Nancy Halsted to Hannah Farnsworth

Containers:
Box 82
Creator:
Halsted, Nancy Marsh, 1817-1891 and Farnsworth, Hannah Blake, 1802-1879
Scope and content:

Copy and extracts. Colonnades both completed, had a coat of oil and two of white paint - old one nearly all decayed. Four hundred dollars was the total cost of new colonnade and $100 for repairs on old one. Tin for roof on both, nails, paint, oil, white lead, red iron paint. Itemized cost of each, brings total cost more than amount allowed for work. "Mary Washington" boat withdrawn. No word of lawsuit, but continued attack expected in spring. Belligerents to present petition to Virginia legislature to repeal Mount Vernon charter. Plan for restoration of the two porters' lodges at Alexandria entrance. Wharf, Farmers Club, and D.P. Smith's false charges. ER-7, p. 35-39

Language:
English .

Access and use

Location of collection:
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
3600 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
Mount Vernon, VA 22121
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