Taylor collection of Lewis family papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
3600 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
Mount Vernon, VA 22121
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Reference services
Phone: (703) 780-3600
Restrictions:

This collection is open for research during scheduled appointments. Researchers must complete the Washington Library's Special Collections and Archives Registration Form before access is provided. The library reserves the right to restrict access to certain items for preservation purposes.

Preferred citation:

[Name and date of item], Taylor collection of Lewis family papers, [Folder], Special Collections, The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon [hereafter Washington Library], Mount Vernon, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
25 Files
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Name and date of item], Taylor collection of Lewis family papers, [Folder], Special Collections, The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon [hereafter Washington Library], Mount Vernon, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of papers collected by various members of the Lewis and Ball family.

Autograph ledger dating 1776-1795 with miscellaneous information including purchases, loan certificates and numbers, list of clothing distributed to enslaved persons, and payments made to Jacob Young in 1795. Bound in marble paper and held together with straight pins, 32 pages. Several pages missing.

Bound book of unused lottery tickets repurposed as a ledger. Includes entries for the Fredericksburg estate for January 1781 and January-December 1782. Total of 188 pages. Account information written on pages 1-42 and page 188, remaining pages contain no written information.

Newspaper article about Mount Vernon, 1773 July 15. Mentions Lund Washington and George Washington.

Col. William Daingerfield writes to Fielding Lewis regarding the marriage of his daughter (Catherine Daingerfield) to Fielding Lewis' son George Lewis. Autograph letter signed, 1 page, with integral address panel.

George Lewis and John Lewis owe James Mercer 252 pounds.

Genealogy of the Lewis family

Newspaper clippings titled "Wandering in old Westmoreland" (1931), "Glory of George Washington's Wedding Day" (1904), "Washington's Mother became a Bride - 200 years ago this month" (1931), "Historic Woodlawn Mansion" (1905), and a pamphlet titled "The Westmoreland Association" (1930)

Letter from Ann P. B. sent from Hampshire, England, to her cousin Meta in Virginia. Typscript letter signed, 4 pages.

Newspaper clipping regarding, "Prof. Hart finds new evidence to connect Washingtons of Virginia to Sulgrave Manor".

Letter regarding where Washington was born. Inclues note, "copy to Mr. and Mrs. Taylor".

Letter regarding invitation to Warner Hall graveyard wall. Includes envelope with George Washington stamp.

"Exhibits include...First portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart"

Genealogy notes

4 notes on genealogy of the Lewis family and 1 holiday card.

Two genealogy notes. One written on back of non-related letter, J.B. Hudgina, Supervisor Sanitation Spotsylvania, to Frank Taylor regarding the construction of a sanitation privy gives brief history of Daniel McDonald and Elizabeth Barrett married July 1740 in King George County.

Notes written by the child of Estelle Lewis Pollock [1848-1919] born at Marmion, King George County, oldest daughter of Fielding Lewis [1808-1878].

Genealogy regarding siblings John, Augustine, and Mildred Washington and connection to Fielding Lewis as well as another John Washington from a different line of Washington descendants. Autograph document, 1 page.

Typed paper regarding where Washington was born. Note, "Property of Mrs. Frank Taylor"

Invoice with itemized list of taxes due by George Lewis from Gabriel Lewis, for his properties in Kentucky and Ohio. Autograph document, 1 page. Docket on verso.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged by date.

Physical facet:
23 folders, 2 bound manuscripts