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<b>95A. (GEORGE WASHINGTON FAMILY ARCHIVE)</b> An extraordinary grouping of about 140 letters and relics from the family of Washington's grand-nephew, <b>JOHN AUGUSTINE WASHINGTON, JR.,</b> the last owner of Mount Vernon and who also served as an aide de camp to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee until his death in combat on Sep. 13, 1861. The archive includes seven rare A.L.S.'s from John A. Washington, Jr. himself, 15pp. 4to., various locations including Mount Vernon, from his early youth in 1833 to 1848. As a youth, he writes his brother from boarding school: "<i>...Your sweet heart is here, and there is a boy two or three feet high courting her...I expect to go up to Mount Vernon Easter...we have had good skating but I am afraid it is gone...the traps are frozen to the ground and we can not set them...give my love to papa and mama and all the servants...I get on very well in all my studies except French...it is very late and I ought to be in bed...</i>" In the later letters after 1848, Washington writes his mother, in part: "<i>...I had written to the man, who made my wheat machine, to be at Mount Vernon...I thought it best to thresh at once...So far the health at Mount Vernon has been generally good...no severe case except George [who died]...he had not swallowed a single doe of calumel... [from Mount Vernon]...[my wheat] was indifferent...my corn has gone on improving and is now higher than my head...I succeeded in getting work men down & commenced operations yesterday, with five carpenters and brick layers, they have the roof of the portico off, the timbers are all perfectly sound & most of the shingles but little injured...I shall be able to collect very good brick...we still have slight bilious cases among the servants, but no ague yet...[From Alexandria]...I am glad to hear that Uncle Bushrod has recovered. Do you wish to have the broom corn sown at Mount Vernon...M.V will require 3 or 4 bshls [of clover]...</i>" All the letters include many family references. Also included is an A.Ms., a book report by the young Washington, as well as healthy locks of both his hair (taken as a child), and that of his wife, Eliza Seldon Washington. The balance of 130+ letters are from various other Washington family members and in-laws, including John Augustine's wife <b>ELIZA S. WASHINGTON </b>and his mother, <b>JANE C. WASHINGTON</b>, with other family members including his children <b>LOUISA F. WASHINGTON, JANE C. WASHINGTON, ANNA M. WASHINGTON, ELIZABETH S. WASHINGTON, ELEANOR S. WASHINGTON, LAWRENCE WASHINGTON</b>, and<b> GEORGE WASHINGTON</b>. Other family members include <b>JUDITH B. ALEXANDER, W. F. ALEXANDER, RICHARD B. WASHINGTON </b>(brother of John Augustine), <b>CHRISTIAN M. WASHINGTON, MINNIE ALEXANDER, CHARLOTTE ALEXANDER, REBECCA LLOYD</b> and <b>JOHN LLOYD</b>. The hundreds of pages of letters span the years from the 1840's to 1870's, and were written from Mount Vernon, Waveland, Blakely and Mount Ida. There is a great deal of content mentioning Mount Vernon, the Civil War, relatives, finances, and so on, including what appears to be Jane C. Washington's last message to her children. We quote just a few passages of the letters: "<i>...Some Yankeys came along this road this morning......they got three hams but paid Uncle Dick...don't you remember how hard it was to leave Mt. Vernon...Abraham Lincoln, the audacious beast, has rented out Mt. Vernon to a man named Anderson. I reckon I suppose his cup will soon flow over. I trust it will! when he'll be ready to [?] like King Richard `My kingdom for a horse'...he'll surely get his just dues...had a happy party at Mount Vernon, and many friends with you...the Yankees took many cattle...Don't tell the Yankees that Mr. [?] is here, they might hang him...gave her our account of Gen'l Imboden's raid into Charleston...</i>" Much, much more content including a letter from Minnie written from an insane asylum, additional discussion of Mount Vernon, the Union occupation and depredations, the progress of the war and Reconstruction, finances, family intrigues, and so on. Regrettably, we were unable to completely review the entirety of this enormous correspondence, and conclude that there is much fresh material here for research of Washington's genealogy. Overall very good condition, should be examined as its late consignment did not permit us time to fully read all content. Sold as a lot, not subject to return.<b>$6,000-8,000</b>
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