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John Augustine Washington III, Mount Vernon, to Eleanor Love Selden Washington, 1852 Box 1, Folder 16

Health of Aunt Eliza and Mr. Lloyd. Railroad festival at Salem [now Marshall]. Cary, Fontaine and John hunting and fishing. Describes flowers in Louisa's garden. Wharf and buildings being put up at the White House for the steamboat and visitors.

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John Augustine Washington III, Mount Vernon, to Eleanor Love Selden Washington, 1852 Box 1, Folder 16

Going to Alexandria to sell a load of wheat. The slave Eliza was injured when she "ran a needle in her arm and broke it off…" Ends with proclamation of undying love: "Indeed as I grow older my heart seems to cling closer to you…and never do I feel this more deeply than when you are absent from me."

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John Augustine Washington III, Mount Vernon, to Eleanor Love Selden Washington, 1852 Box 1, Folder 16

Finished ploughing in Maryland. Tried to sell the slave Matilda but she was unwilling. Has employed a German gardener. Gives updates on the steamboat, visitors, and construction of new wharf.

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John Augustine Washington III, Mount Vernon, to Eleanor Love Selden Washington, 1852 Box 1, Folder 17

Mount Vernon and other farms have lost one third to one half of harvest due to rains. Has finally engaged a Maryland bricklayer and plasterer.

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John Augustine Washington III, Mount Vernon, to Eleanor Love Selden Washington, 1854 Box 1, Folder 19

Servants sick. Bought and forwarded a dress for Louisa. Will take Louisa to Bath after sale of Richwoods [home of Thomas Blackburn Washington].

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John Augustine Washington III, Mount Vernon, to Eleanor Love Selden Washington, 1859 Box 1, Folder 28

Richard and Bushrod Washington came down with him. "I fear I shall be disappointed in selling Marshall Hall to the person who I expected to buy it."

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  2. John Augustine Washington III and Eleanor Love Selden correspondence, 1842/1860
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John Augustine Washington III, Mount Vernon, to Eleanor Love Selden Washington, 1859 Box 1, Folder 29

Constant rains on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Will go to Washington to meet John F. Lee. Thinks they can move to Waveland by the first of December.

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  2. John Augustine Washington III and Eleanor Love Selden correspondence, 1842/1860
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John Augustine Washington III, Mount Vernon, to Eleanor Love Selden Washington, 1860 Box 1, Folder 32

"Mr. Turner though still very unwell is going about a little, and we are engaged in sowing wheat…" Bought a carpet for the library. Has sent up stair carpet rods.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. John Augustine Washington III and Eleanor Love Selden correspondence, 1842/1860
  3. Letters from John Augustine Washington III, 1842/1860

John Augustine Washington III, Staunton, to Eleanor Love Selden Washington, 1858 Box 1, Folder 25

Relates his visits with the children to the University, Monticello, Farmington, and the "Asylums for the Insane and for the Blind and the Deaf and Dumb."

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  2. John Augustine Washington III and Eleanor Love Selden correspondence, 1842/1860
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