Accounts of Martha Washington with printer Ellis Price, 1800

Containers:

Box 7, Folder 22

Extent:

1 pages

Scope and content:

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.

Language:

English.

Subjects:

Fugitive slaves -- Virginia

Names:

Washington, Martha, 1731-1802

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