George Washington and the genealogist

George Washington and the genealogist

Washington, D.C. The Society 2014

[22]-35 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 28 cm.

369.131 S678new 2014 v. 51 no. 1 MB

"In the spring of 1792, George Washington received a letter from Sir Isaac Heard, an English genealogist who bore the impressive official title of Gater King of Arms. Sir Isaac was one of the official genealogists to the English aristocracy. He had encountered a document related to the Washington family in England, and this had prompted him to trace President Washington's English lineage ..."
Originally presented this essay as the banquet address to the annual convention of the National Genealogical Society.

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