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Start Over Collection Historic manuscript collection, 1601/1933 Date range 1856

Copy of will, Frances Dandridge Henley Lear, 1856 Box 74, Folder 1856.00.00

Copy of will, Mrs. Frances Dandridge Henley Lear, third wife of Tobias Lear, of the city of Washington. Devisees include Louisa Lincoln Lear, Elizabeth and Fanny Lear Hawley. The forman to receive a miniature of George Washington with hair enclosed presented to Tobias Lear by Martha Washington. Jewelry, silver, books, furniture.

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  2. Historic manuscript collection, 1601/1933
  3. Series 1. Documents and Manuscripts
  4. Manuscripts Box 74, 1855/1857

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

Diary of John Augustine Washington, 1856/1857 1 Volumes Box 107, Shelf Closed Stacks

The first entry in the diary is a 3 page "List of negros", belonging to John Augustine Washington. The list includes names, birthdates, and sources of acquisition. Other entries in the diary are regarding business, financial matters, and the management of Mount Vernon.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Historic manuscript collection, 1601/1933
  3. Series 2. Ledgers and Bound Manuscripts

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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Journal of John Augustine Washington, 1852/1856 1 Volumes Box 107, Shelf Closed Stacks

Journal begins with a "List of negros" including name, when born, and how acquired. Journal includes dated daily entries and an alphabetized index at the end. There is also an annotated drawing of the interior arrangement of the New Tomb.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Historic manuscript collection, 1601/1933
  3. Series 2. Ledgers and Bound Manuscripts

Letter, Jared Sparks to Louisa Lear Eyre, 1856 Box 74, Folder 1856.12.31

Sparks reports that he shipped Eyre's Washington Letters explaining that he obtained the copies of the letters from her father. He claims to have never seen the originals and mentions that a service called "Adam's Express" was hired to ship the package.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Historic manuscript collection, 1601/1933
  3. Series 1. Documents and Manuscripts
  4. Manuscripts Box 74, 1855/1857

Letter, Lewis William Washington to Henry Wise, 1856 Box 74, Folder 1856.02.08

A.L.S. 1 page. Richmond. Now that Wakefield is to be cared for by Va., he proposes that the family burial plot and the spot on which stood the house in which GW was born he presented to Va. ... these had formerly been reserved by the family when the land was sold by George Corbin W-n to John Gray ...

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Historic manuscript collection, 1601/1933
  3. Series 1. Documents and Manuscripts
  4. Manuscripts Box 74, 1855/1857

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