Papers, 1886-1960 (bulk 1900-1940)

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Papers, 1886-1960 (bulk 1900-1940)

1900-1940

Correspondence, subject files, diaries, note files, legal documents, scrapbook materials, and printed matter, relating largely to Peter's family and to Tudor Place, the family's mansion in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. Correspondents include his son, Armistead Peter III (1896-1983) and daughter-in-law, Caroline Ogden-Jones Peter (1894-1965), and their letters concern household arrangements and the management and maintenance of Tudor Place. Includes extensive material relating to the renovation of Tudor Place in 1914, genealogical research on the Custis and Peter families, notes on objects in the house, material relating to the development of the mansion's garden, and Peter's transcription of the reminiscences of his grandmother, Britannia Wellington Peter Kennon (1815-1911), concerning the family, Tudor Place, and Georgetown and Washington, D.C., history.

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Tudor Place (Washington, DC)

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A model of Federal-period architecture in the nation’s capital, Tudor Place was home to six generations of Martha Washington’s descendants from 1805 to 1983 and the enslaved workers and servants who lived and worked here. ...