- Creator
- Washington, William Augustine, 1757-1810
- Call number
- MssCol 17045
- Physical description
- .1 linear feet (1 folder)
- Preferred Citation
- William Augustine Washington letters, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
- Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online.
William Augustine Washington (1757-1810) of Westmoreland County, Virginia, was the son of George Washington’s half-brother, Augustine Washington (1718?-1762). The collection consists of two letters written to Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, Intendant of Revenue for the State of Maryland, regarding the sale of land held by the Principio Company, 1783 and 1785; a letter to Nathaniel Ramsay requesting a new land title certificate for Christopher Hughes of Baltimore, 1784; and an undated letter written jointly with his third wife, Sarah Washington, to his son, George Corbin Washington, at the family plantation Haywood, probably circa 1810. It chiefly concerns the sailing of a vessel with freight for Haywood, and related instructions.
Digital Assets
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Donated by John S. Kennedy, 1896, as part of the Emmet collection, and J. Pierpont Morgan, 1899, as part of the Ford collection.
Processing information
Compiled by Susan P. Waide, 2017
Key terms
Names
- Jenifer, Daniel of St. Thomas, 1723-1790 (creator)
- Ramsay, Nathaniel, 1741-1817 (creator)
- Washington, George Corbin, 1789-1854 (creator)
- Washington, Sarah, 1765-1834 (creator)
- Washington, William Augustine, 1757-1810
- Principio Company
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Occupations
Using the collection
Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328