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Vaughan, Samuel, active 18th century

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 17

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Drawing of Mount Vernon [Vaughan Plan], 1787

 Item — Drawer 21
Identifier: W-1434
Abstract

Ground plan of Mount Vernon based on notes made by Vaughan during a visit several months earlier, attached with elevation and ground floor plan probably contemporary and of same origin.

Dates: 1787
Found in: Special Collections at The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon / Historic manuscript collection / Series 3. Oversized Documents and Manuscripts

Journal, Samuel Vaughan, 1787 June 18-September 4

 Item — Drawer 21
Identifier: RM-750 ; MS-4996
Abstract "Minutes made by S.[amuel] V.[aughan] from Stage to Stage on a Tour to Fort Pitt or Pittsbourg in company with Mr. Michl. Morgan Obriar. from thence by S.V. only -- through Virginia Maryland and Pennsylvania." Bound, small octavo, 70-72 pages, 7 full or half page water color sketches. A printed note on tipped-in page 1 reads, 'Was bound by W. Pratt for H. [Henry] Stevens, 1861.' Includes Vaughan's visit to Mount Vernon and his sketch of the layout of the estate. Several pages have been...
Dates: 1787 June 18-September 4
Found in: Special Collections at The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon / Historic manuscript collection / Series 2. Ledgers and Bound Manuscripts
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