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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 Creator Comegys, Margaret Douglass, 1816-1888

Margaret Comegys to George W. Riggs Box 61

A.L.S. Dover. Judge and Mrs. Comegys think bricks better be sold at once, sum for Superintendent's phosphates, etc. Mrs. Fitch has just left for N.Y. Thanks Riggs for letter to President; if denied the boat, will be ready to double her efforts rather than turn MV over to Government or make changes in supervision during Regent's absence. Tracy saw Miss Hamilton, Mrs. Riggs and Mrs. Comegys, only members of Committee present when last resolutions were presented; Miss Tracy did not know contents of resolution, adjusts salary matters satisfactorily. ER-17, p. 109

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Early Records of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
  3. Series 6. Correspondence
  4. Correspondence

Margaret Comegys to James Hollingsworth Box 75

A.L.S. Dover. Denies Mr. Comegys changed any part of contract with him. Hollingsworth signed original which made him daily accountable to Regent for funds. Amount of bond fixed by Mr. Comegys. Asks Regent to allow him to see original paper, make alteration and she will have it copied and forwarded at once. He should be responsible to Association alone and entire control of Mount Vernon. ER-5, p. 215

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Early Records of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
  3. Series 6. Correspondence
  4. Correspondence

Margaret Comegys to James Hollingsworth Box 83

A.L.S. Dover. Has sent by "Arrow" a carpet and some old chairs. Bought full set of furniture for Delaware room but Regent advises waiting until after Council when it is to be decided whether to furnish bedrooms as best they can or to wait in hope of fitting house with appropriate furniture. Depressed over Miss Cunningham's death, feels like retiring. Chairs she sends are 100 years old and came from England. ER-5, p. 219

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Early Records of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
  3. Series 6. Correspondence
  4. Correspondence

Margaret Comegys to James Hollingsworth Box 85

A.L.S. Dover. Moth problem at Mount Vernon is common in houses not lived in. She uses terpentine to repel them. Will furnish Delaware room, but impossible to get 100 year old furniture as desired. Any papers of Miss Cunningham's to be retained there. ER-5, p. 223

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Early Records of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association
  3. Series 6. Correspondence
  4. Correspondence

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