Historic manuscript collection 1607-1933

Stuart, Eleanor Calvert Custis, approximately 1758-1811

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nor Calvert Custis Stuart was a prominent member of the wealthy Calvert family of Maryland and, through marriage, a member of the Custis family. Eleanor married John Parke Custis, son of Martha Dandridge Custis Washington and stepson of George Washington. John Custis purchased the Abingdon plantation in Fairfax County, Virginia. Eleanor and John had seven children. In 1781, John died of "camp fever" following the Siege of Yorktown. In 1783, Eleanor married Dr. David Stuart, an Alexandria physic...

Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794

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Baron Friedrich von Steuben; Prussian military officer; reformed and disciplined the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, subsequently regarded as one of the fathers of the United States Army. Steuben took part in several battles in the Seven Years' War (1756–63), rose to the rank of captain, and became aide-de-camp to Prussian King Frederick the Great, abruptly discharged from the army in 1763. Awarded title Baron in 1771 from his service to Hollenzollern-Hechingen earned him...

Corcoran, William Wilson, 1798-1888

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Washington, D.C. banker and philanthropist. From the description of Note : to "Dear Madam", [18]81 Jan. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22205349 From the description of Letter : Washington City, to Dr. James Laurie, Washington City, 1843 Jan. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 22205336 Banker and philanthropist, of Washington, D.C. From the description of Papers, 1838-1887. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19405728 American banke...

Johnson, Gabriel, 1820-

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Washington, Lawrence, 1565-1616

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Lawrence Washington (1602 – 21 January 1652) was an English rector. He was an early ancestor to the Washington family, being the great-great-grandfather of George Washington....

Anderson, James, 1745-1807

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James Anderson was Farm Manager at The Mount Vernon Estate. Anderson was raised on his father's farm about 40 miles north of Edinburgh, Scotland, near the village of Inverkeithing. At the age of twenty-one, Anderson began a farming apprenticeship, and at the end of the second year began to manage the estate of the farm owner's uncle. Anderson held that post for three years and then for the next nineteen owned his own farm, mills, and distillery. During this time Anderson married Helen Gordon of ...

Eyre, Louisa Lincoln Lear, 1831-1912

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Washington, Thomas Blackburn, 1812-1854

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Washington, John Augustine, 1821-1861

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John Augustine Washington III was the great-grand nephew of George Washington and the last private owner of Mount Vernon. He was born on May 3, 1821 to John Augustine Washington II and Jane Charlotte Blackburn Washington. His young childhood was spent at Blakeley Plantation near Charles Town, WV. After the death of Bushrod Washington and his wife, the family moved to Mount Vernon. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1840 and returned to Mount Vernon to manage it for his mother, event...

Tabb, John Prosser

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Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866

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Jared Sparks (1789-1866) was the President of Harvard University from February 1, 1849 to February 10, 1853. He was also a Unitarian minister, editor, and historian. Jared Sparks was born to Joseph Sparks and Elinor (Orcut) Sparks on May 10, 1789 in Willington, Connecticut. Sparks was one of nine children and came from a family of modest means. When he turned six years old, Sparks went to live with an aunt and uncle in Camden, New York, to help relieve the family of a mout...