Washington, George, 1732-1799
Person
Found in 170 Collections and/or Records:
No. 127 Washington [Statue] by Independence Hall
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Identifier: RP-3216 ; ST-7154 ; Waldsmith 200
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Views of Mount Vernon spanning more than 100 years. The Robert Waldsmith Collection consists of approximately 315 stereographs and cabinet cards by Alexander Gardner, N. G. Johnson, Luke D. Dillon, and others. Highlights of the collection include: several west front views of the Mansion, including the earlist known one by Frederick Langenheim, circa 1856; an early view of the tomb, circa 1857, and an international collection of Washington statues and buildings honoring the first President.
Dates:
1856-1981
No. 235--Greenough's Statue of Washington, July 1877
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Identifier: RP-3216 ; ST-7184 ; Waldsmith 155
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Views of Mount Vernon spanning more than 100 years. The Robert Waldsmith Collection consists of approximately 315 stereographs and cabinet cards by Alexander Gardner, N. G. Johnson, Luke D. Dillon, and others. Highlights of the collection include: several west front views of the Mansion, including the earlist known one by Frederick Langenheim, circa 1856; an early view of the tomb, circa 1857, and an international collection of Washington statues and buildings honoring the first President.
Dates:
July 1877
NO. 291. Statue of Washington
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Identifier: RP-3216 ; ST-7184 ; Waldsmith 149
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Views of Mount Vernon spanning more than 100 years. The Robert Waldsmith Collection consists of approximately 315 stereographs and cabinet cards by Alexander Gardner, N. G. Johnson, Luke D. Dillon, and others. Highlights of the collection include: several west front views of the Mansion, including the earlist known one by Frederick Langenheim, circa 1856; an early view of the tomb, circa 1857, and an international collection of Washington statues and buildings honoring the first President.
Dates:
1856-1981
No. 989. Washington Equestrian Statue, Public Garden, Boston, Mass.
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Identifier: RP-3216 ; ST-7184 ; Waldsmith 062
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Views of Mount Vernon spanning more than 100 years. The Robert Waldsmith Collection consists of approximately 315 stereographs and cabinet cards by Alexander Gardner, N. G. Johnson, Luke D. Dillon, and others. Highlights of the collection include: several west front views of the Mansion, including the earlist known one by Frederick Langenheim, circa 1856; an early view of the tomb, circa 1857, and an international collection of Washington statues and buildings honoring the first President.
Dates:
1856-1981
No. 64/70 The Capitol from East Capitol Square, Marble Statue of Washington in the Foreground.
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Identifier: RP-3216 ; ST-7184 ; Waldsmith 148
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Views of Mount Vernon spanning more than 100 years. The Robert Waldsmith Collection consists of approximately 315 stereographs and cabinet cards by Alexander Gardner, N. G. Johnson, Luke D. Dillon, and others. Highlights of the collection include: several west front views of the Mansion, including the earlist known one by Frederick Langenheim, circa 1856; an early view of the tomb, circa 1857, and an international collection of Washington statues and buildings honoring the first President.
Dates:
1856-1981
Note regarding 5000 acres offered to George Washington in Jefferson County, 1788 November 20
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 15
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,...
Dates:
1788 November 20
Orders for the funeral of George Washington, 1799 December 21-24
Item — Box: 34, Folder: 1799.12.21
Identifier: RM-1168; MS-5903
Scope and Contents
Orders for the funeral of George Washington. Manuscript copy, 4 pages. Signed by the Adjutant General, William North. "Major General Hamilton has received through the Secretary of War the following order, From the President of the United States." Ordered December 21, 1799, Philadelphia. Signed December 24, 1799 in the Adjutant General's office.
Dates:
1799 December 21-24
Peter family papers
Collection
Identifier: RM-1186
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of papers collected by various members of the Peter families. It includes letters from George Washington, letters of condolence to Martha Washington after George Washington’s death, estate documents, Major George Peter’s military papers, land plats and surveys, photo albums, letterbooks, and notebooks that tell of the life of this prominent family in Virginia and the City of Washington.
Dates:
1772-1932
Plat of the town of Bath at Berkeley Springs, circa 1780
Item — Box: 3, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
circa 1780
Purchase note, William Smith, 1799 September 20
Item — Box: 33, Folder: 1799.09.20
Identifier: RM-291; MS-2908
Scope and Contents
Purchase note. A Ninety Day Sight Note issued by Charles Alders' Co., Madeira, on September 20, 1799, to William T. Smith of Philadelphia for £84 British Sterling, directed to Tobias Lear on the account of George Washington on Nov. 14, 1799 and the amount recorded in his cash memoranda book of the same day.
Dates:
1799 September 20
Quit claim deed by John Carney to George Washington, 1765 February 26
Item — Box: 33, Folder: 1765.02.26
Identifier: 2018-SC-027
Scope and Contents
Quit claim deed written on handmade laid paper in the hand of George Washington. The quit claim is by John Carney to George Washington for 200 acres of land at Cliftons, formerly Piscataway Neck, which later became part of the Mount Vernon River Farm. Signed by John Carney (his mark), Lund Washington, Walter Magowan, Eno Williams (his mark), and Thos. Bishop.
Dates:
1765 February 26
Receipt, Expenses for George Washington's funeral, Joseph Haigh, 1800 January 8-February 20
Item — Box: 36, Folder: 1800.01.08
Identifier: RM-683; MS-4647
Scope and Contents
D.S. 1 page. Copy of account dated Jan. 8, 1800, "For Sundries for the Funeral Procession, in honor of the late Commander in Chief Gen. Washington. Use of a Pall ... $5 / Two Black Cloaks ... 2 / Bier ... 2 / 9 dollars [total]." On Feb. 20, 1800, Haigh acknowledges receipt of payment in Pittsburgh for his expenses at the mock procession. Document signed, docketed.
Dates:
1800 January 8-February 20
Receipt, from Adam Stephen, 1755 January 22
Item — Box: 17, Folder: 1755.01.22
Identifier: RM-1068; MS-5710
Receipt from Doctor Stuart to George Washington, 24 October 1796
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: RM-1202
Scope and Contents
Autograph document signed in the hand of George Washington, for money received from Doctor Stuart for annuity and a balance due from the estate of John Parke Custis.
Dates:
24 October 1796
Receipt from George Washington to James Orom, 6 June 1768
Item — Box: 1
Identifier: RM-1201
Scope and Contents
Autograph document in George Washington’s hand. Receipt for the purchase of a horse. Signed and docketed on verso by George Washington Parke Custis. With facsimile of related receipt provenance notes from the Custis family.
Dates:
6 June 1768
Rental account, George Washington, 1788-1790
Item — Box: 12, Folder: 1788.00.00
Identifier: W-777
Scope and Contents
A.D.S. 26 pages. A portion of an account book containing record of rentals due and accounts owed by "George Washington President of the United States."--the first 9 pp. (at least one missing) concern tenants living on the tract called "Asbeys Bend - under the Blue Ridge Part in Fauquier and Part in Loudoun"--lots are listed, tenant named, and an account given of what he owes and has paid--following pp. concern lands on Gooseneck Creek in Fauquier County and in Berkeley County and Frederick...
Dates:
1788-1790
Report on George Washington's Executors vs. L W. McCarty Spotswood and others, 1826 November 18
Item — Box: 2, Folder: 14
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,...
Dates:
1826 November 18
Resolution, Massachusetts House and Senate, 1800 January 31
Item — Box: 36, Folder: 1800.01.31
Identifier: RM-1088; MS-5751
Resolution, Massachusetts House and Senate, 1800 January 31
Item — Box: 35, Folder: 1800.01.31
Identifier: RM-1088; MS-5751
Scope and Contents
A.D.S. 2 pages. Committee resolution or recommendation to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. They have appointed Fisher Ames to delivera n oration on the "sublime virtues of Gen. George Washinton before the Lieut. Governor, the Council and the tow branches of the General Court;" signed by Moses Gill, Samuel Phillips, and the Speaker of the House. Also assigns John Coffin Jones and Jonathan Mason to a committee to make such arrangements for a public...
Dates:
1800 January 31
Robert Spring forgery of Dogue Run survey fragment, between 1850? and 1869
Item — Box: 1, Folder: SPRING 1
Identifier: 2018-SC-071
Scope and Contents
Forgery of a survey fragment in the hand of George Washington, possibly by Robert Spring.
Dates:
between 1850? and 1869
Robert Spring forgery of George Washington to Jabez Huntington, 1781 April 10, between 1850? and 1869
Item — Box: 1, Folder: SPRING 1
Identifier: W-652
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection of Washington forgeries and bookplates from the 19th and 20th centuries measures 1 linear foot. Found within the collection are forged Washington documents from notorious forgers Robert Spring, Joseph Cosey, and Charles Weisberg, as well as unidentified forgeries. The collection also contains bookplates – originals, restrikes, and spurious copies – from the Washington family and correspondence related to the sale of forgeries.
Dates:
between 1850? and 1869
Robert Waldsmith Collection of stereographs and cabinet cards
Collection
Identifier: RP-3216-ST-7184
Scope and Contents
Views of Mount Vernon spanning more than 100 years. The Robert Waldsmith Collection consists of approximately 315 stereographs and cabinet cards by Alexander Gardner, N. G. Johnson, Luke D. Dillon, and others. Highlights of the collection include: several west front views of the Mansion, including the earlist known one by Frederick Langenheim, circa 1856; an early view of the tomb, circa 1857, and an international collection of Washington statues and buildings honoring the first President.
Dates:
1856-1981
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg reading Washington's Farewell Address, February 22, 1930
Item — Box: 28
Identifier: 2019-VR-026.002
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Historical Photograph Collection is largely comprised of materials created by or for the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association. Some of the earliest photographs of the estate were created and sold to visitors by the Association as a means of income. Those efforts helped to establish an important collection of 19th century views. The collection spans the 1850s to 2000s and includes over 140 linear feet of analog material providing a visual history of the Mansion, outbuildings, tombs, grounds,...
Dates:
February 22, 1930
Stationary fragment with George Washington watermark, 1791-1793
Item — Box: 20, Folder: 1791.00.00
Identifier: RM-982; MS-5598
Scope and Contents
Single blank sheet with GW watermark and note regarding the watermark.
Dates:
1791-1793
Statue of Gen. Washington
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Identifier: RP-3216 ; ST-7184 ; Waldsmith 154
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Views of Mount Vernon spanning more than 100 years. The Robert Waldsmith Collection consists of approximately 315 stereographs and cabinet cards by Alexander Gardner, N. G. Johnson, Luke D. Dillon, and others. Highlights of the collection include: several west front views of the Mansion, including the earlist known one by Frederick Langenheim, circa 1856; an early view of the tomb, circa 1857, and an international collection of Washington statues and buildings honoring the first President.
Dates:
1856-1981
Statue of George Washington
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Identifier: RP-3216 ; ST-7154 ; Waldsmith 071
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Views of Mount Vernon spanning more than 100 years. The Robert Waldsmith Collection consists of approximately 315 stereographs and cabinet cards by Alexander Gardner, N. G. Johnson, Luke D. Dillon, and others. Highlights of the collection include: several west front views of the Mansion, including the earlist known one by Frederick Langenheim, circa 1856; an early view of the tomb, circa 1857, and an international collection of Washington statues and buildings honoring the first President.
Dates:
1856-1981
Statue of George Washington
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Identifier: RP-3216 ; ST-7154 ; Waldsmith 073
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Views of Mount Vernon spanning more than 100 years. The Robert Waldsmith Collection consists of approximately 315 stereographs and cabinet cards by Alexander Gardner, N. G. Johnson, Luke D. Dillon, and others. Highlights of the collection include: several west front views of the Mansion, including the earlist known one by Frederick Langenheim, circa 1856; an early view of the tomb, circa 1857, and an international collection of Washington statues and buildings honoring the first President.
Dates:
1856-1981
Statute of Gen. Washington
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Identifier: RP-3216 ; ST-7184 ; Waldsmith 152
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Views of Mount Vernon spanning more than 100 years. The Robert Waldsmith Collection consists of approximately 315 stereographs and cabinet cards by Alexander Gardner, N. G. Johnson, Luke D. Dillon, and others. Highlights of the collection include: several west front views of the Mansion, including the earlist known one by Frederick Langenheim, circa 1856; an early view of the tomb, circa 1857, and an international collection of Washington statues and buildings honoring the first President.
Dates:
1856-1981
Survey and plat, Barnaby McHandry, 1749 November 9
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1749.11.09
Identifier: RM-1142; MS-5828
Abstract
George Washington embarked on his first career as a surveyor of Virginia's uncharted western lands at the age of sixteen. Over the next three years he surveyed more than 70,000 acres under the employ of Lord Fairfax, proprietor of the Northern Neck. This position enabled him to earn an income, better his social standing, and acquire significant tracts of land. Washington also developed an intimate knowledge of Virginia's backcountry that served him well in two military conflicts....
Dates:
1749 November 9
Survey, Edward Kinnison, 1750 April 5
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1750.04.05
Identifier: RM-1035;MS-5671
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains letters to and from George Washington that have been aquired by the MVLA since 1858. For more information, see content note for individal items. The collection grows organically as new items are acquired.
Dates:
1750 April 5
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