These notes were clipped from the margins of the Early Records scrapbooks.

This document was written by Mrs. Abby Wheaton Chace, the MVLA Vice Regent of Rhode Island in Providence, to MVLA Regent Ann Pamela Cunningham. Mrs. Chase accepts appointment as Vice Regent of Rhode Island. She regrets the exorbitant price paid for Mount Vernon, which is a deterrent when it comes to raising funds. She asks for the Regent's Appeal as well as the Secretary's last report.

ER 13; p. 4, ALS; Box 26

Photocopy, location of original unknown

There are several copies of this document as well as this original copy. This document was offered by Henry Woodhouse of New York, along with eight other items, for $2,000 in April 1963. Mr. Woodhouse suggested that this document was in the hand of Ann Pamela Cunninghman, but this is likely not the case.

In the agreement, John A. Washington agrees to sell Mount Vernon to the MLVA for the sum of $200,000. This includes the mansion, tomb, grounds, and wharf. The sale is to be financed by $18,000 in cash as well as four bonds. The bonds are to be made payable on the following dates and worth the following amounts: January 1, 1859 ($57,000), February 22, 1860 ($41,666.66), February 22, 1861 ($41,666.67), and February 22, 1862 ($41,666.67) - plus whatever interests were accumulated. The agreement further establishes that John A. Washington and his heirs have the right to bury members of the family in the family vault.

RM-56; RM 1055; ER 5696; Box 21

Notary copy of the contract to purchase Mount Vernon.

This is one of several copies of this document. The original was offered by Henry Woodhouse of New York, along with eight other items, for $2,000 in April 1963. Mr. Woodhouse suggested that this document was in the hand of Ann Pamela Cunninghman, but this is likely not the case.

In the agreement, John A. Washington agrees to sell Mount Vernon to the MLVA for the sum of $200,000. This includes the mansion, tomb, grounds, and wharf. The sale is to be financed by $18,000 in cash as well as four bonds. The bonds are to be made payable on the following dates and worth the following amounts: January 1, 1859 ($57,000), February 22, 1860 ($41,666.66), February 22, 1861 ($41,666.67), and February 22, 1862 ($41,666.67) - plus whatever interests were accumulated. The agreement further establishes that John A. Washington and his heirs have the right to bury members of the family in the family vault.

RM-56; RM 1055; ER 5696; Box 21

The articles of agreement between John Augustine Washington III and the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union, signed by John A. Washington and Ann Pamela Cunningham, "A Southern Matron, Regent" and dated Richmond, April 6, 1858. This document subject to the Act which incorporated the Association passed by the General Assembly of Virginia on March 19, 1858 embodies the agreement to sell two hundred acres of the Mount Vernon tract including the Mansion, the Tomb of George Washington, the gardens, grounds, and wharf for the sum of $200,000. Autograph document, 5 pages hinged and bound.

This document was written by Mrs. Louisa Ingersoll Greenough, the MVLA Vice Regent of Massachusetts in Cambridge. She states that all authentic subscription books are signed by the Vice Regent of Massachusetts or an appointed manager.

ER 12; p. 33, ALS; Box 24

The notes include a catalog of documents and letters of the Maryland MVLA that are from 1856-1873.

13-29; 13-23

Deacon & Peterson must hold all electrotype plates, wood cuts, paper, and all other materials furnished for the publication of the "Mount Vernon Record" as security for the printing of the record.

ER-D-37

This document was made by Capt. M.C. Meigs from U.S. Engineer in Washington, D.C. for the MVLA. It is a drawing of proposed changes to the wharf at Mount Vernon. He recommends that "the front of the wharf [be] made parallel to the thread of the stream," which will cost 40 cents per foot or $2800.

ER 17; p. 66

This document was sent by MVLA Regent Ann Pamela Cunningham in Philadelphia to Margaretta S. Morse, the MLVA Vice Regent of Louisiana. Miss Cunningham notes that according to articles 9-11 of the MLVA constitution and by-laws, annual meetings must be held, and she calls a meeting for December 31, 1859.

ER-431

This is a handwritten notice from President Frank E. Johnston. He writes that Alexandria, Mount Vernon, and Accotink Turnpike Company have, through their agent, made satisfactory arrangements with the MVLA for building a passenger railroad. The railroad will be 6 miles on the the line of the turnpike and 1.5 miles on the branch avenue to Mount Vernon. It will open in the spring and will cost $30,000. He describes plans for financing the railroad and the advantages it offers the MVLA.

This notice may have been written on January 5.

ER 8; p. 72

This document is a draft by MVLA Regent Ann Pamela Cunningham to David Paul Brown. The Regent is annoyed about the continued problem of crowds pouring into Mount Vernon at all times. She declares that a railroad in any hands would be objectionable.

ER 11; p. 106, AL

This folder contains Mrs. Macalester's list of Lady Managers appointed for Pennsylvania.

13-65

Names spelled in the document are Joseph Hineman and Henry Reed, though the signatures are spelled Heimer and Read

MLVA Regent Ann Pamela Cunningham made this contract with Sarah C. Tracy as "private secretary to said Regent." As secretary, Tracy must render six hours of service daily. She will receive a monthly salary figured at an annual rate of $400 irrespective of board and washing. She must also provide one month's notice if she decides to resign.

ER 13; p. 12, ALS

This document is an agreement between the MLVA and M.H. Traubel, who is the successor to Devereux & Co., in regards to the publication of portraits. The portraits are to cost $1, 50 cents of which is to go to Mount Vernon. For any money which was previously remitted to Devereux & Co. for portraits which were not received, Mount Vernon will pay 25 cents for each portrait to fill such arrears orders. This document was signed by MVLA Regent Ann Pamela Cunningham and M.H. Cunningham and witnessed by David Paul Brown and L.H. Brown.

ER-D-39

This document is a report by MVLA Regent Ann Pamela Cunningham to the Council. It is docketed and entitled "Report-Containing account of Devereux's forgery committed in 1859 or 60 - and not read." Since this is the first time Ann Pamela Cunningham has met them in Council, she will give them a report on the monetary department. Her illness and protracted absence from the depository of her papers make it impossible to give more than generalities about financial matters now. She explains that a large amount was paid out for the publication of Record--forgeries of her name to drafts on Riggs & Co. by Mr. Devereux--and tried to recover the electroplates, but the printers were holding them $720 arrears.

Another copy of this report is also included.

ER-D-127

This is an incomplete copy of a report by MVLA Regent Ann Pamela Cunningham to the Council. A complete copy is also available (#D-127).

ER-D-128

This document is from Warrington Gillingham to the president and directors of a railroad company. Gillingham reports on the progress made on the railroad to Mount Vernon. He also suggests that the railroad meet at the path where boat passengers enter Mount Vernon since it will be shorter and better for Mount Vernon. His suggestion is adopted by the railroad company.

8-77

This document contains the names of the directors of the railroad company.

15-27

This is a handwritten copy of a document sent by MVLA Secretary Sarah C. Tracy to the National Intelligencer in Washington, D.C. She refutes the May 15 article in the "New York Herald" regarding George Washington's remains being removed from Mount Vernon. She declares that the public need fear no molestation of "this one National spot, belonging to North and South" and that the ladies of the MVLA have taken every precaution for its protection. She begs the public to continue its confidence in the MVLA.

ER 15; p. 55

This document is from MVLA Regent Ann Pamela Cunningham to the MVLA Vice Regents. It is signed by the Regent and her secretary, Sarah C. Tracy. The document is a copy of the call for the Grand Council, which will occur on November 19, 1866 at the home of G.W. Riggs, treasurer, in Washington, D.C.

ER 1; p. 241, AL

This document is from MVLA Secretary Sarah C. Tracy to J. Van Riswick of Potomack Ferry Company. She outlines three conditions for running private parties to Mount Vernon. First, the boat must arrive in the afternoon to Mount Vernon and leave by 6:30 PM. Second, parties must pledge to follow the rules for visiting Mount Vernon and also pay an entrance fee of 25 cents. Third, Potomack Ferry Company must take all responsibility for its actions.

This is a copy of a document from the Alexandria and Fredericksburg Railroad Company to the MVLA. It was signed by J.B. Stewart, Secretary and sent from Washington, D.C. The railroad company requests right of way for the railroad across the Mount Vernon property in return for which the company will build an ornamental depot and have a percentage on every fare paid.

(See also p. 100.)

ER 4; p. 115, L

Esther M. Lewis certifies that she has two topage buckles which were owned and worn by George Washington. She also has a miniature by Field on ivory with a lock of hair. The items are the property of Charles Angelo Conrad and Lawrence Lewis Conrad.

W-617/A+B

This document is the address given by Ann Pamela Cunningham, the Regent of the MVLA, to the Grand Council of the MVLA.

MVLA Regent Ann Pamela Cunningham gives an explanation to the MVLA Vice Regents of her reasons for not calling a Council during the war years--it was basically due to the need for immediate action and a lack of communication at this difficult time. She was also of the opinion that sectional feelings at a Council would have come into play and hampered the meeting. She feels her actions, though outside of what was outlined in the MVLA Constitution, were necessary. She asks that she be excused for her course of action on the grounds that she acted with good motives and out of necessity.

Francis Parke Butler attests to the authenticity of the buckles and miniature owned by Charles Angelo Conrad and Lawrence Lewis Conrad. She also states that she owns companion buckles and a miniature of Martha Washington.

This document is a draft of a statement by MVLA Regent Ann Pamela Cunningham to the Secretary of the United States Treasury. She writes regarding the contract for the purchase of Mount Vernon on April 6, 1858 for $200,000 with interest. $193,333,33 of the cost was paid before December 1859, which was before the contracts were taxed. John A. Washington was killed before the title was perfected through the courts. She asks that the MVLA be taxed only on $7,836.40 paid on May 12, 1866 to the executor of John A. Washington.

ER 2; p. 9

This document is Mrs. Eve's account of the MVLA Council of 1868 (2 copies).

This document was sent to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States concerning the stamp revenue tax on the Mount Vernon contract. The writer feels it unjust that the MVLA be taxed on the whole sum ($200,000) rather than the portion to be paid after the law was enacted ($7,835.40).

ER-2

The sale of Mount Vernon to the MVLA by John A. Washington is upheld by courts against the protests of John A. Washington's heirs.

This document is the bill from Fairfax County Circuit Court on the MVLA for $22.16.

Two letters and two versions of the Vice Regents acceptance of the resignation of George W. Riggs, Treasurer, which was tendered last January. They request that he forward all MVLA papers in his possession as well as the statement of the account with Mr. Herbert. One letter has list of Vice Regents who approve.

ER-23; p. 301, LS and ER 2-31

This document concerns the running of boats to Mount Vernon and outlines the terms of the agreement.

Mrs. Janet M.C. Riggs, the MVLA Vice Regent of Washington, D.C., declines to accede to the wishes of the members of the Council but thanks them for the complimentary resolution. A penciled note in the margin reads "Declined renomination as VR."

(See also p. 100.)

ER 4; p. 117, ALS

This original document with signatures and stamps is a contract between MVLA Regent Ann Pamela Cunningham and James Craig, gardener. The contract is for one year at $50 per month with use of fuel, vegetables, milk, tea, and coffee. The contract also defines Craig's duties.

ER 11; p. 153

S.W. Tiffey writes about the social virtues and graces of MLVA Regent Ann Pamela Cunningham in her diary.

ER-16

This document has six statements about opinions concerning room colors for the Mount Vernon mansion.

This document is a plan for the first floor of the Mount Vernon mansion.

This document was written for Mr. J.B. Stewart, possibly by S.W. Tiffey. The writer is contacting him regarding the railroad to Mount Vernon and says that there is opposition from the MVLA ladies to anything which may alter Mount Vernon from the way it was when it was owned by George Washington.

This document is a Council resolution regarding the desirability of a furnace for the Mount Vernon mansion.

This document is an original contract between the MVLA and Solomon Greenhalgh. The contract stipulates that Greenhalgh must tin the roof of the portico and board over the same. He must also put tin gutters on the mansion as well as put tin around the dormer windows and on the outbuildings. Furthermore, he must build two cisterns with pumps and furnish a hydraulic ram for a spring at the foot of the lawn. The price is $1500 with board for himself and two men, fare to and from Washington, D.C., and use of Mount Vernon teams and laborers.

ER 2; p. 194, AS

This document, addressed to MVLA Regent Ann Pamela Cunningham, is from the Vice Regents of Wisconsin, New Jersey, New York, Maine, Georgia, and Connecticut. It is a remonstrance to the Regent that her views are "incompatible with the interests of the Assoc." The Regent is to remain as named head of the MVLA, but is relieved of all duties of that office.

This document is a resolution of the MVLA Council regarding an extract from the minutes of the Council referring to the Committee on the Superintendent. The writer shall also leave duties as resident Secretary.

This document by G.W. Lewis is a certificate of authenticity for a sword that was owned by George Washington.

This document is a certificate of authenticity from C.E. Huntington for a tortoise shell snuff box owned by George Washington.

W-612

This document is from Mrs. Susan E. Johnson, the MVLA Vice Regent of Connecticut, to James McHenry Hollingsworth, the resident secretary, treasurer, and superintendent of the MVLA. It includes a "copy of copy" made by the Secretary of the Council in June 1872 regarding the duties of the "Res. Sec., etc." from the Record of the Council. This is followed by a letter from Mrs. Hudson to Secretary Hollingsworth telling him the Committee on the Secretary will define his duties more fully later. Mrs. Hudson refers to two commissions drawn: one he did not see and one signed by the Regent that Mrs. Hudson declares is "trash."

ER 18; p. 1, ALS

This document was sent by Mrs. Philoclea E. Eve and Mrs. Hudson to Colonel James McHenry Hollingsworth in Mount Vernon, Virginia. It discusses his appointment as superintendent and the duties he will have in that position.

ER 5; p. 61, DLS

Betty B. Bassett certifies that a Bible is that of Mary Ball Washington. It was given by Mary Ball Washington to Robert Washington, Mrs. Bassett's father.

W-408

Mary Wade Halsted reports that the builder estimates that $1200 has been put toward the restoration of the colonnades. This amount was mostly given by young people so that the rising generation might take part in the restoration of Mount Vernon.

This document is a partial draft of MVLA Regent Ann Pamela Cunningham's Farewell Address to the MVLA Vice Regents.

This document by Mrs. Philoclea E. Eve, the MVLA Vice Regent of Georgia, is addressed to the MVLA Council. It discusses the retirement of Ann Pamela Cunningham as MVLA Regent and reports that Mrs. Berghmans has been nominated to succeed her.

ER 5; p. 21, ADf

The constitution of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union. It is a twelve-page draft copy written in long hand.

"Constitution of the Virginia State Committee" later nullified by Ann Pamela Cunningham.

A.D. 4 pp.; L-2-(11), (21), (31), & (41).

H.C. Harrison (White Sulpher) to MVLA Regent Ann Pamela Cunningham. He discusses Mr. Mason's recommendations regarding an Act of Incorporation to gain a charter and open subscriptions for a purchase fund.

Holo. outline of 9 sections; 5pp.

ALS, 4pp.; ER-3; PP.-19, 21, 23; Box 15.

Bill No. 147 was to be read to the Legislature of Virginia. It incorporated the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union and authorized the purchase of a part of Mount Vernon.

Printed copy, with Holo. Corrections, pp. 5.

D 5p.; RM-524; ER-4291

Signed by Ann Pamela Cunningham and Susan L. Pellet and approved by Henry A. Wise. Photostat.

PS-163

Printed amendment to the third article of the by-laws of the MVLA Constitution.

ER 3; p. 132

"Constitution and By-laws of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union." The different sections of the document are the Constitution (including the preamble), the by-laws, and an amendment to the constitution.

ER 4; p. 28

William Samuel Johnson, father of Susan Hudson, Vice Regent for Connecticut, writes his opinions on the charter, by-laws, and powers thereby delegated to the MVLA. There is also a handwritten copy of the charter and by-laws on which he has written his suggested amendments.

In this eight-page, handwritten document, Albert Pike gives his legal opinions on the act incorporating the MVLA. The act provides only for the purchase and holding of Mount Vernon. Questions arise in relation to the constitution of the MVLA, which by reference is a part of the act. He also discusses the powers and duties of the MVLA.

Copy by the clerk of the House of Delegates, Virginia. An act to amend a portion of the Act of Incorporation.

A pass enabling a Mount Vernon employee named Eugene to travel back and forth between Mount Vernon and Alexandria.

E3-251

This military pass was issued by the 2nd Brigade, headquartered in Alexandria, for the MVLA. By order of Colonel Heintzelman, the pass allows "Dandridge Smith, (colored)," to travel in and out of Alexandria daily with his wagon, mules, and provisions of the MVLA.

ER 16; p. 96, A

General Orders no. 13 was signed by General Winfield Scott and sent from the U.S. Army Headquarters in Washington, D.C., to Mrs. Sarah C. Tracy, MVLA Secretary. He says that if U.S. troops are ever in the vicinity of Mount Vernon and decide to approach, they will do so with reverence and "leave uninjured not only the Tomb, but also the House, Groves and walks which were so loved by the best and greatest of men. By Command, E.D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General." Autograph document signed.

ER 3; p. 251

General Orders No. 12 and 13 were issued by General Winfield Scott from the U.S. Army Headquarters in Washington, D.C. and under the command of E.D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General. The orders, which were printed in a newspaper, are related to search and seizure as well as the respect due Mount Vernon's tomb, house, groves, and walks.

Printed copy, Gen. Orders 13, ER 16, p. 96.

ER 15; p. 79

Major General McClellan orders the revocation of all passes that allow travel beyond the lines of federal troops in Virginia soil. All future passes will only emanate from the War Department, the Headquarters of the U.S. Army, the Division of the Potomac, or the Provost Marshal in Washington, D.C.

16-99

Military pass for MVLA Secretary Sarah C. Tracy signed by General Winfield Scott. Extension of the pass written on the reverse side dated November 7, 1861.

16-100

Photocopy of a pass issued to Janet Riggs, Mrs. George Washington Riggs, and her two daughters so they could visit Mount Vernon.

Military pass for the MVLA from the Headquarters City Guard in the Provost Marshal's Office in Washington, D.C. Until March 31, the pass will allow "Thomas King (colored)" to travel over any bridge or ferry to Virginia and return for the purpose of providing marketing for his employer. The pass was signed by A. Porter (?) and C.D. McHaffey (?).

ER 16; p. 104, A

Pass for the MVLA from the Alexandria, Virginia Headquarters. It gives Thomas Kinney permission to pass from Alexandria, Virginia "to Mount Vernon and thence by any route to Burke's Station and back, for the purpose of drawing provisions, etc. for the [MVLA] until May 1, 1862 and all persons will give him necessary aid and assistance." The pass was signed by Colonel Henry K. Viele of the 94th York Volunteers.

ER 16; p. 105, A

Military pass from the Military Governor in Alexandria, Virginia. The pass allows the "servant" of MVLA Secretary Sarah C. Tracy to travel with groceries by command of Brigadier General John P. Slough.

ER 16; p. 106 A

"By direction of the Secretary, you are hereby authorized to grant a clearance for such family supplies as may be shipped by Capt. Ferguson A. (?) at your port, consigned to Miss S.C. Tracy, Secretary of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, at Mt. Vernon, Va., endorsing upon each clearance your certificate that it is granted by authority and direction of the Secretary of the Treasury." Further notes on the reverse concerning clearance of the supplies order. Autograph document signed.

Mary Hamilton writes that under the contract of purchase, the MVLA is obligated to keep up Mount Vernon or the property will revert to the state of Virginia. However, since boats are not permitted to come to Mount Vernon, income is being lost. Therefore the MVLA, as a U.S. association, demands compensation from the U.S. government at a rate of $500 per month due to a loss of income as a result of the federal government's orders.

Pass issued to Mrs. Mary C. Keith (the elder sister of Sarah C. Tracy, MVLA Secretary) and her daughter, Miss Fannie Cornelia Keith. It allows them to travel from Washington, D.C to Mount Vernon and then return to Washington, D.C. The pass can be used for one month and permits them to take one trunk and a satchel. The pass became valid when both of them signed on the reverse side; it was also signed by the issuing officer, Capt. I.A. Shippen.

RM-182; ER-2553

Draft. The MVLA appeals to Congress for reimbursement for loss of income due to lack of boat services to Mount Vernon during the war. Autograph document.

Minutes of the formative meeting of the Virginia Central Mount Vernon Association (the MVLA). The ladies of Virginia formed themselves into an association with the view of helping the sisters of the South raise a sum of money to purchase Mount Vernon. The mechanics of the organization and its attendant activities are recorded in this document. It also includes a list of the officers chosen as well as various communications with Miss Ann Pamela Cunningham and others.

Rough draft of the minutes of an MVLA meeting in Virginia.

Minutes written by Sarah Tracy for an MVLA meeting held in Washington, D.C.

8 pages printed.

ER 4; p. 33

Minutes of the MVLA Council, 1868.

ER 4; p. 34; L-8

Minutes of the MVLA Council, 1868.

ER 4; p. 34; L-8

Susan Hudson's report concerning an endowment fund for Mount Vernon. Discussing her research into previous attempts.

4-54

Report for the Records Committee by Susan Hudson, Vice Regent for Connecticut.

Handwritten copy of Susan Pellet's journal with notes and minutes on the earliest meetings of the MVLA, 1854-1857.

This 13-page printed pamphlet is entitled "Reports of the earliest meetings of the Mount Vernon Association from the Journal of Mrs. Susan L. Pellet, the first secretary." The MVLA Council of 1895 ordered that a synopsis of reports of the meetings during 1854, 1855, 1856, and 1857 must be printed.

ER 4; p. 20

Two copies of "Report of the Mount Vernon Association," written by Susan L. Pellet, Corresponding Secretary of the MVLA. It was printed in the "Southern Literary Messenger." The document is a report of the fundraising activities of the ladies of the MVLA. Susan L. Pellet announces that John A. Washington has reconsidered and is now prepared to sell Mount Vernon. She lists numerous contributors to the Mount Vernon fund. Edward Everett has already secured $25,000 by speaking for the cause. Ex-President John Tyler furthermore defends the purchase and preservation of Mount Vernon.

RM 141; CLIP 2368

Report sent to from Susan Pellet to the MVLA Regent Ann Pamela Cunningham. Despite financial panic, the MVLA continues to receive offers of assistance. Since the September report, Ohio, Georgia, Minnesota, and New Mexico have been added to the MVLA. Santa Fe citizens and Florida ladies are also active. Mrs. McWillie has been appointed MVLA Vice Regent of Mississippi. Since Edward Everett is otherwise occupied, Rev. Dr. Burrows has taken his place speaking on behalf of the MVLA. In regards to donations to the MVLA, South Carolina has given $151, Tennessee has given $189, and Virginia has given $134. The funds will be sent to W.H. Mcfarland of Richmond, Virginia. He will in turn place them in the hands of the Treasurer of the State of Virginia, who will place them to the credit of the MVLA.

ER 16; p. 245, A; Box 18

"Report of the Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union," written by MVLA Secretary Susan L. Pellet. She reports that a contract for the purchase of Mount Vernon has been made. She describes the contract and appeals for contributions to be made.

1 printed page; duplicate on p. 128, with title missing.

This description also applies to the item entitled "Broadside, Report of the MVLA" in Box 5, Folder 9.

ER 4; p. 30

This newspaper clipping contains the report of Mrs. Susan L. Pellet, MVLA Secretary. She discusses the progress of the MVLA since signing the contract last April. She gives notice of state organizations and the MVLA Vice Regents appointed, reporting that correspondence has been opened with every state in the Union. Mrs. Pellet also gives special mention to California and the Charleston Navy Yards, where residents have shown particular interest in helping to preserve Mount Vernon. She estimates that $6250 will be needed from each state for the final payment on Mount Vernon and further notes that it needs immediate repairs.

ER 4; p. 129

Mrs. Margaret Ann Comegys, the MVLA Vice Regent of Delaware, addresses this document to "Mr. Editor." She gives a report of the MVLA of Delaware, which she asks him to publish in his columns. $575 in donations has been collected since $1175 was sent to Mount Vernon, making the total amount collected $1750 (this amount is exclusive of "Mount Vernon Record" subscriptions and the sale of photographs).

ER 17; p. 43, ALS

Treasurer's Report by George W. Riggs. The report covers May 1861 to January 1864. During that time period, the MVLA received $3628.18 and disbursed $5965.18. $1820.63 is due Mr. Riggs himself for money advanced, while $2500.00 is due Mr. Herbert in back salary. $5000 is due on a deferred payment on the Mount Vernon estate.

15-41

Typed copy of George Riggs' report November 1865 to November 1866. ER-22

Fragment. Report was read by Ann Pamela Cunningham to the MVLA Council of 1867. Its intended audience was possibly the MVLA Vice Regents. Ann Pamela Cunningham discusses the adjustment of irregular proceedings during the Civil War. She also discusses the resignation of MVLA Secretary Sarah C. Tracy, including the salary due to her, the length of time she may remain at Mount Vernon, and the appointment of a successor. She also brings up Supterintendent Herbert, daily boats, and the question of leasing a wharf.

ER 11; p. 147

Report concerning boat operation and revenue at Mount Vernon. In 1867, boats brought in $3846.33 in revenue. During the Civil War, boats stopped running for about two and a half years.

ER 22

Report read to the MVLA Council. It gives a brief history of Mr. Sykes and boat trips to Mount Vernon. The document also discusses financial problems immediately after the Civil War: the probability of being able to support a superintendent fell, but it was later realized that it was necessary to have a superintendent at Mount Vernon.

ER-11; 147

This MVLA report, sent to the MVLA Grand Council, is from a committee to examine and settle the accounts of former MVLA Secretary Sarah C. Tracy. The report presents Miss Tracy's claims regarding her salary, its increase, and the amount she actually received. No statement about the salary was found prior to 1864, so Miss Tracy's claim therefore ceased in 1864. An 1866 motion in the Council to raise Miss Tracy's salary was ambiguously worded and caused misunderstanding. The Committee has settled with her "in a spirit of liberality" as per the Council's order, which is acknowledged as generous by Miss Tracy. A signed receipt for payment in full was submitted by Miss Tracy.

ER 13; p. 11, 14

Committee report on the efforts to settle the accounts of Sarah C. Tracy, the former secretary of the MVLA. It was signed by Mrs. A.W. Chace, the MVLA Vice Regent of Rhode Island. Miss Tracy is upset that Mrs. Morse, the MVLA Vice Regent of Louisiana, presented a paper in her name without her knowledge of its presentation. Miss Tracy says that she has at no time asked "interest" of the MVLA and states her understanding of her salary contract. This document also includes the results of Mrs. Chace's search of MVLA records regarding Miss Tracy's salary and increase in salary. Mrs. Chace notes the ambiguities and misunderstandings that arose and the desire of the MVLA Committee to make a liberal and just settlement. The document also reports Miss Tracy's "receipt in full" and her acknowledgment that a "generous settlement" has been reached. Mrs. Chace notes that there was a copy of a statement for files sent by Miss Tracy with a contract to MVLA Treasurer George W. Riggs. Had Mrs. Chace known of the contract, it would have affected her settlement with Miss Tracy. As it develops, on lowest estimate, Miss Tracy was overpaid $800, but Mrs. Chace yielded claim, willing to deal generously and avoid any possible lawsuit.

ER 16; p. 145

The final report of the MVLA committee on the settlement of the account of Miss Sarah C. Tracy, the former MVLA Secretary. Mrs. Chace states that Miss Tracy admits no interest on her just due from the MVLA and that the settlement between the MVLA and Miss Tracy has been found agreeable.

Report by Mrs. Nancy Wade Halsted, the MVLA Vice Regent for New Jersey, to the MVLA for the State of New Jersey, covering May 1868 to 14 March 1870. She has appealed to the wealthy of New Jersey for an endowment fund for Mount Vernon, but under the present circumstances of the MVLA, making such a fund is impossible. The MVLA has currently only raised $46.50 for such a fund. She states that the total receipts from New Jersey are $1753.55, but that there is no interest in specific bequests for an endowment fund. Mrs. Halsted feels the MVLA must appeal to Congress to establish a permanent endowment fund.

Two separate drafts of Mrs. Halsted's report regarding the addition of a furnace in the cellar of the Mansion.

ER 17; p. 156, L

Report of Philoclea Edgeworth Eve, the MVLA Vice Regent of Georgia, to the MVLA Council. Mrs. Eve defends herself of any wrongdoing in investing MVLA money in Confederate bonds during the Civil War, which she did at the request of MVLA Regent Ann Pamela Cunningham.

ER 5; p. 186, 187; ALS

Will of Daingerfield Lewis, grandson of Eleanor Custis Lewis.

Codicil to the will of former MVLA Regent Ann Pamela Cunningham. It was written in Rosemont, Laurens County, South Carolina. The document is a handwritten copy of her statement regarding the "important papers, documents and letters" she wished to be turned over to Mrs. M.A. Comegys, Mrs. L.W. Walker, and Mrs. Amarintha Snowden. She further states that some other papers of this character may be at Rosemont and that there are also some others in Washington, D.C. about which Mary A. McMakin can give information.

ER 11; p. 176, 184 ER 17; p. 271, ALS

By Ann Pamela Cunningham, handwritten statements for her executors regarding the disposition of her papers. She states her desire for "important papers, documents and letters" to be turned over to Mrs. M.A. Comegys, Mrs. L.W. Walker, and Mrs. Amarintha Snowden. She further states that some other papers of this character may be at Rosemonte and that there are also some others in Washington, D.C. about which Mary A. McMakin can give information.

ER 17; p. 271, ALS ER 2; p. 277, LS

Appeal by Ann Pamela Cunningham.

Draft appeal by Ann Pamela Cunningham to the Sons and Daughters of washington.

Second appeal written by Ann Pamela Cunningham for Mount Vernon. She signs the message "A Southern Matron." Sent to southern editors in general and particularly those of Washington, D.C., Richmond, Charleston, Augusta, Savannah, Montgomery, Mobile, New Orleans, and Louisville.

A newspaper clipping in the following folder.

ER-1-5 to 9; A.L.S. 5 pp.

News clipping of the second appeal on behalf of Mount Vernon to the Ladies of the South by Ann Pamela Cunningham. She signs the message "A Southern Matron."

Handwritten version of this appeal in previous folder.

ER-1-6

Document entitled "Washington Circular" with an "Appeal for Mount Vernon , by the Mount Vernon Association of the Union" signed by the Mt. Vernon Central Com. of the Union. Reverse side has the Southern Matron's letter to Virginia, addressed to Mr. Gilmer, Corresponding Secretary of the Mount Vernon State Committee of Virginia. (4 copies)

ER 4; p. 21; ER-4-21; Box 14

A.D.S. 4 pp. Incomplete. Appeal to support the efforts of the Mount Vernon Central Committee to purchase the home and grave of Washington by Ann Pamela Cunningham. For final printed copy (complete) see: 2 November 1854, Appeals, Washington Circular, to the Daughters of Washington...

ER-11-205 and ER-11-2; A.D.S. 4 pp.

Printed booklet including An Appeal to the Sons and Daughters of Washington, a letter to Governor Wise from Ann Pamela Cunningham, letters from William Ritchie and John Augustine Washington III, the report of the Corresponding Secretary Susan Pellet, and the Act of Incorporation. Printed by A.J. Burke, 40 Broad Street, Charleston.

Reverse side reads "Mercantile Library Association, Oration upon Washington, Hon. Edward Everett"

Statement regarding the Masonic Order and their role in the purchase of Mount Vernon.

ER 5; p. 105, A

Printed appeal (incomplete), perhaps clipped from a publication. References the efforts of the MVLA to acquire funds to purchase Mount Vernon and turn it over to the state of Virginia.

Written by Mrs. E.O. Hoyt, "Aunt Libbie" to be sold for the benefit of the Mount Vernon Association.

An appeal by Mary Morris Hamilton to the Standing Committee of New York to continue raising funds which shall be set apart for the purpose of repairs and preservation at Mount Vernon.

ER 3; p. 273, ALS

This printed appeal was created by MVLA Regent Ann Pamela Cunningham. On the advice of Edward Everett, she signed her baptismal name rather than "A Southern Matron." She reports that the contract was signed with John A. Washington on April 6 for 200 acres of Mount Vernon (including the mansion, gardens, landing, and tomb) for $200,000. John A. Washington's letter to W.H. Macfarland and A.A. Chapman is also included on the appeal. (multiple copies)

ER 1; p. 92

Draft of the appeal, probably written for the state of Tennessee. Reverse side of the draft reads "Tenn." Pencil notes state that it is to be signed by Ann Pamela Cunningham and Susan Pellet, but is not written in either woman's hand.

Printed leaflet or circular, appeal "to the children of the public schools" to make donations towards the preservation of Mount Vernon.

RM 1045; ER 5686; a and b; Box 26

Handwritten copy.

Printed leaflet or circular, appeal from the Regent Ann Pamela Cunningham "to the American Consuls" to make donations towards the preservation of Mount Vernon. Multiple copies.

RM 1046; ER 5687; 1-26

Print copy of the address by Margaret Ann Comegys, Vice Regent of Delaware, to the Masons. She sent it from Dover, Delaware to the Worshipful Master and Wardens of the Masonic Order of Delaware. An appeal for funds for the purchase of Mount Vernon. It includes a clear statement regarding payments made to John A. Washington.

ER 17; p. 10

Handwritten "ode" or poem about the poor condition of Mount Vernon and how funds must be raised to help because it is "committed to our sacred trust."

Printed circular regarding sale of the portrait of Washington to benefit the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. Suggests forming clubs to raise money and purchase one copy of the portrait for the group. Gives list of the Vice Regents to whom money should be submitted. Signed S.F. Watson. Folder also includes a letter by Devereux & Co., probably to Ann Pamela Cunningham, regarding copies of the Mount Vernon Record, dated January 12, 1859.

Printed circular, probably meant to be distributed with copies of the Mount Vernon Record.

Printed circular by Grand Master Philip C. Tucker, appealing to the Masons to contribute money to the purchase and care of Mount Vernon. Written in Vergennes. Embossed copy with note at the top "To Miss Ann Pamela Cunningham." Duplicate copy also in folder.

ER-D-2

News clipping announcing the completion of payments toward Mount Vernon - "the Home and Grave of the Father of his Country, is now virtually the property of the Nation." She gives history of payments made, encourages the continuation of fundraising, and praises them for their work saying "You have conquered ridicule - you have banished doubt - you have inspired faith - you have proven that Woman, in her appropriate sphere, on her heavenly appointed mission has dared to undertake that from which Man shrank appalled - and has triumphed where he failed!"

ER 4; p. 31

Draft appeal to the Masonic Grand Lodge of Virginia from Miss Cunningham asking for aid for maintenance on Mount Vernon. She cites Virginia Grand Lodge action in December 1857 and lists amounts paid by different states. She also notes that objections on the basis of John A. Washington's attitude have been overcome and refers to her recent report on the subject. Says they have not paid what they promised thus far. Printed version is available in the following folder.

ER 11; p. 107, AL

Print circular or leaflet, appeal to the Masonic Order by Ann Pamela Cunningham. Draft version in previous folder.

Handwritten account of Ellen Key Blunt's reading to benefit Mount Vernon. The author wonders whether or not she could be called upon to continue her public readings on a tour similar to Edward Everett's orations.

(see also p. 94)

ER 4; p. 112

Handwritten notes in preparation for a speech, Ann Pamela Cunningham.

ER-11

Printed circular, gives background information on the Association and its purchase of Mount Vernon. Asks for continuing financial support for their mission. Signed Ann Pamela Cunningham. Multiple copies.

News clipping from the Daily Chronicle and Sentinel, Augusta, Georgia. An appeal to the Ladies of Tuscumbia, Alabama for Mount Vernon.

Various news clippings and one printed circular, appeals by Magdalen Blanding, Vice Regent for California.

News clipping from the Denver Republican, "Appeal for Colorado to Assist in Beautifying Mount Vernon." by Alice H. Hill, Vice Regent for Colorado.

Two news clippings and one printed circular, appeals by Mary B. Goodrich, Vice Regent for Connecticut.

ER 4-49; p. 49; Box 11.

Several news clippings and printed circulars, appeals by Margaret Comegys, Vice Regent for Delaware. Most are dated 1858-1859 or undated. One circular is dated 1876 and refers to the continuing need for funding and furnishing the Delaware Room. ER 17; p. 221. RM-269; PS-2782.

News clipping from the Washington Intelligencer, "Mount Vernon. Its History, Its Proprietors, Its Relics, Its Reminiscences and Its Present Condition."

News clipping "Florida at Mount Vernon."

News clippings and printed leaflets with appeals written by the Vice Regent for Georgia, Philoclea Eve.

One news clipping from the Salem Advocate "Mount Vernon Association" addressed to the Ladies and Gentlemen of Salem; and one printed circular by the Vice Regent for Illinois, Elizabeth Barry, "Mount Vernon. An Address to the People of Illinois."

Multiple news clippings from various Iowa newspapers. Several written by Jane Van Antwerp, Vice Regent for Iowa. Others have no author listed.

News clipping "Appeal to the People of Kentucky" by Rosa V. Johnson (Jeffrey), Vice Regent for Kentucky.

Two copies of a printed circular "An Appeal for the Purchase and Future Preservation of the Home and Grave of Washington" signed Margaretta Morse, Vice Regent for Louisiana. RM-214, ER-2681

One news clipping and two printed circulars with appeals written by the Vice Regent for Maine, Abba Little.

Two printed notices to the women of Maryland asking them to become involved with fundraising for Mount Vernon. Written by Eleanor Goldsborough, Vice Regent for Maryland.

Several copies of printed circulars or leaflets - one dated July 5, 1858 by Louisa Greenough, Vice Regent for Massachusetts, with note at bottom "We, the undersigned" with names of male supporters including Edward Everett. Another circular dated September 1858 with list of County Managers and Board of Counsellors at the bottom. One copy signed by Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis (Eliza Ann Otis), with one printed poem also by Mrs. Otis. RM-503, ER-4087

One printed appeal by Hannah Farnsworth, Vice Regent for Michigan, "Appeal to the Ladies of Michigan," 1858. Also, one printed appeal dated 1868 by Ann Pamela Cunningham "An Appeal from the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union" with a note on the second page by Mrs. Farnsworth about the donations from Michigan. Note is dated 1878.

News clipping from the St. Paul Pioneer and Democrat newspaper with appeal by Ann Pamela Cunningham "The Mt. Vernon Fund."

Printed appointment for membership in the Mount Vernon Association (blank). Created by the Vice Regent for Mississippi to assign "agents" of the MVLA in her state. Signed "Very Respectfully, &c. C.A. McWillie. Vice President of the Mount Vernon Association for the State of Mississippi."

Small news clipping announcing the successful bill in the state legislature to appropriate $2,000 toward the Mount Vernon cause.

Printed circular "An Appeal to the Women of New Hampshire" written by Sarah King Hale, Vice Regent for New Hampshire. RM-796, ER-5209

One printed appeal by Helen Conover, Vice Regent for New Jersey, asking for donations to assist in the restoration of the New Jersey Room, ca. 1893. One printed circular with "An Appeal to the Masonic Fraternity of the State of New Jersey" and a "Circular Letter" to Masonic lodges, written by Nancy Halsted, Vice Regent for New Jersey, 1873.

Multiple copies of printed appeals and news clippings written by Mary Morris Hamilton, Vice Regent for New York.

RM 1044; ER-230; ER 5685; a and b.

News clipping "For the Patriot - Appeal of the Mount Vernon Association, to the Ladies of Halifax County" written by S.W. Joyner, Lady Manager of Halifax (NC).

Handwritten draft of an appeal written by Letitia Walker, Vice Regent for North Carolina, February 1860.

News clippings from Ohio newspapers with appeals for aiding Mount Vernon. One clipping specifically requesting donations toward the Ohio Room at Mount Vernon, 1883.

News clippings with printed appeals by Ann Pamela Cunningham, 1855-1859. Printed circulars and leaflets with appeals and requests for donations, undated and 1859. One circular by Lily Macalester (Laughton) dated February 22, 1859, with handwritten drafted letter on the reverse to "My dear sir." ER 13; p. 56-57, ALS. ER-D-3.

One printed circular appeal by Lucy Pickens, Vice Regent for South Carolina, 1883. News clippings from South Carolina newspapers, 1857 and undated.

News clippings from Tennessee newspapers and several printed circulars or leaflets with appeals by Mary Rutledge Fogg, Vice Regent for Tennessee. ER 10; p. 157. ER 10-225; ER-10.

News clippings with appeals by Ann Pamela Cunningham and Mary Cutts, Vice Regent for Vermont.

News clippings with appeals and multiple copies of the printed report of the Mount Vernon State Committee and Central Committee with Constitution. ER-4-22.

Two printed appeals, one by Mrs. E.O. Sampson Hoyt (author of "Little George and His Hatchet") and one "To the People of Wisconsin" by Martha Mitchell, Vice Regent for Wisconsin.

Bill for goods purchased by the MVLA. Marked payment received at bottom.

Handwritten partial copy of an article in a New York newspaper reporting on John Augustine Washington III's debt and how he "swindled" the ladies out of their money.

List of women in Virginia who contributed money toward the purchase of Washington's cane as a gift to Edward Everett. W-578

Signed statement by MVLA Treasurer F.H. Peabody that was sent from Boston to the MVLA. It includes a list of securities now held in trust, purchased from the proceeds of Edward Everett's lectures, and accumulating for the purpose of purchasing Mount Vernon. ER 3; p. 103, A

Bundle of several receipts for money received by Ann Pamela Cunningham toward payment for Mount Vernon. Some monies received from Vice Regents.

Account of money received by MVLA Treasurer in Richmond, VA. Mr. McFarland.

Account of money received by George W. Riggs, Treasurer, for Mount Vernon May-October 1858.

List of deposits in the hand of John Augustine Washington III, with note at the bottom regarding payment on April 6, "APC."

Names and amounts collected for sale of Devereux and Co. portraits by Ann Pamela Cunningham.

John A. Washington authorizes Burke and Herbert Bank to receive payment. Also includes two messages of funds received from George W. Riggs, MVLA Treasurer, in February 1859.

RM 1059; ER 5699

Describes the account between Devereux & Co. and the MVLA as of 24 August 1859. It includes the money received from the sale of portraits, fifty percent of which goes to the MVLA. It also includes the $2157.48 debt of Devereux to MVLA Regent Ann Pamela Cunningham, which was paid by a note dated four months from 19 September 1859.

ER-D-111

Account of the proceeds for a ball and concert given in Sacramento, California "under the auspices of" Mrs. John B. Weller (wife of the governor of California), N.S. Long, Nm.J. Robertson, B.F. Hastings, and Leland Stanford. The total amount obtained was $445.

Handwritten statement by G.T. Devereux to David Paul Brown regarding the sale of portraits and books for the benefit of Mount Vernon.

ER-D-84

Bill issued by Philp & Solomons of the Metropolitan Bookstore for stationery, paper, and envelopes, April 1860. ER 23; p. 211, ADS

Reports the dividends due the MVLA from the Rail Road Bank of Savannah, Georgia. The dividends will equal $336.87.

22-227

Notice from Whitman C. Bestor to MVLA Regent Ann Pamela Cunningham that a draft for $600 drawn by Miss Cunningham on George W. Riggs, MVLA Treasurer, in favor of Devereux & Co. is protested for non-payment.

ER 22; p. 151, ALS

Letter from Deacon & Peterson at the Office of the Saturday Evening Post to MVLA Regent Ann Pamela Cunningham. Deacon & Peterson are willing to sell electrotype plates of the "Mount Vernon Record" for $275 and can furnish the supplements Miss Cunningham mentioned for $12 per page.

ER-D-65

Financial statement from John Augustine Washington III to the MVLA written in the hand of Upton Herbert, Superintendent of Mount Vernon. Account of expenses for an unspecified period, including nine dollars for coffins for three servants, one of them the wife of West Ford.

RM-523; ER-4273

Bill for the Mount Vernon wharf. The total bill was $4076.50 and it has been paid in full.

2-241

Bill for groceries on account of Sarah Tracy purchased June 1863 through December 1863. Note at the bottom that payment was received January 23, 1864.

This authorization for securities was sent by MVLA Vice Regents Mary Morris Hamilton and Margaret Comegys to MVLA Treasurer George W. Riggs. The Vice Regents acknowledge the loan of $400 by Riggs & Co. for repairs at Mount Vernon. They also authorize Riggs to place securities in the hands of the firm as a pledge for repayment of the loan.

This document was originally enclosed with a letter of the same date that was written by Mary M. Hamilton to George W. Riggs.

ER 23; p. 285, AD

Bill of lading from W. Baker of Borden Mining Company to the MVLA for twelve tons of coal.

Bill with list of groceries purchased from The American Tea Company by the MVLA throughout November 1866. Paid on December 7, 1866. (Date could actually be 1864 - not clear in the handwriting)

Bill with list of supplies and groceries purchased on account of Sarah Tracy, October through December 1866. Paid on December 17, 1866. Receipt by Nathaniel Boush and Co.

Sales record of money made at Mount Vernon in 1866-1867 by selling crops, bouquets, photographs. and entrance fees.

ER-16; p. 132

Bill showing meats purchased on the MVLA's account with John W. Benter in Alexandria, Virginia, Reverse side acknowledges payment of $32.40.

Bill for the MVLA's account with Nathaniel Boush and Co. for supplies in December 1867. Acknowledges payment at the bottom.

Bill for the MVLA's account with Nathaniel Boush and Co. for supplies in January through February 1868. Acknowledges payment at the bottom.

Statement of the MVLA's account by MVLA Treasurer George W. Riggs. It includes income and expenditures from 23 November 1867 to 26 February 1868.

ER-22

Bill for the MVLA's account with Nathaniel Boush and Co. for supplies in March and April 1868. Acknowledges receiving payment of $27.14.

Bill for goods purchased by the MVLA from Geo. Washington, General Commission Merchant, Alexandria, Virginia.

Bill from The American Tea Company for groceries and supplies purchased by the MVLA, May through July 1868.

Bill for meat purchased by the MVLA from John W. Benter, during July 1868. Acknowledge payment at the bottom.

Bill for meat purchased by the MVLA from John W. Benter during August 1868.

Bill for groceries and supplies purchased by the MVLA from The American Tea Company in September and October 1868.

Fragment of a bill with acknowledgement of payment from John W. Benter.

George W. Riggs' final account to the Regent and Vice Regents of the MVLA as Treasurer.

ER-22

Bill for groceries and supplies purchased by the MVLA from the American Tea Company during January through May 1870. Payment noted on June 3, 1870.

Bill for $164.70 for work done by Edgar Stevor at Mount Vernon in March and April 1872. Marked as received payment in full.

From Jay Cooke Co. in Washington, D.C. to MVLA Regent Ann Pamela Cunningham - financial statement for the Masonic Monument Fund from 26 April 1871 to 1 June 1872. The balance is $1049.53.

ER 11; p. 161, AS

Order to pay the MVLA Secretary or Superintendent $300 from the Mount Vernon account, from Mrs. Martha Mitchell, Vice Regent of Wisconsin and Chairman of the Executive Committee, to F.D. Cooke, MVLA Tresurer.

ER 18; p. 239, ALS

Handwritten copies of letters from Governor Wells to the MVLA regarding financial transactions including bills for legal services, payments on the wharf, etc.

Bill for work done by F.A. (Franklin A.) Whelan including "painting on roof, cupola, windows etc. of Mansion House, Butlers House, Dairy, etc." with total of $66.00, dated August 27, 1874. Marked payment received on September 1, 1874.

The Regent in account with Riggs & Co. Washington, D.C. ER-20, p. 65

This 30 December check by MVLA Regent Ann Pamela Cunningham to James Sykes is on Jay Cooke & Co. Bankers for $100.00.

This 17 January check by MVLA Regent Ann Pamela Cunningham to James Sykes is on Jay Cooke & Co. Bankers for $100.00.

Receipt from MVLA Treasurer George W. Riggs to MVLA Regent Ann Pamela Cunningham. He notes that he received her checks for $829.67 and $500.00.

ER 22-3; p. 3, ADS

Receipt from Benjamin Yancey in Charleston, South Carolina to Ann Pamela Cunningham. He states that he received from her two bonds of the Commonwealth of Virginia worth $1000 each. The first bond is redeemable after 1 January 1887 and the second after 1 July 1888. They are due with coupons for the last payment attached and are to be delivered to William H. McFarlane, MVLA Treasurer.

ER 11; p. 12, ALS

Multiple checks written by the MVLA for various payments. Riggs Bank and Burke and Herbert Bank.

Receipts for payments from Ann Pamela Cunningham or the MVLA to John Augustine Washington III, some written in the hand of John Augustine Washington or signed by APC.

Receipt for bonds from the Virginia State Treasurer in Richmond, Virginia, to Mrs. Alice H. Dickinson, the MVLA Vice Regent of North Carolina.

ER 14; p. 112, A

Receipt from Richmond, Virginia, by MVLA Regent Ann Pamela Cunningham to Edward Everett. She notes that she received from him $2696.40, which is to be applied to the purchase of Mount Vernon. Photograph copy with the original in folder.

ER 9; p. 164

Photograph copy of a promissory note by MVLA Regent Ann Pamela Cunningham to John A. Washington III. She promises to pay Washington $57,000 plus interest by 1 January 1859 towards the purchase of Mount Vernon.

Receipt for money given by Anna Cora Ritchie to Ann Pamela Cunningham through Susan Pellet. Also notes check sent to Mr. Washington. Note regarding money from bonds and interest on the reverse.

Handwritten copy of receipt written by John Augustine Washington III for payment made by the MVLA on April 7, 1858.

Receipt from Devereux & Co. to Ann Pamela Cunningham acknowledging that the company borrowed $150.00 from her.

ER-D-43

Certificate of donation to the Auxiliary Mount Vernon Fund No. 1 to Robert Bonner for $10,000. Signed by Edward Everett. Folder also includes photograph copy.

ER 9; p. 208, A

Handwritten copy of a note for payment of $57,000 to John Augustine Washington III toward purchase of Mount Vernon in December 1858.

Check from Riggs Bank and the MVLA to John Augustine Washington III for $59,242 toward purchase of Mount Vernon. First installment made after initial down payment in April 1858.

Certificate for donation of 50 cents to the Auxiliary Mount Vernon Fund by No. 34 Charlotte Everett Wise, signed by Edward Everett. Photograph copy also in folder.

ER 9; p. 208, A

Check for $56.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co. The money was taken from the account of MVLA Treasurer George W. Riggs.

Check for $450.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Certificate of donation to the Auxiliary Mount Vernon Fund for one dollar by Mrs. C.M. Bissell, No. 158. Signed by Edward Everett.

A-580, M-1673

Certificate of donation to the Auxiliary Mount Vernon Fund for one dollar by Mrs. W.B. Spooner, No. 161. Signed by Edward Everett and Mr. Peabody. RM-918, ER-5450

Receipt for $10,000 payment by the MVLA through George W. Riggs to Burke and Herbert bank, John Augustine Washington III.

RM-1051, ER-5692

Receipt from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Margaretta Morse, the MVLA Vice Regent of Louisiana. Miss Cunningham acknowledges that she received from Mrs. Morse a check for $55.00 for Washington portraits.

Receipt recognizing payment from Margaret Ann Comegys, the MVLA Vice Regent of Delaware. Check for $65.00, money obtained from the sale of portraits and the "Mount Vernon Record."

ER 11; p. 80, ALS

Receipt for two payments from the MVLA through George W. Riggs to John Augustine Washington III's account at Burke and Herbert Bank. First payment of $10,000, second payment of $5,000.

Check for $400.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Check for $626.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Check for $240.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Receipt from George W. Riggs to Ann Pamela Cunningham. He acknowledges receiving from her $686.00 for an MVLA contribution by Kentucky.

21-241

Check for $240.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Receipt for payment by Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux and Co. The receipt is for $13.00 for portraits. There are other notations regarding portraits and Records at the bottom of the receipt.

ER-D-31

Receipt for Wells Fargo and Co.'s Express delivery of a gold bar from Louis M. Lane that is valued at $3302.74. The bar is to be forwarded to Philadelphia and delivered to Ann Pamela Cunningham.

ER-1-134

Check for $720.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Check for $250.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Receipt for payment from Margaretta Morse, Vice Regent of Louisiana, to Ann Pamela Cunningham for $50.00. The money was obtained through the sale of Washington portraits.

Check for $460.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Receipt for payment from Miss Cunningham to Devereux and Co. for $30.00, which came from portraits received by Mrs. Pellet. On the bottom of the document someone, possibly Ann Pamela Cunningham, has written the following: "The [percentage]...[the MVLA] is yet to be paid by Messrs. Devereux & Co."

ER-D-29; Box 1

Check for $240.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Check for $100.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Check from Wells Fargo & Co. paying Ann Pamela Cunningham $1163.64.

ER-1; p. 135

Check for $150.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Receipt for payment of Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux and Co. The company acknowledges that it has received from Miss Cunningham $16.00, which came from portraits. On the bottom of the document, the following is written in another hand: "The [percentage]...[the MVLA] is yet to be paid by Messrs. Devereux & Co."

ER-D-35

Receipt for payment from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux and Co. The company acknowledges that it has received from Miss Cunningham $21.00, which was transferred by Miss Kate L. Jarvis of Vermont. On the bottom of the document, the following is written in another hand: "The [percentage]...[the MVLA] is yet to be paid by Messrs. Devereux & Co."

ER-D-34

Certificate for donation of $1.00 to the Auxiliary Mount Vernon Fund for Thomas Nickerson, No. 1624. Signed by Edward Everett.

RM-1030; MS-5662

Check for $400.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Check for $350.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co. The money was taken from the account of MVLA Treasurer George W. Riggs.

Receipt from Sarah Sibley, the Vice Regent for Minnesota, to Ann Pamela Cunningham for $30.00. ER 11; p. 90, AS

Check for $350.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Receipt for payment from Magdalen Blanding, Vice Regent for California, to Ann Pamela Cunningham for $1163.64.

ER 1; p. 135, AS

Check for $200.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Check for $350.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Promissory note from Devereux & Co. to Ann Pamela Cunningham. The company promises to pay Miss Cunningham $2157.48 in four months.

ER-D-67

Check from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux and Co. for $350.00.

Check for $150.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Check for $350.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Check for $350.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Check for $350.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Check for $350.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Check for $350.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Check for $350.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Check for $350.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Check for $300.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Check for $200.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Check for $350.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Check for $5000.00 from the MVLA to John Augustine Washington III's account at Burke and Herbert bank. ER-5693

Check for $350.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Check for $600.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Check for $350.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Check on George W. Riggs, Esq. Treasurer MVLA for $400

Check for $400.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Check for $400.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Check for $500.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Check Mr. George W. Riggs Treasurer MVLA for $350.

Check for $600.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Receipt for payment of $43.72 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux and Co.

ER-D-36

Check for $500.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Receipt for Miss Tracy's service as a private secretary and for a washerwoman. Miss Tracy notes receiving $35.50 from APC.

See also p. 88.

ER 16; p. 83

Check for $350.00 from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Devereux & Co.

Receipt for Miss Tracy's service as a private secretary and for a washerwoman. Miss Tracy notes receiving $33.50 from APC.

See also p. 88.

16-83 ER 16; p. 83

Receipt from N.B. Devereux to Ann Pamela Cunningham. Devereux notes that he received from Miss Cunningham $300.00 for the May number of the "Mount Vernon Record."

ER-D-89; Box 43

Receipt for payment from APC to Sarah Tracy. Miss Tracy notes receiving $99.00, which covers two and a half months of Miss Tracy's salary in advance from 15 September to 15 December.

See also receipts p. 83, 89, 92.

ER 16; p. 88, ALS

Receipt for payment of Ann Pamela Cunningham to Sarah Tracy for salary. Miss Tracy acknowledges receiving from Miss Cunningham $60.00 "in advance of additional salary to be paid at the option of the [MVLA]."

See also receipts, p. 83, 88.

ER 16; p. 89, ALS

Receipt for payment from the MVLA to James Reid Lambdin for painting a portrait of Ann Pamela Cunningham. It is a signed receipt with an itemized bill for work on the portrait.

Auth file M-405/A; AS

Fragment reads "Rec Payment, John W. Benter" with Washington 2 cent stamp. Date 1863 written on the stamp.

Receipt written by E.W. Vyle, executor of John Augustine Washington's estate, for payment from Sarah C. Tracy. Vyle acknowledges receiving from Miss Tracy $100.00, which is due to the estate.

ER 16; p. 111, A

Two receipts from Wm. and J.C. Martin & Co. in Columbia to Ann Pamela Cunningham. The receipts are for Confederate bonds which were worth $2743.50 and $2746.20.

ER 11; p. 176

Receipt is from George Siggers to Upton H. Herbert, MVLA Superintendent. Siggers acknowledges receiving from Herbert $53.00 for 50 bushels of corn.

Receipt from John R. Masters to the MVLA acknowledging he received $96.00 for purchase of coal.

Receipt from William Bell in Philadelphia acknowledged payment from APC for $64.37 for photographs sold.from the MVLA.

Receipt from Upton Herbert acknowledging payment from Ann Pamela Cunningham for $100.

Letter with receipt from William Bell acknowledging payment from Ann Pamela Cunningham and forwarding his new address for his photography business. Acknowledges receiving $21.90 from her.

Check from Ann Pamela Cunningham to James Nalley for $272.00.

Check to and from Ann Pamela Cunningham for $75.60.

Check from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Margaretta Morse for $61.60.

Check from Ann Pamela Cunningham to F.D. Richardson for $22.16.

Check from Ann Pamela Cunningham to W. Arthur Taylor for $180.00.

Check from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Upton Herbert for $1500.00.

Receipt acknowledging payment by the MVLA "for all indebtedness to Miss S.C. Tracy."

ER 16; p. 144, ALS

Check from MVLA Regent Ann Pamela Cunningham to James Sykes for $300.00.

Check from MVLA Regent Ann Pamela Cunningham to Wise & Co. for $127.00.

Check from Ann Pamela Cunningham to MVLA Superintendent Upton H. Herbert for $92.97.

Check from Ann Pamela Cunningham for bills for furniture, crockery, etc. for $111.40.

Check from Ann Pamela Cunningham to James Sykes for $45.75.

Check from Ann Pamela Cunningham to George Washington for $32.52.

Check from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Mr. Legg for $200.00.

Check from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Washington & Herbert (previously cataloged as Washington L. Herbert) for $27.41.

Check made out to "myself" by Ann Pamela Cunningham for $100.

Check from Ann Pamela Cunningham to James Nalley for $100.

Check from Ann Pamela Cunningham to James Sykes for $100.00.

Check from Ann Pamela Cunningham to James Craig for $200.

Receipt from William Bell of Philadelphia acknowledging the payment of Miss S.W. Tiffey for $30.00 for photos sold at Mount Vernon.

Check from Ann Pamela Cunningham to A.T. Lynn for $80.

Receipt from William Bell acknowledging payment from S.W. Tiffey for $62.27 for photos sold at Mount Vernon. acknowledges receiving from her $62.27.

Receipt from William Bell acknowledging payment from Ann Pamela Cunningham for photos sold at Mount Vernon for $39.03.

Receipt from William Bell acknowledging payment from Ann Pamela Cunningham for $44.33 for photographs sold at Mount Vernon.

Receipt is from Ann Pamela Cunningham acknowledging a payment from Superintendent James McHenry Hollingsworth for $377.00, which was paid to him by Mr. Dongan "on monthly settlement with Boat Co."

ER 11; p. 160, AS

Receipt from William Bell acknowledging payment from Ann Pamela Cunningham for $43.35 for photos sold at Mount Vernon.

Receipt from William Bell acknowledging payment from Ann Pamela Cunningham for $69.88 for photos sold at Mount Vernon.

Check from Ann Pamela Cunningham to G.G. Cornwell & Son of the American Tea Company for $85.67.

Check from Ann Pamela Cunningham to James Sykes for $200.00.

Check from Ann Pamela Cunningham to James Sykes for $300.

Check from Ann Pamela Cunningham to James Sykes for $450.00.

Check from Ann Pamela Cunningham to James Sykes for $250.00.

Handwritten note to the bank, Jay Cooke and Co., by Ann Pamela Cunningham to pay Nancy Halsted $245.15.

Check from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Margaret Comegys for $17.00.

Check from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Alexander Gardner for $49.22.

Check from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Captain Stackpole for $110.

Check from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Mary A. McMakin for $100..

Check from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Mary A. McMakin for $100.00.

Check from Ann Pamela Cunningham to James Sykes. It is a check on Jay Cooke & Co. for $51.04.

Check from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Mary A. McMakin for $100..

Receipt signed by Ann Pamela Cunningham acknowledging payment of $445.40 from Superintendent Hollingsworth.

ER 11; p. 160, AS

Check from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Edgar Stevor for $20.

Check for $250.

Check from Ann Pamela Cunningham to Superintendent James McHenry Hollingsworth for $200.

Two documents regarding payment for insurance on Mount Vernon. Check for $62.50 from Wise and Co. to James Sykes, and a receipt or note on payment, Continental Insurance Co.

Note by Ann Pamela Cunningham to the bank, Jay Cooke & Co., to pay $300 to Mary McMakin.

Check from Superintendent James McHenry Hollingsworth to Mrs. Lily L.M. Berghmans (later Laughton), Acting Regent of the MVLA, for $1000.

Receipt for payment to David Clair for $13.12 by the MVLA for "carpenter's work on fence."

Receipt for payment to George Hallings for $24.05 by the MVLA for "carpenter's work on fence." for thirteen and three-quarters days of carpentry work on a fence.

Receipt for payment to Edward Clare for $19.50 by the MVLA for "work on fence."for thirteen days of carpentry work on a fence.

Receipt for payment from the MVLA to Thomas Craig for "masonry work at the greenhouse laying a flue," and other work.

ER-11

Canceled check payable to E. R. Riggs, Treasurer of Mount Vernon Ladies Association. RM-1126, ER-5811

Canceled check payable to E. R. Riggs, Treasurer of Mount Vernon Ladies Association. RM-1126, ER-5811

List of contributions given in the state of Maine toward the Mount Vernon fund, ca. 1858. Probably written by the Vice Regent, Abba Little. ER-19, p. 73

Letter signed "Senior Class" of the women's college - College Temple - in Newnan, Georgia. Lists subscriptions collected by the senior class to contribute to Mount Vernon. Dated August 10, no year. ER-10-65

List of subscribers, unknown source. ER-448

Subscribers on "Mrs. Catherine Ray's list" of contributions to the Mount Vernon Fund, Caldwell Parish, LA. ER-445

List of subscriptions collected by Mrs. Moore, Carroll Parish, LA. ER-450

List of subscriptions collected by Mrs. Samuel Templeton in Monticello, Carroll Parish, LA. ER-447

Fragment list of subscribers or "Subscription Paper of the Ladies' Mount Vernon Association of the Union" from Charleston, South Carolina. Notes written in Ann Pamela Cunningham's hand.

List of subscriptions collected by Mrs. Scarborough at Lake Providence, LA. ER-442

List of subscriptions collected by Mrs. Bernan in Lake Providence, LA. ER-443

List of subscriptions collected by Ninita L. Bry in multiple parishes in Louisiana including Ouachita, Jeffereson, Orleans, and Caldwell.

List of subscriptions collected in Madison Parish, LA - "Mrs. Henrietta Amis' List - Acknowledge and Forwarded" written on reverse. ER-449

List of subscriptions collected in Monroe Parish and Caldwell Parish, LA. Marked as "Mrs. C. Rays' List." ER-444

Facsimile copy of the list of subscribers in Orange County, North Carolina. R-354, PS-1193

"Subscription Paper of the Ladies' Mount Vernon Association of the Union" collected for Rapides Parish, LA. Signed "Mrs. Dr. Davidson's list."

"Subscription Paper of the Mount Vernon Association of the Union" with the first subscriber listed/signed as Ann Pamela Cunningham for $100. Other subscribers names written in her hand. ERL-33

Annotated "no. 64" and "Anna Cora Ritchie Vice Regent for Virginia" on the front page. Only a few subscriptions are named. Gift of the Alderman Library, University of Virginia, 1981.

Blank form for subscriptions to Mount Vernon. Several correction notes to wording of the form.

Note with names J.W. Labouisse, Peter Labouisse, and Charles Labouisse. No amounts of subscriptions listed. ER-452

Typescript copy of page 283 in the January 1856 Godey's Lady's Book listing subscriptions or donations to the "Ladies' Mount Vernon Association."

"No. 237. Subscription book obtained by Mrs. Josiah Ballard, Lady Assistant Manager for Plympton, Appointed by Mrs. James H. Mitchell, Manager for Plymouth Co."

Blank certificate "by virtue of the contribution of $_ is a Member of the Ladies' Mount Vernon Association of the Union." Signed by Mary Morris Hamilton, Vice Regent for New York.

R-359, ER-1197

List of subscribers from Boeuff Prairie Parish, Franklin, Louisiana. List of Mrs. Mariana Grayson. Total money earned from these subscriptions was $30.50.

ER-432; AD

Printed list of counties in New York with their total contributions.

List of subscribers and their contributions made toward purchasing fire equipment for the protection of Mount Vernon. List kept by Margaret Sweat, Vice Regent for Maine.

A.L.S. 4 pp. Message reports various family situations and related news items. John will bring Maria to stay with A.P.C. for a visit.

A.L.S. 1 p. Acknowledges receipt of her note and is just now finding time to answer same. Is sorry to hear of her illness. A-280

A.L.S. Expresses her desire to see Mount Vernon perserved and is willing to try and raise money to accomplish this. She sees this as a duty for American women. Draft and transcription of the letter in separate folders.

A.L. 1 p. Is sending a bank book with this note which indicates that he deposited in Farmers Bank to the credit of Miss Cunningham the checks accompanying her note of the third last. He returns the check for $200 as requested by Mrs. Pellet. The bonds were placed in the vault. ER-10-37

A.L.S. 1 p. Reports that he has read the Association's eloquent appeal in the newspaper - hopes the Bill will be a success throughout the "Old Dominion." Does not wish to lend his name at this time. ER-3-2

A.L.S. 4 pp. Has read about the Southern Matron's plan to purchase Mount Vernon and asks for a subscription book and instructions for carrying on MV work. An Albany New York friend wishes also to help the cause. Offers to give references of character and suitability for work. ER-13-195

A.L.S. 4 pp. Awaits answer to the letter he sent to John A. Washington regarding the purchase of Mount Vernon. If satisfactory he will start to raise $200,000 in Virginia. Mode of investment of trusts can be satisfactory. ER-3-3

A.L.S. 4 pp. Tact and knowledge of Virginians needed. Richmond papers published proceedings and address, the county papers followed suit. As representative of Va. Central Mount Vernon Association, has asked John A. Washington his price for Mount Vernon. Business aspects needed now. ER-3-4

A.L.S. 2 pp. Editor of Southern Watchman knows the identity of the Southern Matron. Counsels against keeping affairs secret. He has kept her desire in this to date, but advises that she now reveal her identity. ER-3-5

A.L.S. 4 pp. Gilmer encloses copies of his letters to John A. Washington and replies therefrom. His feeling that the Association needs business-like organization. Has written Washington in very plain terms and may ask for an interview. Regarding keeping her identity unknown, he states that he receives thousands of requests for her name. Misunderstandings that arise. ER-3-7

A.L.S. 3 pp. Approves the Inquirer's note but thinks it not explicit about first steps for formation of committee at Cape May. Dr. Freeman offers plans for reaching orgs. and individuals and wants APC to meet him. Discusses holding public meetings. Asks how APC can keep her name from public. ER-13-197

A.L.S. 1 p. He approves of her not writing to John A. Washington and thinks his own letters will force Mr. Washington to act. ER-3-8

Autograph letter signed. Louisburg, Franklin County, North Carolina. Arete Johnson, a lady manager for the MVLA, writes to another woman entreating her to help with the cause of raising money for the purchase of Mount Vernon. She explains that she has been assigned this duty as the "Presiding Lady" of Franklin County but needs the help of others. Johnson places emphasis on collecting money from other women and girls.

Writes on behalf of sick sister. Refers to dedicating writings to her.

Arranging a visit when her sister will be there.

A.L.S. 1 p. Has sent a statement to Mr. Brewster for newspaper. Asks for copies of yesterday's Inquirers. She and three other ladies will do all possible before meeting. ER-13-218

A.N. 1 p. Invitation to visit her as she is currently paying a brief visit to her sister in Brookline, MA. A-280

A.L.S. 1 p. "With every disposition to gratify the Ladies of the South whom you so eloquently represent, I must yet reluctantly adhere to the position I have already taken, viz to dispose of Mount Vernon only to the United States or to Virginia directly." ER-9-5

A.L.S. 4 pp. The publication of John A. Washington's decision is depressing. Reports activities by Mrs. Harrison and others. ER-1-11

A.L.S. 3 pp. Thinks she has decided literary talents and hopes the use of them will occupy her mind. Is difficult in getting a magazine to accept articles by young writers but that is an objection that can be surmounted.

A.L.S. 4 pp. Miss Cunningham regrets the delay in publications as she fears it may lose help and support. The Mausoleum project is secondary. ER-1-13

A.L.S. 4 pp. Miss Cunningham hopes for notice in the January number of Lady's Book. She relies on Mr. Gilmer's advice and efforts in securing Mount Vernon. For her own information she asks for copies of letters sent out regarding Mount Vernon. ER-1-17

A.L.S. 4 pp. Expresses appreciation of his devotion to the cause. Miss Hale of Lady's Book called and approved "my letter." Some Washington cousins offer their influence with John A. Washington. Mrs. McFarland offers piece of first coffin in which George Washington was buried. ER-1-15

A.L.S. 4 pp. Discusses Virgini'as place in the Association. Gives directions to Vice Regents in Pennsylvania and Georgia. Savannah's response is favorable. Official publications are now needed also February 22nd celebrations. Severe illnesses are alwasy delaying her plans. South Carolina and Alabama are inactive; Mrs. Harrison gives reason for Virginia's apathy. Is weighed down by responsibility of undertaking and worker's dependence on her. She regrets the publication of John A. Washington's letter. ER-1-19

A.L.S. 4 pp. Collectors to meet at Mrs. Claghorn's. Letters received from other parts of the State. Mr. Moran has not received subscription book. ER-13-215

A.L.S. 2 pp. Her husband will arrange for her to meet General Smith on his return to the city, is now "stumping" the state. ER-13-196

A.N. 1 p. Regarding the Regent's sending a note of thanks to the Editors of the Bulletin and the Inquirer. ER-13-216

A.L.S. 2 pp. Regarding publicity in the Bulletin which will print one hundred circulars for twelve dollars. Regrets Richmond delay. Will show circulars to Dr. Freeman. ER-13-217

A.L.S. 1 p. Mrs. Milward asks Miss Cunningham not to employ Mr. Moran on subscriptions as she has a more qualified person in mind. ER-13-194

Old Trinity Church has "stars and stripes" and also "Eagle" on wal - Church in olden days burial place of Dortmough family whose Coat of Arms was stars and stripes. This family married into Washington family. Eagle on Coat of Arms of Washington family. Author could be Mrs. Greenough or Mrs. Goodrich. (VRs).

A.L.S. 2 pp. Had one thousand pamphlets printed which are the gift of Mr. Gaskill and some other gentleman. ER-13-199

A.L. 4 pp. retained copy. Miss Cunningham appeals to Mrs. Ritchie to enlist her aid in the "cause." She cites the fine work of North Carolina and Georgia. of Mrs. Mead and Mrs. Randolph Harrison; Virginia's inactivity; the "chilling" effects of John A. Washington's published letter. She requests that her "incognito" be preserved. ER-1-27

A.L.S. 4 pp. She sends a letter to Mrs. Ritchie through Mr. Gilmer; thinks that her abilities will be a great asset to the Association. Richmond committee inactive - a new one may bring better results - one thousand publications are ready for the north - Only personal appeals bring results. ER-1-27

A.L.S. 4 pp. Reports that Mrs. Dickinson, Vice Regent for North Carolina raised twelve dollars. Expresses despair over Mr. John A. Washington's letter. She wishes to enlist Mrs. Ritchie's talents. One thousand Mount Vernon pamphlets printed for distribution - were donated by a gentleman. ER-1-25

A.L.S. 7 pp. Impatient over the delay in distributing the one thousand publications - Richmond committee's inactivity and delay in sending material to Lady's Book - Discusses published answer to John A. Washington - Insists Virginia must lead as "Mother State" - Declares that a "full purse" not merits count now - Central Committee includes "Richmond Committee" and Virginia Ladies - She commends Mrs. Ritchie's energy and practical ideas; urges wider publicity through newspapers, especially in Virginia - Discusses Central Committee - a "Circular to the Ladies of the Union"; a substitute inserted for a communication regarding the Cetnral Committee - Plans for a meeting in Richmond. ER-1-29

A.L.S. 3 pp. Matters regarding publicity for the Association - Asks for insturctions in going to Georgia. ER-3-9

A.L.S. 6 pp. John A. Washington insists on the publication of her original letter - Gives causes of and remedies for Gilmer's substitute letter which she had not seen before publication - Declares time has come for more formal organization, for corresponding and recording secretaries and adequate publicity. ER-1-31

A.L.S. 4 pp. Mount Vernon Association met the 19th in Richmond. Includes the names of ladies to send publicity literature. Reports Mrs. Ritchie's activities. ER-3-9

A.L.S. 4 pp. Passes on some advice relative to the fundamentals of journalism. A-280

14 pp. Replies to his desire to have a more organized Association. ER-1-37

A.L.S. 3 pp. Editors of Literary Messenger deliver addresses on Mount Vernon Association, February 22, with appeal for purchase of Mount Vernon. Begs Regent to write clearly so there will be no misunderstandings, ER-3-9

A.L. 2 pp. Incomplete. She offers personal advice that Annie Frobisher must not let her personal trouble break her spirit. A-280

A.D.S. Philadelphia. 4 pp. In a draft copy of an appeal, Ann Pamela Cunningham outlines the history and aims of the southern Mount Vernon Association. See also: Series 2. Appeals - "Washington Circular", 24 November 1854, and another draft appeal to the Daughters of Washington, 27 March 1855. ER-11-205

A.L.S. 2 pp. Reports that illness in family interrupts her Mount Vernon work, but notes all that Ann Pamela Cunningham asks and will do all possible. ER-13-221

A.L.S. 2 pp. Mrs. Ritchie reports that she is recovering from illness and will go to stay at Brandon on the James River. A-280

A.L.S. 2 pp. Sorry to have missed seeing you, but was obliged to go to Boston. Hopes to call on Tuesday when travels to Cambridge.

A.L.S. 4 pp. Mrs. Ritchie, Mrs. Pellet and others canvas Richmond for funds; circulars sent to prominent men; other publicity. Despairs of understanding discussion on constitution. Dissatisfaction with two committees. ER-3-10

A.L.S. 4 pp. Letter contains a number of personal matters, among them she plans to visit Boston. A-280

A.L.S. 6 pp. The circulars requested were sent; refers to lack of harmony in the Association and advises turning all "motives" into benefit work for Mount Vernon; appointment of honorary members; reports on various individuals helping Mount Vernon; Mrs. Hale, Lady's Book continues to give space to Mount Vernon. ER-3-11

A.L.S. 4 pp. two copies. The Committee regrets that they did not understand Miss Cunningham's views and wishes regarding the nature of teh duties required of the Central Committee. Now propose to adopt the Constitution forwarded to APC through Mrs. Ritchie. The Committee proposes four names for membership. ER-10-39, ER-3-12

A.L.S. 3 pp. MacFarland renders an opinion relative to the changing of the Constitution of the Mount Vernon State Committee. ER-3-13

A.L.S. 4 pp. Is very critical of the Richmond group. Asks if APC will separate from them if new organization has been formed. ER-13-200

A.L.S. 4 pp. She reports attending two meetings of State Commitee; disapproves of reorganization; She will continue to work but not as an officer; State Committee plans to publish proceedings and constitution in a pamphlet for national distribution. Publicity continues in Messenger and also through Miss Hale. The Regent's official letter was received by the Committee. Has given the Post Office orders for delivery of mail for the defunct Central Committee of the Union. ER-3-14ER-3-14

A.L.S. 8 pp. - Dr. Freeman, continued support - Richmond Committee, reorganization of - Cape May Movement - Gov. Pollock's Speech - Dr. Hodge, Cape May trip, pub. of papers - Mrs. Ritchie, in praise of - Favors MVLA as a national organization ER 13 p. 201

A.L.S. 6 pp. - MVLA circulars received - Dr. Freeman, meeting with - Augustus Duganne (poet) offers assistance - Bunch and McClellan poetry to be published - Resolutions to be ready the 24th ER-13 p. 202, 203

The Society is now organizing a committee for the purpose of raising funds to aid the movement for the restoration of George Washington's tomb. Signed by Henri de L'Eluse, A. Lanson, F.C. Forbes, H. Frey, G. Yehl, St.Gaudens. ER-3 p. 15

A.L.S. 4 pp. - Dr. Freeman, sent to Norfolk to help with epidemic was unable to procure copies of the resolution - Grand Council, should be postponed until after next month - Ladies in the West, no reply - Fife, presented by G.W. to Mr. Fulkrod at Battle of Germantown - Mr. Wagner unable to contribute ER-13 p. 209

A.L.S. 3pp. An appeal to the women of foreign lands for aid in the rescue of Mount Vernon. ER-11 p. 202

A.L.S. 8 pp. General discussion and criticism of the new State Association of Virginia. Requests the Regent to send a few lines of report to the Messenger and to Godeys, until the Richmond matter is settled. ER-3 p. 16

A.L.S. 2 pp. Requests approval of an Appeal to the Women of Pennsylvania, "enclosed" but not in the file.

Extracts, Holograph, 2 pp. see cards dated 25 August 1855, 13 October 1855, and 23 October 1855

A.L.S. 4 pp. Discusses the legal and political positions which will most advantageously advance the goal of the MVLA. Includes Mr. Mason's recommendation re: Act of Incorporation to gain a charter and open subscriptions for purchase fund. ER-3 pp. 19, 21, 23

Holograph, 5 pp. (handwriting not identified). "Mr. Mason's Recommendations" for the incorporation of the MVLA. Outline consisting o 9 sections. ER-3 pp. 21, 23

A.L.S. 4 pp. Regrets misapprehensions between the two societies of the MV Association of Virginia, declares their Loyalty to the Cause, and mentions that she and Mrs. Cabell were the first to awaken interest of the Ladies of Richmond in MV cause. ER-3 p. 17

Copy of A.L.S. 4 pp. ER-3 p. 17 of same date. Except for occasional changes in phraseology, same as above. ER-16 p. 203

A.L.S. 1 p. Regrets that she will not be able to meet with Miss Cunningham as planned, due to severity of her husband's illness. ER-13 p. 267

A.L.S. 2 pp. - Acknowledges receipt of letter and package. - J.A. Washington is the major obstacle in the realization of the Ladies' goal. Patience and perseverance is the best way to pursue their goal. - No lock of hair, last given Lafayette during last U.S. visit. - Notes GW gave him a gold sleeve button in 1789, which he then gave to Lafayette on his last visit to U.S. ER-3 p. 25

A.L.S. 2 pp. Mr. Hazlehurst cordially approves of the patriotic efforts of the Ladies of America. Is at present unable to make a formal statement. Will contact Dr. Mitchell as soon as he is free. Have just finished writing upon the Appeal. ER-13 p. 207

A.L.S. 2 pp. Discusses the propriety of approaching Mr. Pierce Butler for a third time. Mr. Milward's advice "is sure it would be very impolite to proceed as you and Mrs. Crossman intend." ER-13 p. 211

A.L.S. 3 pp. Congratulates Miss Cunningham on her "great" accomplishments. Discloses her great disappointment in Mrs. Richards. Secured a speech from Mrs. Dallas. Bishop Potter's support should be advised. No politics, no sectarianism should even be hinted at. ER-13 p. 269

Facsimile extract of previous letter. ER-13, p. 263

A.L.S. 4 pp. Sorry to hear of Mr. Huntington's accident. Suggests certain of Swedenborg's works as good reading.

A.L.S. 6 pp. "Projected Movements" in Richmond and St. Louis; re: fundraising. Mrs. John Tyler asked to serve on a committee. Mrs. Ritchie declines to be president of central committee, will serve as secretary. ER-3 p. 25

A.L.S. 2 pp. Regrets he cannot deliver an oration as was requested by the Ladies of the central committee. ER-3 p. 27

A.L.S. 3 pp. Plans an appointment to take APC to the State House. ER-13 p. 210

Facsimile extracts of previous letter. ER-13, p. 263

A.L.S. 3 pp.COPY Re: the forming of an Association in New Hampshire. ER-3 p. 29

A.L.S. 4 pp. Declares loyalty to Regent and discusses certain communications with Savannah and Georgia Ladies. ER-3 p. 30

A.L. 3 pp. Invitation to deliver a speech on the life and character of George Washington, in Richmond. ER-3, p. 31

A.L. 3 pp. Invitation to speak in Richmond. ER-3, p. 31

A.L.S. 2 pp. Reports Mr. Wise's refusal to support the MVLA in any way. ER-3, p. 32

A.L.S. 3pp. Accepts the invitation to deliver his oration in Richmond. ER-9, p. 91

A.L.S. 2pp. Has not received proofs from printer Gaskill; fears information will be too lated for Mrs. Hale. ER-13, p. 289

A.L.S. 2 pp. Asking him and the Honorable R.C. Winthrop to deliver addresses on February 22nd in Richmond. ER-3, p. 33

A.L.S. 2pp. Facsimile copy of proposed legislation - An Act to Invest the MVLA Fund and to Authorize the Purchase of a Portion of Mount Vernon place. Sends copy of bill for examination and requests critical comments. ER-3 p. 35, p. 37

A.L.S. 2pp. Not able to write clergy. Suggests condensed statement of Charter for newspaper. ER-13, p. 281

A.L.S. 2pp. Disapproves of Mrs. Davenport's conduct. Need for new President. Has written Mr. Brewster; advises telling indeferent persons little about business hereafter. ER-13, p. 273

A.L.S. 2pp. Reports on preparations for assembly in "hall." ER-13, p. 277

A.L.S. pp. 6 Will write editor of Louisville Journal send appeal and ask him to write an editorial. Has not seen Mrs. Gaskill. Must stir up Philadelphia soon. Wishes they could enlist Mrs. Hale's interest. Will see Dr. Mackay and others soon. ER-13, pp. 213

A.L.S. 2 pp. Refers to her letter to editor of "Ledger" - but refers to her husband's feeling that he may not agree to print the circular as hoped. ER-13, p. 214

A.L.S. 4 pp. Endeavors to see the Editor of the "Morning Times." Re: publication of circuler. Mrs. Gaskill was pleases with the "messenger" acknowledgement. ER-13, p. 219

A.L.S. 6 pp. Disapproval of Richmond group, advises her to "cast them off" suggests APC talk with Harrison and Dr. Freeman. Resents Richmond Association treatment of APC, approves of Mrs. Ritchie, and sympathizes with her position. ER-13, p. 230-231

A.L.S. 3pp. Disappointed with pub. reports of meeting. Approved of Mr. Brewster's speech. Need more orators. Comments on waning patriotism. ER-13, p. 275

A.L.S. 2 pp. Report on preparations for meeting at the Hall. ER-13, p. 279

A.L.S. 2 pp. A personal and private visit will be necessary to air views. ER-13, p. 283

A.L.S. 2 pp. Everyone at Hall, Ready for meeting, but still lack speakers. ER-13, p. 285

A.L.S. 3 pp. Public meetings over, must get to Association work. Pennsylvania not collecting funds for Virginia, each state acts for itself and has own organ. Plan for funds finally to be paid to U.S. Treasury until deed is secured. ER-13, p. 287

Holograph of letter, 2 pp. Portion of letter re: J.A. Washington correspondence concerning purchase of Mount Vernon by the Ladies' Association. Need to publish letter which Mr. Washington agrees to sell the Estate, before more funds are solicited. ER-1, p. 55

A.L.S. 2 pp. Explains various changes in Act for purchase of Mount Vernon drawn up December 31, 1855. Committee orders Bill presented to Assembly; does not approve making President of the U.S. and State of Virginia Government co-trustees; preparation of charter and by-laws. ER-3, p. 39

A.L.S. 3 pp. Will republish Cunningham's report of December 3 in the Southern Literary Messenger. Requests more circulars. Wonders what her real name is. Will organize women of St. Louis as soon as weather permits. ER-14, p. 91

A.L.S. 2 pp. Re: Bill to Virginia Legislature explaining amendment to include legal descendants of GW or J.A. Washington; 2 years given to organize; also literature to procure passage of Bill. Declares committee gave him no help on Bill. ER-3, p. 41

A.L.S. No opposition in General Assembly expected. Notes changes in Amendment; strikes out word "place" after Mount Vernon; 5 years instead of 4 to incorporate; defines interments to John Augustine Washington's children. Governor Wise has no veto. Encloses handwritten copy of Va. Code ch. 56, sect. 1-2 re: incorporation of companies. ER-3, p. 43

A.L.S. Forwards a resolution of the MVLA of Pennsylvania suggesting that as President of the Central Commitee, she request the Chief Justice of the U.S. to act with Virginia Governor as a trustee of Mount Vernon estate and a third trustee appointed if expedient. ER-13, p. 84

A.L.S. Plans an entertainment. Sends APC some of her publicity. Plans to be in Richmond the 22nd. ER-14, p.91

A.L.S. Has examined Act of Virginia Assembly before Legislature, together with letter of late Mr. Berrien, finds no impropriety in act referred to, nor is it at variance with Mr. Berrien's letter re: procuring purchase funds for Mount Vernon. Charter with Constitution and Bylaws should be drawn up and submitted to the Governor of Virginia. ER-13, p. 85

A.L.S. Re: passage of Bill in spite of Mr. Taylor's opposition. Delay dangerous as Virginia legislature may adjourn in 2 days. Plans to stir up apathetic workers when Bill passes. Mr. Everett may speak in Philadelphia en route to Richmond. Urges Regent to have personal interview with Everett. ER-3, p. 47

A.L.S. Called up Mount Vernon Bill. Mr. Taylor of Alexandria moved to lay on table as J.A. Washington assured him he would sell only to Virginia or to U.S. Since Association has 5 years to purchase, J.A. Washington may change his mind - so Bill goes forward. ER-3, p. 45

Requests to know something of the Ladies' Association for the purchase of Mount Vernon - what is its modus operandi; does it have any funds? does it have refusal of Mount Vernon from the owner, J.A. Washington? ER-310

A.L.S. Encloses letter of introduction to Mr. Everett from Mr. Ritchie. Enlists editor J.A. Thompson's efforts to reach Mr. Everett. Mrs. Pellet of Central Committee, Richmond, extends Mr. Everett invitation to lecture. Mrs. R's musicale ends with efforts to enlist Gov. Floyd and others in Bill. Legislature remains in session till March 19, Mrs. Ritchie will go to Capitol when Bill comes up. ER-3, p. 49

A.L.S. from Arlington House. Glad model of Bastille has been given "a better locality." Made of stone of the Bastille, presented to GW by Lafayette. After Martha Washington's death, G.W. Parke Custis placed model in Alexandria museum for safe keeping, from when transferred to care of Government. Auth File W-402.

Signed "Southern Matron" - Hon. Edward Everett to deliver address on character of Washington in Philadelphia for benefit of Association. He will also deliver it in Washington City and New York if someone will extend him an invitation - begs him to extend invitation. MSS 900

A.L.S. re: Edward Everett's lectures in Washington. ER-3, p. 51

A.L.S. re: Edward Everett's lecture in Washington, Editor of the Intelligence thinks Mount Vernon should be U.S. property - used for summer place of President - defended by "few, old, invalided officers." ER-3, p. 53

A.L.S. re: Edward Everett's lecture in Washington, is advised on its conduct by President's secretary. ER-3, p. 55

A.L.S. Notifies Regent Bill has passed both Houses. Leaves papers Regent sent him with Governor Wise as basis for his argument with J.A. Washington to sell Mount Vernon. Papers to be on Regent's order. ER-3. p. 61

A.L.S. Mount Vernon Bill passed both Houses with only 2 dissenting votes. Mr. Langfitt presented Bill. Ladies attended both Houses in a body. Detailed description of way opposition was overcome. ER-3, p. 57

A.L.S. Asks for a rough copy of a letter re: contract, for the newspapers. ER-3, p. 59

A.L.S. Mr. Everett to speak that day in Richmond. Sixty ladies petitioned him for return benefit. Maryland Institute also invites him. Comments on Bill. Gives her opinion of workers in Richmond. Mrs. Semmes delighted to resign as Pres. pro tem. etc. ER-3, p. 69

A.L.S. 2 pp. Re: Everett's speech in Richmond. Inquires about procedure in forming an Association. ER-3, p. 62

A.L.S. 4 pp. Expects Everett in St. Louis. Has no "lady" assistants as yet but gentlemen friends helping. Has ordered at her own expense 500 circulars, APC's letter and 1100 copies of subscription list printed. Explains plan for interesting ladies and Press. ER-14, p. 91

A.L.S. 2 pp. Sends copy of N.Y. Commercial, with editorial notice of Bill for Virginia legislature. Asks for official copy of Bill, the Constitution, contract of sale, etc. ER-10, p. 45

A.L.S. 3 pp. Is to repeat lecture in Philadelphia. Wishes as little personal notice as possible so as not to stir up enemies. Proceeds of lecture in Richmond were $858; at Petersburg has not heard; at U. of Virginia $550; 1500 tickets at $1 each sold in Philadelphia. ER-9, p. 93

A.L.S. 2 pp. Sends Regent's Appeal and letter to Ladies re: two committees residing in Richmond. ER-3, p. 67

Asks him to speak to citizens of Charleston. A-700

A.L.S. Philadelphia. Thanks her for papers sent and bouquet. Fears his address, nearly 2 hours in length, too great a tax on Regent's strength. ER-9, p. 95

A.L.S. 4pp. The writer describes a lecture on George Washington given by the well-known orator Edward Everett, who raised over $2000 in one night on behalf of the Mount Vernon cause. RM-760, ER-5024

A.L.S. Baltimore. Edward Everett's lecture. Mrs. Wilson (worker) insists on meeting Southern Matron. Rumors J.A. Washington will not sell to Ladies. Says her incognito is no longer kept. Mr. Everett says he will give address to Mount Vernon when he finishes with it. Asks editors to be sent facts on purchase of Mount Vernon. ER-3, p. 71

A.L.S. New York. Acknowledges letter giving manifold difficulties in securing charter. Sends his form of procedure for raising and securing funds in their region. Delayed by J.A. Washington's refusal to sell. ER-10, p. 47

A.L.S. St. Louis. Has just read J.A. Washington's refusal to sell Mount Vernon. Sends newspaper article, also one by Horace Greeley. ER-14, p. 93

A.L.S. Sent copy with Charter to editor Williamson for newspaper, clippings to be sent to other newspapers. Hopes he will publish Bill. Suggests printing Mssrs. Washington and Johnson's letters. Thinks MIss Lawson will help. Contributions in Independence Hall boxes increasing. ER-13, p. 239

A.L.S St. Louis. Will cease activities until she hears officially re: John A. Washington's refusal to sell Mount Vernon. Is ready to have "Bill incorporating Association" printed in papers throughout State. Mrs. Ritchie has sent her literature re: E. Everett lectures. ER-14, p. 93

A.L.S. Richmond (copy) APC asks her to become Recording Secretary to Central Committee: accepts on condition of a more influential person can be found, during reorganization of Association in act of incorporation in Virginia legislature, such person shall promptly supplant her, and Mrs. P. will become corresponding secretary. Chooses Miss S.M. Johnson for her assistant. ER-16, p. 231

A.L.S. Richmond. Glad of her approval of Judge Berrian's Bill for legislature. Reports Sunday meeting after church to rally workers, but fear for its success because of J.A. Washington's attitude. Asks Miss C. to obtain a clear statement from J.A. Washington re: sale of Mount Vernon and publish both letters. Commends the Philadelphia Enquirer's article by APC. Regrets misunderstanding of Mr. Gilmer's address. $1900 now on hand including E. Everett's lecture in Petersburg. ER-10, p. 41

A.L.S. Re: publicity in newspapers; wishes APC to call on editor Williamson. Suggests a "paid" denial be put in Ledger. Urges APC to call on various editors. ER-13, p. 241

A.L.S. Boston. Regent's publication on J.A. Washington's letter skillfully written - whose short note was an unlucky circumstance. Suggests methods of following this up. Since leaving Philadelphia, repeated address at Princeton, Newark, Brooklyn, Providence and has invested $4000 of proceeds in 7% bonds. Will not be in Philadelphia again before Fall. Plans extensive trip South and West and will speak again in Philadelphia if advisable. Invitations to speak from all parts of country come in daily. ER-9, p. 97

A.L.S. Boston. Cannot deliver his address in Charleston until autumn or winter when he proposes making an extended tour of the West and South. A-700.

Boston. Will be unable to speak in Charleston until autumn or winter - will write a formal letter explaining this to Citizens group. A-700.

A.L. Washington (fragment of letter). $800 collected at Edward Everett's lecture. Arousing public interest depends upon who holds Mount Vernon in trust; public hasn't faith in J.A. Washington. Suggests U.S. ownership. ER-3, p. 63

A.L.S. Boston. Complies with request to repeat address on Character of Washington at Springfield. Present owner of Mount Vernon has some doubts about method of ceding estate, but is sure it will eventually become public property. Is keeping sums he collects for purchase in trust, without deductions for personal expenses. If project fails, funds will be used for "some other patriotic purpose of general interest connected with memory of Washington." ER-9, p. 97

Typed extracts from multiple letters from Edward Everett to his daughter, Charlotte Everett Wise, dated April 29, 1856, May 13, 1856, January 22, 1856, and March 31, 1856. He discusses his lectures and fundraising efforts on behalf of the MVLA. ER-9, p. 98

A.L.S. 2p. Concerning his lectures to raise money for the Association and the investment of the proceeds; Requests payment for last evening's program. RM-600, ER-4468

A.L.S. Philadelphia. Mr. Everett's approaching visit to Philadelphia; negotiations with J.A. Washington, and Gov. Wise's jeopardizing course; may make a trip to Mount Vernnon. Refers to editorial in Enquirer on J.A. Washington's letter. ER-1, p. 51

APC makes her case imploringly - notes her poor health. Asks to visit Mount Vernon. RM-523, ER-4276

A.L.S. Washington. Editor Seaton able to print only short articles on Mount Vernon. Asks if Governor is performing duties imposed on him by Mount Vernon charter. ER-3, p. 63

A.L. Boston. (signature cut out). Goes to Trenton en route West. Has received proceeds from Washington and Brooklyn lectures. Thinks J.A. Washington will not yield to personal appeal this time, but does not discourage Mrs. Ritchie and Miss Cunningham from going to Mount Vernon. ER-9, p. 99

A.L.S. Encloses New York Daily News article from May 5, 1856, defending John Augustine Washington against attacks in the press. RM-523, 4277 (alternate card numbers RM-524, ER-4294)

A.L.S. Much distressed over John A. Washington's refusal to sell Mount Vernon. ER-14, p. 93

A.L.S. Sends her Bushrod W. Herbert's address, recommends Newton's Mansion Hotel as best hotel in Alexandria, is cordial in anticipating her approaching visit. Declares he is determined to ignore the slanderous and untruthly statements made about him in the press. ER-9, p. 7

A.L.S. 2p. Boston. Outlines his conditions for giving his Washington lecture. RM-600, ER-4487

Richmond. Suggest against Frobisher taking position as a governess. However, will look for such a position for her in Virginia. A-280 (or A-780?)