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Start Over Names Alexander, Judith Ball Blackburn, 1796-1866

Historic manuscript collection approx. 60 Linear Feet

This collection of historic manuscripts dates from 1607-1933, with the bulk of materials dating from 1738-1868. The correspondence, journals and diaries, legal and financial records, estate documents, and printed ephemera in the collection primarily relate to the Washington and Custis families, the Revolutionary War, and society life in antebellum Washington D.C. and Virginia.

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Jane Charlotte Blackburn Washington and John Augustine Washington III correspondence 5.7 Linear Feet 4 manuscript boxes

Washington, Jane Charlotte Blackburn, 1786-1855

The bulk of this collection is made up of letters from Jane Charlotte Washington to her son, John Augustine Washington III. Also included are letters to Eleanor Love Selden Washington, a few letters to or from John Augustine Washington III to various individuals, several letters from George Mason of Hollin Hall (1797-1870) to John Augustine Washington III, letters by Lackland and Alexander family members (relatives of the Washingtons) and three receipts. The subject matter of most letters is family or personal affairs and Mount Vernon business with some discussion of the enslaved people owned by the Washingtons. Inclusive dates are 1837 to 1861.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon

John Augustine Washington III and family papers approx 4 Linear Feet 15 boxes

Alexander, Hannah Lee Washington, 1811-1881

This collection contains correspondence, legal documents, financial records, and other documents related to John Augustine Washington III and his family, especially his son, Lawrence, as well as his granddaughters, Anne and Patty. The bulk of the correspondence series are letters sent to John Augustine Washington III and concern family affairs and the management of various family plantations, including Mount Vernon.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon

Judith Alexander to John Augustine Washington III Box 4, Folder undated 011

A.L.S. "Your kind mother always advances for me the money with which I travel to the upper country. I am making my arrangements to move rather earlier than usual this summer that I may have the advantage of Cousin Betsy Winter's company … I shall take Rosina with me who is a fine sensible, amiable girl of fourteen, rather handsome, but bashful and awkward. She looks badly now from a sort of bilious fever without chills, which hangs about her in despite of blue pile etc."

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Jane Charlotte Blackburn Washington and John Augustine Washington III correspondence

Judith B. Alexander to Eleanor Love Selden Washington Box 13, Folder 1854.07.06

To Mount Vernon. Judith writes that she enjoyed her visit to Mount Vernon and the family. Looks often at the daguerreotype. Recommends they go to Jefferson. Continues on 12 July: Met Mrs. Payne and is raising money for her to go to the springs for her health. Gives news about various people.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. John Augustine Washington III and family papers
  3. Series 1. Correspondence
  4. Subseries 1.3. Family

Judith B. Alexander to Eleanor Love Selden Washington Box 13, Folder 1858.10.17

To Mount Vernon. Judith writes that she heard that Nelly was "pale and not strong." Gives accounts of other people's health and her own. Dr. Stewart's daughters will try to visit Nelly at Mount Vernon so they can see it "with family there."

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. John Augustine Washington III and family papers
  3. Series 1. Correspondence
  4. Subseries 1.3. Family

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