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Correspondence, journals, financial papers, reports, surveys, wills, deeds, genealogical notes, and other papers by or concerning family members related by blood or marriage to George Washington. Topics include the disposition of family property of…

5/21/1798: "I then went up to Mrs. Washington. She is the same age as the G[enera]l…, small, with lively eyes, a gay air and extremely kind. She had on a gown, with an even hem, of stiff white cotton, fitting very tightly, or rather attached…

“[November 30, 1780, Philadelphia]…I found there Mrs. Washington, who had just arrived from Virginia, and was on her way to join her husband, as she does at the end of every campaign. She is about forty or forty-five, rather plump, but fresh and…

Diary kept by attorney Thomas Boylston Adams, son of John Adams, 26 Dec. 1798- 31 Aug. 1799 (with gaps), during a return voyage to the United States from Europe, at home in Quincy and Boston, Mass., and Philadelphia; and on a trip to Baltimore and…

From George Bennet to his mother: “[re: a visit to the headquarters at Newburgh]…at table he [George Washington] placed me on the left hand of Mrs Washington—he was on her right…the company besides consisted of about 15 officers—The dinner…

1731/9/29 Vestry:

"To major Dandridge for the Copie of 2 Lists of Tythables"1735/10/5 Vestry:

"At the Petition of William Paisley an Overseer of the High Road from the Old Church to Mr. Chamberlaynes Ordinary, That he have...Major Dandridge's…