Records of New Kent County, Virginia. Collected and Published by the Martha Washington Chapter, Daughters of the American…

Pages: 155 p., {8} leaves of plates
Physical description: 155 p., {8} leaves of plates : ill., 24 cm
Note: Includes index
Subject: Court records--Virginia
Subject: Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Subject: Virginia--Social life…

Pages: 3 p. (text)
Physical description: 3 p. (text)
Summary: Gives history of Custis House. Reports on Washington family trips to Williamsburg. Gives references
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This inventory was compiled from appraisals made of the estate of Daniel Parke Custis in 1757 and 1758, after his death in 1757. The appraisals were apparently compiled by John Mercer, who was the attorney for the estate. George Washington…

Englishman John Wollaston painted many of the leading figures of the American upper class in his time in America between 1749 and 1767, including Martha Dandridge Custis, her husband Daniel Parke Custis, and their children. Wollaston had a tendency…

Well known portraitist John Wollaston painted the entire Custis family in 1757. This dual portrait is of Daniel and Martha Custis's two chidlren, John Parke (Jacky) and Martha Parke (Patsy)…

In 1757, the Custis family commissioned the well-known portrait painter, John Wollaston, to execute portraits of the entire family: Martha Dandridge Custis, her husband Daniel Parke Custis, and their two children, Martha Parke Custis and Daniel Parke…

In this letter, Martha Dandridge Custis informs Robert Cary & Company, a London agent for the sale of Custis tobacco and the purchase of English consumer goods, of the death of her husband Daniel Parke Custis. Taking on her new role as head of…