Washington, George, 1732-1799
Person
Found in 167 Collections and/or Records:
George Washington, Mount Vernon, to George Taylor, Jr., New York, 1786 May 18
Item — Box: 4, Folder: 1786.05.18
Identifier: RM-903, MS-5403
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed with address panel. Washington thanks Taylor for the apples and pickled and fried oysters that he sent.
Dates:
1786 May 18
George Washington, Mount Vernon, to John Rumney, Whitehaven, 1786 May 15
Item — Box: 4, Folder: 1786.05.15
Identifier: W-419
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Washington writes that he received 1400 Flags with small breakage, sent £50 bill on Wakelin Welch, and will settle for balance before Mr. Sanderson leaves country.
Dates:
1786 May 15
George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Jonathan Trumbull, 1786 April 10
Item — Box: 4, Folder: 1786.04.10
Identifier: W-433
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Washington writes that he has only just received Trumbull's letter and enclosure of Feb. 20, and he hopes Trumbull will make his southern tour and visit Mount Vernon. Washington mentions the marriage of George Augustine Washington and Fanny Bassett, who are living with him, and encloses a letter for Mr. Dwight. This is Rev. Timothy Dwight, who sent Washington a copy of the "Conquest of Canaan."
Dates:
1786 April 10
George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Richard Chichester, 1792 August 8
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 1792.08.08
Identifier: 2019-SC-003
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Washington denies a request from his neighbor to hunt deer on his property.
Dates:
1792 August 8
George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter, 1797 June 14
File — Box: 1, Folder: 04
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed by Washington, discussing the purchase of English cattle.
Dates:
1797 June 14
George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter, 1798 May 18
File — Box: 1, Folder: 05
George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter, 1799 May 5
File — Box: 1, Folder: 07
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel and seal. Washington writes about the sale of tobacco.
Dates:
1799 May 5
George Washington, Mount Vernon, to Thomas Peter, 1799 December 3
File — Box: 1, Folder: 08
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. Washington writes about farming and congratulates Thomas and Patsy on the birth of their son.
Dates:
1799 December 3
George Washington, Mount Vernon, to William Peacey, 1786 August 5
Item — Box: 4, Folder: 1786.08.05
Identifier: A-384.3
Scope and Contents
Letter signed. Sends several letters of James Bloxham's--Bloxham undecided about staying longer than a year--"In a word he seems rather to have expected to have found well organized farms, than that the end and design of my employing him was to make them so."--if Bloxham's wife is to come, let her come on ship to Alexandria or nearby ports--she can pay for seed, implements, etc., and be repaid in Virginia.
Dates:
1786 August 5
George Washington, New York, to Marie Adrienne de Noailles, Marquise de Lafayette, 1790 June 3
Item
Identifier: 2018-SC-042
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Washington writes in response to a letter from the wife of Lafayette requesting a brevet commision at the rank of captain for Joseph-Léonard Poirey, a French officer who served under her husband.Washington writes, "And you will, I dare flatter myself, do me the justice to believe that I can never be more happy than in according marks of attention to so good a friend to America and so excellent a patriot as Madame la Marquise de la Fayette. Nor did she need any...
Dates:
1790 June 3
George Washington, Newburgh, to Benjamin Harrison, 1783 March 19
Item — Box: 37, Folder: 1783.03.19
Identifier: RM-1034; MS-5669
Abstract
Written from Newburgh while facing a mutiny due to a lack of soldier's pay and supplies, George Washington appealed to Virginia's governor, Benjamin Harrison, for financial support of his troops. Referencing an earlier letter, he began, “About the first of this Month I wrote you along letter. I touched upon the state of the Army. …I little expected at the time of writing that letter, that we were on the eve of an important crisis to this Army; when the touch stone of discord was to be...
Dates:
1783 March 19
George Washington, Newburgh, to François Jean de Beauvoir, chevalier de Chastellux, 1783 May 10
Item — Box: 3, Folder: 1783.05.10
Identifier: 2017-SC-003-001
Scope and Contents
In this letter, George Washington continued with an update on the changing and hopefully improving state of affairs in America.
Dates:
1783 May 10
George Washington, Newburgh, to François Jean de Beauvoir, chevalier de Chastellux, 1782 December 14
Item — Box: 37, Folder: 1782.12.14
Identifier: 2018-SC-019-002
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Washington writes about the sorrow he felt when Chastellux departed to return to France: "A sense of your public services to this country, and gratitude for your private friendship, quite overcame me at the moment of our separation." Washington adds, "I truly say, never in my life did I ever part with a man to whom my soul clave more sincerely than it did to you." Washington hopes that, after the war, he can accompany Chastellux on a tour of North America. In the...
Dates:
1782 December 14
George Washington, Philadelphia, to Burwell Bassett, 1775 June 19
Item — Box: 37, Folder: 1775.06.19
Identifier: W-714-a-b
Abstract
Written from Philadelphia on June 19, 1775, George Washington announced to Burwell Bassett (Martha's brother-in-law) that he has just been unanimously elected by the colonies as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army. Washington eloquently expressed, "I am now Imbarkd on a tempestuous Ocean from whence, perhaps, no friendly harbor is to be found." He had humbly accepted this responsibility and stated, "I can answer but for three things, a firm belief of the justice of our Cause - close...
Dates:
1775 June 19
George Washington, Philadelphia, to Governor Robert Dinwiddie, 1757 March 10
Item — Box: 33, Folder: 1757.03.10
Identifier: 2019-SC-014
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Washington writes about the service and loyalty of the Virginia Regiment during the French and Indian War.
Dates:
1757 March 10
George Washington, Philadelphia, to Martha Washington, 1775 June 23
Item — Box: 37, Folder: 1775.06.23
Identifier: MSS-252
Abstract
George Washington penned this poignant note just before departing Philadelphia for the American camp at Cambridge, Massachusetts. The letter reveals the private side of Washington, a side rarely seen in his daily correspondence. “As I am within a few Minutes of leaving this City, I could not think of departing from it without dropping you a line; especially as I do not know whether it may be in my power to write again till I get to the Camp at Boston—I go fully trusting in that...
Dates:
1775 June 23
George Washington, Princeton, to François Jean de Beauvoir, chevalier de Chastellux, 1783 October 12
Item — Box: 3, Folder: 1783.10.12
Identifier: 2017-SC-003-002
Scope and Contents
In this letter, after successfully commanding the Army, George Washington discusses his strong desire to retire and concludes the letter with updates on the state of independence and his continued travels to explore western lands.
Dates:
1783 October 12
George Washington spurious bookplate, circa 1863
Item — Box: 1, Folder: GEORGE WASHINGTON 2
Identifier: W-794a
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:
circa 1863
George Washington spurious bookplate, circa 1863
Item — Box: 1, Folder: GEORGE WASHINGTON 2
Identifier: RM-1108; MS-5790
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:
circa 1863
George Washington to Dr. Boucher, 1770 April 20
Item — Box: 3, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
Typescript document.
Dates:
1770 April 20
George Washington's formula for cement, circa 1795
Item — Box: 3, Folder: 35
Scope and Contents
Addressed to the President of the United States, Mount Vernon, and docketed “cement” in George Washington’s hand.
Dates:
circa 1795
Greenoughs Marble Statue of Washington.
Item — translation missing: en.enumerations.container_type.container: Waldsmith Collection - Box 1
Identifier: RP-3216 ; ST-7184 ; Waldsmith 153
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
H85 - (X227158) - The First President
Item — translation missing: en.enumerations.container_type.container: Waldsmith Collection - Box 1
Identifier: RP-3216 ; ST-7184 ; Waldsmith 037
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
Indenture between Britannia W. Peter Kennon and her grandsons regarding Mount Vernon heirlooms at Tudor Place, 1907 October 9
Item — Box: 10, Folder: 09
Scope and Contents
Indenture made between Britannia Wellington Kennon, party of the first part, and Walter Gibson Peter, Armistead Peter Jr., and George Freeland Peter, parties of the second part, all of the District of Columbia, regarding relics and heirlooms at Tudor Place acquired by Britannia W. Peter Kennon from her mother Martha Custis Peter grand-daughter of Martha the wife of George Washington, known in the family as "The Mount Vernon Heirlooms." Other relics are from the estates of Thomas Peter and...
Dates:
1907 October 9
Indenture, Henry Trenn to Lawrence Washington, witnessed by George Washington, probably 1750 March 1
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1750.03.01
Identifier: A-353.1
Scope and Contents
Henry Trenn binds himself to pay £50 unless he "make or cause to be made unto the above sd. Lawrence Washington ... a Lease for the Term of nine hundred ninety & nine Years of all the Land which is at this present overflowed by the sd. Washington Mill Dam included within the sd. Trenn Bounds on Dogue Runn ..."
Dates:
probably 1750 March 1
Invitation to marriage ceremony of Martha Custis and George Washington, 1759 January 6
Item — Box: 1, Folder: INVITE 1
Identifier: 2016-SC-022
Scope and Contents
Fragment of engraved wedding invitation, which reads "Mrs. Mary Washington requests your prescence at the marriage ceremony of Miss Martha Custis to Col. George Washington." This is a nineteenth century reproduction.
Dates:
1759 January 6
John Mercereau, Union Township, to George Washington, 1799 December 24
File — Box: 1, Folder: 09
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed with integral free franked address panel. John Mercereau, a businessman who served with his brother and nephew in a spy ring during the Revolutionary War, writes to Washington asking if he may come and visit, reflecting that no memories give him greater satisfaction than those he spent "Devoted to my Countrys Service." Tragically, Mercereau did not know that Washington had died 10 days before his letter was sent.
Dates:
1799 December 24
Joseph Cosey forgery of an embargo on fishing vessels, 1794 March 28, 1930s?
Item — Box: 1, Folder: COSEY 1
Identifier: 2018-SC-013-001
Scope and Contents
Manuscript with a forged George Washington signature.
Dates:
1930s?
Joseph Cosey forgery of check to J. W. Pierce, 1783 August 7, 1930s?
Item — Box: 1, Folder: COSEY 1
Identifier: 2018-SC-013-002
Scope and Contents
Manuscript with forged signatures of George Washington and Aaron Burr.
Dates:
1930s?
Joseph Cosey forgery of George Washington's general orders, 1775 July 3, 1930s?
Item — Box: 1, Folder: COSEY 1
Identifier: RM-889; MS-5387
Scope and Contents
Forgery attributed to Joseph Cosey but possibly the work of Robert Spring.
Dates:
1930s?
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