The items of interest include: (1) a letter from Bushrod WASHINGTON, Washington[D.C.], 20 January 1827, to an unknown person in Albemarle County, Virginia, aboutsettling an account; and (2) a note from John A. WASHINGTON, 1824, to the sheriff ofJefferson [County, Virginia, now West Virginia] authorizing the sale of Betty [a slave]from the estate of John THROCKMORTON.
Digital image of a handwritten letter from Bushrod Washington to an unknown addressee in Albemarle County. This letter is part of Jones Memorial Library Manuscript Collection 1267: Autograph Collection.
The letter is handwritten in black ink on cream parchment. It is dated "Washington Jany 20, 1827".
In the letter Washington requests repayment of a debt owed to him.
A partial fragment of the back of the letter is included, to indicate the letter was addressed to someone in Albemarle County, Virginia.
Signed title page from book, A Princess in Exile. Signature reads "Grand Duchess Marie". <br /><br />The signature is believed to be that of Maria Pavlovna, Grand Duchess of Russia (1890-1958). Pavlovna was a grand daughter of Emperor Alexander II of Russia and first cousin of Nicholas II, Russia's last Tsar and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. <br /><br />Pavlovna escaped the Bolshevik revolution in Russia in 1918, later emigrating to the United States. She published two memoirs, The Education of a Princess (1930) and A Princess in Exile (1932).
