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Deeds and papers, relating to lands bought in Virginia by J. H. Brown for Aaron Leggett 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.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Historic manuscript collection
  3. Series 1. Documents and Manuscripts
  4. Manuscripts Box 17

Excerpts from George Washington and George Cabot letters to Timothy Pickering 2 pages Box 32, Folder 1798.09.09

Manuscript copies of excerpts from two letters about the Quasi-War with France, supposedly provided to Alexander Hamilton circa September 1798. The first letter is from George Washington to Timothy Pickering, 9 September 1798. The second is from George Cabot to Timothy Pickering, 27 September 1798.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Historic manuscript collection
  3. Series 1. Documents and Manuscripts
  4. Manuscripts Box 32

Historic manuscript collection 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, Bushrod Washington to "my dear friend" Box 31, Folder 1798.01.10

A.L.S. 3 pages. Richmond. Bushrod writes to "My dear friend" and closes with greetings "affectionately to Mrs. P." but the addressee is otherwise not made clear. He answers several queries concerning various legal cases, posed to Bushrod either in a series of letters or in one long unanswered -- includes Mr. Breckenridge's opinion on a horse sold to Ingraham by Lewis -- adds a postscript "Did you ever read such a gloomy letter?" after noting that his wife would have added her own greetings but that the letter was being written in his office. Autograph letter signed, docketed, in a later hand is "Nephew and principal heir of Genl. Washington judge of the Supreme Court of the United States lately deceased," watermark. Date on original catalog card appears [17]98 Jan. 10. Name on original manuscript appears as "B. Washington."

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Historic manuscript collection
  3. Series 1. Documents and Manuscripts
  4. Manuscripts Box 31

Letter, Christian Scott Blackburn to Julia Ann Blackburn Washington Box 32, Folder 1798.09.08

A.L.S. 1 page. Rippon Lodge. Couldn't write earlier because of Aunt Ballett's illness--gave Dickey [Richard S. Blackburn] the bill which he will inclose to Mr. [Bushrod] Washington--[letter] very faded and hard to decipher]. Autograph letter signed, laminated. Name on original manuscript appears as "C. Blackburn." Date on original catalog card appears [17]98 [Sept. 8 ?].

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Historic manuscript collection
  3. Series 1. Documents and Manuscripts
  4. Manuscripts Box 32

Letter, Corbin Washington to Edmund Lee Box 31, Folder 1798.05.13

A.L.S. 2 pages. Bushfield. Corbin writes his apologies for not writing more often and says that "the circumstances of my family have shut me out from all information, and rendered me entirely dependant on my friends for now and then a gleam of light" -- while professing to be apolitical, he recognizes that private happiness depends on proper functioning of "the great public machine" -- his wife recovers her health -- the Leeton family arrived in good health. Autograph letter signed, docketed by Lee (?), integral cover, laminated. Date on original catalog card appears [17]98 May 13.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Historic manuscript collection
  3. Series 1. Documents and Manuscripts
  4. Manuscripts Box 31

Letter, Hannah Washington to Bushrod Washington Box 32, Folder 1798.00.00

A.L.S. 1 page. Encloses $50 bill received, for tobacco, and requests him to pay her tax at court today--just paid Mr. B. Lee £10 for folder--this is last of her [money]. Autograph letter signed, integral cover, docketed, "Mrs. H. Washington 1798," marked "Hon'd by Mr. B. Lee," laminated. Date on original catalog card appears [1798]. Name on original manuscript appears as "H. Washington."

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Historic manuscript collection
  3. Series 1. Documents and Manuscripts
  4. Manuscripts Box 32

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