Westmoreland County (Va.)--History--19th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Henry A. Washington Letter
Collection
Identifier: SC 00091
Scope and Contents
Four page letter dated February 17, 1847 from Henry Augustine Washington to his mother, Sarah Tayloe Washington. She was the wife of Lawrence Augustine Washington. Letter is written from Richmond, Virginia to Mattox Bridge in Westmoreland County, Virginia. In the letter Washington writes about the sale of corn and grains in the United States as related specifically to the famine in Ireland and England. He also writes about politics and the issues with Calhoun, the Mexican War, and the...
Dates:
1847 February 17
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Henry Augustine Washington to John Tayloe Washington Letter
Collection
Identifier: SC 00214
Dates:
1847-12-13
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Washington family papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 01821
Content Description
Contains letters, receipts, legal papers and other materials, 1854-1889, related to the Lawrence Washington family of "Oak Grove," Westmoreland County, Virginia. Includes letters written to Lawrence Washington and to his son Robert James Washington. Includes a letter, 1868, from Cynthia Beverley Tucker Washington Coleman concerning land in Minnesota which belonged to her first husband, Henry Augustine Washington.
Dates:
1854-1889
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center