Washington, Mary Ball, 1708-1789

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A.D.S. 4 pages. Account for 7 pr. plaid hose, black pettycoat, silk purse, pins, chrystall buttons, copper kettle, hair trunk, snuff box, etc. Autograph document signed, laminated, docketed "Rect. [Ed]ward Moore 13th October 1772," two sheets badly torn and burned, watermark (crown over powder horn and LVG).Receipted on Oct. 13, 1772, on second sheet by Edward Moor.

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Account - D.S. 1 page. Account from Oct. 1786-May 1789 amounting to £11.0.4 for iron work, shoeing wheels, ox chains, repairing old stock bands, etc. Credit given of £7.18.0 for 39 1/2 baskets of wheat. Document signed, badly charred, laminated, docketed "Acct. Mr. J. Hill for Mrs. Washington".Account sworn to on Aug. 13, 1790 by Chas. C[aller ?] and receipted by Abner Vernon.

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A.D.S. 1 page. Fragment, poor condition. Account for medicines and treatment, including linement, laudanum, cordial mixture, bolus, ingredient for Glysters, etc., amounting to £ 6.18.0. Autograph document signed, laminated, a badly torn and charred scrap of paper, indecipherable watermark, docketed on reverse "Mrs. Washington," and "£6.18 4 Septr. 1774". Date on original catalog card appears [c.1774]. Receipted by W. Mortimer.

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D. 1 page. Account from July 1789 for "Visiting Mrs. W. Examining a Cancer and Consultation with Dr. Hall - £2.2.0." Document, fragment, badly charred, laminated, docketed "Dr. R. Wellford Acct and [ ]," incomplete watermark. Proved before magistrate, Geo. French, on Aug. 19, 1790. Receipted on reverse Sept. 13, 1790 from Mrs. Lewis. Signed by Wm. Yates for Robt. Wellford.

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D. 2 pages. Account - Mary Washington with Dekar, Thompson, and Cox. Purchases of supplies including food, cloth, and housewares. Torn and charred, laminated.

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D.S. 2 pages. Document signed, fragment, laminated, torn and charred scrap of paper. Account from May 3-July 30, 1765, for snuff, Irish l[inen], silk hat, fann, etc. Account signed by [Ja]mes Buchanan.

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Account. A.D.S. 1 page. Account for £6.10.9 includes woodwork for 1 pr. cart wheels, 2 boxes for them, tire and nails, altering and putting on 8 stock bands. Credit is given for wheat and old iron. Autograph document signed, in hand of Abner Vernon, fragment, badly charred, laminated, incomplete watermark. Account certified correct by Abner Vernon.

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A.D.S. 1 page. Bill for June 14, 1751-April 3, 1752 for medical care, including one entry "Jan 10 [1752] To a large box antiscorbutick Ointm. for Mr. George Washington." Also includes entries "a Visit to yr Negro wench," and "Drawing a tooth for yr Negro." Autograph document signed, laminated, docketed "Rect. Doctr. Sutherland April 27th 1752 1.6.9.," badly charred. Receipted on April 27, 1752 for Dr. Sutherland by [ ] Peyton.

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D. 1 page, in hand of Gart. Tho[mpson], fragment, badly charred and mutilated, laminated, docketed, incomplete watermark (indistinguishable). Bill from John Kea[ ] to Mary Washington for [£2.5.0].

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D.S. 2 pages. Evaluation of Sundries belonging to Mary Washington by Charles Washington and Fielding Lewis. Inventory with value of livestock, tools, slaves--evaluated by Fielding Lewis and Chas. Washington. Document signed, in hand of Fielding Lewis, silked, endorsed by G.W.(?), watermark (crown over heraldic shield and motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense").

Scope and Contents King James version, containing the old and new testaments. Includes a page located in the book of Jeremiah, inscribed with family geneaological information. It lists the marriage date of Augustine Washington (ca. 1694-1743) and his second wife, Mary Ball (1708-1789), as well as the birth dates of their six children. George Washington, their eldest child, was born "about 10 in the Morning" on February 11, 1731/32, according to the Julian calendar then in use. The leather bound volume is...

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Autograph document signed by John Augustine Washington, Charles Washington, and George A. Washington. For land in Fredericksburg leased by John Augustine to his mother, Mary Ball Washington.

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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 fictitious imagining of what an invitation could have looked like, if one existed, for the wedding of George and Martha Washington.

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A.L.S. 1 page. Autograph letter signed, seal (red). edges are brown/black from fire.

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,...

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D.S. 1 page. Receipt for 18 shillings for one pound of Hyson Tea. Autograph document signed, fragment, charred by fire, laminated, docketed "Robt. Broom £.18.0, 18th May 1774".

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,...

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Views of Mount Vernon spanning more than 100 years. The Robert Waldsmith Collection consists of approximately 300 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 a collection of Washington statues and buildings honoring the first President.