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George Mason Papers, 1706/1858 0.01 Linear Foot

Mason, George, 1725-1792

Letters, 1779-1792, from George Mason at "Gunston Hall," Fairfax Co., Va. to his son John in Bordeaux, France and to Richard Henry Lee commenting on Maryland's claim to Virginia's western lands; and a political essay, post 24 January 1791 by Mason on representation in Fairfax Co., Va. Includes papers and letters of other members of the Mason and Thomson families, in particular, Stevens Thomson Mason (his will and a letter to James Monroe on Alien and Sedition Laws), Armistead Thomson Mason (his will), Ann Mason; and biographical information by John Thomson Mason.

  1. College of William and Mary

Historic manuscript collection, 1601/1933 approx. 60 Linear Feet

This collection of historic manuscripts dates from 1607-1933, with the bulk of materials dating from 1738-1868. The correspondence, journals and diaries, legal and financial records, estate documents, and printed ephemera in the collection primarily relate to the Washington and Custis families, the Revolutionary War, and society life in antebellum Washington D.C. and Virginia.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon

Ledger account, with John Posey, 1769 1 pages Box 1, Folder 1769.09.19

Financial ledger account written by George Washington and documenting transactions between Washington and John Posey, from October 1765 to June 1769. Includes a 1767 bond between Posey and George Mason with George Washington as security. As a result of the forfeiture of this bond, Washington acquired enslaved people as well as 'sundry stock, goods [and] chattels' from Posey. Hercules Posey was one of the enslaved people acquired through this transaction. Washington signs at the conclusion 'E. Excepted pr Go: Washington, Copy of an Acct given to Mr. Grayson, Sept'r 19th 1769'. Autograph document signed, 1 page.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. George Washington collection, 1654/1799
  3. Series 1. From George Washington, 1654/1799

Letter, George Mason to Robert Carter, 1776 Box 5, Folder 1776.03.12

A.L.S. 3 pages. Reporting the survey of the Ohio Co. 200,000/acres by Capt. Hancock Lee and Mr. Leet--they have it all in one tract on Licking Creek which falls into the Ohio 150 miles below the Scioto R. about [80] miles above the Kentucky R.--it is clear of Henderson's and the Vandalia Co. claims--"By all Accounts it is equal to any Land on this Continent, being exceedingly rich and level."--charges for survey £650--each member owes £50 each he can't pay it all--men waiting for the money--puts it to him as a "Man of Honour" if he intends to benefit from the survey he ought to pay some portion of the charge or sell out his shares. Autograph letter signed, integral cover, laminated, watermark (crown over GR), docketed, "Geo. Mason - dated ye 12 March 1776-receivd 5th Oct. [ ] Col. R. Lee, delivered ye [ ] to R. McKeldon". Name on original manuscript appears as "G. Mason".

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. Historic manuscript collection, 1601/1933
  3. Series 1. Documents and Manuscripts
  4. Manuscripts Box 5, 1776/1777

Letter, to George Mason, 1769 Box 1, Folder 1769.04.21

George Washington's land agreement with George Mason, dated April 21, 1769. George Mason lived at Gunston Hall, which is located just below Mount Vernon on the Potomac River in Fairfax County. Surveys inherited in Washington's day were often inaccurate and this land agreement settled a long-standing dispute concerning the boundary line that divided Mount Vernon from Mason's property. This folio incorporates both a legal contract and the elements of a survey that Washington himself undertook in 1769 to settle the inaccurate western boundary of the lands between Dogue Creek and Little Hunting Creek. The one page document is written in a clerical hand and is endorsed with George Washington's signature.

  1. The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
  2. George Washington collection, 1654/1799
  3. Series 1. From George Washington, 1654/1799

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