Washington, Henry A. Papers Guide to the Henry A. Washington Papers Mss. 39.1 W251

Guide to the Henry A. Washington Papers Mss. 39.1 W251

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Finding Aid Authors: Kim Sims.

Repository

Special Collections Research Center

Identification

Mss. 39.1 W251

Title

Henry A. Washington Papers 1835-1859

Quantity

8.42 Linear Feet

Creator

Washington, Henry A., 1820-1858

Language

English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation:

Henry A. Washington Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Gift

Biographical Information:

Henry Augustine Washington was born at Haywood, Virginia on 24 August 1820, the son of Lawrence Washington and Sarah Tayloe Washington. He attended Georgetown College and the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University). Studied law under John Tayloe Lomax. He moved to Richmond to practice law in 1842, but in 1847 returned to the Northern Neck of Virginia.

He was appointed professor of history and political economy at the College of William and Mary. He married Cynthia Beverley Tucker, daughter of Williamsburg mayor and judge, Nathaniel Beverley Tucker. Washington edited the Writings of Thomas Jefferson (Washington, 1853-54) and completed Thomas R. Dew's A Digest of the Laws, Customs, Manners and Institutions of the Ancient and Modern Nations (1853). He suffered ill-health for years and died 28 February 1858.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the papers of Henry A. Washington, professor of history and political economy at the College of William and Mary. Dates include 1835-1859. The collection Includes correspondence, poetical compositions, diaries kept while practicing law in Richmond, Va., writings and addresses, legal and financial papers, and the manuscript of his edition of the Writings of Thomas Jefferson as well as supporting documentation for that project. Prominent correspondents include John Moncure Daniel, William and Mary faculty/staff (Benjamin S. Ewell, Tazewell Taylor, Morgan J. Smead, Silas Totten), John Johns, and family members.

Related Material

Diaries printed in Carol H. Sturzenberger, "The Diaries of Henry A. Washington" (M. A. Thesis, College of William and Mary, 1979). See also Tucker-Coleman Papers (Mss. 40 T79), Cynthia BeverleyTucker Washington Coleman Papers (MS 00007), and Washington Family Papers (Acc. 2014.244), Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

College of William and Mary--Faculty and Staff
Correspondence
Diaries
Poems
Practice of law--Virginia--History--19th century
United States--Slavery

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

Washington, Henry A., 1820-1858

Container List

id293673

Correspondence

1845-1858, undated

id293675
Letters sent to Henry A. Washington

Scope and Contents
Arranged alphabetically by writer/sender.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 1 id293679
  D. Appleton
  1849, 1851-1853, 1855, undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 2 id293681
  John B. Christian
  1848-1850, undated
  Scope and Contents
  Christian was a member of the College of William and Mary's Board of Visitors. One letter notifies Washington of his election as Professor of History and Political Economy at William and Mary. Another letter refers to William and Mary business, including Board of Visitors meetings, the resignation of the Bursar in 1850, and textbooks used by Thomas Dew in his classes.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 3 id293683
  John M. Daniel
  1848-1851, undated
  Scope and Contents
  A letter from 1849 mentions a rumor about there being only 12 students at William and Mary; an undated letter provides a detailed description of a duel fought by Daniel and [?] Johnston, including his traveling to Georgetown under an assumed name.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 4 id293685
  Benjamin Ewell
  1850-1851, 1853
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 5 id293687
  Farmers Bank of Virginia
  1850, 1851
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 6 id293689
  William H. Fitzhugh, Jr.
  1851-1852
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 7 id293691
  John Johns
  1850-1855, undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 8 id293693
  G. W. Lewis
  1849-1850, 1852-1853
  Scope and Contents
  Letters refer to William and Mary student, Arthur Ashton, a relation of Lewis.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 9 id293695
  J. M. Mason
  1850-1854, undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 10 id293697
  W. R. Mason, Jr.
  1848-1853
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 11 id293699
  Norfolk Savings
  1853-1858
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 12 id293701
  Riker, Thorne, and Co.
  1853-1855
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 13 id293703
  William J. Robertson
  1855-1856
  Scope and Contents
  William and Mary business.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 14 id293705
  Rowland and Bros.
  1849-1855
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 15 id293707
  James A. Seddon
  1848-1851
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 16 id293709
  John N. Shields
  1855
  Scope and Contents
  Letters center on Washington's servant [slave] Bella, including her running away, her health (specifically mentioning "diseased womb") and cost of hire.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 17 id293711
  Morgan J. Smead
  1850, undated
  Scope and Contents
  William and Mary business.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 18 id293713
  Thomas B. Smith (for R. H. Smith)
  1853-1854
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 19 id293715
  William Tayloe
  1850, 1853-1854
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 20 id293717
  Taylor and Maury Booksellers
  1853
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 21 id293719
  Tazewell Taylor
  1850, 1852, 1857
  Scope and Contents
  William and Mary business, including acknowledgement of Taylor's election as Bursar.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 22 id293721
  Silas Totten
  1849-1850
  Scope and Contents
  William and Mary business.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 23 id293723
  John Randolph Tucker
  1852, 1854-1855
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 24 id293725
  Cynthia Beverley Tucker Washington (wife)
  1855, undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 25 id293727
  Elizabeth "Bettie" Washington (sister)
  1849-1850
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 26 id293729
  George Washington (brother)
  1849-1855, undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 27 id293731
  John T. Washington (brother)
  1849-1850
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 28 id293733
  Lawrence Washington (father)
  1840, 1846, 1849
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 29 id293735
  Lawrence Washington (father)
  1850
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 30 id293737
  Lawrence Washington (father)
  1852-1853
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 31 id293739
  Lawrence Washington (father)
  1854-1855
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 32 id293741
  Lawrence Washington (father)
  1856-1857, undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 33 id293743
  Lloyd Washington (brother)
  11 December 1856
  Scope and Contents
  Lawrence Washington (father) added to Lloyd's letter.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 1 id293747
  Mary Washington (sister)
  1849-1855, 1857, undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 2 id293749
  Richard Washington (brother)
  1845, 1849-1855, undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 3 id293751
  Sarah T. Washington (mother)
  1847, 1849, 1850-1851, 1856, undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 4 id293753
  Tayloe Washington (brother)
  1849-1850, 1853, 1855-1856, undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 5 id293755
  William Washington (brother)
  1850, 1852, 1854, undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 6 id293757
  William F. Watson
  1849-1850, 1853, 1856
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 7 id293759
  George M. West
  1853, 1856-1858
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 8 id293761
  A. P. White
  1851, 1853
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 9 id293763
  James Woodhouse
  1854-1855
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 10 id293765
  Thomas H. Wynne
  1854
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 11 id293767
  Various Correspondents: A-B
  1848-1856
  Scope and Contents
  Organized by surname; a letter from Joshua Alvis (1849) refers to a legal case involving the purchase of an enslaved boy.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 12 id293769
  Various Correspondents: C
  1849-1854, undated
  Scope and Contents
  Organized by surname.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 13 id293771
  Various Correspondents: D-H
  1846-1855, undated
  Scope and Contents
  Organized by surname.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 14 id293773
  Various Correspondents: J-L
  1849-1854, undated
  Scope and Contents
  Organized by surname; a letter from Mrs. [?] Lomax (1854) refers to her son's suspension from the College of William and Mary.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 15 id293775
  Various Correspondents: M-N
  1849-1856, undated
  Scope and Contents
  Organized by surname.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 16 id293777
  Various Correspondents: O-Q
  1849-1855, undated
  Scope and Contents
  Organized by surname.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 17 id293779
  Various Correspondents: R
  1849-1853, 1855
  Scope and Contents
  Organized by surname.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 18 id293781
  Various Correspondents: S
  1849, 1852-1854, undated
  Scope and Contents
  Organized by surname.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 19 id293783
  Various Correspondents: T-V
  1852-1855, undated
  Scope and Contents
  Organized by surname.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 20 id293785
  Various Correspondents: W-Y
  1845, 1849, 1853-1854, undated
  Scope and Contents
  Organized by surname.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 21 id295410
  Unidentified Correspondents
  1847, undated
id293789
Letters sent by Henry A. Washington
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 22 id293793
  Letters to Various Individuals
  1847-1850, 1853-1857
  Scope and Contents
  Organized by surname.
id295414
Letters sent to Other People
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 23 id295418
  Various Correspondents
  1848-1849, 1852-1853, undated
  Scope and Contents
  Of note include an 1849 letter to the President and Faculty of the College of William and Mary by Professor John Millington, and an 1852 letter to Professor Dennis H. Mahone of West Point by Benjamin Ewell, introducing H.A.W.

id293795

Lecture Notes

1852 October, undated

Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 1 id293799
Africa
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 2 id293801
African Slave Trade
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 3 id293803
Asia
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 4 id293805
Assyrians (of Nineveh, of Babylon)
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 5 id293807
Athenian Empire
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 6 id293809
Athens
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 7 id293811
Attempts at Political Organization
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 8 id293813
Carthage
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 9 id293815
History of Carthage
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 10 id293817
Centralization of Nations and Governments during the 16th century
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 11 id293819
China
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 12 id293821
Christian Church
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 13 id293823
Credit System
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 14 id293825
The Crusades
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 15 id293827
The Dark Ages
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 16 id293829
Egypt
Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 17 id293831
Europe, European Races
Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 1 id293835
The Feudal System
Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 2 id293837
Free Cities
Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 3 id293839
Greece
Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 4 id293841
Greece
Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 5 id293843
Greece
Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 6 id293845
Greece
Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 7 id293847
Greece
Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 8 id293849
Historic Greece
Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 9 id293851
Legendary Greece
Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 10 id293853
Jews
Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 11 id293855
Historical Development
Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 12 id293857
India
Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 13 id293859
Introductory Lecture
October 1852
Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 14 id293861
Ionian Revolt
Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 1 id293865
Lacedominian Empire
Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 2 id293867
Lydians
Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 3 id293869
Medes
Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 4 id293871
Middle Ages
Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 5 id293873
Monarchy
Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 6 id293875
Money
Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 7 id294145
National Law
Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 8 id293877
Negro Races
Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 9 id293879
Peloponnesian War
Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 10 id293881
Pericles and His Reforms
Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 11 id293883
Persians
Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 12 id293885
Phoenicians
Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 13 id293887
Political Economy
Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 14 id293889
Principles of Ancient History
Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 15 id293891
Principles Deduced from Modern History
Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 16 id293893
Races of Men
Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 1 id293897
Republic
Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 2 id293899
Rise of Sparta and Political Development
Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 3 id293901
Roman History
Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 4 id293903
Roman Republic
Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 5 id293905
Slavery
Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 6 id293907
The Tariff (Parts 1-2)
Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 7 id293909
The Tariff (Part 3)
Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 8 id293911
Theban Supremacy and Macedonian Conquest
Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 9 id293913
The Theory of Value and Wages
Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 10 id293915
United States Bank
Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 1 id294149
Incomplete and/or Unidentified

id293917

Writings

1836-1849, undated

Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 2 id293921
Diaries of Henry Washington (Booklets 1-4)
1842 January-1843 November
Scope and Contents
Henry Washington covers many topics. Societal issues include the dangers of alcohol abuse, religious awakening, novels (Zanoni), self-knowledge of women, thoughts on whether women have culturally inferior minds, virtues of men and women, role of education, notes on Catherine the Great of Russia and murdering her husband, cattle show, elections, manners involving invitations to social engagements, philosophical notes on luck and special providence, role of God in the world, usefulness of prayer, beauty, money, and much more. Politics or law topics include tariffs and debt, martial law, Whig party, gaming law, legal and political question on single magistrate for all cases of petty larceny involving slaves, giving direction to juries, court case of Dabney for bank embezzlement, court cases involving just white or white and black participants, legislative power, the power of the states, and much more. He also writes about friends (Morson) and personal feelings such as being bored. Mentions President John Tyler's visit to Richmond and a discussion of his character, the dignity of the Virginia legislature, the corruptness of politics, and country life in Virginia.
Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 3 id293923
Paper on the Abolition of Slavery (incomplete)
1843 October 6
Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 4 id293925
Essays by Henry Washington (Booklets 1-3)
1844-1845
Scope and Contents
Discuss the Virginia Agricultural Society, free and slave labor, the admission of Texas, obligatory free education for Virginia, and the debates of the Patrick Henry Society. Includes notes on diverse subjects such as "Notes on difference in the meaning of love between a 20 year old man and a 30 year old man" and "Notes on should foreign immigration be checked?"
Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 5 id293927
"Poetical Compositions by Henry A. Washington of Westmoreland County, Va.," (Georgetown College, D. C.)
1836 March
Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 6 id293929
Manuscript Dictionary of Law Terms with Explanations and Precedents (Booklet 1)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 7 id293931
Manuscript Dictionary of Law Terms with Explanations and Precedents (Booklet 2)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 8 id293933
Manuscript Dictionary of Law Terms with Explanations and Precedents (Booklet 3)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 9 id293935
Manuscript Dictionary of Law Terms with Explanations and Precedents (Booklet 4)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 10 id293937
Manuscript Dictionary of Law Terms with Explanations and Precedents (Booklet 5)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 11 id293939
Manuscript Dictionary of Law Terms with Explanations and Precedents (Booklet 6)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 1 id293941
Manuscript Dictionary of Law Terms with Explanations and Precedents (Booklet 7)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 2 id293945
Essays by Henry Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
"Lord Byron," "The Decline of Superstition," "Misanthrophy," "Time," "Views on the Texas Question," "Christianity"
Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 3 id293947
Essays by Henry Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
"Is an Aristocratic Government Better Adapted by the Promotion of Literature than a Democratic Government?," "Do Physical or Moral Causes have the Greater Influence in the Formation of National Character?" (incomplete), "Should Banks be Connected with Government?," "Party Spirit in the U. S."
Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 4 id293949
Essays by Henry Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
"On Disadvantages of a Traitor to a Country," "On the Laws of Lycurgus," "On the Obstacles to Learning," "Respect Due to Merit," "The Return of Cicero from Banishment," "A Translation," "Equanimity," "Whether Lyander was Justifyable [sic] in Destroying Athens," "The Hill of Science," "On History," " The Glory of Thebes under Epaminondas," "On Lafayette," "Translation of Cicero," " The Valley of Pleasure," "Emulation"
Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 5 id293951
Bound Volume of Research Notes
circa 1844-1849
Scope and Contents
Also includes notes on the estate and heirs of John St. George Randolph (written by Cynthia Beverley Tucker Washington Coleman). Includes a list of books left at "Albion," both law and miscellaneous titles, 1849 September 22.
Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 6 id293953
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1780-1788.
Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 7 id293955
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1780-1788.
Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 8 id293957
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1780-1788.
Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 9 id293959
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1780-1788.
Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 10 id293961
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1780-1788.
Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 11 id293963
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1780-1788.
Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 12 id293965
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1780-1788.
Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 13 id293967
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1780-1788.
Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 14 id293969
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1780-1788.
Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 15 id293971
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1780-1788.
Mixed Materials Box: 9 folder: 1 id293973
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1780-1788.
Mixed Materials Box: 9 folder: 2 id293977
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1789-1801.
Mixed Materials Box: 9 folder: 3 id293979
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1789-1801.
Mixed Materials Box: 9 folder: 4 id293981
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1789-1801.
Mixed Materials Box: 9 folder: 5 id293983
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1789-1801.
Mixed Materials Box: 9 folder: 6 id293985
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1789-1801.
Mixed Materials Box: 9 folder: 7 id293987
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1789-1801.
Mixed Materials Box: 9 folder: 8 id293989
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1789-1801.
Mixed Materials Box: 9 folder: 9 id293991
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1789-1801.
Mixed Materials Box: 9 folder: 10 id293993
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1789-1801.
Mixed Materials Box: 10 folder: 1 id293995
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1789-1801.
Mixed Materials Box: 10 folder: 2 id293999
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
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Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1802-1815.
Mixed Materials Box: 10 folder: 3 id294001
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
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Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1802-1815.
Mixed Materials Box: 10 folder: 4 id294003
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1802-1815.
Mixed Materials Box: 10 folder: 5 id294005
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1802-1815.
Mixed Materials Box: 10 folder: 6 id294007
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1802-1815.
Mixed Materials Box: 10 folder: 7 id294009
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
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Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1802-1815.
Mixed Materials Box: 10 folder: 8 id294011
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
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Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1802-1815.
Mixed Materials Box: 10 folder: 9 id294013
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
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Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1802-1815.
Mixed Materials Box: 11 folder: 1 id294017
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
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Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1816-1824.
Mixed Materials Box: 11 folder: 2 id294019
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
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Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1816-1824.
Mixed Materials Box: 11 folder: 3 id294021
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
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Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1816-1824.
Mixed Materials Box: 11 folder: 4 id294023
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1816-1824.
Mixed Materials Box: 11 folder: 5 id294025
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1816-1824.
Mixed Materials Box: 11 folder: 6 id294027
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1816-1824.
Mixed Materials Box: 11 folder: 7 id294029
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Writings covering 1816-1824.
Mixed Materials Box: 11 folder: 8 id294031
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
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Scope and Contents
Unidentified Letters.
Mixed Materials Box: 11 folder: 9 id294033
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
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Scope and Contents
Opinions and Reports.
Mixed Materials Box: 11 folder: 10 id294035
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
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Scope and Contents
Opinions and Reports.
Mixed Materials Box: 11 folder: 11 id294037
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
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Scope and Contents
Inaugural Addresses for 1801, 1805.
Mixed Materials Box: 11 folder: 12 id294039
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
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Scope and Contents
Biographical Sketches.
Mixed Materials Box: 11 folder: 13 id294041
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Minutes of Cabinet Meetings.
Mixed Materials Box: 12 folder: 1 id294045
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous Papers.
Mixed Materials Box: 12 folder: 2 id294047
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Indexes and Table of Contents.
Mixed Materials Box: 12 folder: 3 id294049
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Indexes and Table of Contents.
Mixed Materials Box: 12 folder: 4 id294051
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Indexes and Table of Contents.
Mixed Materials Box: 12 folder: 5 id294131
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry A. Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Appendix A.
Mixed Materials Box: 12 folder: 6 id294133
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Unidentified Pages.
Mixed Materials Box: 12 folder: 7 id294135
Original Manuscript for The Writings of Thomas Jefferson , edited by Henry Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Unidentified Pages.
Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 1 Oversize Folder: 1 id294183
Political Economy, Wealth, Production: Book I and Book II
undated

id294053

Addresses

1839-1840, undated

Mixed Materials Box: 12 folder: 8 id294057
Fourth of July Oration Delivered at Princeton
1839
Mixed Materials Box: 12 folder: 9 id294059
Argument Made in the Moot Court in Fredericksburg
1840
Mixed Materials Box: 12 folder: 10 id294061
Address on the Benefits of Knowledge
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 12 folder: 11 id294063
Political-Themed Address
undated

id294065

Legal Papers

1842-1852, undated

Mixed Materials Box: 12 folder: 12 id294069
Richmond Docket
1842-1848
Mixed Materials Box: 12 folder: 13 id294071
Docket of Cases for Westmoreland, King George, and Richmond
commencing 1848 January 10
Mixed Materials Box: 12 folder: 14 id294073
Various Legal Papers
1846-1852
Scope and Contents
Indenture between Stephen B. Mothershead and Henry A. Washington, 1846 October 9; Document regarding the sale of land, 1848 July 16; Document about land, 1849 October 1; Deed between Lawrence and Sarah Washington and Henry A. Washington, 1850 December 28; Deed between John M. Daniel/Peter Daniel, Jr. and Henry A. Washington, 1851 December 1; Agreement between D. Appleton and Co. and Henry A. Washington, 1852 September 6 September.
Mixed Materials Box: 12 folder: 15 id294075
Legal Opinion of Henry Washington regarding the Estate of Co. William Washington
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 12 folder: 16 id294077
Law Notes of Henry Washington
undated
Scope and Contents
Extremely fragile and heavily damaged.
Mixed Materials Box: 12 folder: 17 id294079
Book of Precedents in Chancery and Common Law
undated

id294081

Financial Papers

1825, 1835, 1843-1859, 1887-1888, undated

Mixed Materials Box: 13 id294187
Cash Journal
1835, 1887-1888
Mixed Materials Box: 14 folder: 1 id294085
Receipts and Invoices
1825, 1848-1852
Mixed Materials Box: 14 folder: 2 id294087
Receipts and Invoices
1853-1854
Scope and Contents
Includes bank book from Norfolk Savings.
Mixed Materials Box: 14 folder: 3 id294089
Receipts and Invoices
1855-1857
Mixed Materials Box: 14 folder: 4 id294091
Receipts and Invoices
1858-1859, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 14 folder: 5 id294095
Receipt Books
1843-1848
Mixed Materials Box: 14 folder: 6 id294097
Receipt Books
1845-1852, 1853-1854
Scope and Contents
There is a list of students and their college fees at William and Mary for 1853-1854.
Mixed Materials Box: 14 folder: 7 id294099
Receipt and Expenditure Books
1846-1847, 1852-1853
Mixed Materials Box: 14 folder: 8 id294101
Receipt and Expenditures Book
1848
Mixed Materials Box: 14 folder: 9 id294103
Receipt Book for National Law and Political Economy Classes at William & Mary
1844-1845, 1846-1847
Mixed Materials Box: 14 folder: 10 id294105
Day Book
1848-1849
Mixed Materials Box: 14 folder: 11 id294139
Receipts, Invoices, and Memos Related to Thomas Jefferson Papers
1854, undated

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Miscellaneous

1835-1856, undated

Mixed Materials Box: 14 folder: 12 id294111
Certificate
1835 April
Scope and Contents
Awarded to Henry Washington for good conduct and scholarship while a student at Georgetown College.
Mixed Materials Box: 14 folder: 13 id294113
Receipt Book for the Junior Political Class of William & Mary College
1838-1844
Mixed Materials Box: 14 folder: 14 id294115
Notes on Political Economy taken from the Lectures of Professor Thomas Dew by George Upshur (vol. 2)
1839-1840
Mixed Materials Box: 14 folder: 15 id294117
Exam Questions for Political Economy Class and the Class Standing (grades) of Students in History and Political Economy
1853 February
Mixed Materials Box: 14 folder: 16 id294119
Exam Questions for International Law Class and Exam Papers of Seven Students
1853 June
Mixed Materials Box: 14 folder: 17 id294121
Exam Questions for Political Economy Class
1854 February
Mixed Materials Box: 15 folder: 13 id294123
Exam Questions for International Law Class
1854 June
Mixed Materials Box: 15 folder: 14 id294125
Exam Questions for Political Economy Class
1856 February
Mixed Materials Box: 15 folder: 15 id294127
Exam Questions for Political Economy Class
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 15 folder: 16 id294129
Gradebooks
1853-1854, undated
Scope and Contents
National Law Class, History Class, Political Economy Class, Unidentified.
Mixed Materials Box: 15 folder: 17 id294141
Copy of Resolution of the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress, Appointing Henry A. Washington Editor of the Thomas Jefferson Papers
1857 April 17
Mixed Materials Box: 15 folder: 18 id294143
Notes of Time Employed Editing the Thomas Jefferson Papers; Notes regarding the Jefferson Papers
1850-1851; undated
Scope and Contents
Notes re: papers also includes notes on courses/subject matter taught by Washington.
Mixed Materials Box: 15 folder: 19 id294151
Broadsides
1854, undated
Scope and Contents
Broadsides: A. Bodeker's of Richmond, Va. (undated), "Appeal," by Bruton Parish Church (post-1865), A. Morris, Publisher and Bookseller (undated), Gray and Ballantyne Religious Book Depository (undated), "To the Citizens of Williamsburg and Its Vicinity," regarding the Virginia Gazette by W. Y. Peyton and A. A. O'Neil, eds. (includes note from Peyton to Washington, 15 October 1854, "A History of Greece," Jenks, Hickling, and Swan (1 May 1854, 21 August 1854), Chambers Journal, May 1854.
Mixed Materials Box: 15 folder: 20 id294153
Prescription Written by Dr. Jonathan Buckler
1857 August 18
Mixed Materials Box: 15 folder: 21 id294155
"Advice from a father to his son, on his leaving home for a distant country," by Lawrence Washington
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 15 folder: 22 id294157
"Enoch Arden," by Lord Tennyson, Cadogan Booklets No. 6
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 15 folder: 23 id294159
Notes regarding Slaves
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 15 folder: 25 id294161
Various Items

Scope and Contents
Includes: "Analysis of Marl for R. Washington," Alexandria Boarding School, 1848; Procedure for Analyzing Marl, circa 1848; Lists of Books, undated; Word portraits principally taken from Shakespeare and of several members of the law class of Judge Tayloe Lomax of Fredricksburg, undated.
Mixed Materials Box: 15 folder: 24 id294163
Locks of Hair

Scope and Contents
One lock is wrapped within a folded note that reads, "This was cut from Ned's head on the 29th of June 1846." It's signed "C. B. Tucker" (Cynthia Beverley Tucker) and also has her name on the front fold as well as the word "private." The second lock of hair is contained within an envelope addressed to Henry Washington. Do not open without staff supervision. Photographs are available.
Mixed Materials Box: 15 folder: 26 id294165
Notes, Invitations, Calling Cards, Clippings
1830, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 15 folder: 27 id294167
Empty Envelopes
Mixed Materials Box: 16 id294179
Clippings Scrapbook
Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 1 Oversize Folder: 1 id294171
Printed sheet on Thomas Jefferson's papers (related to Washington's book?)
undated
Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 1 Oversize Folder: 1 id294173
Clipping on "Mr. Jefferson's Works"
undated
Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 1 Oversize Folder: 1 id294175
Broadside for A. Morris, publisher
1853 July
Mixed Materials Oversize Folder: 2
Diplomas
1839English