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拍品專文
The inscription reads Presented to Colonel Wm Fitzhugh CHATHAM
William Fitzhugh (1741-1809) was a prominent Virginian landowner and politician. In 1779 he served in the Continental Congress, and later in the Virginia House of Delegates and State Senate. Fitzhugh was particularly close to George Washington, with whom he served on the vestry at Pohick Church in Lorton, Virginia. In 1804 Fitzhugh's daughter Mary Lee married George Washington Parke Custis, grandson of Martha Washington and adopted grandson of George Washington. Their daughter, Mary Anna Randolph, married Robert E. Lee in 1831.
William Fitzhugh (1741-1809) was a prominent Virginian landowner and politician. In 1779 he served in the Continental Congress, and later in the Virginia House of Delegates and State Senate. Fitzhugh was particularly close to George Washington, with whom he served on the vestry at Pohick Church in Lorton, Virginia. In 1804 Fitzhugh's daughter Mary Lee married George Washington Parke Custis, grandson of Martha Washington and adopted grandson of George Washington. Their daughter, Mary Anna Randolph, married Robert E. Lee in 1831.