Washington, M: William Lanier Washington's -

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Excerpt from William Lanier Washington's: Collection of Relics and Memorabilia of George Washington Among the manuscripts are several of Washington's own copies of his letters, written by his secretaries, on the specially made paper used by General Washington, bearing his name and crest in the water mark and bearing indorse ments in General Washington's own hand; several letters addressed to General Washington by his nephews and which also bear indorsements in General Washington's handwrit ing; the original holographic will of General Washington's brother, Colonel John Augustine Washington, with disposi tion of his large landed estate and a considerable number of slaves several interesting documents relating to slaves owned by members of the Washington family; Colonel John Augus tine Washington's military papers written in his own hand during the War of the Revolution, including a broad-side from Patrick Henry addressed to Colonel J. A. Washington; letters from various members of General Washington's fam ily and other interesting manuscripts of like nature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.