Book of accounts, 1762 to 1784, of Lund Washington, overseer of Mount Vernon for General Washington, 1762-1784 [microform].

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Book of accounts, 1762 to 1784, of Lund Washington, overseer of Mount Vernon for General Washington, 1762-1784 [microform].

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Contains accounts of Lund Washington, later overseer of George Washington's Mount Vernon estate. Includes accounts with George Washington, John Parke Custis, Laurence Washington, members of the Fitzhugh family, and dozens of others.

1 microfilm reel.

George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon

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George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon

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Washington, Lund, 1737-1796

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Lund Washington (1737-1796) was a distant cousin of George Washington. He was born at Chotank, Virginia (then Stafford County, now King George County), the son of Townshend and Elizabeth Lund Washington. During the years of the Revolution, Lund lived at and managed Mount Vernon. His letters to the General convey much information about the running of the estate during the war. He married Elizabeth Foote in 1779. After the war George Washington sold 360 acres of the western section of Mount Vernon...