WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799). Partial autograph document signed ("George Washington") in the third person, [n.p., n.d., but ca . 1773-1774]. 1 page, oblong 8vo (104 x 165 mm.), horizontal fold separation repaired on verso, inlaid.
WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799). Partial autograph document signed ("George Washington") in the third person, [n.p., n.d., but ca . 1773-1774]. 1 page, oblong 8vo (104 x 165 mm.), horizontal fold separation repaired on verso, inlaid. George Washington writes concerning a land patent issued to the heirs of his beloved half-brother Lawrence Washington. In full: "I do hereby certifie that I lay no claim to a Tract of Land Surveyed in my name in the Barrens of Bullskin; adjoining the Lines of Grub, Alexander and others, and containing by a Survey made by Mr George Washington for 445 Ac[re]s and that, it is not my Intention to oppose the Issuing of a Patent to the Heirs of Maj[o]r Law[renc]e Washington dec[eased] for whose use & Benefit the said Land was Surveyed.-" Lawrence Washington died in 1752 leaving his estate, Mount Vernon to his widow Anne Fairfax. When she died in 1761, Washington inherited the estate.
WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799). Partial autograph document signed ("George Washington") in the third person, [n.p., n.d., but ca . 1773-1774]. 1 page, oblong 8vo (104 x 165 mm.), horizontal fold separation repaired on verso, inlaid.
WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799). Partial autograph document signed ("George Washington") in the third person, [n.p., n.d., but ca . 1773-1774]. 1 page, oblong 8vo (104 x 165 mm.), horizontal fold separation repaired on verso, inlaid. George Washington writes concerning a land patent issued to the heirs of his beloved half-brother Lawrence Washington. In full: "I do hereby certifie that I lay no claim to a Tract of Land Surveyed in my name in the Barrens of Bullskin; adjoining the Lines of Grub, Alexander and others, and containing by a Survey made by Mr George Washington for 445 Ac[re]s and that, it is not my Intention to oppose the Issuing of a Patent to the Heirs of Maj[o]r Law[renc]e Washington dec[eased] for whose use & Benefit the said Land was Surveyed.-" Lawrence Washington died in 1752 leaving his estate, Mount Vernon to his widow Anne Fairfax. When she died in 1761, Washington inherited the estate.
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