1To George Washington from John West, Jr., 26 April 1769 (Washington Papers)
...1768. Martha Price Posey’s first husband, George Harrison, left to her for life his plantation of some two hundred acres neighboring Mount Vernon. In 1757 Posey bought from Thomas Marshall, the father of Thomas Hanson Marshall, a six-acre strip of land along the Potomac adjacent to the Harrison tract that he held through his wife. When Mrs. Posey died in 1768, John West, Jr., who was the...
2To George Washington from Thomas Hanson Marshall, 18 June 1769 (Washington Papers)
...made safe in Regard to the Conveyance, As his Wife is not of Suffiteant Age to Co[n]vey the same, And the Land Under a Strong Intale However that would be Easilly wiped of (heare) was Mrs Alexander of Suffiteant age, On youre Giveing me a suffiteant Indemnification in Regard to Mr Alexanders Land ⟨bein made⟩ over to me &ca when his Wife is Quallified ⟨so to⟩ do, And we can Agree On the...Hanson
3To George Washington from Thomas Hanson Marshall, 8 March 1770 (Washington Papers)
..., for the same Quantity of Land (off Mr Alexanders) to be Laid off Sutable to my Plantation in Maryland, Provided I could have the same in Immediate Use, which was then Agreed to, Provided Mr Alexander could so Dispose the same; At Poseys sale You mentioned to me, you should be Glad to have that Matter setled Before you Went down the Cuntry, as you wanted (If the Exchange could be now...
4To George Washington from Thomas Hanson Marshall, 12 March 1770 (Washington Papers)
...between us, Relative to the Land; Nor never denyed any Part to my knowledg. The End that a cash Price was agreed to (as I took it) was upon its being mentioned there was a Possibillity of Mr Alexander’s never haveing it in his Power to Convey the Land in Maryland, I then said, should that be the case, I would then Receive of a Certain Price in Cash per Acer for them slipes; this was...Alexander
5To George Washington from Thomas Hanson Marshall, 17 September 1770 (Washington Papers)
For the proposed exchange of Robert Alexander’s land in Maryland for Marshall’s land on Mount Vernon neck, see
6To George Washington from William Preston, 7 March 1774 (Washington Papers)
. The surveying expedition led by John Floyd (1750–1783), formerly a schoolteacher in Preston’s family and now an assistant surveyor of Fincastle County, consisted of Floyd, James Douglas, Thomas Hanson, Alexander Spotswood Dandridge, Isaac Hite, James Knox, Roderick McCrea, and Mordecai Batson. Thomas Hanson left a journal of the expedition (see
7To George Washington from Bryan Fairfax, 5 August 1774 (Washington Papers)
John Dalton, a leading merchant of Alexandria, is listed among the twenty-five members of the county committee in the Fairfax County Resolves, 18 July. Williamson and Alexander Henderson are not listed. For a possible identification of Williamson, see [Rind; Williamsburg], 21 July 1774). Harrison and Grayson are probably Robert Hanson Harrison and William Grayson.
8To George Washington from Thomson Mason, 15 March 1775 (Washington Papers)
singular Act of Kindness, if You will contrive to me on your Return by my Friend Mr Robert Hanson Harrison of Alexandria or Mr Alexander Henderson of Colchester. I sincerely wish You an agreeable Convention, and am Dear Sir with the greatest Respect Your most obedt humble Servant
9To George Washington from Fairfax Independent Company, 25 April 1775 (Washington Papers)
, in Robert Hanson Harrison’s hand, ...“A Size Roll of the Independant Company of Alexandria” containing fifty-six names, largely of prominent Alexandria and Fairfax County citizens. Among those named are Peter Wagener, Jr., Charles Broadwater, Lund Washington, Daniel McCarty, Robert Alexander, and Martin Cockburn.
10To George Washington from Lund Washington, 29 September 1775 (Washington Papers)
...Cty a great many of them are taken out of our Company 40 I believe altogether for the Minute Service & Militia, I believe the Captns for the militia are Gilpin, Harrison, Phil: & Gerrard Alexander, Triplett, (Thos) Moody, Dulany, Ed. payne, James Wren, Pollard, Waggoner, Cockburn, John Seale, John Hunter, and one more which I cannot recollect the remains of our Company with several others...