Two of the Bassett daughters, Elizabeth and Anna Maria, had visited Mount Vernon with their parents three years earlier. The third, and youngest, daughter, Frances Bassett (1767-1796), later married George Augustine Washington, eldest son of GW’s brother Charles.

GW again crossed the Pamunkey River at Ruffin’s ferry (General Ledger B description begins General Ledger B, 1772–1793. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , folio 5).