Research Catalog

Title

Bushrod Washington letters, 1786-1826 and undated.

Author

Washington, Bushrod, 1762-1829.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• De Saussure, Henry William, 1763-1839
• Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824
• Emmet collection.
• Ford collection.

Description

.1 linear foot (1 folder)

Summary

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.

Subjects

• Judges
• Washington, George, 1732-1799 > Estate
• Washington, Bushrod, 1762-1829
• Gordon, James Alexander, Sir, 1782-1869
• Washington family
• Alexandria (Va.) > History > Capture by the British, 1814
• Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate)
• United States > History > War of 1812 > Naval operations, British
• Lawyers

Access (note)

• Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Source (note)

• 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.

Call Number

MssCol 4674

OCLC

903383200

Author

Washington, Bushrod, 1762-1829.

Title

Bushrod Washington letters, 1786-1826 and undated.

Restricted Access

Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Source

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.

Occupation

Judges.

Lawyers.

Added Author

De Saussure, Henry William, 1763-1839, recipient.

Hodgdon, Samuel, 1745-1824, recipient.

Emmet collection.

Ford collection.

Research Call Number

MssCol 4674