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Title |
Britannia (Peter) Kennon Papers |
Date |
1872-1911 |
Object Name |
Manuscript |
Collection |
Britannia (Peter) Kennon Papers |
Catalog Number |
MS7 |
Scope & Content |
These papers consist of approximately three linear feet, including correspondence, subject files, legal documents, financial documents, and scrapbook material. Correspondence provides information about the Peter family and includes the most extensive correspondence of Martha (Kennon) Peter that survives at Tudor Place. The subject files evidence Britannia (Peter) Kennon's work with the Daughters of the American Revolution, the National Society of Colonial Dames, and the board of directors of The Louise Home. They reveal details of the settlement of her husband Commodore Beverley Kennon's estate and her attempts to secure the title of Tudor Place for her heirs. Legal documents record her efforts to divide the Mount Vernon objects at Tudor Place among her heirs. Financial documents provide an account of household expenditures for significant periods of her ownership. |
Search Terms |
Finding Aid |
People |
Kennon, Britannia Wellington Peter Peter, Martha "Markie" Kennon Orton, Margaret Jane Williams Peter, Beverley Kennon Kennon, Beverley, Commodore Peter, Mary Peter, Columbia Washington Jackson, Cordelia Peter, Thomas Washington, Ella Waggaman, Thomas E. Washington, George |
Subjects |
Correspondence Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial (Va.) Alexandria, Virginia Diaries Tudor Place Washington, DC Daughters of the American Revolution Georgetown Genealogy Legal documents Finance Newspapers--Sections, columns, etc.--Obituaries National Society of Colonial Dames Wills Account books |