Letters and will : of George Washington, 1777-1814.

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Letters and will : of George Washington, 1777-1814.

Washington writes to General Potter about an attack on the British on Mud Island; to deputy quartermaster Colonel Hooper about supplies; and to David Stuart referring to George Mason's objections to the Constitution. Also, includes Washington's will, published by J. Furman, New York, in 1800. Also, includes Bushrod Washington's account owed to William Crawford's estate, 19 October 1814.

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George Mason's Gunston Hall

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United States

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Idaho became a state on July 3, 1890 with post offices being established as early as 1876. From the guide to the Franklin County, Idaho Post Office Location Records, 1876-1945, (Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives) These photographs document Region 4, started in 1910, of the US Forest Service, covering Utah, Nevada, Southern Idaho, and Western Wyoming. From the guide to the US Forest Service Photograph Collection., 19...

Hooper, Robert Lewis, 1730?-1797,

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Stuart, David, 1753-1814

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David Stuart (August 3, 1753 – October 1814) was a Virginia physician, politician, and correspondent of George Washington. When Washington became President of the United States, he made Stuart one of three commissioners appointed to design a new United States capital city. After studying medicine in Europe he returned to the United States in 1778 and established a medical practice in Alexandria, Virginia, and mostly lived and farmed outside the city in Fairfax County; he used enslaved labor on h...

Mason, George, 1725-1792

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George Mason IV (December 11, 1725 [O.S. November 30, 1725] – October 7, 1792) was an American planter, politician and delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, one of three delegates who refused to sign the Constitution. His writings, including substantial portions of the Fairfax Resolves of 1774, the Virginia Declaration of Rights of 1776, and his Objections to this Constitution of Government (1787) opposing ratification, have exercised a significant influence on American politic...

Potter, James, 1729-1789

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Epithet: Perpetual Curate of Pilling British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000491.0x000351 Army officer and farmer. From the description of Letter of James Potter, 1777. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449730 ...

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...

Crawford, William, 1732-1782

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Army officer. From the description of William Crawford correspondence, 1761. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450020 ...