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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.

POC: Reference services
Phone: (703) 780-3600
Start Over Repository The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon Collection Bushrod Washington family papers, 1662/1835 Date range 1826

Accounts of the executors of George Washington's estate, 1826 4 pages Box 2, Folder 15

List of accounts showing credit, cash, and balances with the W. L. McCarty Spotswood, Washington Thornton, H. Fitzhugh, J. N. Ashton, Mary D. Washington, Samuel Washington, Robert Lewis, George Washington Parke Custis, Bushrod Corbin Washington, Thomas Peter, Fayette Ball, Lawrence Lewis, Bushrod Washington, and others.

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  2. Bushrod Washington family papers, 1662/1835
  3. Series 2. Legal Documents, 1697/1835
  4. Subseries 2.1. Estate Documents, 1752/1835

Bushrod Washington family papers, 1662/1835 1.5 Linear Feet (4 boxes)

Washington, Bushrod, 1762-1829

The Bushrod Washington Family Papers consist of documents gathered by the descendants of the first President of the United States, George Washington. The collection comprises an assortment of correspondence and legal documents documenting the lives and property ownership of several branches of the Washington family. The collection is organized into five series: Correspondence, Legal Documents, Social, Miscellaneous, and Indenture Notices (Land Deeds).

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Condensed statement A from the executors of George Washington's estate, 1826 1 pages Box 2, Folder 15

List of accounts title "Condensed Statement A" showing credit, cash, and balances with the W. L. McCarty Spotswood, Washington Thornton, H. Fitzhugh, J. N. Ashton, Mary D. Washington, Samuel Washington, Robert Lewis, George Washington Parke Custis, Bushrod Corbin Washington, Thomas Peter, Fayette Ball, Lawrence Lewis, Bushrod Washington, and others.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Bushrod Washington family papers, 1662/1835
  3. Series 2. Legal Documents, 1697/1835
  4. Subseries 2.1. Estate Documents, 1752/1835

Copy of decree of George Washington's Executors vs. L. W. McCarty Spotswood and others, 1826 1 pages Box 2, Folder 14

Manuscript copy of "George Washington's Executors against L. W. McCarty Spotswood & others and Mary D. Washington against George Washington's Executors."

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Bushrod Washington family papers, 1662/1835
  3. Series 2. Legal Documents, 1697/1835
  4. Subseries 2.1. Estate Documents, 1752/1835

Letters from Colleges to Bushrod Washington, 1824/1829 Box 3, Folder 33

Contains 3 letters:

Letter informing Bushrod Washington that he has been named an honorary member of the Peithesophian Society of Rutgers College, 1829 October 3
Letter informing Bushrod Washington that Harvard University has conferred on him the honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws, 1828 March 3
Letter inviting Bushrod Washington to become an honorary member of the Franklin Society of Penn University, 1824 June 31

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  2. Bushrod Washington family papers, 1662/1835
  3. Series 3. Social, 1816/1829

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