Papers of the Washington family, 1784-1843.

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Papers of the Washington family, 1784-1843.

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Include miscellaneous papers, 1784-1833, of the Washington family, including an account for tobacco, records of the estate of George Quesenberry, letter ordering notions and fabric, and other letters regarding financial matters, a house for sale on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C., and a legal dispute over use of a road. Also financial papers, 1788-1810, of William Augustine Washington: bills and receipts for postage, cash, and tobacco; accounts for household supplies and the administration of the estate of Thomas Turner, including Washington's speculation that trade competition between Britain and France may affect the market for American goods; and a bond, 1799, to Alexander Spotswood. Also include letter, 17 May 1795, from Ralph Wormeley to Corbin Washington, Westmoreland County, Va., regarding financial matters; and letter, 3 August 1821, from Lawrence Augustine Washington to Benjamin and Thomas Kite, Philadelphia, Pa., ordering a laxative preparation as well as two books. Also include letter, 27 July 1824, from Bushrod Washington to George Corbin Washington, regarding a visit from a relative; letter, 25 February 1827, from Bushrod Washington, Washington, D.C., to his nephews Spotswood and George Washington, regarding their studies with a private tutor in Alexandria, Va.; and letter, 24 August 1843, from H.A. Washington, Richmond, Va., to his father Lawrence Washington, Westmoreland County, Va., regarding estates law.

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Washington family

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Prominent Virginia families of Stafford and Spotsylvania counties. Augustine Washington (1694–1743) was a Virginia planter and the father of George Washington. He had a total of ten children by two wives. His son Augustine II (1720-1762) had four children but only one son, William Augustine (1759-1810). William Augustine had nine children, among them his eldest son Augustine (1780-1798); his sixth child, George Corbin Washington (1789-1854), was a Congressman from Maryl...

Washington, Lawrence J.

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Washington, George Corbin, 1789-1854

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Washington and Mason were U.S. representatives from Maryland. From the description of George Corbin Washington and John Thomson Mason report, 1845 July 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982775 Virginia Congressman, planter, great-nephew of George Washington. From the description of ALS : Georgetown, to Robert Beverley, 1826 Feb. 16. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122489373 ...

Kite, Benjamin, 1754-1838

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Thomas, 1785-1845,

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Washington, William, 1752-1810

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St. Paul Parish, South Carolina plantation owner, South Carolina state legislator, and Revolutionary War officer. From the description of William Washington bill of exchange, 1785 Sept. 8. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32145051 A native of Virginia, William Washington was a St. Paul's Parish, S.C. plantation owner and South Carolina state legislator. From the description of Letters to Jonathan Lucas, 1792-1796. (The South Carolina H...

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...

Washington, Spotswood,

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Washington, H. A. (Henry Augustine), 1820-1858

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Henry Augustine Washington was born at Haywood, Virginia on 24 August 1820, the son of Lawrence Washington and Sarah Tayloe Washington. He attended Georgetown College and the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University). Studied law under John Tayloe Lomax. He moved to Richmond to practice law in 1842, but in 1847 returned to the Northern Neck of Virginia. He was appointed professor of history and political economy at the College of William and Mary. He married Cynthia Beverley Tucker. Washi...

Washington, Corbin, 1767-1799

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Nephew of George Washington, brother of Supreme Court Justice Bushrod Washington and son-in-law of Richard Henry Lee. ...

Washington, Lawrence Augustine, 1776-1824

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Son of George Washington's brother Samuel. From the description of ALS : Berkeley County, Va., to George Washington, 1797 Aug. 23. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122365130 ...

Turner, Thomas

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Spotswood, Alexander, approximately 1746-1818

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Alexander Spotswood was a Revolutionary War officer from Spotsylvania County, Va. From the guide to the Alexander Spotswood letter to Edmund Pendleton, 1775 November 16, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) William Augustin Washington was (1757-1810) was a nephew of George Washington, son of his half-brother Augustine. William A. Washington fought in the Revolutionary War rising to the rank of Brigadier General. After the war he lived in Wakef...

Wormeley, Ralph, 1744-1806

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Planter of Rosehill, Middlesex County, Va. From the description of Papers of Ralph Wormeley, 1773-1802. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32672058 ...

Quesenberry, George, -1812?

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