Special Collections at The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
PO Box 3600Created by the Special Collections Staff at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library. Updated by Samantha Snyder, Reference Librarian, May 2021.
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Purchased by the A. Alfred Taubman Acquisition Endowment Fund, 2011.
[Name and date of item], Bushrod Washington family papers, [Folder], Special Collections, The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon [hereafter Washington Library], Mount Vernon, Virginia.
Bushrod Washington (1762-1829): Bushrod was the son of Hannah Bushrod and John Augustine Washington, the younger brother of George Washington. Upon the death of Martha 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 met while attending law lectures given by George Wythe at the College of William and Mary. Bushrod and his wife, Julia Ann Blackburn, had no children, but raised three of their nephews. One nephew, John Augustine Washington II (1789-1832), inherited Mount Vernon from Bushrod.
The Bushrod Washington Family Papers consist of documents gathered by the descendants of the first President of the United States, George Washington. The collection comprises an assortment of correspondence and legal documents documenting the lives and property ownership of several branches of the Washington family. The collection is organized into five series: Correspondence, Legal Documents, Social, Miscellaneous, and Indenture Notices (Land Deeds).
The Correspondence series, circa 1780-1835, contains letters mostly written to Bushrod Washington, executor of George Washington's estate and inheritor of Mount Vernon. While some were written by friends of Bushrod Washington, most are from his brother and his many nieces and nephews.
Of the letters not written to Bushrod Washington, the largest portion were written by Bushrod Corbin Washington, his wife Anna Maria, and their daughter Hannah to their son, Cadet Thomas Washington, who was stationed in Middletown, Connecticut. Most often, when one of the three would pen a letter, the other two would add a quick greeting in whatever space remained. Among the famous Virginians with whom Bushrod Washington corresponded are Richard Channing Moore, George Spotswood, and George Wythe. All of the letters are in alphabetical order by the last name of the correspondent, with undated materials at the end.
Legal Documents, 1719-1835, contains six subseries: Estate Matters, Financial Agreements, Land Disputes, Plats, Wills, and Other. Issues arising after the death of a family member can be found in the Estate Matters subseries. The estate of George Washington was perhaps the most disputed, with legal proceedings occurring thirty years following his death. Loans and sales of property are the focus of the Financial Agreements subseries. At least two family members were involved with land disputes over the years. The Land Disputes subseries records the disputes of Richard Bushrod and John Augustine Washington. Surveys, or Plats, were the primary tool for settling such disputes and can be found in the next subseries. The Wills of several family members provide data regarding the families' possessions. This subseries contains wills written by ten family members. In addition to household items and distribution of land, these wills also dictate the owners' desires regarding who would inherit slaves. Four other documents, not closely resembling any of the other legal pieces comprise their own subseries. When possible, all of the Legal Documents are listed in alphabetical order by the last name of the creator.
Bushrod Washington, a well-respected Judge, was active in affairs aside from running his family estate. Evidence of these can be found in the Social series, 1816-1829. The American Bible Society and the Bunker Hill Monument Association were among the organizations in which Judge Washington was involved.
A formula for cement, mailed to the President of the United States, Mount Vernon, and recipes highlight the Miscellaneous series, 1795 and undated.
Some of the oldest material in the collection is found in the Indenture Notices (Land Deeds) series, 1662-1814. These documents relate the history of land ownership among the Bushrod and Washington families, as well as several of their neighbors and associates. While technically legal documents, the size of several of the deeds precludes their being stored alongside the papers of the Legal Documents series. Arranged chronologically, the Indenture Notices specify all the details of the transaction, including the amount of land, location, and purchase price.
The collection is organized in the following series and subseries:
Series 1. Correspondence (Arranged alphabetically by creator's last name then chronologically, with undated materials listed last.)
Series 2. Legal Documents (Six subseries: Estate Matters, Financial Agreements, Land Disputes, Plats, Wills, and Other)
Series 3. Social
Series 4. Miscellaneous
Series 5. Indenture Notices (Land Deeds)
Additional manuscripts related to Bushrod Washington and his family can be found in the George Washington Collection, Martha Washington Collection, Historic Manuscript Collection, Elswyth Thane Beebe Collection of Washington Family Papers, and Potomac Navigation Company Records.
Autograph letter signed "Urbain Babier" with integral address panel. Babier writes in a mixture of French and English to Bushrod admonishing him for being a slave holder. Docketed by Bushrod on verso "anonymous and... impertinent."
A letter from the brother of Bushrod's wife, Julia Ann Blackburn Washington.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Caldwell asks Bushrod for help gathering information for biographies he is writing of John Randolph and Captain Lewis Warrington.
Elizabeth Hamilton writes about her husband Alexander Hamilton's legacy and invites Bushrod and his wife to stay with her next time they are in New York.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Letter delivered by William Hodgson, an English gentleman touring America. Elizabeth Hamilton writes to Bushrod about news from New York.
Herbert writes that Elizabeth Hamilton is hoping to acquire some of the correspondence between George Washington and Alexander Hamilton.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed. Episcopal clergyman Richard Channing Moore writes to Bushrod that he might become the rector of a church in Richmond. In 1814, Moore was elected bishop of the Diocese of Richmond.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Mrs. Preto asks Bushrod if he has any influence with Martin Van Buren in the State Department to get a job for her husband.
A distant relative of Bushrod's wife writes to ask for assistance.
A distant relative of Bushrod's wife writes a second time to ask for assistance.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Manuscript list in the hand of Jared Sparks of all the papers of George Washington taken by Sparks from Mount Vernon. A note on the verso signed by Bushrod states that the papers were shipped on 13 June 1827 aboard the schooner Alexandria.
Letter, Jared Sparks, Cambridge, to Bushrod Corbin Washington, Claymont, 1835 January 7: 2020-10-28
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Sparks writes to Bushrod Corbin Washington, executor of the estate of Bushrod Washington, in response to his inquiries about Sparks's progress on his publication of the writings of George Washington.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Spotswood writes Bushrod asking his help help getting a job with the Jackson administration.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter with integral address panel. Story shares his opinion on various court cases with Bushrod.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Letter addressed to "My Dear Uncle" from the wife of Bushrod Corbin Washington.
Draft copy. Bushrod writes about the sale of land.
Draft copy.
Draft copy. Bushrod writes to General Jan Pieter van Suchtelen, the Russian Minister at Stockholm, in response to his request for "manuscript specimens of the handwriting of some of our most illustrious citizens." Bushrod says he is sending manuscripts written by John Marshall, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, John Jay, and George Washington.
Autograph letter signed. Bushrod asks Marshall to look through the Washington letters in his possession and send any related to Alexander Hamilton to Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton.
Autograph letter signed. Draft copy. Bushrod tells Elizabeth Hamilton that he has written to Chief Justice John Marshall about the Alexander Hamilton and George Washington correspondence that she has requested.
Autograph letter signed. Draft copy. Bushrod writes to James Hamilton about correspondence between George Washington and Alexander Hamilton that was requested by Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton.
Draft copy.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Bushrod Corbin Washington writes his uncle that he is on the trail of Charles and Nathan, two of Bushrod's enslaved workers.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letters signed with integral address panel. Three letters on one leaf of papers addressed to Thomas Blackburn Washington by his father, sister, and mother.
Autograph letters signed with integral address panel. 5 letters on one sheet of paper addressed to Thomas Blackburn Washington from his sister, mother, and cousins.
Autograph letters signed with integral address panel. 2 letters on one leaf of paper written to Thomas Blackburn Washington by his mother and sister.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. 3 letters on one leaf of paper addressed to Thomas Blackburn Washington from his mother, sister, and father.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. 2 letters on one leaf of paper addressed to Thomas Blackburn Washington from his father and sister.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letters signed with integral address panel. Two letters on one leaf of paper addressed to Thomas Blackburn Washington from his mother and father.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letters signed with integral address panel. Two letters on one leaf of paper addressed to Thomas Blackburn Washington from his mother and sister.
Autograph letters signed with integral address panel. Two letters on one leaf of paper addresed to Thomas Blackburn Washington from his sister and mother.
Autograph letters signed with integral address panel. 3 letters on one leaf of paper addressed to Thomas Blackburn Washington from his father, mother, and sister.
3 letters on one leaf of paper addressed to Thomas Blackburn Washington from his mother, father, and sister.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letters signed with integral address panel. Two letters on one leaf of paper addressed to Thomas Blackburn Washington from his sister and father.
Autograph letters signed with integral address panel. 2 letters on one leaf of paper addressed to Thomas Blackburn Washington from his father and sister. Bushrod Corbin writes that he has returned from Richmond to find all his family and friends well, "both white and black."
Autograph letters signed with integral address panel. 3 letters on one leaf of paper addressed to Thomas Blackburn Washington from his father, mother, and sister.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. 2 letters on one leaf of paper addressed to Thomas Blackburn Washington by his mother and father.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. 2 letters on one leaf of paper addressed to Thomas Blackburn Washington from his sister and mother. Also contains doodled signatures of Archibald Fairfax and Bushrod W. Herbert, and Noblet Herbert.
Autograph letters signed with integral address panel. 3 letters on a single leaf of papers addressed to Thomas Blackburn Washington from his father, sister, and mother.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed. Hannah mentions Thomas visiting Mount Vernon.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. 3 letters on one leaf of papers addressed to Thomas Blackburn Washington by his father, mother, and sister.
Autograph letters signed with integral address panel. Two letters on one leaf of paper addressed to Thomas Blackburn Washington from his mother and father.
Autograph letters signed with integral address panel. Two letters on a single leaf of paper addressed to Thomas Blackburn Washington from his mother and sister.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letters signed with integral address panel. 2 letters on one leaf of paper addressed to Thomas Blackburn Washington from his sister and cousin.
Autograph letters signed with integral address panels. 2 letters on one leaf of paper addressed to Thomas Blackburn Washington from his father and mother.
Autograph letters signed with integral address panel. 2 letters on one leaf of paper addressed to Thomas Blackburn Washington from his sister and father.
Autograph letters signed with integral address panel. 3 letters on one leaf of paper addressed to Thomas Blackburn Washington from his sister, mother, and father.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed. 2 letters on one leaf of paper addressed to Thomas Blackburn Washington from his sister and mother.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letters signed with integral address panel. Two letters on a single sheet of paper addressed to Thomas Blackburn Washington from his father and mother.
Autograph letters signed with integral address panel. Two letters on a single sheet of paper addressed to Thomas Blackburn Washington by his father and mother.
Autograph letter signed.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letters signed with integral address panel. 2 letters on a single sheet of paper addressed to Thomas Blackburn Washington by his father and sister.
Autograph letters signed with integral address panel. 2 letters on a single sheet of paper addressed to Thomas Blackburn Washington by his father and sister.
Autograph letters signed with integral address panel. 2 letters on a single sheet of paper addressed to Thomas Blackburn Washington from his father and sister.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letters signed with integral address panel. 2 letters on a single leaf of paper addressed to Thomas Blackburn Washington from his father and sister.
Autograph letters signed with integral address panel. 3 letters on a single leaf of paper addressed to Thomas Blackburn Washington from his mother, sister, and father.
Autograph letters signed with integral address panel. 2 letters on a single sheet of paper addressed to Thomas Blackburn Washington from his mother and father.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Corbin writes that he had planned to visit Bushrod in Philadelphia but lacks the funds and clothing. He asks on behalf of their father if Bushrod can send books: Horace, Euclid, Cicero's Orations, and a Westminster Greek grammar published in 1754.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed.
Autograph letter signed. Corbin writes that his wife has almost died from "very severe epileptic fits."
Autograph letter signed.
Autograph letter signed.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. With additional sheet signed by Corbin describing Walnut Farm in Westmoreland County.
Autograph letter signed.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed.
Address panel addressed to Bushrod by Corbin Washington. The letter is not extant.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. 2 letters on 1 leaf of paper written to Bushrod by his mother and father.
Autograph letter signed.
Autograph letter signed.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. With additional leaf of paper in another hand addressed to "my dear son."
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel, with note that the letter was sent "By Jeremiah."
Autograph letter signed, undated, with integral address panel.
Address panel with note on verso about the prices of tea and sugar in Philadelphia.
Autograph letter signed. Lund writes about crops and horses.
Autograph letter signed. From "Samuel George Washington" to his father, Bushrod Washington. Bushrod had no children and dockets the letter on verso, "From some fool or knave calling himself Samuel F. Washington & my son."
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Autograph letter signed.
An inventory of the furniture from John Augustine Washington's estate at Bushfield, which was divided between his wife Hannah and their two sons, Corbin and Bushrod. This document is located within Box 4 (oversized).
List of land left to Samuel and John Augustine Washington by Lawrence Washington, circa 1752: 2022-06-08
List of land, including new patents in Frederick City, left to Samuel Washington and John Augustine Washington by their older half-brother Lawrence Washington. The list also notes that 3,569 acres were given to Charles Washington.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. John Augustine writes to his uncle about payments received from the Estate of General George Washington.
Autograph leter signed with integral address panel. John Augustine writes to his uncle about payments received from the Estate of George Washington.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Ludwell Lee writes on behalf of his brother about a debt due to the estate of George Washington. Lee writes that is brother is unable to pay the debt at the moment because he has recently purchased "some Negroes."
Autograph letter signed. Copy. Bushrod writes to a son of Alexander Spotswood regarding payment owed to the estate of George Washington.
Autograph letter with free franked address panel. Rives writes regarding debts owed by his neighbor to Bushrod, as well as the sale of land from the estate of George Washington near the Dismal Swamp.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Letter regarding the payment of debts owed to the estate of George Washington.
Autograph leter signed with integral address panel. Letter regarding the payment of debt owed to the estate of George Washington.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Lee writes about debts owed to the estate of General Washington and mentions visiting Bushrod at Mount Vernon.
A list of taxes on 8,857 acres of land owned by the estate of George Washington in 1802.
Autograph letter signed. Lewis writes that Samuel Washington has requested the patent for the tract of land on the Kanahwa.
Manuscript copy of "George Washington's Executors against L. W. McCarty Spotswood & others and Mary D. Washington against George Washington's Executors."
Autograph document signed "Bush. Washington."
Docketed on verso by Bushrod Washington.
Taken by William Grayson.
Note regarding money owed by Fitzhugh's father for land in Charles County.
Wrapper docketed "Title papers on the Ohio & Kanhawa Lands which the Legatees have divided..."
Note on the sale of Lot 5 to A. Parke, Lots 12 and 13 to Thomas Peter, and Lot 14 to George S. Washington.
List of accounts title "Condensed Statement A" showing credit, cash, and balances with the W. L. McCarty Spotswood, Washington Thornton, H. Fitzhugh, J. N. Ashton, Mary D. Washington, Samuel Washington, Robert Lewis, George Washington Parke Custis, Bushrod Corbin Washington, Thomas Peter, Fayette Ball, Lawrence Lewis, Bushrod Washington, and others.
List of accounts showing credit, cash, and balances with the W. L. McCarty Spotswood, Washington Thornton, H. Fitzhugh, J. N. Ashton, Mary D. Washington, Samuel Washington, Robert Lewis, George Washington Parke Custis, Bushrod Corbin Washington, Thomas Peter, Fayette Ball, Lawrence Lewis, Bushrod Washington, and others.
Plat of the late General George Washington's lands in Jefferson County, 1803: 2021-03-09
Survey and plat of George Washington's Bullskin farm and land in Jefferson County.
Autograph document in unidentified hand, recording "confidential communication" received from Bushrod Washington with instructions for his burial.
Autograph document signed R. J. Taylor. In his will, Bushrod Washington instructed that his law books be retained at Mount Vernon by John Augustine Washington II until his nephew Bushrod Washington Herbert turns twenty-one. Then, Herbert will inherit the books if at that time he is "destined to the bar" and determined to practice law.
A copy from the County Court of Fairfax of the division of the slaves and stocks from the estate of Bushrod Washington amongst his nephews. Includes a list of the names of the enslaved persons that went to each nephew, with their values.
Inventory and appraisement of the personal estate of Bushrod Washington of Mount Vernon, approximately 1830: 2023-03-02
Autograph document in the hand of John Augustine Washington II, 20 pages. Includes a list of enslaved workers and household goods listed by room, with some notes on to whom they were bequeathed.
Bond of indenture witnessed and signed by Charles Washington.
Autograph document signed by Bushrod Washington and Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee, conveying the estate of Belvidere to Washington.
Autograph document signed by Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee. An agreement about a road connecting the Belvedire estate to a canal.
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.
Agreement about renting a house.
Agreement for the conveyance of lands in Westmoreland County.
Undated bond between Robert Throckmorton and John Augustine Washington regarding the sale of land. Witnessed and signed by James Rumsey.
Survey created by James Thomas for the action of trespass in the legal case Richard Bushrod vs. Lawrence McNemarra.
Survey by James Thomas, surveyor of Westmoreland County.
Addressed to N. Herbert of Alexandria.
Two print forms from the Commonwealth of Virginia from the case Washington vs. Hite.
Legal advise from Edmund Pendelton to John Augustine Washington regarding a land dispute with Fauntleroy. Lists items to prove to solidify case including deaths of previous owners. Notes survey details of land in question. Feels confident the case will be successful. Autograph letter signed, 1 page, with integral address panel.
Docketed "Rough Draft of my lands in Berkley with observations of no consequence to any body but myself. C Washington."
A plat showing 131 lots and street names in Bath at Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. The lots are listed with their owners' names and prices. The plat includes lots owned by Gen. Washington and W. Fairfax.
Surveyed by Chris Collins.
Docketed "Frederick Land Papers" with plat on verso.
Surveyed by Robert Brook.
Three copies of the will of John Bushrod of Westmoreland County with notes by Bushrod Washington for the case Washington vs. Fauntleroy.
An inventory listing household items, furniture, 4 enslaved persons, and animals. With a note by Mildred Bushrod that she received the listed articles from John Augustine Washington on July 27, 1761.
Copy of the last will and testament of Bushrod Washington, 1830 February 12: 2022-08-23
A copy of Bushrod Washington's will in the Fairfax County Court. Includes instructions for the division of the Mount Vernon property, library, and enslaved population, with instructions that land should be given to West Ford.
Copy of the last will and testament of Hannah Bushrod Washington, circa 1801: 2021-11-18
A manuscript copy of the last will and testament of Hannah Bushrod Washington, in which she specifies that her body be left out until it putrefies so that she is not buried alive. In her will, Hannah specifies that West Ford, the son of an enslaved woman named Venus, should be inoculated from smallpox, apprenticed to a tradesman, and freed at the age of twenty-one.
A "true" manuscript copy made from the original, which is dated July 8, 1830. In his will, John Augustine gives his wife Jane the power to dispose of any of his enslaved workers who are disobedient to her after his death. He also stipulates that his children may sell the Mount Vernon estate to the government if Congress wants it.
Printed form with manuscript inputs. Signed on verso B. Washington. Insurance application for Bushrod's residence Belvedary in Richmond City in the county of Henrico. Includes a plan of three buildings – a kitchen, dwelling, and office.
Autograph document in the hand of James Mercer, with an autograph signed note. With integral address panel addressed to George Washington Esq, "present." This memorial or petition was sent by Washington to Dunmore to request additional surveys of the Kanawha lands granted to Virginia veterans of the French and Indian War.
Autograph document. A list of household goods and animals sold at Selby, with an additional list of the sale of the enslaved workers Abraham, Caeser, Siphah, Robin, Daniel, Toby, Harry, and Moses.
Four letters related to Bushrod Washington's involvement in the American Bible Society.
Letter informing Bushrod Washington he has been named Vice President of the American Sunday School Union, 1829 June 2
Letter from Edward Everett informing Bushrod Washington that he has been named an honorary member of the Bunker Hill Monument Association.
Contains 2 items:
Constitution of the Philadelphia Southern Society, 1818 May 13 - a rinted pamphlet, 4 pages, with manuscript additions to
the list of members.
Letter informing Bushrod Washington that he has been named an honorary member of the Philadelphia Southern Society.
Letter to Bushrod Washington asking for financial support.
Contains 3 letters:
Letter informing Bushrod Washington that he has been named an honorary member of the Peithesophian Society of Rutgers College,
1829 October 3
Letter informing Bushrod Washington that Harvard University has conferred on him the honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws, 1828
March 3
Letter inviting Bushrod Washington to become an honorary member of the Franklin Society of Penn University, 1824 June 31
Addressed to the President of the United States, Mount Vernon, and docketed "cement" in George Washington's hand.
Autograph document, docketed by Bushrod Washington.
Autograph document in the hand of Elizabeth Powel, docketed by Bushrod Washington. Addressed to Judge Washington "with Mrs. Powels best wishes."
For land in the Northern Neck of Virginia.
Autograph document signed. With note on verso by the wife of Robert Worthington that she received four pounds seven shillings from Major Lawrence Washington for lease of the land. Dated 1741 October 14.
Autograph document. Fragile with tape repairs and loss of text.
Autograph document signed John Waller. For the sale of one acre of land and a house in Fredericksburgh in the County of Spotsylvania. With partial manuscript transcription written on Washington State Senate stationary, dated 1950.
Autograph document signed. For land in Fredrick County.
Autograph document signed by John Augustine Washington, Charles Washington, and George A. Washington. For land in Fredericksburg leased by John Augustine to his mother, Mary Ball Washington.
Autograph document. Copy of indenture for land in Fairfax County.
Autograph document signed. For land in Fairfax County.