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The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon

The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
3600 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
Mount Vernon, VA 22121
Primary Collecting Areas:
George and Martha Washington, Mount Vernon, Founding Era and Early Republic, Historic preservation, Decorative arts, Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
Description:

The Fred W. Smith National Library includes general collections, special collections and archives as a resource for scholars, students, and those interested in George Washington, colonial America and the Revolutionary and founding eras.

The library's general collections include secondary source materials on the Washington and Custis families, and the colonial and founding eras.

The Special Collections materials highlight the lives of George and Martha Washington as well as their descendants through correspondence, financial materials, and original books from George and Martha Washington's library.

The archives of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association holds the historic institutional records of the organization dating back to its founding in 1853.

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Start Over Repository The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon Places Ohio River Valley

A map of part of the N.W. territory of the United States, compiled from actual surveys, and the best information, by Samuel Lewis, 1796 1 Sheets Drawer 122 : L : 5

Identifies individual land grants in the area that would become Ohio. Note printed near top center of map indicates map is meant to be colored.

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  2. Ted and Mary Wendell early American collection, 1721/1826
  3. Series 3. Oversize

A new map of the western parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and North Carolina : comprehending the river Ohio, and all the rivers, which fall into it; part of the river Mississippi, the whole of the Illinois River, Lake Erie; part of the lakes Huron, Michigan &c. and all the country bordering on these lakes and rivers, 1778 1 Sheets Drawer 122 : L : 2, Section 2, Folder OUT

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  2. Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection, 1740/1799

Partie de l'Amérique septentrionale, qui comprend le cours de l'Ohio, la Nlle Angleterre, la Nlle York, le New Jersey, la Pensylvanie, le Maryland, la Virginie, la Caroline, 1755 1 Sheets Drawer 122 : L : 4, Section 5, Folder OUT

Covers the area from the Great Lakes to South Carolina and from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi River. Shows provinces, towns, forts, tribal territories, and Native American settlements. Appears in Giles Robert de Vaugondy's 'Atlas Universal', 1757.

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  2. Ted and Mary Wendell early American collection, 1721/1826
  3. Series 3. Oversize

Partie occidentale de la Virginie, Pensylvanie, Maryland, et Caroline septle. la Rivière d'Ohio, et toutes celles qui s'y jettent, partie de la Rivière Mississippi, tout le cours de la rivière des Illinois, le Lac Erie, partie des Lacs Huron et Michigan &c. toutes les contrées qui bordent ces lacs et rivières, 1781 1 Sheets Closed Stacks, Drawer 33

Includes descriptive and historical notes. Translation of Thomas Hutchins' New map of the western part of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and North Carolina, 1778.

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  2. Richard H. Brown Revolutionary War Map Collection, 1740/1799

Plan des achats des compagnies de l'Ohio et du Scioto, 1789 1 Sheets Drawer 122 : L : 8, Section 1b, Folder OUT

The map was published to accompany 'Prospectus pour l'éstablissement sur les rivières d'Ohio et de Scioto en Amérique', 1789. The prospectus and map were issued by the Scioto Company, which was associated with the Ohio Company. The map shows Ohio from Lake Erie south to the Ohio River, and as far west as the Scioto.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Ted and Mary Wendell early American collection, 1721/1826
  3. Series 3. Oversize

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