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Finding Aid

Messmore Kendall Collection 1695-1939

Multiple Catalog Numbers

National Park Service Manhattan Sites Federal Hall National Memorial

Jenny Beard October 2012

This finding aid may be accessed electronically from the National Park Service Manhattan Historic Sites Archive http://www.mhsarchive.org

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SUMMARY ...... 2

COPYRIGHT AND RESTRICTIONS ...... 4

PROVENANCE NOTE ...... 5

HISTORICAL NOTE ...... 6

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE ...... 9

ARRANGEMENT NOTE ...... 10

SERIES NOTES AND CONTENTS LIST ...... 11

RELATED MATERIALS NOTE...... 19

SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY ...... 19

ADDED ENTRIES ...... 20

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SUMMARY

Creator: Kendall, Messmore, 1872–1959

Title: Messmore Kendall Collection

Date: 1695-1939, undated

Extent: 8.32 linear feet

National Park Service Accession Number: FEHA-00078

National Park Service Catalog Number: Multiple catalog numbers

Historical Statement:

The original Federal Hall built at Wall and Nassau Streets functioned as a City Hall during British Colonial governance until 1789, when City Hall became Federal Hall, the first Capitol of the United States. In the mid-19th century a Greek Revival Customs House was constructed on the site; it subsequently housed the New York Sub-Treasury, the Federal Reserve, and several other federal offices. Designated a National Historic Site in 1939, Federal Hall was redesignated a National Memorial in 1955 by the United States Congress. The Federal Hall Memorial Associates (FHMA), by the authority of the Secretary of the Interior, was given the responsibility of funding, creating, and maintaining the Federal Hall museum in 1939; Messmore Kendall was an active member.

Messmore Kendall (1872-1959), a New York businessman and collector, was influential in law practice, real estate, film and theater production, and historic preservation. He was introduced to the Federal Hall Memorial Associates through his membership in the patriotic society, the Sons of the American Revolution. Kendall worked to establish the Federal Hall Museum while serving on the Board of Governors. His large collection of artifactual and archival relics of George Washington was exhibited first at the New York World’s Fair of 1939 and then loaned to FHMA for exhibition at the Federal Hall Museum. Upon his death, the collection, that had been loaned to the Federal Hall Museum and managed by the Federal Hall Memorial Associates, became part of the permanent collection.

Scope and Content Statement:

The Messmore Kendall Collection comprises archival items collected by Messmore Kendall, including Acts of Congress, military commissions, surveys, bills, orders, receipts, customs statements, calling cards, dinner invitations, and wax impressions, engravings, mezzotints, etchings, lithographs, chromolithographs, letterpress halftones, photomechanical reproductions, painted profile and coat of arms, souvenir ribbons, Stevengraphs (images woven in silk), and clippings. Many of the items contained in this collection were believed by Messmore Kendall to have been owned by George Washington or have been contemporaneous to him. Several items in the collection are in the hand of Washington; the United States Military Commission appointing James V. Ball as Lieutenant in the Light

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Dragoons, signed by George Washington, countersigned by James McHenry and the land survey conducted by Guy Broadwater for 526 acres adjoining George Pemberton and near the Old Wagon Road, which Washington is said to have endorsed as a young surveyor.

Processing Information:

This Collection was processed as part of the Manhattan Sites Archives Project in 2012 by Assistant Archivist Jenny Beard, with the assistance of Project Archivist, Tobi Adler and Lead Archivist, Mimi Bowling.

Funding Source:

Processing of this collection was made possible by a generous donation from the Leon Levy Foundation to the National Parks of New York Harbor Conservancy.

Contact Information:

Chief of Cultural Resources, National Park Service, Manhattan Sites Federal Hall National Memorial 26 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005 (212) 825-6883

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COPYRIGHT AND RESTRICTIONS

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PROVENANCE NOTE

The Messmore Kendall Collection was bequeathed to the Federal Hall Memorial Association in December 1959. It was officially transferred to the National Park Service and accessioned in December 1974 as accession number FEHA-00078, “the relics and memorabilia of George Washington,” and listed in NPS records as a “large accession of 375 objects that include paintings, prints, invitations, engravings, correspondence, ceramics, hair fragment, busts, gavel, coffin fragment, commemorative memorabilia, signet, fobs, snuffbox, photographs, glassware, shaving kit, silverware, scale, compass, calling card, pin cushion, stickpin, charm, buttons, figurines, lace fragments.” Accession FEHA-00078 is the only accession of Messmore Kendall items to contain archival materials and is the only accession reflected in this finding aid. Other accession numbers which contain additional artifactual materials from the Messmore Kendall Collection are FEHA-00058, FEHA-00059, FEHA-00080, FEHA-00085, and FEHA-00402. Catalog numbers assigned to archival collection objects are mostly consecutive, FEHA 228-FEHA 601 and FEHA 899.

The circumstances under which Messmore Kendall acquired each collection item from William Lanier Washington are unknown. Items may have been acquired privately or through one of the two auctions of relics and memorabilia of Washington that William Lanier Washington held; the first with the Anderson Galleries in 1917, the second in 1922 with the American Art Association. Two items in the collection can be found in the illustrated catalog for the 1922 auction: the receipt of payment for thirteen dollars and thirty cents paid by John A. Washington for Jane Thornton and the St. Memin portrait of Col. Augustine Washington said to be printed by V. Winthrop Newman.

Federal Hall Memorial Associates Administrative Records contains affidavits of authenticity for many of the Messmore Kendal artifactual items. Though no affidavit records the provenance of archival materials, this provenance data may prove helpful to the researcher. Each affidavit is signed and sealed by a Notary Public and by William Lanier Washington, a descendent of George Washington’s who sold many of these items to Messmore Kendall. Affidavits have a number affixed to the top right hand corner of each—these numbers do not correspond with catalog numbers or accession numbers.1 Dates of affidavits span January 20, 1921 to March 30 1925. Many of the affidavits claim that William Lanier Washington inherited said item from his father, Major James Barroll Washington, who inherited from his grandfather, Colonel George Corbin Washington, though many affidavits provide further provenance tracing items to ownership by George Washington.

1 Federal Hall National Memorial. Federal Hall Memorial Associates Administrative Records. Catalog Number FEHA 1924. National Park Service, Manhattan Sites. Box 6, Folder 4

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HISTORICAL NOTE

Messmore Kendall, 1872-1959

Messmore Kendall was a key figure in Manhattan in the early to mid 20th century, known for his work as a lawyer, real estate developer, film and Broadway producer, preservationist and collector. Born in 1872 in Grand Rapids Michigan, Kendall studied law at George Washington University, Washington, D.C., known as Columbian University. He moved to New York in 1897 where he was briefly involved in New York politics. In 1900, he established the law firm of Kendall and Herzog2 with Paul M. Herzog. Kendall made his first large cultural investment in 1916 through the purchase and subsequent restoration of Washington’s headquarters at Dobb’s Ferry, New York. He built one of the city’s first cinema palaces, the Capitol Theater on Broadway, through his own Moredall Realty Company in 1919. Throughout his career, Kendall engaged in several business ventures with publisher George Doran; at George H. Doran Company, Kendall acted as Vice President until the company was absorbed by Doubleday. Through his position at the Doran Company, he became friends with the author Somerset Maugham, whose books Doran published. 3 From 1920-1922, Kendall was credited in the production of several films, one of which, “Cardigan” imagined the life of an American colonist in the time before the Revolutionary war.4 From film Kendall shifted his focus to Broadway, working with his friend Maugham as a producer on four of Maugham’s Broadway theater productions from 1927 to 1931. In June of 1927, Kendall made news as the purchaser of 5,000 books and bound papers from the Harry Houdini library. This collection is now held at the Ransom Center at the University of Texas. Kendall was active in politics and patriotic societies. He became a member of the Sons of the American Revolution the year he bought the Dobb’s Ferry property (1916), and became their President General in 1936-1940.5

Kendall was an avid collector. He remarks in his autobiography that it was from “Will” Washington that he acquired many of the items that make up his collection of Washingtoniana. William Lanier Washington (George Washington’s great-great-grandnephew) and Messmore Kendall were friends since at least the beginning of the 20th century.6 Kendall’s collection of materials relating to Washington had been privately displayed until the 1939 World’s Fair, where Kendall, at his own expense, built Washington Hall, a white pillared building in Federal style, to house his collection of Washington relics.

Federal National Memorial

In the early 20th century, the building then known as the Sub-Treasury (later Federal Hall) was a popular location for patriotic celebrations and memorials, many organized by patriotic societies such as the Sons

2 “Many Sided Promoter,” New York Times, November 24, 1946 3 “On Behalf of Maugham,” New York Times, October 18, 1931 4 Messmore Kendall, Internet Movie Database, accessed October, 10, 2012, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0447626/ 5 Sons of the American Revolution, Official bulletin of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Vol. 11-15, accessed through Google books 6 Messmore Kendall, Never let weather interfere. Farrar, Straus. New York, 1946, p. 141.

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of the American Revolution of which Kendall was a key member. Patriotic groups responded to the site’s importance to the history of American democracy. The original Federal Hall functioned as City Hall during British Colonial governance and as the meeting place for the Stamp Act Congress in 1756. During and following the American Revolutionary war, the Congress of the Confederation met at the site until 1789, when City Hall became Federal Hall, the first Capital of the United States. Here George Washington was elected and inaugurated and the Legislative, Executive and Judicial departments of the government were established.

The first New York World’s Fair opened to the public on April 30, 1939, the 150th anniversary of George Washington's inauguration as President. Federal Hall, as the site of Washington’s inauguration, was the ideal location to provide visitors to the World’s Fair with assistance as well as reiterate the historic context of the site itself. The Downtown District New York World’s Fair Committee proposed to the Secretary of the Interior the use of Federal Hall as a Central Information Bureau and Museum of Old New York. On September 28, 1939, in a meeting predating the official incorporation of the Federal Hall Memorial Associates, a Board of Governors was established and Messmore Kendall was chosen as a Director. On the same occasion, Kendall was elected as one of nine members charged with the development of a comprehensive operating plan for the new museum. 7 After the closing of the World’s Fair, the collection Messmore Kendall had loaned for display at Washington Hall was installed in the basement rotunda of Federal Hall on January 13, 1940.

The Messmore Kendall Collection

The Messmore Kendall Collection as bequeathed to the Federal Hall Memorial Associates in 1959 comprises nearly 400 archival and artifactual items. The collection was displayed in the Federal Hall basement gallery from 1940 until 1962 when, in the week of December 5, the Kendall Collection moved temporarily to the former Sons of the American Revolution room on the first floor.8 Photographs of the basement installation can be found in the Federal Hall Memorial Associates Administrative Records.9 Renovations occurred under the new management of the National Park Service when NPS took on a more active role in the administration and management of Federal Hall, with the Federal Hall Memorial Associates contributing in marketing and fundraising.

In the 1950s, the National Park Service sought to make renovations to the museum. Early plans mention a Washington room, where the objects from the Kendall collection could be displayed to better depict the life of Washington. An exhibit plan submitted in 1962 called for a Washington Memorabilia room to

7 Federal Hall National Memorial. Federal Hall Memorial Associates, Minutes of Pre-Organization Meeting, September 28, 1939. Catalog Number FEHA 1924, National Park Service, Manhattan Sites. Box 1, Folder 3 8 Thomas Pitkin, Memorandum to Regional Director on the subject of the Kendall Collection, December 10, 1926. Catalog Number FEHA 1925. Box 19 Folder 4 9 Federal Hall National Memorial. Federal Hall Memorial Associates Administrative Records, Catalog number FEHA 1924, National Park Service, Manhattan Sites. Series VII: Exhibits and Collections, 1929-1966, Subseries B: Messmore Kendall Collection, 1921-1925, undated

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be completed in 1964 to coincide with the second New York World’s Fair. The Washington room with an exhibition containing part of the Kendall collection was to be dedicated in the summer of 1964 though building renovation was not completed until 1972.10 Sometime in the 1960s, the Kendall Collection was moved to the second floor, as referenced in the 1967 Museum Prospectus. In 1971 the work was nearing completion, yet the NPS was unsure whether the Messmore Kendall Collection would be re-installed in its entirety. After the renovations had been completed, Federal Hall was dedicated on October 20, 1972. In 1976, the Kendall collection was featured in an exhibition of Washingtoniana: “George Washington: Icon for America” alongside materials from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.11 Until the collection was transferred to its present location in 2010, select items from the collection have been exhibited in cabinets on the third floor and elsewhere at Federal Hall National Memorial, though the installation of the entire collection has not been reassembled since the 1960s.

10 Gardener Osborn, Letter to Brig. General W. H. Wilbur, July 13, 1964. Catalog Number FEHA 1924. Box 6, Folder 3 11 Federal Hall National Memorial. National Park Service Administrative Records. Catalog Number FEHA 1925. Box 21 Folder 5

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SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Messmore Kendall Collection comprises archival materials dating from 1695 to 1939 collected by Messmore Kendall and cataloged individually. The collection represents the life of Washington, as surveyor, landowner, General and President. Materials reflect Washington’s time, surrounding figures, and events in materials owned by Washington and his contemporaries. The materials include Acts of Congress, military commissions, surveys, bills, orders, receipts, customs statements, calling cards, dinner invitations, and wax impressions, engravings, mezzotints, etchings, lithographs, chromolithographs, letterpress halftones, photomechanical reproductions, painted profile and coat of arms, souvenir ribbons, Stevengraphs (images woven from silk), and clippings. Most items are framed except for those noted as unframed. The original frames of many of the items are thought to have originated from the preparation of the Washington Hall exhibit for the New York World’s Fair of 1939-1940. These items have their own collection numbering system written on the reverse of each frame, and each piece has a typescript label affixed to the mat inside the frame. A few inconsistencies have been found in these labels, yet the labels are now considered to be part of the archival history of these collection materials.

Some items are said to relate to several of Washington’s relatives: Augustine Washington (George’s father); Mary Ball Washington (second wife of Augustine Washington, George’s mother); John A. Washington (George’s brother); Bushrod Washington (son of John A., George’s nephew); William A. (son of John A., George’s nephew); Augustine Washington (George’s half-brother); Lawrence Washington (George’s half brother); and Eliza Steptoe (related to George’s brother, Samuel).

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ARRANGEMENT NOTE This is an artificial collection organized to facilitate intellectual and physical access to documentary items. Materials are arranged into six series based on genre of material: Letters, Documents, Prints, Artwork, Textiles, and Clippings. Within each series items are stored by size and organized by date. The entirety of the collection consists of oversize materials. Many items framed at the time of exhibition have been framed with one or more items of topical relation. These framed items have been included in the series into which the item with the greatest historical interest fit best. Items that have two objects displayed in one frame are dated in the container list earliest first. These were moved to oversize boxes and map drawers (MD), and are listed as such in the contents lists. Cab-2 denotes Cabinet 2. Box 31, housing the deed to the Washington estate also houses Federal Hall National Memorial Cataloged Archival Items. Folder numbers are not imposed in this collection; items still maintain their individual catalog numbers. This collection is described at the item level.

SERIES OUTLINE I. Correspondence

II. Documents and Ephemera

III. Prints

IV. Artwork

V. Textiles

VI. Clippings

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SERIES NOTES AND CONTENTS LIST

Series I: Letters (1778-1939, undated)

Extent: 0.49 linear feet

Scope and Content: Letters included in this series include references to George Washington and his family. All letters are framed in glass with the exception of the announcement of George Washington’s honorary degree, which is matted. Italics denote an inscribed title.

Box Catalog # Title Date Cab FEHA 423 Letter from Bushrod Washington to his mother 1778 March 23 -2 concerning smallpox, framed with a photograph of Mary Ball Washington and an engraving of Bushrod Washington by Albert Rosenthal 4 FEHA 228 Letter from Eliza Steptoe to General Washington 1789 November 3 requesting cloth to make clothing for her slaves 9 FEHA 584 Letter from William Augustine Washington matted with 1791 April 6; 1804 aquatint in sepia of William Augustine Washington by St. Memin, unframed Cab FEHA 566 Letter from Gilbert W. Mead to Messmore Kendall 1939 May 20; -2; announcing the award of an Honorary Degree from undated MD Washington College to George Washington, displayed -19 with translation of diploma, unframed; enlarged photostat of honorary diploma to George Washington unframed and stored separately 5 FEHA 495 Letter from A. Spotswood to Col. George Washington undated requesting farm equipment

Series II: Documents and Ephemera (1695-1830)

Extent: 1.9 linear feet

Scope and Content: Items in this series include Acts of Congress, military commissions, surveys, bills, orders, receipts, customs statements, calling cards, dinner invitations and wax impressions. Italics denote an inscribed title.

The oldest item in this series is the deed to Washington’s birthplace. The deed, dated 1695, is for a portion of the Washington family estate in Westmoreland County, Virginia, purchased by Lawrence Washington (1659-1698), grandfather of George Washington (1732-1799). The estate was later known as Wakefield, and is now George Washington Birthplace National Monument.

The land survey conducted by Guy Broadwater for 526 acres adjoining George Pemberton and near the Old Wagon Road, in the vicinity of the Washington estates (John Washington and George Washington) is a revealing relic of Washington’s career as a surveyor. This survey conducted by Broadwater (chain

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carriers Michael Swain and Henry Bradshaw) is endorsed by Washington in two lines on the reverse of the survey. The single page survey has been framed in double-sided glass for visual access to the recto and verso. The simple sketch drawn by Broadwater describes a five-sided tract of land surveyed for Robert Worthington. The survey resulted in a grant through the Northern Neck Proprietary, governed at the time by the 6th Lord of Fairfax (Thomas).12

Several documents relate to the management of an estate in the 18th century. Documents share details of the running of Washington’s estate and those of his neighbors and relatives, providing insight into the interconnectedness of these small communities. There is a receipt for the hire and purchase of a slave by George Washington, a receipt for beef bought by George Washington, two delivery receipts for whiskey purchased from George Washington by Lawrence Washington, and, from the household of William A. Washington; a bill for surveying services to be paid for in tobacco and a receipt for thirty-four shillings and two pence half penny for 23 pair of negro shoes.

Several portraits of Washington in this and the following series can be found in William Spohn Baker’s 1880 catalog of engraved portraits.

Box Catalog # Title Date 31 FEHA 560 Deed to George Washington's Birthplace 1695

2 FEHA 317 Land Survey conducted by Guy Broadwater for 526 acres 1751 June 22 adjoining George Pemberton and near the Old Wagon Road 5 FEHA 496 Blank notice of promotion from the Col. of the Militia of the 1756–1776 County of Westmoreland, John. A. Washington 6 FEHA 235 Receipt of payment for 35 pounds, 40 shillings paid by 1774 July 27 George Washington for a month’s hire and payment outright for the servant Henry Young, signed James Crump 2 FEHA 314 George Washington's calling card, displayed with engraving, 1775-1850 Washington at Trenton, New Jersey, January 2, 1777, engraved by A. Daggett, Baker no. 143 4 FEHA 532 Order and receipt for two thousand twenty five and five 1776 April 1 ninths of a dollar to be paid to Brigadier Gen'l. Heath for use in the Continental Army Cab FEHA 417 Forged Bill of Exchange from George Washington to General 1790 February 13 -2 Henry Lee, framed with portrait George Washington. by Scoles, Baker no. 329 7 FEHA 230 Blank invitation to dinner with the President and Mrs. 1790-1799 Washington 3 FEHA 499 Bill from William A. Washington to J. Steward for surveying 1793 November to be paid in tobacco 22

12 Gray, Gertrude E. 1988. Virginia Northern Neck land grants, volume II, 1742-1775. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 54

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Box Catalog # Title Date 1 FEHA 229 Receipt for beef bought by George Washington from Joseph 1793; undated Baltzen, October, 1793, displayed with engraving, George Washington, by Dupréel, after Stuart 7 FEHA 472 Customs statement for goods imported by William Torrey 1794 June 5 signed by Benjamin Walker, former aide-de-camp to Washington, here serving as First Naval Officer in the Port of New York. Goods arrived on the ship James, Nathaniel Howard, Master Cab FEHA 421 Two Acts of Congress begun at second session of the third 1795 -2 Congress of the U.S. 1794, approved 1795, signed by Edmund Randolph 8 FEHA 487 Bill to William Augustus Washington from Singleton and 1795 July 13 McFaddon, Baltimore, for furniture ordered from 1793 MD FEHA 571 United States Military Commission appointing James V. Ball 1797 March 3 -19 as Lieutenant in the Light Dragoons, signed by George Washington, countersigned by James McHenry. Engraved by Thackara & Vallance, unframed 7 FEHA 509 Receipt for thirty-four shillings and two pence half penny for 1799 March 12 23 pair of negro shoes paid by William A. Washington to John Worrell, written by James Nivison 7 FEHA 281 Two delivery receipts for whiskey purchased from George 1799 November 8 Washington and delivered by James Anderson to John B. Pearson who will deliver to purchaser, Lawrence Washington; framed with delivery receipt written by James Anderson acknowledging delivery to Captain Pearson 5 FEHA 271 Bill to Colonel William A. Washington from Burnett and 1805 February 19 Rigden Silversmiths for tea spoons, salt spoons, and mustard spoons 6 FEHA 497 Receipt of payment for thirteen dollars and thirty cents paid 1830 May 813 by John A. Washington for Jane Thornton, signed by Lawrence Lewis, nephew of George Washington and Executor of his estate 1 FEHA 457 Three wax impressions of General Washington’s seals undated 5 FEHA 460 Wax impression on etching of General Washington's gold undated watch and seal 7 FEHA 437 Signet impression of the coat of arms of George Washington undated

13 The date of this item is inconsistent with the life spans of either George Washington’s brother, John A. Washington (1736- 1787), or his grandson, John A. Washington (1821-1861).

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Series III: Prints (1798-1870, undated)

Extent: 3.7 linear feet

Scope and Content: Items in this collection include portraits of George Washington, William A. Washington, Martha Washington, and a selection of locations, events and details pertaining to his life such as his coat of arms and his bookplate. Italics denote an inscribed title.

Several late 18th century and early 19th century engravings of George Washington can be found in the collection. Copies of some are also found in the Federal Hall National Memorial Cataloged Archival Items collection: George Washington Esqr, late President Of The United States Of America, Georgius Washington George Washington (Frey), George Washington (Blanchard).

Five portraits of William Augustine Washington found in the collection are representative of the portrait package developed by the popular neoclassical portraitist Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint- Mémin. St. Memin sketched a sitter’s profile using the contemporary drafting tool, the physiognotrace. The sketch would be completed, reduced and transferred to a copper plate from which the engravings originated. St. Memin gave each of his sitters a package containing his original drawing, copper plate, and several engravings.

Box Catalog # Title Date 2 FEHA 565 George Washington Esqr, late President Of The United 1798 January 15 States Of America, engraved by Nutter, Baker no. 294 4 FEHA 424 George Washington, First President of the United States 1804 May 15 of America. Portrait bust of George Washington, head to left, engraved by James Fittler, Baker no. 226 6 FEHA 379 William Augustine Washington, engraved by St. Memin 1804 1 FEHA 500 William Augustine Washington, engraved by St. Memin 1804 6 FEHA 546 William Augustine Washington, engraved by St. Memin 1804 5 FEHA 512 Washington, engraved by Leney for the Washington 1808 Benevolent Society, Baker no. 275 8 FEHA 434 Georgius Washington, engraved by Longhi, Baker no. 281 1817 MD- FEHA 418 George Washington, stipple engraved by Frey after 1818 46 Krethlow, Baker no. 165 9 FEHA 414 George Washington, engraved by Blanchard after Couder, 1820-1829 Baker no. 139 8 FEHA 419 The pedigree of Washington, chromolithograph by Gwilt 1830-1850 Mapleson; framed with informational insert MD- FEHA 883 George Washington, engraved by Laugier after Cogniet, 1839 19 reprint by Fishel Adler & Schwartz Co., N.Y. MD- FEHA 242 The Home of Washington, chromolithograph after 1860-1930 19 Thomas Oldham Barlow 8 FEHA 409 Gen. Washington's Carriage, lithograph by J. H. Daniels 1872 February 22

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Box Catalog # Title Date 7 FEHA 435 Woodcut of George Washington at Valley Forge, drawn 1890-1920 by H. A. Ogden, woodcut by Hoskin 3 FEHA 516 George Washington's book plate etched by Albert 1897 Rosenthal displayed with portrait 7 FEHA 413 William Augustine Washington, engraving by St. Memin 191514 MD- FEHA George Washington as a Mason, published by Edwards & 1932 19 00567 Deutsch 3 FEHA 263 George Washington's Coat of Arms, color letter press 1950-1959 half-tone MD- FEHA 559 Lady Washington's Reception, engraved by A. H. Ritchie 1860-1870 19 Cab- FEHA 568 George Washington, chromolithograph after Gilbert undated 2 Stuart, unframed 3 FEHA 402 George Washington in Freemason regalia, color letter undated press half-tone 7 FEHA 491 George Washington in uniform, color offset lithograph undated 9 FEHA 586 First in War First in Peace, hand-colored engraved of undated George Washington; matted with full color letterpress halftone of Washington's coat of arms 4 FEHA 476 Two silk fragments displayed with a mezzotint of Martha undated Washington after John Wollaston 3 FEHA 403 George Washington after St. Memin, engraved by H. B. undated Hall & Sons 5 FEHA 404 Washington. Portrait bust of George Washington undated engraved by J. C. Buttre after a painting by Edward Savage, Baker no. 122 5 FEHA 405 G Washington, engraved by H. B. Hall and Sons for the undated Magazine of American History 5 FEHA 406 George Washington General and Commander in Chief of undated the American Revolutionary Army and first President of the United States, stipple engraved by Edwin, Baker no. 212 7 FEHA 554 G. Washington, stipple engraved after Gilbert Stuart undated

10 FEHA 569 Washington Family. Mezzotint published by Moore and undated Annin 4 FEHA 459 George Washington President der Vereinigten Staaten undated von America, engraved by Rosmaster, Baker no. 317

14 Information concerning the print originates from the handwritten description back of the frame: " Col. Wm. Augustine Washington nephew of General Washington / Printed in colors from the original plate engraved by St. Memin. / Plate coloring and printing done by V. Winthrop Newman 1915 one of ten prints in color / No. 3. / G. G. Grandfather of W. Lanier Washington." V. Winthrop Newman was a New York collector whose collection was sold in 1920, however, in the auction catalog for William Lanier Washington’s Relics and Memorabilia of Washington sale (1922) this item is listed as “the personal work of the English dry-point artist Victor Winthrop Newman.”

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Box Catalog # Title Date 3 FEHA 407 George Washington, after Gilbert Stuart, color letter undated press half-tone 8 FEHA 408 The Verplanck House, lithograph undated 1 FEHA 420 G.Washington, woodcut by Darley undated 7 FEHA 347 Circular miniature portrait bust of General Washington, undated letterpress halftone 7 FEHA 260 George Washington in uniform, color offset lithograph undated 7 FEHA 442 George Washington, lithograph undated N/A FEHA 258 Signing the Declaration of Independence- Not found undated N/A FEHA 331 Children weeping at Washington's tomb- Not found undated N/A FEHA 342 Children weeping at Washington's tomb- Not found undated N/A FEHA 502 Print of weeping figures at Washington's tomb- Not found undated N/A FEHA 436 George Washington coat of arms photo reproduction- undated Not found

Series IV: Artwork (1815-1825, undated)

Extent: 0.23 linear feet

Scope and Content: Two hand-painted works show Washington’s coat of arms and Washington in military dress.

Box Catalog # Title Date 5 FEHA 231 General George Washington Commander in Chief of the 1815-1825 Continental Forces in America. Painted profile on glass. 1 FEHA 493 Painting of George Washington's Coat of Arms undated

Series V: Textiles (1832-1876)

Extent: 1.15 linear feet

Scope and Content: Silk ribbons in this series include woven, printed examples of souvenir textiles from the 19th century. The oldest pieces in the collection are an engraved silk souvenir of the centennial of George Washington’s birth and one example of a machine-woven silk portrait bust of Washington by the weaver Carquillat. The majority of this series is composed of machine-woven Stevengraph ribbons. The patented Stevengraph souvenirs were created by the British ribbon weaver, Thomas Stevens. 15 The items in the Kendall collection are souvenir bookmarks memorializing the Independence Day centennial in silk embroidery, each with a portrait of Washington.

15 The bookseller: a newspaper of British and foreign literature. London: 1858. [s.n.].

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Box Catalog # Title Date 6 FEHA 327 Printed silk ribbon commemorating the centennial of 1832 February 22 George Washington's birth, engraved by Tuthill 4 FEHA 232 Woven silk portrait bust of George Washington, 1845-1855 designed by Allardet woven by Carquillat 6 FEHA 451 Printed silk ribbon commemorating the laying the 1847 cornerstone of the Washington Monument with portrait bust of George Washington, October 19th 1847 6 FEHA 589 Silk Stevengraph souvenir ribbon from the 1876 Independence Day Centennial, 1876 with portrait of George Washington and the signing of the Declaration of Independence 6 FEHA 449 Silk Stevengraph souvenir ribbon from the 1876 Independence Day Centennial, 1876 with portrait of George Washington and the signing of the Declaration of Independence 6 FEHA 450 Silk Stevengraph souvenir ribbon from the 1876 Independence Day Centennial, 1876 with portrait of George Washington, "The Father of his Country" 6 FEHA 452 Silk Stevengraph souvenir ribbon from the 1876 Independence Day Centennial, 1876, with Washington equestrian statue and the signing of the Declaration of Independence 6 FEHA 453 Silk Stevengraph souvenir ribbon from the 1876 Independence Day Centennial, 1876, with Washington equestrian statue and the signing of the Declaration of Independence 6 FEHA 454 Silk Stevengraph souvenir ribbon from the 1876 Independence Day Centennial, 1876 with Washington equestrian statue

Series VI: Clippings (1799-1833, undated)

Extent: 0.84 linear feet

Scope and Content: Materials in this series include clippings of articles concerning the career, death, and portraits of George Washington. Also include is an article on President Andrew Jackson’s visit to Fredericksburg, Va.

Box Catalog # Title Date 1 FEHA 548 “Regulations relative to the Washington Funeral 1799 December 29 procession,” from unknown newspaper

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Box Catalog # Title Date 10 FEHA 478 "Visit of the President [Andrew Jackson] of the United 1833 June 8 States to Fredericksburgh [sic],” from the New York Mirror 10 FEHA 422 Newspaper clipping of bust of George Washington, from undated unknown newspaper 10 FEHA 521 Clipping of portrait of George Washington by Gilbert undated Stuart, from cover of Liberty Magazine 1 FEHA 528 Display of items related to the elm tree under which undated Washington took command of the American Army, from unknown newspaper

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RELATED MATERIALS NOTE

Federal Hall National Memorial. Federal Hall National Memorial Cataloged Archival Items. Multiple Catalog Numbers. National Park Service, Manhattan Sites.

Federal Hall National Memorial. Federal Hall Memorial Associates Administrative Records. Catalog Number FEHA 1924. National Park Service, Manhattan Sites.

Federal Hall National Memorial. National Park Service Administrative Records. Catalog Number FEHA 1925. National Park Service, Manhattan Sites.

Federal Hall National Memorial. American Legion Wall Street Post 1217 Records. Catalog Number FEHA 1926. National Park Service, Manhattan Sites.

SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY

American Art Association. n.d. Illustrated catalogue of original letters and documents, statuary, medallions, snuff-boxes, watches, clocks, silver and other relics or memorabilia of or belonging to George Washington To be sold without reserve or restriction by order of Mr. William Lanier Washington on Friday and Saturday, February 6th and 7th, 1920. New York: American Art Association, composition, Presswork and binding by Lent & Graff Co. http://books.google.com/books?id=_j0TAQAAMAAJ.

Baker, William Spohn. The engraved portraits of Washington with notices of the originals and brief biographical sketches of the painters. Philadelphia: Lindsay & Baker, 1880.

Kendall, Messmore. Never let weather interfere. New York: Farrar, Straus, 1946.

Sons of the American Revolution. Official bulletin of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Vol. 11-15, accessed through Google books

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ADDED ENTRIES

Personal Names:

Ball, James V. Blanchard, Auguste, b. ca. 1766 Buttre, John Chester, 1821-1893 Edwin, David, 1776-1841 Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Lord, 1692-1782 Fittler, James, 1758-1835 Kendall, Messmore, 1872-1959 Lee, Henry, 1756-1818 Leney, William Satchwell, 1769-1831 Longhi, Giuseppe, 1776-1831 McHenry, James, 1753-1816 Newman, V. Winthrop Nutter, William, 1754-1802 Ogden, Henry Alexander, 1856-1936 Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813 Ritchie, Alexander Hay, 1822-1895 Rosenthal, Albert, 1863-1939 Saint-Mémin, Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de, 1770-1852 Savage, Edward, 1761-1817 Spotswood, Alexander, ca. 1746-1818 Steptoe, Eliza Torrey, William, 1751?-1828 Walker, Benjamin, 1753-1818 Washington, Bushrod, 1785-1830 Washington, John Augustine, 1736-1787 Washington, Lawrence Augustine, 1776-1824 Washington, Mary Ball, 1708-1789 Washington, William Augustine, 1757-1810 Washington, William Lanier, 1865-1933 Wollaston, John, 1710-1775?

Corporate Names:

H.B. Halls Sons Thackara & Vallance

Subjects:

Dobbs Ferry (N.Y.)

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Fredericksburg (Va.) George Washington Birthplace National Monument Washington, George, 1732-1799 Washington, George, 1732-1799--Collectibles Washington, George, 1732-1799--Family Washington, George, 1732-1799--Finance, Personal Washington, George, 1732-1799--Freemasonry Washington, George, 1732-1799--Military leadership Washington, George, 1732-1799--Museums Washington, George, 1732-1799. Papers of George Washington Washington, George, 1732-1799--Portraits

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