Bushrod Washington letters

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unitid

{"value"=>"4674", "type"=>"local_mss"}

{"value"=>"b20530959", "type"=>"local_b"}

{"value"=>"33433112442854", "type"=>"local_barcode"}

{"value"=>"MssCol 4674", "type"=>"local_call"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1786-1826", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1786/1826"}

{"value"=>"undated", "type"=>"inclusive"}

date_inclusive_start

1786

date_inclusive_end

1826

keydate

1786

unittitle

{"value"=>"Bushrod Washington letters"}

{"value"=>"Emmet collection"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".1 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 folder", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}

repository

{"id"=>"MSS", "value"=>"Manuscripts and Archives Division"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Virginia lawyer Bushrod Washington (1762-1829) was an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and a nephew of President George Washington. He inherited the estate of Mount Vernon upon Washington's death. The collection consists of letters written by Bushrod Washington to various recipients concerning personal, business and legal matters, 1786-1826 and undated, including a signed check. Letters to his friend Samuel Hodgdon at Philadelphia, dated 1785 [i.e., 1786] and 1786, tell of his recent marriage and express his views on political and economic matters. His letter \"to Chancellor de Saussure\" (as endorsed in another hand), dated November 29, 1814, includes a description of British fleet movements on the Potomac River in late August and praises Commodore Gordon (British naval captain James Alexander Gordon) for preserving Mount Vernon from destruction. Henry W. de Saussure was a South Carolina judge and a director of the United States Mint. Two items, 1802-1803, pertain to the settlement of George Washington's estate."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Bushrod Washington letters, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Washington, Bushrod, 1762-1829", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Donated by John S. Kennedy, 1896 as part of the Emmet Collection and J. Pierpont Morgan, 1899 as part of the Ford Collection; various purchases.</p>"}

processinfo

{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Susan P. Waide</span>, <span class=\"date\">2015</span></p>"}

relatedmaterial

{"type"=>"formspartof", "value"=>"<p>Forms part of <span class=\"unittitle\">Emmet collection</span></p>"}

extent_statement

.1 linear feet (1 folder)

date_start

1786

date_end

1826

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