Peter, Robert, 1726-1806
Person
Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:
Accounts disputed between Robert Peter and Benjamin Ray, 1795-1799
Sub-Series — Box: 6, Folder: 01
Scope and Contents
3 documents related to disputed accounts between Robert Peter and Benjamin Ray. One with a note by John T. Mason dated February 27, 1799, "He has no shadow of right to one shilling on this [account]."
Dates:
1795-1799
Accounts of Arthur Steel with Robert Peter, 1805-1810
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
1805-1810
Accounts of Bennet H. Clements with Robert Peter, 1804-1810
Item — Box: 7, Folder: 08
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
1804-1810
Accounts of Isaiah and Edward Nicholls with Robert Peter, 1811-1812
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
1811-1812
Accounts of James Gannon with Robert Peter, 1797-1810
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
Includes accounts for flour, pork, beef, lamb, and veal.
Dates:
1797-1810
Accounts of James Offutt with Robert Peter, 1796-1810
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
1796-1810
Accounts of John Barkman with Robert Peter, 1796-1807
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
1796-1807
Accounts of John Manly with Robert Peter, 1801-1810
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
1801-1810
Accounts of John Robbins with Robert Peter, 1797-1810
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
1797-1810
Accounts of Lewis Beall and Archd. Mulliken with the estate of Robert Peter, 1807-1811
Item — Box: 7, Folder: 09
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
1807-1811
Accounts of Mary Atwood with Robert Peter, 1801-1810
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
1801-1810
Accounts of Michael Halmes with the estate of Robert Peter , 1807-1810
Item — Box: 9, Folder: 01
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
1807-1810
Accounts of Rhod Maginnis with Robert Peter, 1808-1813
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
1808-1813
Accounts of Robert Peter with Benjamin Ray, 1794-1797
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
1794-1797
Accounts of Robert Peter with Bernard O'Neill and Williams Dearkins, 1781-1795
Sub-Series — Box: 5, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
Invoices, notes, and receipts from accounts between Robert Peter and the firm O'Neill and Dearkins. Includes an invoice for tobacco, sugar, corduroy, gauze, linen, chocolate, silk, muslin, paper, wine, ribbons, pins, cotton, and tea.
Dates:
1781-1795
Accounts of the estate of Robert Peter with James Dunlop, 1806-1812
Item — Box: 8, Folder: 35
Scope and Contents
3 sheets of accounts between the estate of Robert Peter and James Dunlop, including the sale of "5 negroes willed Mrs. Peter." These are some of Martha's dower slaves inherited by Martha Parke Custis Peter. One additional sheet lists accounts between the heirs of Robert Peter and John Hicks, dated 1809-1811.
Dates:
1806-1812
Accounts of Thomas Cross with the estate of Robert Peter, 1808
Item — Box: 7, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
1808
Accounts of Thomas Nicholls of John with Robert Peter, 1794-1802
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
1794-1802
Accounts of Thomas Nicholls with Robert Peter, 1803-1810
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
1803-1810
Accounts with the estate of Robert Peter, 1807-1808
Item — Box: 7, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
1807-1808
Accounts with the executors of Robert Peter's estate, 1803-1807
Item — Box: 7, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
1803-1807
Bond of conveyance from Phillip Holt and Thomas Howard to Robert Peter, 1762 August 1
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents
Bond for the conveyance of a parcel of property called Black Oak Thickett in Frederick County, Maryland.
Dates:
1762 August 1
Certificate and plat of the fragment acre in Montgomery County surveyed for Robert Peter, 1804 June 26
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 09
Scope and Contents
Certificate and plat for 5 3/4 acres of vacant land granted by special warrant to Robert Peter out of the Western Shore Land Office of Washington County in the District of Columbia.
Dates:
1804 June 26
Correspondence, surveys, and receipts related to land purchased by Robert Peter, 1766-1773, 1766 September 21-23, 1766 November 13, 1767 February 10, 1773 May 12
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
1766-1773; 1766 September 21-23; 1766 November 13; 1767 February 10; 1773 May 12
Court documents and accounts related to Robert Peter, 1796-1797
Sub-Series — Box: 6, Folder: 03
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
1796-1797
Court documents and accounts related to Robert Peter, 1799
Sub-Series — Box: 6, Folder: 04
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
1799
Division of real estate lots owned by Robert Peter, early 1800s
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
early 1800s
Fragment of bond paid by Robert Peter, 1774
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
1774
George Scott to Robert Peter, George Town, 6 February 1796
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
A letter about resurveying a parcel of propery called Hazard.
Dates:
6 February 1796
Grant to Robert Peter to resurvey a parcel of land called Bear Den in Frederick County, Maryland, 1765 March 19
Item — Box: 7, Folder: 02
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
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:
1765 March 19

