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Washington, Jane Charlotte Blackburn, 1786-1855

 Person

Found in 229 Collections and/or Records:

Letter, John Augustine Washington III to Jane C. Washington, 1840 December 1

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: MS-4860
Scope and Contents

University of Virginia to Charlestown. Discusses possible appointment of new professor who does not have JAW’s vote.

Dates: 1840 December 1

Letter, John Augustine Washington III to Jane C. Washington, 1842 October 18

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: MS-4861
Scope and Contents

Mount Vernon to Charlestown. Tells mother of proposing to Nelly; describes horse races; financial matters.

Dates: 1842 October 18

Letter, John Augustine Washington III to Jane C. Washington, 1846 February 13

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 16
Identifier: MS-4868
Scope and Contents

Mount Vernon to Blakeley. Family illnesses; Alexandria returning to Virginia; discusses selling Mount Vernon to government.

Dates: 1846 February 13

Letter, John Augustine Washington III to Jane C. Washington, 1846 June 9

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 17
Identifier: MS-4869
Scope and Contents

Mount Vernon to Blakeley. Visitors to Mount Vernon; family matters.

Dates: 1846 June 9

Letter, John Augustine Washington III to Lawrence Washington, 1861 May 20

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 1861.05.20
Identifier: RM-518; MS-4179
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed, 4 p. with envelope. Richmond to Waveland. Washington writes his son about touring batteries in Norfolk with General Robert E. Lee.

Dates: 1861 May 20

Letter, John Augustine Washington III to Mrs. G.A. Myers, 1859 May 10

 Item — Box 76, Folder: 1859.05.10
Identifier: MS-608
Scope and Contents

A.L.S. 2 pages. Mount Vernon. Sends her a Sago palm -- the one owned by George Washington is to go to the Ladies Association and another to go with him to Fauquier.

Dates: 1859 May 10

Letter, John Augustine Washington to Jane C. Washington, 1844 July 1

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: RM-710 ; MS-4863
Scope and Contents

Mount Vernon to Blakeley. Farm news; selling slave; thoughts on banks, family wishes.

Dates: 1844 July 1

Letter, John Augustine Washington to Jane C. Washington, 1845 February 18

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 12
Identifier: MS-4864
Scope and Contents

Mount Vernon to Blakeley. Farm news; slave repeatedly running off; family matters.

Dates: 1845 February 18

Letter, John Augustine Washington to Jane C. Washington, 1845 November 29

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 14
Identifier: MS-4866
Scope and Contents

Mount Vernon to Blakeley. Illness is past; wants her to visit; concerned he might have offended aunt; other visits.

Dates: 1845 November 29

Letter, John Augustine Washington to Jane C. Washington, 1846 January 27

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 15
Identifier: MS-4867
Scope and Contents

Mount Vernon to Blakeley. Relates travels home; landscape descriptions; family greetings.

Dates: 1846 January 27

Letter, John S. Wright to John Augustine Washington III, 1855 September 23

 Item — Box 74, Folder: 1855.09.23
Identifier: 2017-SC-008-016
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed by prominent Chicago machinery producer J. S. Wright. He writes to John Augustine with condolences on the death of his mother, Jane C. Washington. He writes that his mother and John Augustine's were alike: "Both were eminently kind. Religion made both cheerful, animated, companionable... we have known & tried a Mother's love."

Dates: 1855 September 23

Letter, John Taliaferro to Jane C. Blackburn Washington, 1840 May 13

 Item — Box 64, Folder: 1840.05.13
Identifier: 2019-SC-024
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed with integral address panel. Washington, D.C. to Mount Vernon. Taliaferro writes to Jane Charlotte Blackburn Washington introducing her to a young gentleman from Connecticut who would like to visit Mount Vernon out of "reverence" for George Washington.

Dates: 1840 May 13

Letter, Joseph Story to Jane C. Washington, 1835 February 2

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1835.02.02
Identifier: RM-524; MS-4274
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed, 1 p. Washington to Mount Vernon. A letter of introduction for a visitor from England who wants to visit Mount Vernon. Story adds regards from Chief Justice John Marshall.

Dates: 1835 February 2

Letter, W. A. Bradley to John Augustine Washington III, 1852 June 28

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1852.06.28
Identifier: RM-524; ER-4280
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed, 1 p. Washington. A letter regarding purchasing 200 acres of the Mount Vernon estate for $200,000 to create a military asylum.

Dates: 1852 June 28

Photographs of Jane C. Washington’s commonplace book, 1900s

 Item — Box 3, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains correspondence, legal documents, financial records, and other documents related to John Augustine Washington III and his son Lawrence, as well as his granddaughters Anne and Patty. The bulk of the correspondence series are letters sent to John Augustine Washington III 1840-1860. They deal with family affairs and the management of various family plantations, including Mount Vernon. The late-nineteenth and twentieth century papers are divided into subject files,...
Dates: 1900s

Typescript copy of the will of Jane C. Washington, 1891 February 24

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 1891.02.24
Identifier: RM-518; MS-4178

William Fontaine Alexander to Jane C. Washington, undated

 Item — Box 5, Folder: undated
Scope and Contents

To Mount Vernon. William writes to his mother that he is attending the Whig Convention with his brother Richard. The Potomac is frozen over, so they will take the nearest road across the country to Fredericksburg.

Dates: undated