George Washington Papers

[Diary entry: 2 December 1768]

2. Returnd home after dinner accompanied by Colo. Mason Mr. Cockburn & Messrs. Henderson Ross & Lawson.

Alexander Henderson (d. 1815) emigrated from Scotland in 1756 and settled as a merchant at Colchester. He was Fairfax County justice of the peace 1770—post 1785; Fairfax County representative in the House of Delegates 1781, 1783; Truro Parish vestryman 1765–85; and churchwarden 1769–70, 1779–80.

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    [Diary entry: 2 December 1768]
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    Washington, George
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    2 December 1768

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    “[Diary entry: 2 December 1768],” Founders Online, National Archives, last modified June 29, 2017, http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-02-02-0003-0034-0002. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 2, 14 January 1766 – 31 December 1770, ed. Donald Jackson. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1976, p. 114.]