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Start Over Names Butler, Frances Parke, 1799-1875

Historic manuscript collection, 1601/1933 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.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon

Letter, Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis to Frances Parke Butler, 1827 Box 52, Folder 1827.05.26

Letter from Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis to 'My dear child,' Frances Parke Butler. This letter, written from Arlington while visiting her brother George Washington Parke Custis and 'Aunt Mary' briefly mentions Bushrod Washington's needed improvements to Mount Vernon, and repairs made to Woodlawn Plantation. She desires Parke send her a finished 'picture' of Parke herself, which she believes will be a 'faithful likeness.' She requests for it to be sent unframed and in placed in a morocco case for proper storage. Eleanor promises to send Parke various sundry goods, including corsets, corals, and silks. She also discusses family matters, including the death of Parke's 'Good Uncle Carter,' and the reaction of Eleanor's half sibling, also named Eleanor. Eleanor writes using a common 19th century practice of cross-writing. Autograph letter signed, 3 pages. Postmarked Alexandria, May 27.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Historic manuscript collection, 1601/1933
  3. Series 1. Documents and Manuscripts
  4. Manuscripts Box 52, 1826/1827

Letter, Frances Parke Butler to Lawrence Lewis, 1838 Box 62, Folder 1838.03.29

A.L.S. 3 pages. Hoping that he will visit them at Bayou Goula. News of her children. She is anxious for news of the Lorenzo Lewis family. Name on original manuscript appears as "F. P. Butler." Integral cover, wax seal.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Historic manuscript collection, 1601/1933
  3. Series 1. Documents and Manuscripts
  4. Manuscripts Box 62, 1837/1838

Letter, Frances Parke Butler to Lorenzo Lewis, 1824 Box 50, Folder 1824.05.10

A.L.S. 3 pages. Woodlawn. Expressing concern over L.L's indisposition News of the death of a friend killed by an explosion in a steam boiler. News of several marriages. Visit of Judge Johnson and Edward Livingston; good prospects for the Judge's election. Name on original manuscript appears as "F. P. Lewis (Butler)." Integral cover, wax seal (broken).

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Historic manuscript collection, 1601/1933
  3. Series 1. Documents and Manuscripts
  4. Manuscripts Box 50, 1824/1825

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