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Memorandum of agreement, Lawrence Lewis and William Yeaton Box 61, Folder 1835.00.00

A.D.S. 3 pages. Memorandum of an agreement made for enclosure and gateway at New Tomb--it is headed by a sketch with dimensions for the wall and entranceway and contains specifications of materials to be used and method of construction and cost. Autograph document, in hand of Lewis, laminated, [no name inserted in contract]. [Yeaton contracted to build wall and entrance way for $600. See letter of Yeaton to L. Lewis, April 4, 1835].

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Memorandum of agreement, Lawrence Lewis with Daingerfield Lewis Box 50, Folder 1824.05.24

A.N.S. 1 page. "I this day made a settlement with Mr. Daingerfield Lewis of my private account with my Brother George Lewis and I find exclusive of the property sold by my Brother at Mill Brook he stands indebted to me Five hundred and twenty one dollars and fifty nine cents ..."

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Power of Attorney, Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis to Lawrence Lewis Box 63, Folder 1839.12.03

A.D.S. Appoints Lorenzo Lewis of Audley, Clark County [now Frederick County, Va.] as attorney to act for her in her dower rights as widow of Lawrence Lewis. Autograph document signed, witnessed by Mary Custis Lee, proved before George W. P. Custis as one of the U. S. Justices for Cty of Alexandria, District of Columbia, laminated.

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Power of attorney, Lawrence Lewis for retrieval of two escaped slaves Box 55, Folder 1831.06.10

The son of George Washington's sister, Lawrence Lewis authorizes Thomas Griggs to bring back a slave named Shadrach and his brother Arlington who ran away separately from Lewis' farm near Battletown.

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Receipt, J.J. Chew to the Executors of the estate of George Washington Box 62, Folder 1838.12.00

D. 1 page. For $1.00 for 4 quarters continuance at rules against Lee. Signed by J.J. Chew. Fragment, partly printed, endorsed "Washington Bushrod and c. 1.00 Frx." [See 2 other similar receipts dated 1837 and 1839].

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Receipt, William Fitzhugh to Lawrence Lewis Box 45, Folder 1817.03.08

Receipt, A.D.S. 1 page. Fitzhugh's receipt to Lewis (on behalf of the executors of George Washington's estate) "for rents due on a tenement on the Ravensworth tract." Note on verso records payment "on acct. of Land rented for Free Negroes." Autograph document signed, with notes on verso in the hand of Bushrod Washington.

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Statement, Defense of title to Woodlawn, Lawrence Lewis Box 39, Folder 1805.04.29

A.D.S. 6 pages. A statement as to the title to Woodlawn drawn up by Lawrence Lewis because of a threatened suit over the land by descendants of Sarah Mason Brooke; it embodies Col. George Mason's statement on the history of the lands ownership. Lewis's search of title goes back to William Travers, who by deed from Proprietors, March 22, 1677, got 788 acres. The Woodlawn part of that property was later owned by George Washington (who had gotten it on 27 October 1772) and then willed by him to Lawrence Lewis and Eleanor ("Nelly") Parke Custis Lewis. Autograph document signed, by Lawrence Lewis, docketed "Col. Geo. Mason's Statement," and in another hand, "as to title of Woodlawn."

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