills and bank notes from George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter","Bills and accounts of George Peter with F. S. Poole and Bro","Bills and accounts of George Peter with F. S. Poole and Bro.","Undated Bills and accounts of George Peter","George H. Peter, Carlise, writes to his uncle asking for money for an upcoming vacation.","3 letters from James Peter to his uncle George Peter.","George Peter, George Town","3 letters sent by James Freeland Peter to his father from Alexandria, Buffalo, and Detroit.","Manuscript acrostic written for Uncle George Peter.","Sarah Peter, Georgetown, to George Peter","4 letters from George Peter, Jr., to his father.","Typescript list of \"Things from Mt. Vernon\" with manuscript annotations by George Freeland Peter of which Peter heirs inherited the items.","Typescript and manuscript inventories of items fro Tudor Place, with notes on which Peter heirs inherited them.","Identification key to \"The battle at Bunker's Hill\" engraved by Johann Gotthard Müller after the painting by John Trumbull. Printed in London by A. C. de Poggi.","Accounts for shoes, boots, and repairs, including shoes for enslaved people.","Major George Peter's troops are invited to attend Divine Service. \"It is hoped they will attend \u0026 conduct themselves with a reverence suited to the character of Christian soldiers, who have taken arms in defence of their homes \u0026 country \u0026 who look for success \u0026 preservation to the favor of the Almighty Giver of all victory.\"","Autograph letter signed with integral address panel and red wax seal.","2 letters to George Peter from his brother David Peter, George Town.","Deed of sale for land purchased by Peter on Gay Street and Dumarton Street in George Town.","A list of 322 volumes, showing title, number of volumes, size, and type of bookbinding.","8 letters and 1 receipt, mostly addressed to George Peter from his niece, Jane Beverley and her husband, James.","printed pages","Roger Brooke Taney, Annapolis, to George Peter regarding upcoming elections [December 20] to the U. S. Senate specifically the potential election of Mr. [Alexander C.] Hanson as a means to heal and reconcile the differences in the Federal Party. Also discuss Mr. Washington's 'zeal and industry' in supporting Hanson's candidacy. Autograph letter signed, 2 pages. Docketed 'Roger B. Taney - Hanson \u0026 Washington'","W. Cook, Hyates Town,","William Brewer, Aix la Chapelle, to George Peter","James Summers, New Market, to George Peter","G. Dalls S., Colesville, to George Peter, Poolesville","Elisha Jones, Clarksburg, to George Peter","Includes the papers granting George and Sarah Peter guardianship of David Peter's children Elizabeth, William, Jane, George H., and James.","trust, property, and expenses of land","material and clothing","Receipt for the purchase of Lot No. 15 in Square No. 170 in the City of Washington.","Receipts from Leonard W. Candler, Darnes Town, to George Peter. Receipts for the purchase of dry goods, clothing, and other household goods.","3 copies of the will of Sarah Freeland, George Peter's mother-in-law.","appraisal authorization of Alexander Broome and Samuel Darby","Accounts of Margaret Dick with William Parson. Includes an account for shoes soled and nailed for James Peter.","Medical bills, pharmacy, doctor","tuition bills","Letter, T.H. Paul to George Peter. Letter, Unknown  to the Secretary of the Interior of the United States.","Receipts from Leonard W. Candler, Darnes Town, to George Peter. Receipts for the purchase of dry goods, clothing, and other household goods.","typescript copy","deed of conveyance","Indenture, George Peter to Thomas Peter, Land from estate of Robert Peter, Jr.","copies of letters","Military exemption for Armistead Peter","Bill, George Peter, Esq. to Dr. Armistead Peter, 1869 February 11; Col. Richard L. Maury, Attorney, to Dr. Armistead Peter, 1876 October 10","Includes story of Abraham Lincoln and the Maryland Barbecue by Agnes Peter","Memento for either Walter Gibson Peter or W. Orton Williams from Mrs. Laura Cassaway, small American flag and small ivory mirror with flower [Fragile]","Includes receipt of letter, 1873 January 24. Letter regarding interest in farm from Robert Dick.","lock of hair","From Binder 1","From Binder 1","From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- Fragmented letter - From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Genealogical Studies- From Binder 1","Four envelopes","Goes up to Britannia W. Peter Kennon -From Binder 1","Condolence letter","Signed by Governor Horatio Sharpe","Indenture, September 30, 1791; Resurvey of Forrest, 1796. Document signed by Gov. Haywood","Resurvey of Pipe Tomhock; Copy of Platt (sic) and Illustrations, August 14, 1798; July 11, 1766, Explanation of Survey, September 19, 1797, May 26, 1796, February 16, 1797","Deed, Elizabeth and John Scrivenor, April 18, 1799, June 11, 1799, Resurvey of Brandy, June 9, 1792, June 18, 1792","December 24, 1871, wrapper","List of enslaved persons, livestock, and tools sold at Slashes, Sugar Lands, and Rock Creek Quarters totaling $9,308.00. Autograph document, 3 pages, with docket.","Bernard Gilpin firmly bound to Thomas Peter for $5520","wove paper","Photocopy, \"Account Book 1, Robert Peter, Esq. with the Commissioners of the Federal Buildings; On division of the Tract, Mexico within the City of Washington, Exclusive of what are called \"Old divisions of squares\" and water lots of which no account is key by the Commissioners. 21 pp. Note from Walter Gibson Peter re: History of book, how it ended up in the Library of Congress Thomas Peter","signed by James Madison, B. Crowninshield, Secretary of the Navy","James Madison signature","The most important ones delivered to F.S. Keys Esq. and recorded in suit pending in Court Dt. Columbia","9 manuscripts","under the orders of Lt. Col. E. Robert, USTE","Building 3044 O Street","copies","Includes Allison's Forrest Enlarged; Fort Grubby Hill, July 1, 1732","Includes Indenture, Daniel Veetch, February 19, 1758 Document signed by Gov. Horatio Sharpe","Bathsheba","First found in Thomas Peter's Letterbooks","Photos, Photos from Survey (4) and Ivory Cross [First found in Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon] Interesting small religious carved cross, made from Mother-of-Pearl","Letter, William A. Coffin to Britannia Kennon, February 23, 1889; Brouchure for Exhibition, April 30, 1889; Letter, A. W. Drake to Britannia Kennon, January 29, 1889, May 16, 1889, including: carte de visite of George Washington and calling card of Mr. A. W. Drake (Photo) [First found in Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon]","First found in Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","First found in Major George Peter's Letterbooks","Frenzel Gallery, Georgetown. Moved from Papers of Dr. Armistead Peter.","Includes Sir Thomas Nicholson, William Scott Blair, General Scott of Malenie, Robert Buchanan, William Dunlop, Elizabeth Roberton, J. Horsburgh, Lord Abbots Hall, Isabel Corbet, Cunningham Scott. First found in Papers of Dr. Armistead Peter.","First found in Papers of Dr. Armistead Peter","Containing photographs of Peter relatives","Pictures of Tudor Place, Vacation, Content Farm, Ellen Beale Peter 1931 (Walter Gibson's Wife) Made by Walter Gibson Peter, [Loose photographs], Half Full.","Elizabeth Peter, wife of Robert Peter. Made by Walter Gibson Peter [Note: Some loose pages]","Book of tobacco sales, list of enslaved persons belonging to Robert Peter, and lots of Robert Peter in the City of Washington with division by squares for the Commissioners and how they are disposed. The bound volume is made up of 178 pages. Pages 52-147 are blank. At some point the volume is flipped and entries are begun at the back of the book from pages 178-154. For viewing purposes those pages have been reoriented and reordered.","\"Tobacco Book,\" All letters received pertaining to his business of selling tobacco in Europe and trading across the Atlantic, including captains, lawyers, and buyers in Europe.","Includes personal letters that were sent to the family, photocopied letters from Thomas and General Washington, various financial papersNot in order [Documents are fragile and book in poor condition]. Made by Walter Gibson Peter.","Contains photographs and letters. Created by Walter Gibson Peter, received documents from Britannia W. Peter Kennon.","Commissions, Letters, Orders, etc. Relating to service in the U.S. Army and Major Georgetown Field Artillery, Created by Walter Gibson Peter. Items signed by John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.","Corps of the Artillerists, New Orleans and Fort McHenry, Garrison and Regimental Orders, Major George Peter; Order and prisoner tries and punishments, List from Fort McHenry, Morning Reports [Note: Book in poor condition]","Ledger of real estate holdings of George Peter with Robert Peter and James Peter [pages 2-17]. Also includes, \"The following Table exhibits a view of the Squares and Lots, the Number of square feet therein contained, and the value of the same, now owned by Capt. George Peter, in the City of Washington\" [pages 74-78]. Stitch binding with marbled paper covers, 88 pages. Real estate accounts appear on pages 2-7, 10-11, 14-17, 74, 76, and 78. The remaining page are blank. In 1813, the ledger is flipped and a single page (page 88) includes a list of names under the title 'Rent Roll for 1813.'","Ledger for the estate of Robert Peter maintained by his son Thomas Peter. The bond volume contains 176 pages, partially completed. Accounts are entered on pages 6-54, pages 55-173 are blank, and pages 174-176 include bank notes at the Bank of Columbia and the Branch Bank of Washington City. A scrap of paper with calculations was found between pages 49 and 50 and is included in the digitization.","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","Lessons and Exercises in Vocal Music by Benjamin Carr","Contains letters, pictures, U.S. Navy Commissions (James Madison, John Tyler, and Franklin Pierce), invitations, and a memorandum of Britannia and Beverley made by Walter Gibson Peter- Grandson to Britannia.","After resigning from the army, notes made from Walter George Peter. Includes letters, a list of enlaved people from Montanaverde, bills, and business transactions.","Repairs made on properties of Robert Peter, Jr.  Stitch binding with marbled paper covers, 98 pages. Real estate accounts appear on pages 2-5, 8-23, and 26-33. The remaining pages are blank.","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","Copies made February 1 and 2, 1849 by Edmund Law Rogers at Tudor Place, the residence of his Great-Aunt Martha Peter.","Communion Alms, Christmas and Easter Offerings, June 5, 1850. In Memory of Mrs. Britannia Wellington Kennon, From the Trustees of the Louise Home, 1911.","Four account books. Account Money paid for the Estate of Mrs. Martha Peter","\"Commenced the practice of medicine the latter end of March 1867. Left town the first of May 1867 and returned June 28th- recommended practicing 8th of July, etc., Expense Log and Visiting List\"","First found in Dr. Armistead Peter's files. 9 volumes, dated 1863, 1866, 1870, 1873, 1876, 1878, 1889, 1892, and 1896.","List of patients from practice and paid or unpaid, in alphabetical order, Bills Due, Cash Paid to Mrs. Peter, other accounts, small pox vaccination count","Notes on visits, family seal, copied letters, list of articles from Mount Vernon, notes about clothes and jewelry; Copy of Album was acquired by Martha Custis Peter, great-great granddaughter to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, which Britannia had given to her grandson, Walter Gibson Peter. Her father was Walter Gibson Peter, Jr.","contains dried flowers","Includes folders of France and WWI soldiers","Contains deeds, inventories, and papers pertaining to Robert Peter's estates and his sons, Robert, James, David, George, and Thomas. Various notes about David Peter's death, and letters from George Peter. Made by Walter Gibson Peter. [Note: There are loose pages]","Includes voice and music notes for the saxon ground, will you come to the bower, nobody coming to marry me, the rose, rondo, and others.","First found in Papers of Major George Peter","No. 5116, volume 190, covering the coronation of George VI.","Printed volume, includes a facsimile handwritten section entitled \"accounts, G. Washington with the United States, commencing June 1775, and ending June 1773, comprehending a space of eight years.\""],"names_ssim":["Special Collections at The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon","Washington, George, 1732-1799","Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816","Washington, Martha, 1731-1802","Law, Elizabeth Parke Custis, 1776-1831","Law, Thomas, 1756-1834","Costin, William, 1780?-1842","Law, John, 1784?-1822","Rogers, Lloyd Nicholas, approximately 1788-1860","Rogers, Edmund Law","Peter, Robert, 1726-1806","Peter, Thomas, 1769-1834","Peter, Martha Parke Custis, 1777-1854","Kennon, Britannia Wellington Peter, 1815-1911","Peter, George, 1779-1861","Peter, Armistead, 1840-1902","Peter, Agnes, 1840-1902","Mercereau, John, 1732-1820","Dandridge, Bartholomew, approximately 1774-1802","Stuart, Eleanor Calvert Custis, approximately 1758-1811","Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834","Madison, James, 1751-1836","Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818","Pinckney, Mary Stead, approximately 1751-1812","Trumbull, Jonathan, 1740-1809","Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821","Washington, Bushrod, 1762-1829","Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804","Miller, Samuel, 1769-1850","Knox, Henry, 1750-1806","Varick, Richard, 1753-1831","Sedgwick, Theodore, 1746-1813","Rogers, William, 1751-1824","Stuart, Gilbert, 1755-1828","Atherton, Charles H.  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Other material is from members of Hickory Neck Church or Williamsburg, Virginia area residents.","Collection includes additions.","Records include annual congregational minutes, 1956-1992 (with gaps); administrative papers, chiefly 1950, 1975-1985; worship service bulletins, 1934-1963; booklets and speeches concerning the history of the church, correspondence regarding property, insurance and construction of parish house; baptismal, confirmation, and burial records; and letters of transfer. Other records are correspondence with missionaries, documents concerning Arthur Pierce Middleton; annual parochial reports, vestry minutes, women's organization (Women of Hickory Neck and Women's Guild) minutes, photographs and manuscript volumes. Box 1 contains photocopies of church records spanning 1721-1786 and 1824-1825, such as from the Church Vestry book and a diary excerpt. \nPermanent loan mediated through the Williamsburg Historic Records Association.","Letter from Martha Boelt to Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Nunn with attached September 1984 \"report of Junior Warden\" and a play, entitled, \"Around Hickory Neck,\" dated October 1984.  Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon L. Nunn via the Williamsburg Historic Records Association.","Records of Hickory Neck Episcopal Church from 1960-1980's. Includes correspondence, bulletins, lists of members, a typed history, and newspaper clippings. Concerns building parish house and Hickory Necks status as a Virgainia Historic Landmark. Also includes minutes and annual reports of the Women of Hickory Neck and a hymnal which belonged to John Melville Jennings.\nDeposit by Hickory Neck Church, The Rev. Michael Delk.","Bookplate \"...John Jennings from your Rector.\" and \"John Melville Jennings, Jr., ESQ., Toano, James City County, Virginia.\"","Hickory Neck Church pencil drawing (photograph) circa 1935. Photograph (scanned) of a pencil drawing of Hickory Neck Episcopal Church by Joseph Geddes.  Original in Rockefeller Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.\nDeposit by Martha McCartney.","Correspondence concerning James Emory's resignation from Hickory Neck Episcopal Church vestry.\nAccession records do not designate who gave SCRC this gift.","3 volumes: the cookbook \"A Time for Feasting\" published by the Church in 2008, a Bible, printed in England before 1950 , and a 1938 altar service book \"The Holy Communion.\"","Records of Hickory Neck Episcopal Church from 1960-1980's. Includes correspondence, bulletins, lists of members, a typed history, and newspaper clippings. Concerns building parish house and Hickory Necks status as a Virgainia Historic Landmark. 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December 15, 2012."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library."],"names_coll_ssim":["Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.)"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Hickory Neck Church (James City County, Va.)","Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.)"],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections Research Center","Hickory Neck Church (James City County, Va.)","Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.)"],"language_ssim":["English"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":36,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T13:32:40.009Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_9182_c01"}},{"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_1518_c01","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"Series 1: Biographical Material","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_1518_c01#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eSome folders in the biographical material series are more thoroughly organized in the PDF inventory available at http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/UA_1980_128%20blair,%20james.pdf Consult a staff member for assistance.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://arvasarchive.org/catalog/viw_repositories_2_resources_1518_c01#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_1518_c01","ref_ssm":["viw_repositories_2_resources_1518_c01"],"id":"viw_repositories_2_resources_1518_c01","ead_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_1518","_root_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_1518","_nest_parent_":"viw_repositories_2_resources_1518","parent_ssi":"viw_repositories_2_resources_1518","parent_ssim":["viw_repositories_2_resources_1518"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viw_repositories_2_resources_1518"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Office of the President. 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If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.","Acc. 1980.128 acquired 11/18/1980; Acc. 2002.073 acquired 10/22/2002.","A list of College of William and Mary presidents is available at  . Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:  . Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:  .","Other Information:"," A PDF document of this inventory is available online."," Additional information may be found at http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/UA_1980_128%20blair,%20james.pdf","Acc. 1980.128 contains papers of and relating to James Blair, first president of the College of William and Mary.  The collection contains two original manuscripts: a funeral bill by Blair dated 1701, and a sermon erroneously attributed to Blair dated 1747.  The bulk of the collection consists of copies collected for research purposes, mostly in 1940-1941.  Includes biographical material; extracts and copies from official records; copies of correspondence; sermons; notes on paintings of Blair and his wife owned by the College of William and Mary; notes on their graves."," Acc. 2002.073 contains minutes of the Council of Virginia from 1695, including a resolution of the Governor's Council drawn up by Governor Edmund Andros and signed by all the Council members documenting the differences between Rev. James Blair and Andros and announcing the suspension of Rev. Blair from the Council.","Some folders in the biographical material series are more thoroughly organized in the PDF inventory available at http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/UA_1980_128%20blair,%20james.pdf Consult a staff member for assistance.","The Church Review, and Ecclesiastical Register 8 (New Haven, Conn.: January 1856). Photostat of page 613, discussing James Blair's death as noted in the vestry minutes of 1743.","Photostat of biographical sketch written by Dr. Earl Gregg Swem.","Typewritten note with bibliographical references to three articles on Blair.","Reuben Elmore Stivers, \"The Governor, the Commissary, and St. John Shropshire,\" Shropshire Journal 3 (no. 4, January 1993).","Page 62, with continuation of biographical sketch from the next page cut out and glued on.","vol. 5 (New York: Robert Carter, 1859). Pages 7-14, containing biographical sketch of Blair, and also a biographical sketch of Hugh Jones, who was a professor of mathematics at the College of William and Mary as well as a clergyman. Typed transcription of Sprague's sketch of Blair.","Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church 14. Article and detached cover of journal.","Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press, One Volume.","Historical Magazine of the Protestant Episcopal Church 43, Article and detached cover of journal.","Country Life 150. Article and table of contents page, and photocopies of article.","Bulk from 1940-1941. Correspondence and notes, primarily of library staff, documenting efforts to research Blair's life and noting errors in published biographies.","Transcriptions or excerpts quoting from official records, private correspondence (neither to nor from Blair), and contemporary published works that mention Blair.","Photocopies and transcriptions of correspondence to and from James Blair.","Photostats relating to James Blair joining the University of Edinburgh Library. Photostat of the title page of the book which Blair presented to the Edinburgh Library on becoming a member of it; photostat of Blair's signature on joining the Edinburgh University Library; photostat of the agreement he signed. Copy of Blair's commission as commissary. Photocopy of commission, transcription of commission, translation of commission from Latin, bibliographic citations. A Vindication of Sr. Edmond Andros, 1697. Photocopy of a document by William Byrd. Papers relating to a dispute between Blair and Governor Nicholson, 1704-1705. Photocopies of two documents. Papers relating to a dispute over money owed to Blair by the College, 1719-1721.","Photostat and photocopy of the published pamphlet Papers Relating to an Affidavit... (London: 1727), made in 1942 from the volume owned by the John Carter Brown Library; photocopy of handwritten document entitled A Defence of Mr. Blair; and a Confutation of an Anonymous [sic] Pamphlet, Lately Dispersed by General Nicholson, Entitled Papers Relating to an Affidavit...","Brief extracts from two sermons preached in Bruton Church by Blair, taken from W. A. R. Goodwin's Historical Sketch of Bruton Church; Photostat of title page of James Blair, Our Saviour's Divine Sermon on the Mount...to which is Prefix'd a Paraphrase on the Whole Sermon of the Mount... (London: second edition, 1740) and Photostat of Blair's Paraphrase on Our Saviour's Sermon on the Mount (1729); photocopy of Danish edition of Our Saviour's Divine Sermon on the Mount (Copenhagen, 1761?). Both the English and the Danish editions of Blair's book are in the Rare Book collections of Swem Library, College of William and Mary.","Bibliographic citation for Blair's death notice in Scot's Magazine (July 1743); page 643 of The Gentleman's Magazine (August 1743) with Blair listed under Deaths; brochure entitled Merely to Survive Is Not Enough, comparing Dr. Woodbridge's building a fallout shelter for his neighborhood in 1961 with Dr. Blair's creation of the College of William and Mary; photographic copy of signature, James Blair President.","Itemized bill for funeral expenses.","Handwritten sermon said to be by James Blair, along with correspondence giving reasons why James Blair was probably not the author.","Resolution of the Governor's Council drawn up by Governor Edmund Andros and signed by all the Council members documenting the differences between Rev. James Blair and Andros and announcing the suspension of Rev. Blair from the Council.","Inventory of portraits of James Blair owned by the college, completed in 1968; notes miniature owned by Virginia Historical Society; photostat of silhouette; copy of published reproduction of college-owned portrait.","Three photographs of an oil painting by J. Hargreaves, in London, 1705, of Sarah Harrison, wife of James Blair. Portrait owned by the college.","Notes on inscriptions on the graves of James Blair and Sarah Harrison Blair; page from \"Notable Trees of Virginia,\" Bulletin of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute 24 (March 15, 1931) illustrated with a photograph of the sycamore tree that separates the two graves; drawing of the tree and Mrs. Blair's damaged gravestone.","Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.","Special Collections Research Center","Office of the President","Andros, Edmund, Sir, 1637-1714","Blair, James, 1656-1743","English"],"unitid_tesim":["UA 2.01","/repositories/2/resources/1518"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Office of the President. James Blair Records"],"collection_title_tesim":["Office of the President. James Blair Records"],"collection_ssim":["Office of the President. 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