George Washington Parke Custis Papers

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George Washington Parke Custis Papers

1832-1856

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Papers, 1832-1856, of George Washington Parke Custis of "Arlington." The collection is mostly letters written to Francis Nelson, his farm manager at "White House," New Kent County, Virginia concerning growing and marketing crops, agricultural improvements, the effect of the proposed Richmond and York River Railroad on the plantation, and Robert E. Lee. There are a few additional letters to Nelson from merchants and railroad officials, and photostats of 2 additional Custis letters.

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Arlington (Plantation : Va.)

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In 1802, George Washington Parke Custis inherited 1,100-acres from his father, John Parke Custis, and established Arlington Plantation, which contains the home he built, "Arlington House." His daughter, Mary Anna Randolph Custis, married Robert E. Lee, and they inherited Arlington House and the plantation surrounding it in 1857. The property was confiscated by the federal government during the Civil War. ...

Custis, George Washington Parke, 1781-1857

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George Washington Parke Custis was the son of John Parke Custis who was the stepson of George Washington. Custis' mother was Eleanor Calvert. He grew up at Mount Vernon in Virginia after the death of his father. He married Mary Lee Fitzhugh and lived at "Arlington." His daughter Mary Anna Randolph Custis married Robert E. Lee. George Washington Parke Custis was a playwright and agricultural reformer....

Lee, Robert Edward, 1807-1870

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Robert Edward Lee (1807-1870) served as General of the Confederate Army in the U.S. Civil War and was president of Washington College in Lexington, Virginia from 1865 to 1870. Lee spent the first twenty-three years of his military career in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. From 1837 to 1841 he was superintending engineer for the harbor of St. Louis and the upper Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Robert E. Lee was a United States Army officer, 1829-1861; commander of Virginia forces in the ...

Nelson, Francis.

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Army officer. From the description of Commission of Francis Nelson, 1781. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79453894 ...