Indenture : for the leasing of the Mount Vernon estate from George and Ann Lee, 1754 December 17.

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Indenture : for the leasing of the Mount Vernon estate from George and Ann Lee, 1754 December 17.

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Washington leased the two tracts of land that formed his late brother Lawrence's estate, and eighteen slaves, from Lawrence's widow Ann and her new husband George Lee for an annual rent of fifteen hogsheads of tobacco or the cash equivalent. The document is signed by George Washington and both Lees, and witnessed by William Fairfax, John Dalton, and Denis McCarty.

2 p. : folio.

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Lee, George,

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Lee, Ann

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Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...