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Manuscripts - People and Family Names 6.00 Linear Feet

An artificial collection of papers created from material acquired during the 1930's and 1940's. Mostly letters, financial records, published material and official records of individuals in Virginia and elsewhere. Includes documents and signatures of well known people, such as Benjamin Harrison, John Randolph and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

  1. College of William and Mary

[Map of] "The Duke's Plan" [of New York]- A Description of the Towne of Mannados or New Amsterdam as it was in September 1661 lying in latitude 40de and 40m (Reproduction) Folder 31

English copy of a map made for Dutch authorities which may have been handed over to the English by the last Dutch governor of New York, Pieter Stuyvesant following the surrender of the town in September 1664 and probably accompanied the town's request to the Duke of York (King James II) to agree to be its patron. It is the last map to use the name "New Amsterdam." From Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York, by David T. Valentine, 1858 "British Museum November 8/58 - I hereby certify that I have closely examined this copy of a map of the Town of Mannados or New Amsterdam now in the Library of the British Museum and find that it agrees in every respect with the original. - Richard Sims Manuscript Department," handwritten note on map.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Map Collection
  3. Mapcases
  4. New York

Morley Jeffers Williams Collection 4.62 Linear Feet 11 Hollinger boxes

Williams, Morley Jeffers, 1886-1977

The collection consists of correspondence, reports, surveys, newspaper clippings, biographies and other written works, bibliographies, excerpts from diaries, letters, inventories and ledgers, various types of architectural and archaeological drawings, maps, and images documenting the work and research conducted during Morley Jeffers Williams's tenure at George Washington's Mount Vernon. Williams compiled the majority of the documents and images found in this collection between 1931 and 1939; however, the information contained within these records dates from 1602 to 1967. The bulk of the collection consists of numerous architectural and archaeological drawings detailing past and contemporary views of George Washington's estate; furthermore, there are several drawings depicting possible future renovations to Mount Vernon. This collection also contains a large amount of scholarly research pertaining to George Washington, Mount Vernon, and 18th-century life and culture. This information provides an in-depth understanding of George Washington's life, particularly concerning his interactions with his estate. Other documentation charts the efforts of Morley Jeffers Williams as he worked to restore the structures and landscape at Mount Vernon.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon

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