general george washingtons will (4 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Eighth Edition, July 1985. Records of Fairfax County, Virginia, Wherein He (G. Washington) Lived and Died. Small Paperback Book in Very Good Condition. Black and white historical photographs. Yellow wraps with black titles, clean and unmarked, whisper of wear to extremities, stapled binding. This book contains the following: Copies of the Wills of General George Washington, the First President of the United States, and of Martha Washington His Wife and Other Interesting Records of the County of Fairfax, Virginia, Wherein They Lived [A Schedule of Washington's Property, The Rates of Liquors, Clippings form Old Records, an Obituary of Washington's Death, A List of Articles Ordered from London for Martha Washington. The Rotarians of Alexandria, Virginia, which was George Washington's hometown, started a practice in1948 to give this book to the member who traveled the longest distance to get to their weekly meeting. 61 pages. 6.75 x 4.75 inches. 1985, The Rotary Club, Alexandria, Virginia, USA.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. 1969. Purple soft cover with brown printing. Near Fine copy. (CK).

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Blue cloth hardcover boards with stamped designs and gilt lettering. Illustrated. Uncommon with facsimile copy of the Will of Mary Washington (George Washington's mother) laid in. Light wear to the edges; pages with light age toning; previous owner's inscription inside.

No binding. Condición: Very Good. Manuscript Document, Contemporary Copy of Last Will and Testament, March 20, 1776, Fredericksburg, Virginia. 4 pp., 7 1/2 x 11 5/8 in. "I direct that after my decease my dear Wife Isabella (if she survive me) and my children do reside on my plantation in King George County adjoining to Mr James Hunter's Land which Plantation I purchased from General George Washington and that my Executors hereafter named out of my personal Estate purchase or hire negroes as they shall think best to work the said Plantation.""I further direct my Books Drugs surgical Instruments shop utensils and Furniture to be sold and also such Household Furniture Negroes or stocks of Cattle and Horses as may appear to my Executors hereafter named to be for the benefit of my Personal Estate."Written shortly after Hugh Mercer became the colonel of the 3rd Virginia Regiment of the Virginia Line, his last will and testament disposed of his real and personal property, including slaves among his wife Isabella Gordon Mercer and children, including one yet to be born.After playing a key role in the Battles of Trenton, in January 1777 at the Battle of Princeton, Mercer's horse was shot from under him, and he was mortally wounded. Vastly outnumbered and mistaken by the British for George Washington, he was ordered to surrender. Instead, he drew his sword, and was bayonetted seven times. He died nine days later. Historical BackgroundGeorge Washington's family moved to Ferry Farm, outside of Fredericksburg, in King George County, Virginia, in 1738, when he was six years old. His father died in 1743, while they lived there, and George Washington eventually inherited the farm and lived there with his mother and siblings until his early 20s. His mother lived there until 1772, when she moved to a house in Fredericksburg. After leasing the tillable and pasture lands of Ferry Farm for two years, George Washington sold it in April 1774 to Scottish physician and fellow French and Indian War veteran Hugh Mercer for 2,000 Virginia currency, due in five annual payments plus interest.Mercer was appointed colonel of what became the 3rd Virginia Regiment of the Virginia Line in January 1776. Both future President James Monroe and future Chief Justice John Marshall served as officers under his command. By June 1776, the Continental Congress had appointed him as a brigadier general in the Continental Army, and he left for New York to oversee the construction of Fort Lee on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River.Mercer played major roles in the First and Second Battles of Trenton on December 26, 1776, and January 2, 1777. While he was leading a vanguard of soldiers to Princeton on January 3, Mercer's horse was shot from under him. British soldiers mistook Mercer for Washington and ordered him to surrender. Instead, Mercer drew his saber and attacked though heavily outnumbered. The British troops bayonetted him seven times and left him for dead. General Washington rallied Mercer's men, pushed back the British regiment, and continued the attack on Princeton. Despite medical attention from Dr. Benjamin Rush and local Quakers, Mercer died nine days later from his wounds.In 1791, Painter John Trumbull used Mercer's son Hugh Tennent Weedon Mercer, who was five months old when his father died, as a model for the large painting, The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777, on which Trumbull worked for many years.Hugh Mercer (1726-1777) was born in Scotland as the son of a minister in the Church of Scotland. He studied medicine at the University of Aberdeen's Marischal College and graduated as a physician in 1744. He served as an assistant surgeon under Bonnie Prince Charlie and was present at the army's defeat at the Battle of Culloden in April 1746. He went into hiding and fled to America in 1747, settling in Pennsylvania, where he practiced medicine. During the French and Indian War, he joined a Pennsylvania regiment as. (See website for full description). Manuscript Document.