The Ladies' Mount Vernon Association agrees to purchase the 500 acre Mount Vernon estate, home of George and Martha Washington, from Mr. John A. Washington for $300,000, to be paid in installments over time. The Association will renovate the main house and open it to the public in 1860. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year 1859, (Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Company, 1859) 368.