Archive Record
Metadata
Title |
Reminiscences: Britannia (Peter) Kennon, Notes Handwritten |
Date |
1895-1900 |
Object Name |
Manuscript |
Collection |
Armistead Peter, Jr., Papers |
Catalog Number |
MS14_B69_F24 |
Scope & Content |
Reminiscences handwritten by Britannia Peter Kennon about her family, friends, school, Tudor Place, and other aspects of her life. She mentions her parents Thomas and Martha Peter, Patty and Charlie who were enslaved at Tudor Place, the family of Sal Twine, primarily Barbara Cole Williams and her daughter Hannah Williams Pope who were also enslaved at Tudor Place. Other people mentioned who were enslaved by the Peters and other family members are Stacia Hepburn, "Aunt Helen", and Will Johnson. The reminiscences also mention the Marquis de Lafayette, Mt. Vernon, George Washington, Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, Congress, Oakland, Woodlawn, Monteverd, the death of Columbia Peter, the marriages of America Peter Williams and John Peter, the Pendletons who rented Tudor Place, Martha Kennon Peter, the convent in Georgetown, Robert E. Lee, the Civil War, Mason's Ferry. Armistead Peter Jr. writes down information about Britannia's wedding party, various notes and corrections. There are also newspaper clippings, handwritten copies of newspaper articles such as "Washington Stayed There" and books such as "Washington After the Revolution". There are also transcriptions of a few of George Washington's letters. |
Search Terms |
Black History |
People |
Kennon, Britannia Wellington Peter Peter, Armistead, Jr. Hepburn, Anastacia Hepburn, Tabitha Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis de (1757 - 1834) Williams, America Pickney Peter Hamilton, Elizabeth Schuyler Peter, Martha "Markie" Kennon Peter, Martha Custis b.1952 Peter, Thomas Law, Elizabeth "Eliza" Parke Custis Williams, William Orton Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward) Peter, David Kennon, Beverley, Commodore Thornton, William, Dr. Washington, Martha Dandridge Custis Peter, Armistead, Dr. Custis, John Parke (1754-1781) Washington, George Rogers, Edmund Law Johnson, Will Pope, Hannah Williams, Barbara Cole Pope, Alfred Hamilton, Elizabeth Schuyler Peter, Columbia Washington Williams, William Orton Williams, William G., Capt. |
Subjects |
Georgetown Tudor Place enslavement Slavery Black History Gardens Rockville, Maryland Mount Vernon Washington, DC |