Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Washington family. |
| Title: | Washington Family Papers |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1818-1900 |
| Quantity: | 1 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Correspondence, financial material. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 http://scrc.syr.edu |
Augustine Washington (1694–1743) was a Virginia planter and the father of George Washington. He had a total of ten children by two wives. His son Augustine II (1720-1762) had four children but only one son, William Augustine (1759-1810). William Augustine had nine children, among them his eldest son Augustine (1780-1798); his sixth child, George Corbin Washington (1789-1854), was a Congressman from Maryland and later president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company.
The Washington Family Papers consists of correspondence and financial materials relating to several members of the Washington family.
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Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Washington Family Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Library
Purchase, 1966, 1969.
Created by: MRC
Date: 31 Oct 2010
Revision history:
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