1To George Washington from George Mason, 19 June 1789 (Washington Papers)
I am informed that Mr Jefferson, in a Letter to Congress last November, pointed out the Impropriety of appointing a Consul General in France, and strongly recommended the Appointment of separate Consuls in such of the Principal Ports as America traded most considerably with. Indeed from any Idea I have been able to form of the Office & Duties of a Consul at a foreign Port (vizt to take Care of...
2To George Washington from George Mason, 23 March 1789 (Washington Papers)
I thank you exceedingly for your very candid & friendly Letter, & will state to you exactly my Coachman’s Situation with me, as well as his Character; by which you will be able to judge whether he will be fit for your Service or not. He came into Baltimore, a Redemtioner from Germany, & entered into an Indenture to Colo. Fitzhugh (who thereupon paid his passage;) to serve him four years; he...
3To George Washington from George Mason, 27 November 1787 (Washington Papers)
I this Morning received your Favour of the 15th and shall do myself the Honour of communicating such of our Proceedings as are important; tho’ very little Business of that kind, has yet been compleated. The Installment Plan, after being presented to the Committee of the Whole House upon the State of the Commonwealth, & some Hours Debate upon the Subject, has been postponed from time to time;...
4To George Washington from George Mason, 6 November 1787 (Washington Papers)
On Saturday last, in a Committee of the whole House upon the State of the Commonwealth, to whom was referred sundry Petitions, some praying for an Emission of Paper Money, & others for making Property, at an appraised value, a Tender in Discharge of Debts, I moved & carryed the Resolutions of which I inclose a Copy. During the Discussion of the Subject, after treating the Petitions as founded...
5To George Washington from George Mason, 7 October 1787 (Washington Papers)
Upon examining my Fields in this Neck, I think they will not produce more than about one third of my usual Crops; at my other plantations they are something better, & may turn out about two thirds of the usual Crop. I think I shall be obliged to buy two hundred Barrells of Corn at least; and have lately written to a Gentlemen in Maryland (who owes me a Sum of Money) to know if he can supply me...
6To George Washington from George Mason, 9 November 1785 (Washington Papers)
The Bearer waits on you with a Side of Venison (the first we have killed this Season) which I beg Your Acceptance of. I have heard nothing from the Assembly, except vague Reports of their being resolved to issue a Paper Currency: upon what Principles, or Funds, I know not; perhaps upon the old thread-bare Security, of pledging solemnly the Public Credit. I believe such an Experiment wou’d...
7To George Washington from George Mason, 2 October 1785 (Washington Papers)
I take the Liberty of inclosing You a Memorial and Remonstrance to the General Assembly, confided to me by a particular Freind, whose Name I am not at Liberty to mention; and as the Principles it avows entirely accord with my Sentiments on the Subject (which is a very important one) I have been at the Charge of printing several Copys, to disperse in the different parts of the Country. You will...
8To George Washington from George Mason, 5 April 1785 (Washington Papers)
I have broach’d four or five Hogsheads of Cyder, & filled Your Bottles with what we thought the best; tho’ the Difference in any of it is hardly distinguishable, all I now have being made of the Maryland red streak, & managed in the same Manner. I hope it will prove good, tho’ my Cyder this Year is not so clear & fine, as it generally has been; from what Cause I don’t know, unless that I...
9To George Washington from George Mason, 19 March 1783 (Washington Papers)
My Motives for troubling Your Excellency, at this particular time, are Motives of Humanity. Mr Lawrence Washington Junr who will deliver this, has been unfortunately engaged in a Duel, or rather an Affray, with Mr Philip Alexander of Chotanck; in which his Antagonist was mortally wounded, & died six or seven Days after. I have taken some pains to inform myself of the real Truth of the Case,...
10To George Washington from George Mason, 8 March 1779 (Washington Papers)
I shall make no other Apology for my long Silence, than candidly telling You the Cause of it. Sensible of the constant & great Load of public Business upon Your Hands, and knowing how little Time You had to spare, I thought it wrong to intrude upon it, by a Correspondence of mere private Friendship, or the Communication of Matters of little Importance: this, & this only, is the Reason I have...