Inventory of George Mason Papers

Descriptive Summary
George Mason Papers
1706-1858

Number of items; Date received; Source
27 items; November 1940; Bought from Charles E. Tuttle, Rutland, Vt.
with contribution of David K.E. Bruce,
Staunton Hill, Va.
3 items; December 1973; Purchased from Maury Bromsen

This is a group of 27 items and 3 additions, relating principally to George Mason and his family of Fairfax and Loudoun counties, Virginia.

Scope and Content Note

Form of material and dates: Dated 1706-1858. Letters, 1779-1792, from George Mason (1725-1792) at "Gunston Hall," Fairfax Co., Va., to his son John, in Bordeaux, France and to Richard Henry Lee (1732-1794); and a political essay, post 24 Jan. 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 (1760-1803), Armistead Thomson Mason (1787-1819), and Ann Mason.

Container List and Descriptions
George Mason Papers

Ca. 1743

Ann Mason, [Stafford Co., Va.], to Haswell and Hunt, London, [England]. Cy of L. 1 p.

Ca. 1743

Ann Mason, [Stafford Co., Va.], to John Thomson, London, [England]. Cy of L. 1 p.

12 April 1779

G[eorge] Mason, "Gunston Hall," [Fairfax Co., Va.], to Richard Henry Lee, n.p. ALS. 4 pp. Including TCy of ALS. 2 items.

13 May 1781

Will[ia]m Fitzhugh, Calvert County, [Md.], to William Bruff, n.p. ALS. 1 p.

14 May 1789

G[eorge] Mason, "Gunston Hall," [Fairfax Co.], Virginia, to his son John Mason, Bordeaux, [France]. ALS. 7 pp. Including TCy of ALS. 2 items.

26 Feb[ruar]y 1791

Ste[ven]s Thom[son] Mason, Loudoun County, [Va.], to Robert Carter, "Nominy [sic] Hall", [Westmoreland Co., Va.]. ALS. 2 pp.

16 April 1791

G[eorge] Mason "Gunston Hall", [Fairfax Co.], Virginia, to his son John Mason, Bordeaux, [France]. Including TCy of ALS and XCy of ALS. 2 items.

20 August 1792

G[eorge] Mason, "Gunston Hall", [Fairfax Co., Va.], to his son John Mason, George Town, Maryland. ALS. 5 pp. Including TCy of ALS. 2 items.

29 April 1800

Ste[ven]s Thom[son] Mason and Wilson C. Nicholas, Phil[adelphi]a, [Pa.], to James Monroe, Richmond, [Va.]. Cy of LS. 2 pp.

15 May 1800

Ste[ven]s Thom[son] Mason, Phil[adelphi]a, [Pa.], to James Monroe, n.p. Cy of LS. 1 p.

25 Febr[uar]y 1807

Tho[ma]s Randolph, Richmond, [Va.], to "Betsey", E[lizabeth] Moir, W[illia]msburg, [Va.]. ALS. 3 pp.

15 Feb[ruar]y 1820

Moncure, Robinson, and Pleasants, Richmond, [Va.], to John T. Mason, Jr., Lexington, Kentucky. ALS. 3 pp. Including an ANS from J[ohn] T. Mason, n.d., n.p.

20 October 1821

Ann C. Mason, "Temple Hall," to Elizabeth Moir, Lexington, Kentucky. ALS. 4 pp.

31 May 1823

M[?] Mason, Raspberry Plain, to her son John Thomson Mason, Indian Fields, near Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. ALS. 2 pp.

Other Papers. 1706-1818.

21 March 1706

Will of Mary Thomson. D. 3 pp.

23 November 1739

Will of William Thomson. D. 4 pp.

1 August 1785

Bill of lading for tobacco shipped by Stevens Thomson Mason upon the ship GLORY. D. 1 p.

Ca. 1790

Political essay by G[eorge] M[ason] concerning the right of suffrage and the disposition of the county of Fairfax in the redistricting of Virginia for the election of congressmen. AMsS. 3 pp.

22 April 1803

Will of Stevens Thomson Mason. Cy of DS. 6 pp.

27 September 1815

Will of Stevens Thomson Mason. Cy of DS. 3 pp.

7 November 1818

Will of Armistead T. Mason. ADS. 10 pp.

7 June 1858

Jo[h]n Thomson Mason, Baltimore, [Md.], to Charles Lanman, n.p. Biographical information concerning Thomson Mason, Stevens Thomson Mason, and Armistead Thomson Mason for Lanman's directory of U.S. Congressmen. ALS. 2 pp. Purchased from Maury Bromsen.

16 June [18]58

N. Carroll Mason, n.p., to Judge [John Thomson] Mason, n.p. Biographical information concerning Stevens Thomson Mason and Armistead T. Mason. ALS. 1 p. Including Sen. James Murray Mason's (George Mason's grandson) response to Charles Lanman's request for information concerning George Mason. Purchased from Maury Bromsen.

22 June 1858

Jo[h]n Thomson Mason, Baltimore, [Md.], to Charles Lanman, n.p. Biographical information concerning Thomson Mason, Stevens Thomson Mason, and Armistead Thomson Mason for Lanman's directory of U.S. Congressmen. ALS. 3pp. Purchased from Maury Bromsen.