Lee, Lucy (Cook)

Person

Staff Only

Biography

Lucy [Lee] was a cook at Mansion House Farm. She was enslaved, owned by the estate of Martha Washington's first husband, Daniel Parke Custis. Lucy was married to Frank Lee. In 1786, when she lived at Ferry Farm, she had three children, Mike, Phill, and Edmund.

Places

Mansion House Farm (Other)

Topics

Slavery

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Letter, to William Pearce, 1793 October 27

Item — Box 7, Folder: 1793.10.27

Identifier: RM-490-F; MS-3941

Scope and Contents

In this letter George Washington has decided to engage superintendant of carpenters for another year--could not find anyone to relace-comments on man who looks after the house people, ditchers, etc.--after winter, Pearce can decide to remain at Mt. Vernon or live elsewhere--construction of house for Mr. Crow--Negro children forbidden to enter the yards and gardens (excluding the children of cook and her husband the Mulatto Frank).

Dates: 1793 October 27

Found in: Special Collections at The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon / SC-GWC, George Washington collection / Series 1. From George Washington