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From the Vaults: Rarely Seen Documents

From the Vaults: Rarely Seen Documents

by gwffoundation | Mar 7, 2025 | Collections Management, Daily Life in the 1700s, Ferry Farm, Founding Figures, French and Indian War, Lives & Legacies, Washington in the World

Some of the most delicate objects in our collection are our archives. Paper and other document materials like vellum and parchment are very sensitive materials that can be irreversibly damaged simply by light.  This makes it very difficult to display or put on...
“To Rendezvous at Fredericksburgh”: The Washington-Lewis Family, Fredericksburg, and the World War of 1754-1763: Part I

“To Rendezvous at Fredericksburgh”: The Washington-Lewis Family, Fredericksburg, and the World War of 1754-1763: Part I

by gwffoundation | May 24, 2023 | Archaeology, British Empire, Developing America, Lives & Legacies

Editor’s Note: As the two-hundred-sixty-ninth anniversary of the skirmish of Jumonville Glen approaches this Sunday, May 28th, some recent and exciting discoveries have occurred at the battlefield.  The National Park Service (NPS) released an announcement this...

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