Washington-Pearce collection, 1793-1798 [microform].

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Washington-Pearce collection, 1793-1798 [microform].

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Consists of letters written by George Washington to his Mount Vernon manager, William Pearce from October 1793 through May 1798. Residing in Philadelphia during the second term of his presidency of the United States, Washington still directed almost every phase of the Mount Vernon estate operation by mail. A few of the documents are not letters from Washington to Pearce, to wit: a contract between Washington and a house carpenter and joiner with added signature of Bartholomew Dandridge; a letter from Tobias Lear to Pearce; a document titled "Terms on which the Farms at Mount Vernon may be obtained"; diagrams for crop rotation; a letter from Sarah Green to Washington, which he forwarded to Pearce; a letter from Thomas Patten to Pearce; the calculation of bricks needed for constructing a barn at Washington's River Farm; and a farm plat drawn by Washington.

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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Pearce, W. H. (William Howard), 1794-1840

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Green, Sarah

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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...

Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816

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Lear became George Washington's private secretary in 1785 and for seven years was a member of the official family at Mount Vernon. After his first wife's death he married Frances Bassett Washington, who was Martha Washington's niece and the widow of George Washington's nephew George Augustine Washington. He later married another niece of Martha's, and served in a number of consular positions. 1762, Sept. 19 ...

Patten, Thomas

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Epithet: timber merchant, of Reading British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001300.0x0000c9 Epithet: Reverend; DD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001300.0x0000c0 ...