Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Eliza Selden Washington papers, Manuscript #MS 2004.19, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 2004

Biographical/Historical Information

Eliza Selden Washington was the daughter of John Augustine Washington.

Scope and Content

Papers of Eliza Selden Washington (1848-1909), dating from June 1825 to February 1877. Chiefly, letters to and from Eliza Selden Washington and other family members in Virginia and West Virginia concerning family matters and several references to Mount Vernon and the Civil War. The collection contains some items of Eliza's father, John Augustine Washington, Jr. (1820-1861), including correspondence, a lock of his hair, and violets taken by him from Mount Vernon as he left for war in 1861. John Augustine Washington, Jr. was the grand-nephew of George Washington and the last private owner of Mount Vernon.

Arrangement

The papers have been inventoried but not arranged.

Index Terms

Persons:

• Alexander, Charlotte - correspondence
• Alexander, Judith B. - correspondence
• Alexander, Minnie - correspondence
• Alexander, W.F. - correspondence
• Lloyd, John - correspondence
• Lloyd, Rebecca - correspondence
• Washington, Anna Maria - correspondence
• Washington, Christian M. - correspondence
• Washington, Eleanor Seldon - correspondence
• Washington, Eliza Selden, 1848-1909 - correspondence
• Washington, George fl. 1860s - correspondence
• Washington, Jane C. - correspondence
• Washington, Jane Charlotte - correspondence
• Washington, John Augustine, 1821-1861 - correspondence
• Washington, Louisa F. - correspondence
• Washington, Richard Blackburn - correspondence

Geographical Names:

• Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate)
• United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.