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Accounts of Martha Washington with printer Ellis Price, 1800 May 27

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 22

Scope and Contents

Accounts dated February 13, March 11, and April 12, 1800 for newspaper advertisements and handbills purchased by Martha Washington from Ellis Price, printer of The Columbian Mirror and Alexandria Gazette. Items Martha purchased include 26 advertisements for a house to rent, an advertisement about the Mount Vernon fishery, 23 advertisements about the donkey Knight of Malta, and notice about the runaway slave Marcus.

Dates

  • 1800 May 27

Creator

Extent

1 pages

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections at The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon Repository

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