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3 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Washington, Martha, 1731-1802.
Joshua Coit correspondence, 1792-1798
70 items. 1 container. .2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Lawyer, state legislator, and United States representative. Letters from Coit to his wife Nancy, to his son Robert, and to Charles Bulkeley, all of New London, Connecticut. Most were written in Philadelphia while Coit served as a representative in the United States Congress from 1793 to 1798. Many of the letters are accompanied by typed transcripts.
Washington family collection, 1582-1965
800 items. 4 containers plus 1 oversize. 1.6 linear feet. 1 microfilm reel. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Correspondence, journals, financial records, reports, surveys, wills, deeds, genealogical notes, and other papers by or concerning family members related by blood or marriage to George Washington.
Marquis de Lafayette papers, 1757-1990
64 microfilm reels (34.5 linear feet, 25,000 items). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Summary:
Soldier and statesman. Correspondence, letterbooks, writings, speeches, reports, minutes, notes, military records, financial and legal documents, family papers, broadsides, and other papers relating chiefly to the Marquis de Lafayette's military, political, and private life, as well as to French and American history of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Subjects include Lafayette's involvement in the American Revolution and in the French revolutions of 1789 and 1830, his imprisonment in Prussian and Austrian jails (1792-1797), and his dealings with French and American political figures and with leaders of revolutionary movements in other countries.
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