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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.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon

Land grant for John Washington Box 1, Folder 1667.10.30

Document granting 1500 acres of land to Lt. Col. John Washington "for ye transportation thirty servants into this Colony ..." Lists the names of 28 servants and "Two Negroes." Signed by Anthony Bridges. Nicholas Spencer listed as one of the justices at Westmoreland County court where transaction is approved. Washington gained several thousands of acres in this manner.

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

Land grant, Thomas Culpeper to John Washington and Nicholas Spencer Box 88 OVERSIZE, Folder 1674.03.01

Land grant of Culpeper, proprietor of Northern Neck, of 5000 acres to Col. John Washington and Col. Nicholas Spencer; the original patent for the Mount Vernon lands. Paper seal with coat of arms upper left corner. Docketed by George Washington and others on verso.

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

Land grant to Nicholas Spencer and John Washington Box 1, Folder 1677.00.00

D. 1 page. Grant of 5000 acres in Stafford County [later Fairfax County] "in the freshes of the Potomacke river", opposite Piscataway village and between Little Hunting Creek and Epsiwasson Creek [Mount Vernon], "said land being due ... for the transportation of one hundred into this Colony."

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

Order to register patent of land Box 1, Folder 1674.03.09

A.D.S. 1 page. Recorded in Stafford on March 12, 1690. Registered in deed book Thomas Lee. Addressed to "Mr. William [ ] our agent in Virginia" survey by John Alexander on April 27, 1669 granting 5000 acres to Spencer and Washington is patented and ordered registered.

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

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