Custis family. Papers, 1683-1858.
Title:
Papers, 1683-1858.
Correspondence, 1708-1747, accounts, 1700-1750, estate and legal papers, slave lists, and other papers, of John Custis (1678-1749) of Williamsburg and York County, Va. Correspondents include William Byrd II, Philip Ludwell II, and Sir John Randolph. Correspondence, 1757-1759, of Martha (Dandridge) Custis Washington (1731-1802), and accounts, 1751-1773, inventories and other papers kept by her as administrator of the estate of her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis (1711-1757) of the "White House," New Kent County, Va. Correspondence, 1759-1799, accounts, 1755-1773, agricultural inventories, 1760-1771, and legal papers of George Washington (1732-1799). Correspondents include James Biggs, Matthew Campbell, George Washington Parke Custis, James Gildart, Lawrence Lewis, John McDowell, John Mercer, William Neal, Parke Pepper, Samuel Stanhope Smith, David Stuart, Samuel Trower, and Joseph Valentine; and Robert Cary & Company, Capel & Osgood Hanbury, Osgood Hanbury & Company, and Hanburys and Lloyd, all of London, Eng. Correspondence, 1763-1781, household and plantation accounts, 1759-1775, and legal papers, of John Parke Custis (1754-1781); household accounts, 1761-1772, of Martha Parke Custis (1755-1773); and correspondence, 1779-1853, accounts, 1808-1853, inventories of slaves and livestock, 1809-1825, and notes of George Washington Parke Custis (1781- 1857) of "Arlington," Fairfax County, Va.; and other family personal, legal, and estate papers.
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