[Diary entry: 15 November 1799]

15. Morning very smoaky—but little wind and Mer. at 39. Calm all day. Rode to visit Mr. now Lord Fairfax who was just got home from a Trip to England. Retd. to dinner.

While in England, Bryan Fairfax applied for certification as eighth Baron Fairfax of Cameron, succeeding his deceased cousin Robert Fairfax (d. 1793), seventh Baron Fairfax of Cameron. In May 1800 his claim was accepted by the House of Lords.

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Title: [Diary entry: 15 November 1799]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 15 November 1799

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 15 November 1799],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-06-02-0008-0011-0015. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 6, 1 January 1790 – 13 December 1799, ed. Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1979, p. 375.]