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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
Primary Collecting Areas:
George and Martha Washington, Mount Vernon, Founding Era and Early Republic, Historic preservation, Decorative arts, Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
Description:

The Fred W. Smith National Library includes general collections, special collections and archives as a resource for scholars, students, and those interested in George Washington, colonial America and the Revolutionary and founding eras.

The library's general collections include secondary source materials on the Washington and Custis families, and the colonial and founding eras.

The Special Collections materials highlight the lives of George and Martha Washington as well as their descendants through correspondence, financial materials, and original books from George and Martha Washington's library.

The archives of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association holds the historic institutional records of the organization dating back to its founding in 1853.

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Start Over Repository The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon Collection Peter family papers Subjects Surveying

Certificate and plat of the fragment acres in Montgomery County surveyed for Robert Peter 1 pages Box 7, Folder 08

Certificate and plat for 5 3/4 acres of vacant land granted by special warrant to Robert Peter out of the Western Shore Land Office of Washington County in the District of Columbia. Surveyed by Joseph Elgar, Jr. Autograph document signed, 1 page.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Peter family papers
  3. Series 10. Papers of Robert Peter
  4. Subseries 10.4. Land Documents

Correspondence, William Deakins, Ben Stoddert to Stephen Chiswell related to surveying of Partnership 2 Leaves Box 7, Folder 01

One undated note by Thomas Peter and one letter from William Dearkins and Ben Stoddert to Stephen Chiswell about resurveying about 200 acres called Partnership granted to Elting Williams.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Peter family papers
  3. Series 10. Papers of Robert Peter
  4. Subseries 10.4. Land Documents

Division of real estate lots owned by Robert Peter Box 7, Folder 07

Four autograph documents dealing with land ownership. Two notes on fragments; one half sheet giving history of a property in Prince George's County; and an 8 page survey document, with reference to points on a drawn survey, of Cross Basket, Balantyre, and other properties (9 lots) belonging to Robert Peter and divided amongst George and Thomas Peter.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Peter family papers
  3. Series 10. Papers of Robert Peter
  4. Subseries 10.4. Land Documents

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