Papers, 1683-1858.

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Papers, 1683-1858.

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Correspondence, 1708-1747, accounts, 1700-1750, estate and legal papers, slave lists, and other papers, of John Custis (1678-1749) of Williamsburg and York County, Va. Correspondents include William Byrd II, Philip Ludwell II, and Sir John Randolph. Correspondence, 1757-1759, of Martha (Dandridge) Custis Washington (1731-1802), and accounts, 1751-1773, inventories and other papers kept by her as administrator of the estate of her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis (1711-1757) of the "White House," New Kent County, Va. Correspondence, 1759-1799, accounts, 1755-1773, agricultural inventories, 1760-1771, and legal papers of George Washington (1732-1799). Correspondents include James Biggs, Matthew Campbell, George Washington Parke Custis, James Gildart, Lawrence Lewis, John McDowell, John Mercer, William Neal, Parke Pepper, Samuel Stanhope Smith, David Stuart, Samuel Trower, and Joseph Valentine; and Robert Cary & Company, Capel & Osgood Hanbury, Osgood Hanbury & Company, and Hanburys and Lloyd, all of London, Eng. Correspondence, 1763-1781, household and plantation accounts, 1759-1775, and legal papers, of John Parke Custis (1754-1781); household accounts, 1761-1772, of Martha Parke Custis (1755-1773); and correspondence, 1779-1853, accounts, 1808-1853, inventories of slaves and livestock, 1809-1825, and notes of George Washington Parke Custis (1781- 1857) of "Arlington," Fairfax County, Va.; and other family personal, legal, and estate papers.

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Custis (Family : Virginia)

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John Custis was born August 1678 in Northampton County, Virginia, and was educated in England. He lived in Williamsburg, Virginia, where he served as a vestryman for Bruton Parish. Custis was also successful planter, merchant, colonel in the Virginia militia, burgess, and member of the Governor's Council. He married Frances Parke (1687-1715) in August 1705. His son, Daniel Parke Custis was born 15 October 1710 in James City County. He was a successful planter in New Kent County, Vi...

Washington, Martha, 1731-1802

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Martha Dandridge Custis Washington was the first First Lady of the United States. Washington is not only remembered as the nation’s first lady who set an example for her future first ladies, but also as a wife, mother, and property owner. She is an example of strength during the Revolutionary War, and as the first lady of a new nation. Born at Virginia’s Chestnut Grove Plantation located in New Kent County, Virginia on June 2, 1731, she was the eldest of eight children born to John and France...

Custis, Daniel Parke, 1711-1757

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Daniel Parke Custis was an American planter and politician who was the first husband of Martha Dandridge. After his death, Dandridge married George Washington, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and the nation's first president....

Custis, John, 1678-1749

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John Custis (August 1678 – November 22, 1749) was an American planter, politician, government official and military officer who sat in the Virginia House of Burgesses. A prominent member of the Custis family of Virginia, he utilized his extensive landholdings to support a career in horticulture and gardening. Born into a slaveholding family who resided in Northampton County, Virginia, Custis was sent to London at a young age to study the tobacco trade under Micajah Perry. He returned to his g...

Randolph, John, Sir, approximately 1693-1737

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Sir John Randolph (ca. 1693-1737) was a lawyer, scholar, and Virginia legislator. He served as Clerk of the House of Burgesses, 1718-34, and speaker of the House of Burgesses, 1734-1736/37. From the description of Will, 1735. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122552884 ...

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....

Pepper, Parke.

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Mercer, John, 1704-1768

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Born in Dublin, Ireland, John Mercer came to Virginia in 1720 where he built the colonial estate Marlborough (also called Marlboro; at Marlborough Point on the Potomac River, in Stafford County). He was a leading Virginia attorney and lawyer to George Washington, as well as a colonial prosecutor for the King's court of Virginia. Mercer was also a founding member, secretary and general counsel of the Ohio Company of Virginia, a land speculating company that had George Washington as a member. ...

Lewis, Lawrence, 1767-1839

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Son of George Washington's sister Betty Washington Lewis; one of George Washington's executors. From the description of ALsS : Woodlawn, N.J., to Robert Beverley, 1830-1839. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122316920 ...

Smith, Samuel Stanhope, 1750-1819

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American Presbyterian clergyman. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Princeton, to Noah Webster, 1787 Apr. 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270663691 Samuel Stanhope Smith was a Presbyterian minister, founder of Hampden-Sydney College, and the seventh president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University). In his work, Smith expressed progressive views on marriage and egalitarian ideas about race and slavery. From the guide to the Samue...

Neale, William

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Campbell, Matthew

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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...

Biggs, James, d. 1778?

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Custis, Martha Parke, 1755-1773

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McDowell, John, 1751-1820

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Lawyer, educator, and first principal of St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland. From the description of Papers of John McDowell, 1790-1818. (University of Maryland Libraries). WorldCat record id: 20360558 ...

Byrd, William, 1674-1744

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William Byrd II resided at Westover in Charles City County, Virginia. From the guide to the William Byrd Papers, 1728-1729., (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) Virginia planter William Byrd served as a member of the Virginia Council of the State (1709-1744); he determined the boundary line between Virginia and North Carolina. From the guide to the The history of the dividing line between Virginia and North Carolina, 1728, 1728, (...

Valentine, Joseph, d. 1771.

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Gildart, James, 1711-1790.

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Trower, Samuel Lorin

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Ludwell, Philip, 1672-1727.

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