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The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon

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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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. Series 1. Documents and Manuscripts
  2. Manuscripts Box 32

Letter, David Stuart to Timothy Pickering Box 40, Folder 1806.00.00

A.L.S. 3 pages. Deals with two letters reputedly written by G.W. to [Thomas Jefferson] after the Mazzei letter [Thos. Jefferson to Philip Mazzei, Ap. 24, 1796; famous controversial letter, after which G.W. was said never to have written T.J. again]--Tobias Lear employed by Judge W-n to assort the General's papers, and letters now missing, plus a diary for important presidential years--[accuses no one, but implies Lear took them]--tries to reconcile General's statement [that he never wrote T.J. again after the Mazzei letter] with truth--congratulates Pickering on speech against embargo--mentions [John] Adams "lives a mournful spectacle of blind and courtly obedience to Presidential will." Autograph letter signed, integral cover, [first part of letter missing], laminated.

  1. Series 1. Documents and Manuscripts
  2. Manuscripts Box 40

Letter, Timothy Pickering to Oliver Phelps 3 pages Box 19, Folder 1790.09.04

Autograph letter, signed "Timothy Pickering" to Oliver Phelps. Pickering, appointed by President Washington as commissioner to the Iroquois, is writing to merchant and land speculator Oliver Phelps in response to the Pine Creek killings, in which two Seneca Indians were murdered in a dispute with the sons of John Walker, a man whom the Seneca claimed to have scalped and murdered several years prior. Pickering writes of Washington's "utter abhorrence" of the killings. He has sent Pickering to meet with the relations of the murdered Seneca men.

  1. Series 1. Documents and Manuscripts
  2. Manuscripts Box 19
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon

Martha Washington collection

1.25 Linear Feet

This collection contains letters to and from Martha Washington that have been acquired by the MVLA since 1858. For more information, see content note for individual items. The collection grows organically as new items are acquired.

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The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon

Wayne Rickert collection of founders' autographs

41 Sheets (2 boxes)

The collection contains 41 manuscripts dating 1770-1831. Many of the manuscripts date from the era of the American Revolution, and several are directly relevant to the course of the war. Among the documents are single letters by John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Hancock, Patrick Henry, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, Lafayette, James Madison, John Marshall, James Monroe, Paul Revere, and George Washington, as well as letters and other documents that include the signatures of signers of the Declaration of Independence.

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Letter, Timothy Pickering to Burgess Ball 1 pages Box 2, Folder 32

Timothy Pickering, Secretary of War and signer of the Declaration of Independence, writes to Burgess Ball to inform him that the president has not selected his Potomac land for the location of a federal arsenal. Autograph letter, signed. 1 page.

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