What things grew out of that tradition. Our guest will talk a lot about some things that are very similar to what is an art exhibit. He comes from another museum that has a significant collection of George Washingtons items. It ties in very well to our collection so im delighted to curator at tutor place to store cass and garden. Prior to coming to tutor place, he was the assistant curator of collections at the James Madison mike kelly or and worked for nearly nine years on the mansion interiors Initiative Team to research and furnish the Market Leader mansion following is architectural restoration. Prior to his arrival, he was the staff archaeologist at james monroe long silent. Long island. Arts in master of anthropology with a concentration in historical archaeology from the university of south carolina. Him. E welcome good afternoon. I want to thank heidi and 84 their invitation to speak today. My talk directly relates to this exhibition as im focusing on how members of the peter family of tudor place commemorated the revolution and their familial connections to george and marcia washington. At the end of my talk, i will briefly discuss longtime tudor place resident memberships in the dar. I want to do highlight some of the documents from our archives. Tudor place located in the georgetown neighborhood is the home of the peter family from 1805 until 1983. The house designed by William Thorton and featuring its iconic temple was completed in 1816. Before us are discussing the objects found, i want to highlight the families connection to george and Martha Washington. Martha and thomas were the original owners of tutor place. Martha was Martha Washingtons granddaughter, one of the four children of what this child. 10 years before, martha married her first husband. Four children were born to the marriage. Daniel himself died in 1757, leaving martha a young widow. Were thening children adopted by George Washington and raised as his own. In the spring of 1773, 19yearold jockey announced his engagement. They were married the following linking the custis family to the calverts. Martha was born in the blue room not burning at and she is the only one of the grandchildren to be born at mount vernon. Upon hearing news of her birth, George Washington wrote to his stepson, congratulating him on the birth of another daughter. Less than three years later, Jackie Custis died in november 1781 and the children were split. The two eldest remained with their mother eleanor while the two younger children went to mount vernon where they lived with their grandparents. Less than two years after jackies death, his widow eleanor remarried. Newdavid stewart, her husband, was a physician and family friend of George Washington. Stewart had an additional 13 children from their marriage. In 1785, robert edge behind arrived at mount vernon, intending to paint a portrait of washington. The artist produced portraits of washington grandchildren, including this portrait of or eight about seven years old. Martha was 16, she accompanies her step grandfather to the ceremonial laying of the cornerstone of the capital building. September 18, 1790 three. In a january 6, 1795, martha became first of Martha Washingtons grandchildren to marry when she wed thomas peter of georgetown. The wedding took place at apart. The Fairfax County plantation where her mother and stepfather resided. Thomas peter was the eldest son of a prominent maryland merchants landowners. Robert peter had immigrated to america from scotland in 1746, eventually ending up in georgetown and working as an agent. After peter purchased glass for chair of the local tobacco trade and began buying large quantities of land. Thomas peter was a successful businessman. At the time of martha 1795 marriage, George Washington asked her what she might like as a wedding present and replied she wanted a likeness of him. George presented her with this portrait by Arthur Robert litan roberton. Martha peter frequently wore this miniature even after washingtons death. In february 1812, cb morris wrote in a letter to her sister describing a ball she attended. Marthashe observed peters wearing two portrait miniatures. One representing the general, the other of his lady. The portrait miniature of mrs. Washington that martha was wearing that evening was probably the 1772 portrait by charge by charles wilson. Was the warning of these miniatures a premier of devotion or was she making a statement as a proud federalist during the Madison Administration . I will discuss momentarily, thomas and martha peter were outspoken federalist and remain so even after the party fell out of favor. The robertson miniature of washington still retains its original red leather case and forms the foundation of the washington collection at tutor place. Another significant object in the washington collection is this trunk that martha peter received around the time of her marriage. It is from her grandmother containing parts of her wedding trousseau. After their marriage, thomas and martha made their home on k street. Thomass father had given the couple one of the town houses he constructed. Marthas younger sister wrote a friend in october 1795, stating martha expects a little one in a few months. She is now said no charming late. The k street house the thomas and martha posted George Washington as a frequent overnight guest. Washington diary thomas and martha peter were for grant visitors to mount vernon and their names appear as dinner diary. In washingtons martha peter last saw George Washington in late november 1799 aen he watched their home month before his death. Martha was pregnant at the time. Later in life, her daughter noted that martha sat on the steps and watch of the general mattis right away that morning. It was the last time she saw him. Still recovering from the birth of her son, martha was not able to attend washingtons funeral. Upon the terms of George Washingtons will, martha received one 23rd of his residual inheritance. Following George Washingtons death, the entire country went into a time of mourning. There were parades, eulogies, tributes delivered in towns and cities. Also, engravings like this one popular. Here were washington burned all the correspondence between she and her husband. Martha washington only survived her husband by two years. Gift ofquest was the two objects to granddaughter martha peter. First was an engraving of washington that hung in the passage of mount vernon and her writing table. The engraving of washington was sent to mount vernon in 1797 and based on a portrait of washington. And martha hung it in the passage at mount vernon. Upon the completion of tudor , the tutor family placed the print on the west side of the drawing room. It has remained there for the past two centuries. The writing table made by a it wasthe knees, one of the pieces of french furniture George Washington purchased in new york city in 1790. The table was taken to philadelphia where martha used it in the president s and upon washingtons retirement, it came back to mount vernon where it was used by martha until her death. Here it is in the tudor place parlor about 1900. It too was that tutor place until 1911. It remained in the peter family and in that in 39, returned to not burning. Found within it behind it or were two letters from george to Martha Washington. This is significant because as i noted, martha burned all their respondent following georges death. Did she say these letters because of their content or were they inadvertently omitted from the flames . Unfortunately, we do not know but one of those letters remains in our collection at tutor place now back atcond is mount vernon. These are the only two letters that survive from george to Martha Washington with the exception of a short note discovered since they were found. The tutor place letter is especially significant dating to june of 1775 because it is the one in which washington rights to martha from the adelphia, informing her he has been given command of the continental army. It is unknown when the peter family discovered the letters and the writing table but it occurred by 1820 eight because martha recounted the story of its discovery to jared sparks, the historian visiting tutor place to compile material. Aside from these specific requests, like the engraving, of balance of washer Martha Washingtons estate or to be sold for money used to benefit the education of her nephews. Thomas peter, along with martha grandson or named executors of the estate. As an executor, thomas peter made a record which survives today in the tutor place archives. Thomas and martha attended that july 1802 sale at mount vernon, purchasing 800 worth of its ranging from furniture and table wares to artwork and livestock. Among the items, a halfdozen stools. Also, a pair of wall brackets. Also in our collection, a hagan griddle bush according to the peter family was used to make the hotcakes of George Washington enjoyed. The list of Historical Documents is fascinating. Especially intriguing are several lost sundries including one here that cost 29. This a price comparable to what thomas and martha paid for the chest. Saletems purchased at the 1800used at the home until 51 thomas and martha peter purchased tutor place. At the time they purchase the property, the house looked much different than it does now. The house was completed in 1816 and with serve as the home for subsequent generations of the peter family until 1983. He mount vernon object thomas and martha acquired can be found within tutor place. The prince decorated the walls, the china used at the table was found throughout the house. For the almost 200 years the family lived at tutor place, they lived among these washington objects. The copper gorge it is one that is visible and Charles Wilsons 1772 portrait depicting washington in his uniform of a colonel in the virginia regiment. Martha noted she had received it upon washingtons death in 1799 and mr. Quincy honored to receive such a gift asked marthas approval to present it to the Washington Society in boston in her honor. After the society ceased to exist, it came back and do his ownership and can now be found in the collection of the Massachusetts Historical Society representing one of the few washington objects that left the peter family in the 19 century. Remember i mentioned thomas and martha peter were federalists. They named their three daughters columbia washington, america ttaniaey, and bri wellington. Thomas peter died in 1834 and for the next 20 years, martha was the owner of tutor place. 1842 when marthas daughter america died in buffalo, her husband sent their children to tutor place to be raised by their grandmother. Similarly, marthas daughter brittania returned to tutor place with her sixmonthold daughter in february of 1844. The mostania is one of fascinating characters in the tutor place story, born in the winter of 1813 months after the british burned washington. She was a young girl of nine years old. She vividly recounted an of hern for the rest life. In 1841, she met it would aboard navy captain. A widower in the captain. They were married in the tutor place drawing room the following year. On february 20 8, 1844, Commodore Kenyon and a number of other helmet cabinet members were aboard the uss princeton to see a demonstration of the ships peacemaker. The gun exploded, killing six. Commodore canon, the secretary of state, and the secretary of the navy were among the victims. Pretend it was aboard the ship that day one her husband was killed. She along with a number of other ladies and dignitaries were below deck when the gun exploded. So at 29 years old, brittania buried her husband and returned to my mothers house accompanied by her sixmonthold daughter and for the next 67 years, she would reside at tudor place helping to raise additional generations of the peter family. Brittanias mother about 70 years old with her daughter and you can see martha is holding that portrait miniature of George Washington and her hands, the same one she received as a gift upon her marriage and that is what i love about this photo. Martha peter is the link that ties together five integrations of the family. This is the only other image of martha peter besides that portrait painted when she was seven years old. Andha would live until 1854 in her will, she bequeathed her placed to brittania. Peter was theton owner of a large estate in Montgomery County and received his abstention inheritance upon the death of his father but as a widow with a young daughter, brittanias future would be uncertain without property of her own. She received instructions to sell the northernmost portion of ourproperty that bounded street and use the funds generated to provide dowries for e daughters of her deceased sister america. Her tenure turned tudor house to preventding house the house from being seized and turned into a hospital. Her ownership continued well into the first decade of the 20th century and i like to call her the first curator on tutor place. Housethe civil war, the returned to its role as a private home. Her tenure as a dot or had grown into a young woman. The following year, she married a distant cousin and the couple lived at tutor place soon adding a new generation to the family. Later, martha died suddenly, leaving behind five children. The youngest of which was only six years old. It was brittania was served as a maternal presence and her grandchildrens lives. The family began writing down brittanias reminiscences. Her grandchildren recorded the memories she provided of meeting lafayette during his visit of the civil war. Brittania also began labeling objects in the familys collection, noting the history on the back of framed works of art, especially the pieces her parents acquired at the 1802 sale. Anday of 1890, brittania the washington objects at tudor place gained National Attention as they were the subject of a story in the century illustrated monthly magazine. Some New Washington relics was the title of the story. Described the objects found at to the place. Heres an illustration showing a pair of andirons. The magazine also included this image showing brittania and two of her grandsons in the tutor place saloons among the washington objects. The tea table and the stool are front and center with other pieces of china on display. Can see behind brittania its kind of hard to see but that is the lance clay landscape plan of mount vernon. The great granddaughter of george and Martha Washington during that time just after americas centennial one there was renewed interest in our colonial past. In her room at tudor place on january 20 6, 1911 on these of her birthday. Her funeral was held in the drawing room after which the casket was taken to oak hill cemetery. Lateas buried next to her husband who died 67 years earlier. According to the terms of her will, the estate was to be divided evenly among her five grandchildren. Her grandsons along with their sister begin the arduous task of the items,g recording and labeling everything in the house. Armistead described the process in a letter to his wife in june 1911. Agnes writes the things down while i stick the numbers on and the numbers he is referring to our papal labels affixed to every item. The number corresponding to a written inventory. Objects purchased in mount vernon or inherited by martha peter also received a paper mount vernon label as well. They identified 529 items that came from mount vernon, ranging from the pieces i discussed to a piece of soap. This shows even the most monday, every day objects were significant to the peter family. The inventory describes the documents and knows which of the five grandchildren inherited it during the estate. Everything from soup spoons to those fragments of soap. The other issue at hand during the 1911 division was the actual house. How could an 11,300 square foot house to be evenly divided amongst five siblings . Him Armistead Peter junior also continued the works grandmother started writing down Family History and labeling objects and continuing to live among these washington objects he inherited from his grandmother. Upon his death in 19 80, the house was inherited by his only child. Armisteadxt 23 years, stuart at tudor place into the 20th century. Though he and his wife caroline had been living there with his father for a portion of every year since 1924. Peter the third steward of the house well into the 20th century, living until 1983. Other further target George Washington and the american revolution, i want to mention our Upcoming Event at the end of themonth host up productions of George Washingtons office and dining tent. Will bet the museum coming on april 29 and 30. Planneda number of activities to highlight the tent and its connection to objects in tutor place such as the camp store. Now that ive looked at how the collection came to tutor place, i want to highlight some of the additional objects and the washington collection. At thehe items purchased sale was this large fungible that george and Martha Washington acquired in the Third Quarter of the 18th century. The book features an interesting mix of eastern and western decorative motifs. The exterior of the bowl features a chinese writes cultivation while the interior features a hunt. According to the peters daughter pretended, the ball was used to serve appletalk the at atties apple toddy parties. Also found a tutor place is a frenchollection of porcelain. Part of 309 pieces washington purchased in 1790. He acquired many of the pieces from the royal menu factory starting in 1778 and supplemented those pieces with additional pieces from other manufacturers over the next decade. Various pieces can be seen on. He tutor place dining table ill pieces thomas and martha peter purchased at that mount vernon sale. A tea tablequired made in england during the Third Quarter of the 18th century and it is pictured very centrally here. It is today found in the parlor. Next to it, you can see the corner of the tea table leg is this stool that was probably made in philadelphia and used by the washingtons at the president s house on suite with a set of french chairs. They cant stool is one of the most significant objects, only one of two that survived by 1911. Remember thomas and martha peter purchased six of these tools at the 20 1802 sale. Our store was inherited by Armistead Peter junior and by one of his brothers is now in the smithsonian. The only two of 18 that survived. I cannot forget another significant piece of furniture at tudor place, the washington chest. It had two notable owners by the time it was purchased by thomas and martha peter. Made in london, the chest was originally purchased by George William fairfax. George washington actually purchase the piece secondhand at the 1774 sale near mount vernon. The chest martha used in their bedchamber. You can see it right there. In john chapmans 1884 painting of that room. Today, it can be found in the upper hall at tutor place. In addition to the furniture and objects are discussed, our collection has 50 complete textiles associated with the washington family, including one of the 12 needlepoint cushions that Martha Washington cross stitched over 36 years. Intending to use the cushions on a set of chairs at mount vernon. She completed the final cushion a few months before her death after which the cushions were divided evenly among her granddaughters. Also in the collection, these late 18thcentury english roast blankets. These textiles are called blankets we have a number of fragment three textiles, including pieces of Martha Washingtons down and upholstery purported toabric be from the philadelphia president s house through the family. Last but not least, everyday objects like the soap i mentioned earlier and buttons. The final group of objects related to the washingtons can be found in the tutor place archives. Key among those is the 1775i mentioned but also in looting 17 letters of condolence received by Martha Washington after George Washingtons death, including from john adams. 12 replies are also present to those letters in the hand of tobias lear. The archive also contains correspondence between George Washington and thomas peter and documents relating to the settlement of Martha Washingtons estate. Thomas peter was one of the marthas estate. Time has allowed me to highlight a small portion of the significant objects in the collection. I hope you will consider this a preview and come visit the house and learn about the history of the family who lived amongst them for 200 years. Our 2016at as part of bicentennial, a book about the history of tutor place will be available in fall 2016. The collection comprises over. 5,000 objects ive barely scratched the surface in describing a select few of them today. I also mentioned i would highlight the role as the daughters of the american of evolution in the lives of britannia. Original correspondence related can be found in the tutor place archives. Retain it became a member in 1891 when the organization was a few months old. 215. Embership number was i asked a more recent number how many digits typically comprise membership numbers in the 21st century and she said they are up to six digits. At number 215. In 18 brittania at number 215. She served as a National Vice president. That seems to be more of an therary position in organization. As the great granddaughter of Martha Washington, she was a significant figurehead for the membership of the dar. Papers is among the this certificate about her role as a regent in the District Of Columbia and to ribbons from the continental congress. And these ribbons are in pristine condition and look like they were made yesterday. Celebrationuary in would birthday, the dar send a bouquet of flowers to tudor place. She died on the eve of her 96th birthday. This time it wasnt to celebrate pate and his birthday but in memory of her recent passing. A tribute to her grandmother is such a fitting contribution to my lecture. I brothers and i thank you for your some dear sympathy and for the beautiful spray of white carnations tied with your colors. I think you in your name. Was among those. She was always so thoughtful of others. One never heard her complain. Her own weariness always being put aside to share her greater joy. As a greatgranddaughter of Martha Washington, she grew up hearing memories her mother recounted of vernon of attending the cornerstone and of the last time she saw general washington. Retain herself met lafayette during that 1820 44 and left sharing stories about her meeting with him and other events from her own lifetime with her family. Memories of famous politicians or the civil war impacted the family but at the center of all of her stories was tutor place. The house where she lived for all but a few of her 96 years. Inrounded by these objects the Family History they embodied, objects and memories she passed onto the next generation of the family. Objects her greatgrandson wanted to keep intact as a collection to prevent another Division Like what happened in 1911. We set up our foundation to operate tutor place as a museum and share these objects and the public, guaranteeing the collection will be intact for another 200 years. [applause] if the peters house still , it would have a plaque that said George Washington slept here . It stood until the 1960s. It was one of the properties know that but i do the site was archaeologically excavated about 10 years ago and they found some interesting objects of their. A number of them later in life did and some of their theendents did for the tutor place collection has one of Martha Washingtons quilts . Yes. We have a number of textiles. Time prevented me from going into detail about a number of these objects but there are so many fascinating objects and it amazes me and its a dream for a curator to have sex to have such a substantial collection. The ones i highlighted about retaining his membership in the dar is a perfect example. Thank you very much. [laughter] [applause] thank you so much for coming. We are delighted to have you here. It certainly makes me want to visit tutor place. Lookll of you here, take a at our collection of washington related objects. Our gallery is on the first floor of the lobby where you came in and we have a lot of objects that have a washington connection as well or that someone put his face onto. See if you can find how many times washingtons face appears throughout the gallery. Its a lot. Again, thank you so much for coming and i hope you enjoy the rest of this delightful day. You are watching American History tv, 48 hours of programming on American History every weekend. Follow us on twitter. And keep up with the latest history news. Is thependent media oxygen of democracy. It is essential. Holding those in power accountable. We are not there to serve an agenda. When we cover war and peace, we are not brought to buy the weapons manufacturers. Wednesday night, amy goodman a producer of democracy now, talks about the book, democracy now, changing america. Looking back at stories and people that the show has covered. The idea of democracy now starting 20 years ago, it has not changed. 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