Leonidas

Broad Term(s):

Horses

Description:

Leonidas was a stud horse that was foaled in 1774. John Parke Custis purchased Leonidas, his dam and another foal from Horatio Sharpe. GW later credited the estate of John Parke Custis with £300 for Leonidas (see Ledger B, 224).

[Rotunda | Founders Online | Print (Revolutionary War Series, Volume 14, pages 316-18)].

[Rotunda | Founders Online | Print (Confederation Series, Volume 1, pages 208-10)].

Citation

The Papers of George Washington Digital Edition, ed. Theodore J. Crackel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, Rotunda, 2008.

Book page

Ledger B, 1772 - 1793: pg.168	Ledger B, 1772 - 1793: pg.177	Ledger B, 1772 - 1793: pg.212
Ledger B, 1772 - 1793: pg.172	Ledger B, 1772 - 1793: pg.178	Ledger B, 1772 - 1793: pg.224
Ledger B, 1772 - 1793: pg.173	Ledger B, 1772 - 1793: pg.180	Ledger B, 1772 - 1793: pg.228
Ledger B, 1772 - 1793: pg.176	Ledger B, 1772 - 1793: pg.185