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Receipt of legacy, left to Lorenzo Lewis by Martha Washington, 1826 1 pages Box 9, Folder 16

Receipt written by Lawrence Lewis acknowledging receipt from Thomas Peter of three hundred and twenty-six dollars eighteen cent left to his son Lorenzo Lewis as a legacy from Martha Washington.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Peter family papers, 1722/1932
  3. Series 11. Papers of Thomas Peter, 1732/1852
  4. Subseries 11.4. Estate Documents

Receipt, William Fitzhugh to Lawrence Lewis, 1817 Box 45, Folder 1817.03.08

Receipt, A.D.S. 1 page. Fitzhugh's receipt to Lewis (on behalf of the executors of George Washington's estate) "for rents due on a tenement on the Ravensworth tract." Note on verso records payment "on acct. of Land rented for Free Negroes." Autograph document signed, with notes on verso in the hand of Bushrod Washington.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Historic manuscript collection, 1601/1933
  3. Series 1. Documents and Manuscripts
  4. Manuscripts Box 45, 1816/1820

Statement, Defense of title to Woodlawn, Lawrence Lewis, 1805 Box 39, Folder 1805.04.29

A.D.S. 6 pages. A statement as to the title to Woodlawn drawn up by Lawrence Lewis because of a threatened suit over the land by descendants of Sarah Mason Brooke; it embodies Col. George Mason's statement on the history of the lands ownership. Lewis's search of title goes back to William Travers, who by deed from Proprietors, March 22, 1677, got 788 acres. The Woodlawn part of that property was later owned by George Washington (who had gotten it on 27 October 1772) and then willed by him to Lawrence Lewis and Eleanor ("Nelly") Parke Custis Lewis. Autograph document signed, by Lawrence Lewis, docketed "Col. Geo. Mason's Statement," and in another hand, "as to title of Woodlawn."

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Historic manuscript collection, 1601/1933
  3. Series 1. Documents and Manuscripts
  4. Manuscripts Box 39, 1804/1805

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