Series I: James and David Burnes
Scope and Contents note
This series includes correspondence and papers of James and David Burnes. The materials consist mostly of land deeds and property business. David Burnes was an original proprietor of land in downtown Washington, D.C. and father-in-law to John P. Van Ness.
Burnes: deeds wills, undated, 1792-1807
Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Burnes, James & David deeds, 1752-1800
Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Burnes, James & David deeds, 1752-1800
Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Will of Thomas Fletchall, planter, 1783
Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Land papers, 1723-1782
Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Indentures, bonds, business correspondence, 1743-1783
Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Land papers, 1711-1796
Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Accounts, papers, notes, circa 1780-1790
Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bills, notes, business correspondence, 1794-1801
Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
David Burnes: letters, 1790-1793
Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Lands commissioners & their proprietors, taxes, undated, 1769-1796
Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Lands commissioners & their proprietors, taxes, 1797-1826
Box: 1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Letters of John Oakley, undated, 1799-1800
Box: 1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fragment of a deed, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Account of property David Burnes, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Re: David Burnes estate, misc., 1774-1803, undated, 1719-1780
Box: 1, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)