Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Conditions for Access
- Conditions Governing Use
- Preferred Citation
- Acquisition Information
- Custodial History
- Scope and Content
- Other Descriptive Data
- Bibliography
- Bibliography
- Indexed Terms
- Linking Entry Complexity Note
- Host Item
Collection Access
"A division of the Negroes..."
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- "A division of the Negroes..."
- Dates
- 1754 Dec 10
- Creator
- Washington, George,1732-1799
- Size
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1 item (1 p.) ;
33 x 21 cm.
- Language
- Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Conditions for Access
Advance appointment with special permission required to view this original material.
Conditions Governing Use
Contact the archives for more information on licensing and permissions for use and reproduction.
Preferred Citation
A common citation for archives is as follows: Item, Folder number and/or title, Box number, Collection title, ID number, Repository name, location.
Acquisition Information
1923.1000.
Custodial History
Purchased from the Gunther estate (1923.1000).
Scope and Content
Document entitled: "A division of the Negros made, and agreed to between Colo. George Lee and the brothers of the deceased Majr. Lawrence Washington." Lists enslaved people by name with the monetary value of each in two columns as belonging to Col. Lee's part or to the estate's part. On verso, endorsed by George Washington: "Papers relating to the several division made in my brother Lawrences Negros."
Other Descriptive Data
Embossed: Gunther.
Bibliography
Published in: We the people: voices and images of the new nation, by Alfred F. Young and Terry J. Fife, with Mary E. Janzen. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 1993, p. 8.
Bibliography
Shown in: Treasures of the Chicago Historical Society, 1998.
Indexed Terms
- Lee, George -- 1714-1761
- Washington, George -- 1732-1799
- Washington, Lawrence -- 1718-1752
- African Americans -- Virginia -- 18th century
- Slavery -- Virginia -- 18th century
- Lists
- Slave records
Linking Entry Complexity Note
Forms part of the George Washington papers collection (at Chicago History Museum).
Host Item
p1pc Washington, George, 1732-1799.George Washington papers collection (at Chicago History Museum)