Eliza Selden Washington papers 1825-1877

Access and use

Location of collection:
Colonial Williamsburg
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Douglas Mayo
Phone: (757) 565-8521
Phone: (757) 565-8520
Fax: (757) 565-8528

Summary

Creator:
Washington, Eliza Selden
Abstract:
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Papers of Eliza Selden Washington (1848-1909), dating from June 1825 to February 1877. Chiefly, letters to and from Eliza Selden Washington and other family members in Virginia and West Virginia concerning family matters and several references to Mount Vernon and the Civil War. The collection contains some items of Eliza's father, John Augustine Washington, Jr. (1820-1861), including correspondence, a lock of his hair, and violets taken by him from Mount Vernon as he left for war in 1861. John Augustine Washington, Jr. was the grand-nephew of George Washington and the last private owner of Mount Vernon.

Biographical / historical:

Eliza Selden Washington was the daughter of John Augustine Washington.

Acquisition information:
Purchase, 2004
Arrangement:

The papers have been inventoried but not arranged.

Physical location:
On site.
Physical description:
136 items.