Box 61
Container
Contains 3 Results:
Manuscript play, The Monongahela, or Washington on the First Great Field of his Fame by George Washington Parke Custis, 1836
Item — Box: 61, Folder: 1836.00.00
Identifier: RM-1197
Scope and Contents
An unpublished play, produced in New York on September 30, 1839 for one night only.
Dates:
1836
Jane C. Washington, Mount Vernon, to John Augustine Washington III, Blakeley, 1837 January 20
Item — Box: 61, Folder: 1837.01.20
Identifier: 2018-SC-069-002
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed. Jane writes to her son that she is at Mount Vernon settling accounts. She discusses family news and difficulties with postage.
Dates:
1837 January 20
Manuscripts Box 61, October 1835 - April 1837
Box — Box: 61
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection of historic manuscripts dates from 1607-1933, with the bulk of materials dating from 1738-1868. The correspondence, journals and diaries, legal and financial records, estate documents, and printed ephemera in the collection primarily relate to the Washington and Custis families, the Revolutionary War, and society life in antebellum Washington D.C. and Virginia.
Portions of this collection have been digitized, as noted in the item-level descriptions.
Portions of this collection have been digitized, as noted in the item-level descriptions.
Dates:
October 1835 - April 1837
