Papers of the Washington family [manuscript], 1752-1816.

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Papers of the Washington family [manuscript], 1752-1816.

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The collection contains journal entries, 1773-1781, concerning the estate of Lawrence Washington; a fragment concerning a suit of chancery, 1816, brought before the Greenbrier County Court by Lawrence Washington against George W.P. Custis, Bushrod Washington and others; and an account of Samuel Harestone with John Harvie, 1752-1756, brought before John Fry, Albemarle County Court, 1762.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Harvie, John, 1742-1807

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John Harvie (1742 – February 6, 1807) was an American Founding Father, lawyer and builder from Virginia. He was a delegate to the Second Continental Congress, where he signed the Articles of Confederation, in 1777 and 1778. He was a successful lawyer and landowner, as well as the fourth mayor of Richmond, Virginia. Thomas Jefferson was a friend since his childhood; his father was Jefferson's guardian. He negotiated a peace treaty in 1774 after the Battle of Point Pleasant. During the American Re...

Washington family.

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Washington, Bushrod, 1762-1829

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Washington, Bushrod (1762-1829) was the son of Hannah Bushrod and John Augustine Washington, the younger brother of George Washington. Upon the death of George Washington, Bushrod inherited the Mount Vernon estate. A graduate of the College of William and Mary, Bushrod served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. He was joined on the Supreme Court by his long-time friend, John Marshall. Justices Washington and Marshall had met while attending law lectures given by George Wythe at th...

Virginia. County court (Albemarle)

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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 ...

Fry, John, fl. 1762.

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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....

West Virginia. County court (Greenbrier)

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Harestone, Samuel, fl. 1752-1762.

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Washington, Lawrence J.

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