Bill from George Heath for Mourning Clothes, December 1757
- Bill from George Heath for Mourning Clothes, December 1757
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Bill from George Heath for Mourning Clothes, December 1757
Subject
Death of Daniel Parke Custis
Description
This bill is for a wide variety of clothing from 1756-57, from a tailor named George Heath. Several items throughout the bill are mourning clothes, and are presumably associated with one of the two deaths that struck the Custis family in 1757: Martha’s first daughter Frances Parke Custis in April, and her husband Daniel in July (image courtesy of Virginia Historical Society).
Creator
George Heath
Date
1757-12
Language
eng
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Bill from George Heath, 1758. Custis Family Papers, Mss1C9698 a. Virginia Historical Society
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George Heath, "Bill from George Heath for Mourning Clothes, December 1757," in Martha Washington, Item #99, https://marthawashington.us/items/show/99 (accessed April 6, 2021).