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Start Over Collection Historic manuscript collection, 1601/1933 Date range 1851

Deeds and papers, relating to lands bought in Virginia by J. H. Brown for Aaron Leggett, 1790/1861 8 Files Box 17, Folder 1790-1861

8 deeds and letters housed within a single envelope, dating April 15, 1790, September 30, 1790, December 20, 1790, June 28, 1850, October 19, 1850, 1852, April 10, 1853, and February 18, 1861.

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  2. Historic manuscript collection, 1601/1933
  3. Series 1. Documents and Manuscripts
  4. Manuscripts Box 17, 1790

Historic manuscript collection, 1601/1933 approx. 60 Linear Feet

This collection of historic manuscripts dates from 1607-1933, with the bulk of materials dating from 1738-1868. The correspondence, journals and diaries, legal and financial records, estate documents, and printed ephemera in the collection primarily relate to the Washington and Custis families, the Revolutionary War, and society life in antebellum Washington D.C. and Virginia.

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Letter, Henry T. Harrison to John Augustine Washington III, 1851 Box 71, Folder 1851.03.29

Harrison writes about the possible sale of Mount Vernon to the United States, "I wish you may succeed in making an even track with the government- Mt. Vernon ought to belong to the nation, in these disunion times- I think it wd. Have a wholesome influence - everything shd be done to perpetuate the memory of that great and good man GEORGE WASHINGTON…"

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Historic manuscript collection, 1601/1933
  3. Series 1. Documents and Manuscripts
  4. Manuscripts Box 71, 1850/1851

Letter, James M. Brown to John Augustine Washington III, 1851 Box 72, Folder 1851.11.05

Autograph letter signed. Brown writes about selling some of John Augustine's lands. On the back of the letter, he asks if the remains of George Washington's old coffin still in the old vault at Mount Vernon. If so, Brown, writes, he can identify the pieces and place them at the National Institute for "more perfect preservation."

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Historic manuscript collection, 1601/1933
  3. Series 1. Documents and Manuscripts
  4. Manuscripts Box 72, 1851/1852

Letter, Thomas Maddox to Lewis William Washington, 1851 Box 72, Folder 1851.09.03

A.L.S. 3 pages. Woodlee. Conveys appreciation of a Washington County agricultural group for use of Mr. W-n's dynamometer at a recent ploughing match ... discusses plows, agriculture, etc ... Autograph letter signed, integral cover.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Historic manuscript collection, 1601/1933
  3. Series 1. Documents and Manuscripts
  4. Manuscripts Box 72, 1851/1852

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