George Washington Papers

[Diary entry: 27 May 1772]

27. Set out with Mr. Bryan Fairfax to view some of his Lands on Goose Creek and Little River. Lodged at Mr. Charles Wests.

GW was inspecting Fairfax’s lands in Loudoun and Fauquier counties in order to choose a tract as compensation for the £150 that he had previously paid on Fairfax’s account (see “Remarks” entry for 8 Jan. 1772).

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    [Diary entry: 27 May 1772]
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    Washington, George
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    27 May 1772

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    “[Diary entry: 27 May 1772],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-03-02-0002-0010-0027. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 3, 1 January 1771–5 November 1781, ed. Donald Jackson. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1978, p. 110.]