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George Washington Lewis papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 16413

Content Description

The George Washington Lewis papers consists chiefly of correspondence to and from George Washington Lewis and between other family members, but also includes a few photographs of the Lewis family and the homes of "Claymont", "Shellfield" and "Marmion"; a plat of "Claymont"; newsclippings; notes on Lewis family history and genealogy; and a few financial and legal documents.

Dates

  • Creation: Majority of material found in 1805-1906, 1966

Creator

Conditions Governing Use

This collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

Judge George Washington Lewis (1803/4-1879) was born at "Shellfield," Colonial Beach, Virginia, and died at "Claymont," Westmoreland County, Virginia, the son of Samuel Lewis (1780-1840) and Sarah Attaway Miller (1785-1822) and grandson of George Lewis (1757-1821) and Catherine Daingerfield (1784-1820). Lewis was a lawyer, educated at the University of Virginia. He was married first to Jane Brockenbrough Lewis (1810-1849) and they had six children:... Anna Louisa Lewis (1830-1897); Henry Bankhead Lewis (1831-1862); Dr. Thomas M. Lewis (1833-1910); Samuel Lewis (1836-1849); Robert Byrd Lewis (1841-1897) and Lucy Pratt Lewis Funsten (1844-1909). His second wife was Lucy Anne Robb (1823-1891) and they had two children, Jane Vivian Lewis Long (1858-1931) and Alice Maria Lewis Wallace (1861-190).

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Extent

.75 Cubic Feet (2 boxes; 1 legal document box and 1 half-size legal document box.) : Roughly 0.75 cubic feet of material

Language of Materials

English

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