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5 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Custis, George Washington Parke, 1781-1857.
Henry A. Willard II collection, 1743-1888
625 items. 2 containers. 0.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Papers and records collected by Henry A Willard II including Bradley-Willard family papers and correspondence, Willard Hotel records, miscellaneous business records, and autographs collected by Henry A. Willard I that include the signers of the Declaration of Independence, presidents of the Continental Congress, and related individuals.
Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, papers, 1776-1934
300 items. 2 containers plus 3 oversize. 1.4 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Soldier and statesman. Correspondence, legal documents, clippings, broadsides, orderly book, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Lafayette's military service in Canada and Virginia, his tour of the United States from 1824 to 1825, his land in Florida, and his views of such topics as the slave trade and the French government, including also material pertaining to the centennial observance of his death and Lafayette's genealogy.
E.F. Ellet correspondence with index, 1835-1865
185 items. 1 container. 0.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Author, poet, and historian. Correspondence with index relating chiefly to her research for The Women of the American Revolution.
Ralph Randolph Gurley papers, 1825-1931
40 items. 2 containers. 0.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Clergyman and author. Correspondence, a journal, pamphlets, and other material related to Gurley's role as an officer of the American Colonization Society and as an advocate for Black American emigration and colonization of Liberia, predominately his activities prior to the American Civil War.
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Custis-Lee family papers, 1700-circa 1928
740 items. 4 containers plus 1 oversize. 1.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Correspondence, letterbooks, genealogical papers, notebooks, financial records, indentures, clippings, photographs, and other papers documenting the activities of several generations of the Custis and Lee families of Virginia, who served as diplomats, statesmen, politicians, planters, and military officers during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.