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Benjamin Fuller Herbert

Role

In 1821 Bushrod Washington cited B.F. Herbert as a character witness regarding a sale of slaves. 

Description

Benjamin Fuller Herbert, brother of Noblet Herbert and Maurice Herbert, was an Alexandria merchant. He served as co-executor of the estate of Noblet.

Citations

Abby Schreiber, Alexandria's Historic Waterfront: A Documentary and Geospatial Study, Alexandria Archaeology Publications Number 132 (Alexandria, VA: Office of Historic Alexandria, 2023), 126.

B.F. Herbert to Bushrod Washington, 25 September 1825, Bushrod Washington Family Papers, Special Collections at the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon, Virginia.

Niles’ Weekly Register (Baltimore), 29 September 1821, page 72, column 1.

Alexandria Gazette (VA), 8 February 1830, page 4, column 1 (Newspapers.com).