George Washington Papers
Documents filtered by: Author="Washington, George" AND Author="Washington, George" AND Period="Adams Presidency"
sorted by: editorial placement
Permanent link for this document:
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-06-02-0006-0011-0002

[Diary entry: 2 November 1797]

2. Calm, clear & pleasant as yesterday—Mer. at 60. Mr. Thomson Mason & Lady and Mrs. Nichols dined here.

Thomson Mason (1759–1820), son of Col. George Mason of Gunston Hall, lived at Hollin Hall, just north of GW’s River Farm. The house had been built on land given Thomson by his father. He was a justice of Fairfax County and later served as a state senator (1800–4) and a delegate (1808–9) from Fairfax to the Virginia General Assembly. Mason married in 1784 Sarah McCarty Chichester, daughter of GW’s neighbor Richard Chichester.

Index Entries

    You Are Looking At

    Source Project
    Washington Papers
    Title
    [Diary entry: 2 November 1797]
    Author
    Washington, George
    Date
    2 November 1797

    Reference

    Cite as
    “[Diary entry: 2 November 1797],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-06-02-0006-0011-0002. [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, pp. 266–267.]