Papers, 1834-1890.

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Papers, 1834-1890.

Most of the collection consists of business papers concerning the hotel and includes documentation of certain hotel visitors, financial and legal papers of the hotel as well as documents from his work as founder of the National Safe Deposit, Savings & Trust, Co., the DC Board of Public Works, and All Souls Church, where he was a trustee. Included are appointments bearing the signatures of Presidents Grant, Hayes and Cleveland and also a document to the DC Supreme Court detailing his feud with his brother.

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Willard, Henry A. (Henry Augustus), 1902-2002

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Owner of the Willard Hotel in Washington, DC. From the description of Papers, 1834-1890. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36005248 Willard family, merchant family of Westminster, Vt., and Washington, D.C. Several family members represented Vermont in the U.S. Congress. From the description of Henry A. Willard II collection, 1743-1888 (bulk 1770-1840). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82098781 ...