Mainly letters written by Custis, granddaughter of Martha Washington, to her friend, Elizabeth Bordley Gibson.

270 letters, 244 written by Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis, 1794-1851, and 26 letters written to her, One obituary, two poems, legal…

“News that our Army has surprised Washington and taken him prisoner. Afraid it is too good to be authentic. His great caution will always prevent him being made a prisoner to our inactive General [Howe]….Before the expiration of the War [French…

July 1797: “[July 1797]…Upon my return to the house [Mount Vernon], I found Mrs. Washington and her granddaughter, Miss Custis, in the hall. I introduced myself to Mrs. Washington as a friend of her nephew, and she immediately entered into…

An account from primary sources on the estate of John Parke Custis at his death.…

Abstract: Mount Vernon, the eighteenth-century plantation of George Washington, was home to a large, dispersed, and highly organized community of enslaves workers. Information available in the form of documentary evidence, archaeological data, and…

From Olney Winsor to Mrs. Olney Winsor: “…we…arrived at Mount Vernon about one—where we were received by the General & his family with great freedom and politeness, at the same time without any ceremonious parade….Mrs. Washington is an…