A financial document detailing a variety of purchases and transactions with Bartholomew Dandridge from 1756 to 1759.…

The appraisal of the estate of Daniel Parke Custis. The inventory appraises the Custis Estates in New Kent, King William, James CIty, York, Northampton, and Hanover counties. According to Fields, the only extant copy is in the account book of…

December 12, 1758 1758
Mrs Martha Custis dr
Nov 24 To (illegible) Dark Ground Chence                         …

December ye 2nd 1758

Recd of Mrs Martha Custis Seven pounds two shillings & 6 pence Current money in full for my share of Wheat made in the year 1758.
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Charles Whitlock

(Docketed by…

A letter from one of Martha Custis's London agents discussing her Power of Attorney, and financial transactions.…

A letter to Martha Custis regarding claims on the Custis estate of attorney John Mercer, who had earlier performed some legal services for the…

A bill from a local apothecary to the Custis estate, which presumably is for medical services for Martha Dandridge Custis and the Custis…

This letter details the disposition of twenty hogsheads of tobacco. The London agent hopes that a successful sale will induce continued and more frequent business from Martha Dandridge Custis, executrix of the Custis…

An order by the court of New Kent Country for an appraisal of Daniel Parke Custis's estate (he died intestate).…

After the death of Daniel Parke Custis, 26-year-old Martha Dandridge Custis was thrust into the unfamiliar role of administratix of the far-flung Custis estate, in charge of land holdings in six Virginia counties. Over the next two years, Martha was…