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
- From the Collection: Washington, George, 1732-1799 (Person)
- From the Collection: Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816 (Person)
- From the Collection: Washington, Martha, 1731-1802 (Person)
- From the Collection: Law, Elizabeth Parke Custis, 1776-1831 (Person)
- From the Collection: Law, Thomas, 1756-1834 (Person)
- From the Collection: Costin, William, 1780?-1842 (Person)
- From the Collection: Law, John, 1784?-1822 (Person)
- From the Collection: Rogers, Lloyd Nicholas, approximately 1788-1860 (Person)
- From the Collection: Rogers, Edmund Law (Person)
- From the Collection: Peter, Robert, 1726-1806 (Person)
- From the Collection: Peter, Thomas, 1769-1834 (Person)
- From the Collection: Peter, Martha Parke Custis, 1777-1854 (Person)
- From the Collection: Kennon, Britannia Wellington Peter, 1815-1911 (Person)
- From the Collection: Peter, George, 1779-1861 (Person)
- From the Collection: Peter, Armistead, 1840-1902 (Person)
- From the Collection: Peter, Agnes, 1840-1902 (Person)
Extent
1 pages
Language of Materials
English
- Fugitive slaves -- Virginia Subject Source: Local sources
- Washington, Martha, 1731-1802
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections at The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon Repository
Contact:
PO Box 3600
Mount Vernon VA 22121
703-799-3600
PO Box 3600
Mount Vernon VA 22121
703-799-3600
