Washington, Bushrod, 1762-1829

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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.

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Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.

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Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.

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Autograph letter signed with integral address panel.

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Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Letter regarding the payment of debts owed to the estate of George Washington.

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Autograph leter signed with integral address panel. Letter regarding the payment of debt owed to the estate of George Washington.

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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."

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D. 1 page. A summary of the Cresap suit against the estate of GW, regarding the title to Round Bottom, (Ohio River) sold by GW in 1798 to Archibald McClean of Alexandria. The summary appears to be in the handwriting of B. W-n. The litigation lasted over 15 years and the substance of the suit remained the same. Therefore the absence of a specific on the document makes it difficult to place.

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Contains obituary of Bushrod Washington

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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."

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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.

Content Description From the Collection: 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,...

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Three copies of the will of John Bushrod of Westmoreland County with notes by Bushrod Washington for the case Washington vs. Fauntleroy.