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Start Over Collection Historic manuscript collection Creator Mason, George, 1725-1792
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon

Historic manuscript collection

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.

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Letter, George Mason to Robert Carter 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. Series 1. Documents and Manuscripts
  2. Manuscripts Box 5

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