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List of Martha Dandridge Custis's Dower Slaves, 1760
This is a list of MW's dower slaves, with their names and locations, in GW's hand. It is written on blank sheets in his 1760 copy of the Virginia Almanac (image courtesy of the Library of…
Letter and invoice, George Washington to Robert Cary & Company, May 1, 1759
Williamsburg, May 1, 1759.
Gentln. The Inclos'd is the Ministers Certificate of my Marriage with Mrs. Martha Custis, properly as I am told, Authenticated, You will therefore for the future please to address all your Letters which relate to the…
Will of Martha Washington
Martha Washington’s will is in the hand of her granddaughter Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis and was signed in September 1800. It was probated in June 1802. The will is mostly concerned with bequests of specific household goods to family…
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