1To George Washington from John Parke Custis, 8 August 1777 (Washington Papers)
, [Williamsburg], 8 Aug. 1777). Mrs. Dawson was Burwell Bassett’s mother. The welcome given to Martha Washington at Williamsburg may have been the culmination of plans to honor her that the Virginia general assembly began when it passed the following resolutions on 1 Aug. 1777:
2To George Washington from John Parke Custis, 11 September 1777 (Washington Papers)
Custis served as a Fairfax County delegate in the Virginia general assembly from the spring of 1779 to the spring of 1781.
3To George Washington from John Parke Custis, 26 October 1777 (Washington Papers)
Inclement weather prevented George Mason from attending the Virginia general assembly in Williamsburg until 14 Nov. (see
4To George Washington from John Parke Custis, 12 February 1778 (Washington Papers)
...he could take his seat on the general court. Thomson Mason (1733–1785) of Raspberry Plain, Loudoun County, Va., was a brother of George Mason of Gunston Hall and represented Loudoun County in the Virginia general assembly. John Blair (1732–1800) of Williamsburg, Va., a member of the House of Burgesses from 1766 to 1770 and later a clerk of the council, was elected to the council in June 1776...
5To George Washington from John Parke Custis, 20 November 1778 (Washington Papers)
...a passage on the lower flower. The offices are a kitchen and a large stable, with a meathouse, &c. There are about four acres enclosed in one lot, and will be sold with the house.” The Virginia general assembly increased taxation for 1779 in “An act to amend an act intituled An act for raising a supply of money for publick exigencies,” passed in the October 1778 session (
6To George Washington from John Parke Custis, 12 December 1779 (Washington Papers)
[Hening], 10:172–76). The Virginia General Assembly had begun its fall session in Williamsburg on 4 October.
7To George Washington from John Parke Custis, 11 March 1780 (Washington Papers)
Custis had been in Williamsburg as a delegate from Fairfax County for the session of the Virginia General Assembly that began on 4 Oct. 1779.
8To George Washington from John Parke Custis, 12 April 1780 (Washington Papers)
Custis and George Mason represented Fairfax County as delegates in the Virginia General Assembly that began on 1 May. Patrick Henry and Richard Henry Lee also served as delegates in that assembly.The Virginia General Assembly relocated to Richmond from Williamsburg to reduce the threat of a British attack.