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Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division, 2008
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008121
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.
The Washington Family Collection of papers by or about family members related by blood or marriage to George Washington is a compilation of gifts, purchases, deposits, and transfers to the Library of Congress from 1909 to 1997.
The papers of the Washington family were arranged and described in 1976. The collection was expanded and revised in 1999. The register was revised in 2008.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of members of the Washington family is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
A microfilm edition of the journal of Elizabeth Foote Washington is available on one reel. Consult a reference librarian in the Manuscript Division concerning availability for purchase or interlibrary loan.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Washington Family Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The Washington Family Collection spans the period 1582 to 1965, with the bulk of the material dating from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The collection is a mixture of original documents, photostatic reproductions, transcriptions, and notes by or concerning family members related by blood or marriage to George Washington. The collection consists of correspondence, journals, financial papers, wills, deeds, surveys, genealogical notes, and a few oversize items. Topics include the disposition of family property including that of Martha Custis Washington and George Washington, involvement in public affairs, and details of personal life. Among the individuals represented are Burgess Ball, Bushrod Washington, George Corbin Washington, Lund Washington and his wife, Elizabeth (Betsy) Foote Washington, and Martha Washington.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by topic, name, or type of material and therein chronologically.
| Container | Contents | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOX 1 | Estate of George Washington | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | Correspondence, 1803-1809, 1823-1826, 1847 | ||||||||||||
| (2 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | Deeds, 1763, 1769, 1776-1810, 1820, 1851, 1868 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | Executors | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | Accounts, 1801-1832, 1845, n.d. See also Oversize | ||||||||||||
| (3 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | Bills, 1818-1825 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | Legal papers, 1753-1758, 1774, 1784, 1794, 1804-1819, 1826, 1845, 1858, 1868 | ||||||||||||
| (3 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | Sale of items, 1802, 1811 | ||||||||||||
| (2 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Surveys, 1727, 1805, 1831, n.d. See also Oversize | ||||||||||||
| (2 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Family members | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Ball, Burgess, 1775-1776, 1795-1799, 1906, n.d. | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Ball, George Washington, 1862-1865, 1892-1894 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Custis family, 1744-1747, 1765-1774, 1796, 1828-1832, n.d. | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Lewis family, 1801, 1821-1829, 1839, 1860, n.d. | ||||||||||||
| (2 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Washington, Alexander, 1839 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Washington, Augustine (1694-1743), 1742-1743, 1965 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Washington, Augustine (b. 1720), 1752, 1763-1771 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Washington, Bushrod (1762-1829), 1795-1829, n.d. | ||||||||||||
| (2 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Washington, Charles (b. 1740), 1799 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Washington, Corbin (1765-1800?), 1783, 1796 | ||||||||||||
| (2 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Washington, Elizabeth Foote (Mrs. Lund Washington), journal, 1779-1796, 1921 | ||||||||||||
| Available on microfilm. Shelf no. 18,400 | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Washington, Frances Bassett (Mrs. George Augustine Washington), 1793 | ||||||||||||
| (2 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Washington, George Augustine (b. 1763), 1791 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Washington, George Corbin (1789-1854), 1792, 1802-1804, 1811-1820, 1826-1829, 1835-1845, n.d. | ||||||||||||
| (2 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Washington, Hannah (circa 1738-1810), 1795-1800 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Washington, Henry (circa 1615-1694), 1674 See Oversize | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Washington, Henry, 1747-1748 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Washington, John (1627?-1677), 1675 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Washington, John (b. 1663?), 1697 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 3 | Washington, John Augustine (1736-1787), circa 1780-1782, 1931-1933, 1948, n.d. | ||||||||||||
| BOX 3 | Washington, John Augustine (circa 1792-1832), 1832 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 3 | Washington, John Augustine (1820-1861), 1859-1861 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 3 | Washington, John N., 1854 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 3 | Washington, L., 1825, n.d. | ||||||||||||
| BOX 3 | Washington, L. Quinton, 1849-1857, 1864-1865, 1889-1893, 1902 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 3 | Washington, Lawrence (b. circa 1597), 1624, circa 1633 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 3 | Washington, Lawrence (circa 1661-1698), 1698 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 3 | Washington, Lawrence (1718-1752), 1741, 1749 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 3 | Washington, Lawrence, 1902 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 3 | Washington, Lund (circa 1737-1796), 1762-1785 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 3 | Washington, Lund, 1845 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 3 | Washington, Martha (1732-1802), 1760-1831, 1915, n.d. | ||||||||||||
| BOX 3 | (6 folders) | ||||||||||||
| BOX 4 | (3 folders) | ||||||||||||
| BOX 4 | Washington, Mary Ball, 1759, 1771, 1778, 1788-1789 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 4 | Washington, Peter Grayson, 1848-1849 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 4 | Washington, Richard, 1724-1725 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 4 | Washington, Robert, 1582, 1592, 1601 See also Oversize | ||||||||||||
| (2 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 4 | Washington, Townshend, 1743, 1843 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 4 | Washington, William A., undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX 4 | Washington, William Augustine, 1792-1793 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 4 | Washington, William Henry, 1842 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 4 | Washington, William Townshend, 1825 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 4 | Unidentified, 1815, 1842-1846, n.d. | ||||||||||||
| BOX 4 | Genealogy, 1911, n.d. | ||||||||||||
| (3 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX OV 1 | Oversize | ||||||||||||
| BOX OV 1 | Estate of George Washington | ||||||||||||
| BOX OV 1 | Executors | ||||||||||||
| BOX OV 1 | Accounts, 1801? (Container 1) | ||||||||||||
| BOX OV 1 | Surveys, 1805, n.d. (Container 2) | ||||||||||||
| BOX OV 1 | Family members | ||||||||||||
| BOX OV 1 | Washington, Henry (circa 1615-1694), 1674 (Container 2) | ||||||||||||
| BOX OV 1 | Washington, Robert, 1601 (Container 4) | ||||||||||||
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