Include papers, land deeds and surveys, 1696-1803,
pertaining to Robert Peter's property in Maryland and
Washington, D.C., including a 1743 land grant signed by
Charles Calvert; papers and letterbook, 1790- 1803, of Robert
Peter, concerning tobacco and land sales and legal matters;
and papers, 1798-1812, pertaining to the estate of Robert
Peter, including copies, 1798-1805, of his will and a legal
opinion of Francis Scott Key.
Also include accounts and receipts, 1800-1831, pertaining
to Martha Washington's estate; accounts, 1802, of George
Washington Parke Custis; and a survey, n.d., of "Woodstock"
for the heirs of George Washington.
Also include military records, orders, reports, and papers,
1801-1814, of George Peter; letters, 1801-1809, from James A.
Wilkinson to George Peter, with one to Zebulon Pike,
concerning military orders, duties and discipline, the
exploration of the Missouri river, and plans to go to New
Orleans; and a subpoena, 1810, summoning George Peter, re: the
Burr-Wilkinson conspiracy.
Also include letters, 1808-1813, to George Peter concerning
an officer's dislike of his re-assignment to Detroit, military
life, and two marches, with sheet music, composed for his
company; letter, 1814, from Francis Scott Key re: Peter's
choice of position and Key's suggestions prior to Battle of
Bladensburg; papers, 1816-17, concerning military service and
a pension for disabled veteran of the War of 1812.
Also include documents, ca. 1814, pertaining to the trial
of Archibald Lee, an alleged British spy at the Battle of
Bladensburg; and papers, correspondence, and printed
materials, 1825-1838, concerning effects of the accusations on
Lee's later political candidacy and his libel suit against
George Peter.
Also include papers, land records, accounts and receipts,
1807-1856, of George Peter concerning business interests,
legal matters, estate settlements, plans to sell slaves in
Georgetown (1936), current slave market (1850), and fugitive
slaves escaping to Pennsylvania; and wills and estate records,
1806-1828, of Peter family members.
Also include miscellaneous family letters, 1836-1885;
letter, 1897, from the Nevius Company requesting permission to
reproduce George Washington's mirror; and letter, n.d., from
S. Weir Mitchell with medical advice to give up tobacco.
Also include letters, 1814-1857, from various Maryland
politicians, including Francis Scott Key, to George Peter
pertaining political appointments and congressional
nominations; letter, 1816, Augustus Taney re: political attack
on Taney and brother; and letter, 1818, from Roger Brooke
Taney re: current legislation and financial difficulties of
Maryland.
Also include Beverley Kennon's naval commission, 1837; and
documents, 1843, pertaining to his purchase of a house in
Washington, D.C.
Also include letters, 1862-1863, from Walter Gibson Peter,
with the Army of Tennessee, to his sister, concerning family
matters, military life, estimation of army strength,
anticipation of Rosecrans' movements, and a comparison of Army
of Tennessee with Army of Northern Virginia; and letter, 1863,
from Charles H. Nourse to Walter Gibson Peter re: news of
relative drafted by Union who would prefer to fight with
Confederacy and joining the Signal Corps.
Also include letter, 1863, William Orton Williams (aka
Lawrence W. Orton) to his sister denying he is a spy; and
biographical information on Walter Gibson Peter and William
Orton Williams.
Ephemera includes bill of lading, 1790; Gibb family
genealogical records; images (various processes) of the Scott
family, a servant, and furnishings from Mount Vernon; and
other miscellany.
Charles Calvert: Land Grant to Benjamin Young
and George Scott
1743
ADS
Box 1
Act of Maryland Council Concerning Bradford
Surgeon Land Dispute
1748
ADS
Box 1
Table of Monetary Values
1751
1 item
Box 1
Survey of "Fortune," Prince George's County,
Md. for Robert Peter
1760 October 2[9]
1 item
Box 1
Survey Corrections: Lands of Henry Hall and
David Stoner
1761-1774
1 item
Box 1
Land Grant to Robert Peter
1762 September 29
ADS
Box 1
John Wofford: Land Grant
1764 March 1
ADS
Box 1
Richard Henderson: Land Patent
1764
ADS
Box 1
William Williams: Land Grant
1766
ADS
Box 1
Re-Survey of Land at Sugar Bottom
1768 April 13
ADS
Box 1
Robert Peter: Land Grant
1768
ADS
Box 1
S. Newton Chiswell: Partnership Agreement on
Indenture
1768
ADS
Box 1
Robert Peter: Indentures and Contracts
1768-1800
6 items
Box 1
Land Survey: not identified
1769 October 18
ADS
Box 1
Re-Survey of "Brandy" Tract
1769 October 18
ADS
Box 1
Robert Eden, Deed for "Good Luck" to William
Douglass
1770 June 7
ADS
Box 1
Robert Peter: Land Grant
1770 October 17
ADS
Box 1
Form of Indenture between Angus McDonald and
Robert Peter
1770
ADS
Box 1
Maryland Colonial Currency
1770-1774
14 items
Box 1
Joseph Stallings: Bill of Land Sale
1771
ADS
Box 1
Robert Peter: Land Patent
1772
ADS
Box 1
Robert Peter: Misc. deeds
1772-1801
4 items
Box 1
Form of Indenture between Robert Peter and
Adam Stewart
1773
ADS
Box 1
Pennsylvania Colonial Currency
1773
3 items
Box 1
Survey Records
1775-1800
9 items
Box 1
U.S. Continental Currency
1776-1777
2 items
Box 1
Estate of Angus McDonald
post 1778
AD
Box 1
Deeds of William Deakins
1780 and 1793
2 ADS
Box 1
Robert Peter: Deed to "No. 10"
1783 March 14
ADS
Box 1
Re-Survey of "Double Distilled Brandy"
1784 June 12
ADS
Box 1
William Smith: Re-Survey order
1789 October 27
ALS
Box 1
William Smith to Robert Peter
1790 May 24
ADS
Box 2
George Scott: Receipt to Robert Peter
1791 March 28
ADS
Box 2
Robert Peter: Land Grant
1791 October 1
ADS
Box 2
Form of Indenture between Basil West and
Robert Peter
1792
ADS
Box 2
State of Md. Re-Survey warrant to Zachariah
Ellis
1793 May 22
ADS
Box 2
Letterbook: Robert Peter
1794-1796
1 item
Box 2
Philip B. Key to Robert Peter
1795 May 9
ALS
Box 2
List of lands & property of Robert Peter
1796 January 1
1 item
Box 2
Robert Peter Indenture with William Hanson
McPherson
1797 September 11
ADS
Box 2
Bill of Sale: Neale Maguines to Robert Peter
1797 November 17
ADS
Box 2
Estate of Robert Peter
1798-1811
14 items
Box 2
Deed for "Good Luck" and "Good Luck Again"
for Robert Peter
1799 July 12
ADS
Box 2
Form of indenture between Robert Peter and
Adam Whann
1799
ADS
Box 2
Printed form for Declaration of Shipment
179[?]
D
Box 2
Thomas Peter: Deed of Sale to Robert Peter
1800 April 28
ADS
Box 2
Robert Peter: Land Grant
1800 November 11
ADS
Box 2
Survey Records
ca. 1800
5 items
Box 2
Estate of Martha Washington
1800-1831
34 items
Box 2
George Peter: Commission as Lieutenant
1801 February 18
ADS
Box 2
James A. Wilkinson to George Peter
1801 March 19
ALS
Box 2
George Peter: Commission as Lieutenant,
signed by Thomas Jefferson and Henry Dearborn
1802 April 17
ADS
Box 2
George Washington Parke Curtis: Accounts
1802
3 items
Box 2
Thomas Peter: Business Papers
1802-1822
4 items
Box 2
Robert Peter: Land Patent
1803 March 4
ADS
Box 2
Denton Jacques to Robert Peter
1803 August 2
ALS
Box 2
James A. Wilkinson to George Peter
1805 April 19
ALS
Box 2
James A. Wilkinson to George Peter
1805 August 6
ALS
Box 2
James A. Wilkinson to George Peter
1806 March 3
ALS
Box 2
James A. Wilkinson to George Peter
1806 June 26
ALS
Box 2
James A. Wilkinson to George Peter
1806 June 28
ALS
Box 2
Copy of a letter, James Hill (Glasgow) to
Robert Peter concerning death and estate of Alexander
Peter
1806 July 21
ALS
Box 2
Benjamin Wilkinson to George Peter
1806 September 26
ALS. Docketed "General Wilkinson"
Box 2
Robert Peter: Will
1807 April 7
ADS
Box 2
U.S. Arsenal on Schuykill: Inventory of
Stores deliverable to George Peter at Fort McHenry
1807 November 24
AD
Box 2
George Peter: Accounts and receipts
1807-1828
7 items
Box 2
James Wilkinson to Lt. Pike
1808 May 30
ALS
Box 2
James A. Wilkinson to George Peter
1808 June 18
ALS
Box 2
John Holmes to Thomas Duncan, presenting
George Peter
1808 August 15
ALS
Box 2
James A. Wilkinson to George Peter
1809 January 2
ALS
Box 2
[?] to George Peter
1809 September 3
ALS
Box 2
Receipt: Union Bank of Georgetown to George
Peter
1809 December 6
1 item
Box 2
Printed Booklet:
Union Bank of Georgetown 1809
1 item
Box 3
Peter Family Banking Record
1809-1810
1 item
Box 3
George Peter: Military Reports and Accounts
1809-1814
5 items
Box 3
Check: George Peter Against Union Bank of
Georgetown
1810 November 13
1 item
Box 3
Subpoena: summoning George Peter to appear
before special committee of U.S. House of
Representatives investigating Bun-Wilkinson Conspiracy
1810 December 9
DS
Box 3
Record of Estate of Robert Peter, Jr.
1810
Bound vol.
Box 3
George Peter: Misc. checks
1810-1811
22 items
Box 3
re. military service of
James Gibson
1810-1816
6 items
Box 3
George Peter: Misc. notes & checks
1810-1850
9 items
Box 3
Check: George Peter to Charles Hill, against
Union Bank of Georgetown
1811 February 27
1 item
Box 3
Legal Notes of William Smith, with signed
opinion of Francis Scott Key
1812 April 24 & 25
4 ll.
Box 3
Holograph copy of David Peter will
1812 November 30
DS
Box 3
George Peter Land Records
1812-1825
12 items
Box 3
John Morton to Major Peter
re. conduct of war
1813 August 13
ALS
Box 3
P. L. Duport to George Peter with sheet music
1813 September 15
ALS
Box 3
Estate of David Peter
1813-1825
2 items
Box 3
D. Wadsworth: order to commanding officer of
troops at Benedick
1814 June 22
ALS
Box 3
Field dispatch to Major Peter
1814 June 23
1 item
Box 3
George Peter: military orders
1814 June 23 & n.d.
2 items
Box 3
Francis Scott Key to Major George Peter
1814 October 17
ALS
Box 3
ALS to George Peter and 3 items
re. War of 1812, British
spies, and Col. Munroe
ca. 1812
4 items
Box 3
Political letters to George Peter
1814-1824
7 ALS
Box 3
Augustus Taney to George Peter
1816 August 16
ALS
Box 3
Ninian Pinckney to George Peter
1816 November 18
ALS
Box 3
"Rights of Montgomery and Federalism of the
Washington School Sustained"
1816
printed booklet
Box 3
Stock certificates of George Peter for
Georgetown & Leesburg Turnpike Co.
1817 August 20
2 DS
Box 3
to George Peter
re. pension for veteran of
War of 1812
1817 December 31
ALS
Box 3
R. B. Taney to George Peter
1818 December 26
ALS
Box 3
George Peter: Misc. Business Correspondence
1818-1837
5 items
Box 3
Memorandum Book
1820-1822
bound vol.
Box 3
Survey of "Conclusion," etc.
1823 June 12
2 items
Box 3
H. Howard to George Peter
1824 January 30
ALS
Box 3
William Cook to George Peter
1824 February 23
ALS
Box 3
Samuel Barnes to George Peter
1824 July 29
ALS
Box 3
Henry Baker to George Peter
1824 October 22
ALS
Box 3
B. S. Forrest to George Peter with trial
transcript
1825 April 25
ALS
Box 3
Sarah Freeland: will [
re. James and Robert
Peter]
1828 August 19
1 item
Box 3
Samuel Harrison Smith to George Peter
1829 October 2
ALS
Box 3
Archibald Lee to George Peter
1830 June 23
ALS
Box 3
"To the Voters of Montgomery County"
1830 September 27
broadside
Box 3
"To the Independent Voters of Montgomery
County"
1830 September 30
broadside
Box 3
"To the Voters of Montgomery County" (one
with autograph marginalia)
1830
broadside (2 copies)
Box 3
"To the Patriotic Voters of Montgomery
County"
1830
broadside
Box 3
"To the Voters of Montgomery County" with
autograph marginalia
1830
broadside
Box 3
Receipts: George Peter
ca. 1830-1850
ca. 150 items
Box 3
William W. Thompson to George Peter
1832 March 16
ALS
Box 3
Robert Peter: School Receipt
1836 December 5
1 item
Box 4
James Dunlop to George Peter
1836-1845
8 ALS
Box 4
James F. Peter to George Peter
1836-1849
2 ALS
Box 4
Beverly Kennon: Commission as Captain, USN,
signed by Andrew Jackson and Mahlon Dickerson
1837 March 3
ADS
Box 4
Form letter, M. Dickerson to Beverly Kennon:
notification of appointment as Captain
1837 March 6
ALS
Box 4
Archibald Lee: Legal Papers
1838
2 p
Box 4
Robert Dunlop to George Peter
1839
ALS
Box 4
Brice Selby to John Peter
1841 July 23
ALS
Box 4
Jane A. Cooper to Beverly Kennon
1843 March 26
ALS
Box 4
Beverly Kennon: DS concerning purchase of
house in Washington, D. C., from G. C. Cooper
1843
ca. 15 items.
Box 4
George Peter: miscellaneous correspondence
1845-1856
4 ALS
Box 4
"Taylor Meeting," 2 copies
1848 March 6
broadside
Box 4
Subscription tickets to
The Buena Vista printed
together as a broadsheet
1848
1 item
Box 4
[?] to General Taylor
re. election [copy?]
1849 April 27
ALS
Box 4
John N. Denning to L. W. Candler
1850 January 10
ALS
Box 4
Philip F. Thurman to George Peter
1850 September 24
ALS
Box 4
J. T. Higgins to George Peter
1850 October 10
ALS
Box 4
Uriah Forest to George Peter
1850
ALS
Box 4
Sallie [?] to George Peter
1851
ALS
Box 4
Leon W. Candler to George Peter
1851-1853
2 ALS
Box 4
Political letters to George Peter
1854-1857
6 ALS
Box 4
Robert P. Dodge to George Peter
1855 August 6
ALS
Box 4
George Peter: Commission as Commissioner of
Public Works for the 2nd [Md.] district
1855 November 22
DS
Box 4
Leon W. Candler to [?]
1856 December 20
ALS
Box 4
Sealon to Major Peters
1857 January 8
ALS
Box 4
Leon W. Candler to [?]
1857 January 15
ALS
Box 4
William Veirs to George Peter
1857 August 26
ALS
Box 4
Peter Family: Civil War Letters and two
transcripts
1862-1863
8 items
Box 4
Poem
1864 November 5
AMs
Box 4
Mrs. Armistead Peter to Armistead Peter
1870-1885
8 ALS
Box 4
Armistead Peter: Confirmation Certificate
1872 April 14
D
Box 4
William A. [?] to Armistead Peter
re. military service of
George Peter
1884
3 items
Box 4
Armistead Peter to Mrs. Armistead Peter
1885
2 ALS
Box 4
The Nevius Co. to Mrs. Brittania Kennon
re. Washington mirror from
Mt. Vernon
1897 July 12
TLS
Box 4
James A. Wilkinson to George Peter
n.d.
ALS
Box 4
James Wilkinson to George Peter
n.d.
ALS
Box 4
John Candler to George Peter
n.d.
ALS
Box 4
Denton Jacques to Robert Peter
n.d.
ALS
Box 4
Nicholas [?] to John Peter
n.d.
ALS
Box 4
Eliza Peter to George Peter
n.d.
ALS
Box 4
Note to George Freeland from his grandmother
n.d.
Ms
Box 4
Francis Scott Key to George Peter
n.d.
ALS
Box 4
S. Weir to Armistead Peter
n.d.
ALS
Box 4
Unidentified notes
re political and military
affairs in Washington, Baltimore, New Market, etc.
n.d.
Ms
Box 4
Unidentified notes
n.d.
Ms
Box 4
George Peter: Acc'ts and Receipts
n.d.
5 items
Box 4
List of voters
n.d.
1 item
Box 4
Armistead Peter: Unidentified fragments
n.d.
2 items
Box 4
Survey of "Woodstock": Heirs of George
Washington
n.d.
AD
Box 4
Miscellaneous legal notes, etc.
n.d. [
ca. 1790?]
3 items
Box 4
Gibb family Bible records
n.d.
2 items
Box 4
Printed: 2 bond volumes and 3 speeches,
printed
n.d.
5 items
Box 4
"List of Committees of the House of
Representatives"
n.d.
broadside
Box 4
"To the Federalists of Montgomery County"
n.d.
broadside
Box 4
Ticket to the Lafayette Dinner: Society of
Cincinnati
n.d.
1 item
Box 4
clippings
n.d.
3 items
Box 4
"Drawing-Teacher"
n.d. [
ca. 1850]
photograph
Box 4
Furnishings from Mt. Vernon
n.d.
3 photographs
Box 4
William Scott Family: 8 drawings, 2
photographs, 1 tintype
n.d.
11 items
Box 4
wrappers
n.d.
ca. 10 items
Box 4
List of some of this group of papers
[#7605-a] by G. Freeland Peter Jr.
1959 June 2
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