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Start Over Creator Kennon, Britannia Wellington Peter, 1815-1911

Indenture, between Britannia W. Peter Kennon and her grandsons regarding Mount Vernon heirlooms at Tudor Place, 1907 7 pages Box 10, Folder 09

Indenture made between Britannia Wellington Kennon, party of the first part, and Walter Gibson Peter, Armistead Peter Jr., and George Freeland Peter, parties of the second part, all of the District of Columbia, regarding relics and heirlooms at Tudor Place acquired by Britannia W. Peter Kennon from her mother Martha Custis Peter grand-daughter of Martha the wife of George Washington, known in the family as "The Mount Vernon Heirlooms." Other relics are from the estates of Thomas Peter and Beverley Kennon. Britannia wishes that these relics be preserved by her descendants and that none of them be sold or disposed of.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Peter family papers, 1722/1932
  3. Series 12. Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, 1824/1909
  4. Subseries 12.2. Legal Documents

Peter family papers, 1722/1932 12 Linear Feet 46 boxes

Washington, George, 1732-1799

This collection consists of papers collected by various members of the Peter families. It includes letters from George Washington, letters of condolence to Martha Washington after George Washington's death, estate documents, Major George Peter's military papers, land plats and surveys, photo albums, letterbooks, and notebooks that tell of the life of this prominent family in Virginia and the City of Washington.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon

Title page, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, inscribed Britannia W. Peter, 1824 1 pages Box 10, Folder 12

A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language (New York : Printed and published by William A. Davies) Inscribed Britannia W. Peter.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Peter family papers, 1722/1932
  3. Series 12. Papers of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, 1824/1909
  4. Subseries 12.3. Correspondence

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