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This account in Lawrence Lewis' hand is the money expended for food and clothing for slaves during period 1803-1809. "Acct. Free Negroes $1645.05."

Unsigned articles of agreement between Rice Levi, John A. Washington, and Jane C. Washington for Rice Levi to "undertake the management and cultivation of the ... Washington's himself and farm at Mount Vernon".

Contains copies of letters written in the course of Clement Biddle's business dealings in Philadelphia. Includes copies of letters to George Washington (28 in number), Henry Knox, James Wilkinson, and Timothy Pickering, and others. The Washington letters concern his efforts to procure household goods, furniture, agricultural implements and supplies for the Washington family, providing a record of the development of the Mount Vernon estate in the period between the Revolutionary War and Washington's presidency. The letters also reveal interesting insights into life in Philadelphia during the period of the Constitutional Convention.

Moneys expended and received on behalf of George Washington by [probably a manager or overseer].

Washington contracts in advance to purchase all 1,000 bushels of wheat from Mr. Battaile Muse. Purchased for George Washington's mill. Paid 6 shillings per bushel.

This ledger includes a list of slaves at the Mount Vernon Plantations, clothing alloted to them each year, inventory of cattle, Nov. 15, 1785, accounts with the several plantations, accounts with shoemakers, overseers, and bricklayers. With other Accounts (including ones from George Augustine and Lawrence A. Washington, Tobias Lear, John and H. Fairfax, and Anthony Whiting).

Contains advertisement on page 3 column 5 for "Great National Lottery. $300,000 in prizes! ... for the benefit of the Mount Vernon Association" to purchase the Mount Vernon estate. Purchase of a lotto ticket comes with a Certificate of Membership of the Mount Vernon Association, to be displayed at the mansion along with the amount contributed to the cause. Copies of Fanoli's engraving of "Washington the Statesman" and a copy of Leutze's painting "Washington Crossing the Delaware" are offered to those who purchasing 25 and 50 tickets, respectively.

Newspaper ad by George Washington advertising the rental of 4 Mt. Vernon farms--not including Mansion House Farm. Detailed descriptions, are included. Also lists for sale lands on the Ohio River, on the Miami, and in Kentucky. Deals with decisions Washington was making regarding establishment of a source of income for himself, the management of farms, and to find a solution to the burdens of his slave ownership.

Description of farms in detail, signed by George Washington.

Letter from Ann Maury to her distant cousin, Eleanor Love Selden Washington. This is a letter of introduction, in which she presents her neighbor in New York, Charles W. Foster, who wishes to visit Mount Vernon. She claims that Foster is 'making a pilgrimage to that spot which must always have uncommon interest in the eyes of every true American, associated as it is with the memory of the truly great and good man whose name you bear'. A note on the envelope indicates this was hand-delivered by Foster to Mount Vernon. Autograph letter signed, 3 pages, with envelope with partial wax seal.

Letter from Edward C. Turner to John Augustine Washington III, updating him on the conditions at Waveland, Washington's estate, while he is absent in the army. He reports that the overseer at Mount Vernon has said that the enslaved population is in a state of rebellion there. He worries that if the Union army takes possession of Camp Pickens; a large number of enslaved people have been sent to the area to build embankments. Autograph letter signed, 4 pages, with envelope

Letter from Edward C. Turner to John Augustine Washington III concerning the maintenance of his estate at Waveland while he's away with the army. Turner advises Washington that he should buy tobacco, candles, and tea for the enslaved people. The Union army has retreated from the local area. He makes a brief reference to a revolt among the enslaved at Mount Vernon. Autograph letter signed, 4 pages, with envelope.

Includes "List of Negroes" and Mount Vernon farming and maintenance details. Loose note at the front reads "Extracts from the diary of my father" with notes on this diary and previous ones.

Portraits of George and Martha Washington engraved by G. F. Storm. Border, featuring engraving of Mount Vernon, Residence of Washington, by T. Pollock. Includes an engraved biography of George Washington. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1838 by G. F. Storm & T. Pollock in the Clerks office of the District Court of Massachusetts. Printed by C. S. Holland.