Two thousand newly discovered family papers of George Washington brought to Capital. A newly discovered trunk close to two centuries old, that had belonged to George Washington's only sister, Betty, containing upward of 2,000 original papers of George Washington's family and contemporaries were brought to Washington today from Fredericksburg, Virginia, by Henry Woodhouse, President of the Aerial League of America. Inspecting the papers in the photograph are, left to right: William Tyler Page, Clerk of the House of Representatives and Executive Secretary of the United States Commission for the Celebration of the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth; William Selden Washington, descendant of George Washington's brother; and Henry Woodhouse
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A black and white photo of three men in suits.
Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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Date
01/01/1929
Contributors
Harris & Ewing, photographer
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Library of Congress
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