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Box 1

 Container

Contains 11 Results:

Summons, To Washington family members from Clerk of Court of Greenbrier County, Va., 1816-08-13

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Abstract

A summons from the sheriff of Culpepper County, Va. to Washington family and extended family representatives, including Custis, Noblett, Parks, Davidson, Thronton, Dade, Spottswood, Law, and Lewis families to appear before clerk of chancery court Luke Bowyer, of Greenbrier County, Va.

Dates: 1816-08-13

Receipt for Tobacco, 1788

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Abstract

William Stork paid William G. Washington 3043 lbs. of tobacco as rent for use of the latter's plantation land for the year 1788

Dates: 1788

Printed poem about John A. Washington III, 1890 - 1910

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Poem (without attribution) entitled "John Augustine Washington of Mount Vernon Lt.Col. and Aide-de-Camp to General Robert Edward Lee, C.S.A. killed, Valley Mountain, Sept 13, 1861.

Dates: 1890 - 1910

Letter, Samuel McDowell Moore to John A. Washington III, 1844-09-29

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Abstract

Letter of invitaton from Samuel McDowell Moore to John A. Washington III to attend an auction in Lexington, Virginia for the purchaseof purchasing a married couple who are enslaved. On the obverse, dated October 4, 1844, is a note from his wife Eleanor Washington at "Blakely."

Dates: 1844-09-29

Envelope, addressed to John A. Washington III

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Undated envelope (no return sender) to John A. Washington III at Salem Station.

Dates: 1798 - 1940

Calling card, Jane C. Washington

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

A decorative manuscript calling card for Jane C. Washington, mother of John A. Washington III. Reverse has simple colored geometric patterns.

Dates: 1798 - 1940