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Kennon, Britannia Wellington Peter, 1815-1911

 Person

Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:

Papers, business of Mr. John Farley and Britannia W. Peter Kennon, 1845-1849

 Item — Box 9, 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: 1845-1849

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

Potomac Insurance Company policy on Tudor Place, 1862-1889

 Item — Box 9, 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: 1862-1889

Receipt for interment of remains of the Peter family with Oak-Hill Cemetery Company, 1891 October 30-November 9

 File — Box 9, Folder: 28
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: 1891 October 30-November 9

Receipts of legacies, left to Thomas Peter and JPC Peter by Martha Parke Custis Peter, 1855 November 6

 Item — Box 9, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents

Receipts for two legacies received of Britannia W. Peter Kennon, executor of Martha Parke Custis Peter's estate. One is for a grandson named Thomas Peter and another for her grandson John Parke Custis Peter.

Dates: 1855 November 6

Share, Bank of the Valley in Virginia belonging to Britannia W. Peter Kennon, 1855 May 25

 Item — Box 9, 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: 1855 May 25

Title page, A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, inscribed Britannia W. Peter, 1824

 Item — Box 10, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary and Expositor of the English Language (New York : Printed and published by William A. Davies) Inscribed Britannia W. Peter.

Dates: 1824

Will and testament, Ann Gertrude Wightt, 1865 July 12

 Item — Box 10, Folder: 07
Scope and Contents

Document tied with blue ribbon, with envelope. Last will and testament of Ann Gertrude Wightt, a former nun at the Georgetown Visitation Convent who later lived at Tudor Place.

Dates: 1865 July 12