Fairfax family
Family
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Fairfax Family Ledger, 1739-1747
Item — Box 98, Shelf: Bound Manuscripts/Ledgers
Identifier: RM-1191
Scope and Contents
There are three sets of entries in the ledger. The first set of entries consists of 36 pages and date to 1739, 1740, 1742, 1744, 1745, 1746, and 1747 and individual lists are accepted and signed by William Fairfax ( 1691 – 1757) , who had just built Belvoir. Several pages are headed “Gedney Clarke Mercht of Barbados” who apparently is in charge of shipping items to William Fairfax in Virginia.
The second set of entries in the ledger comprises most of the ledger and consists of 52 ...
Dates:
1739-1747
Letter, to Samuel Powel, 1788 November 24
Item — Box 4, Folder: 1788.11.24
Identifier: A-417.16
Scope and Contents
Introdues [Ferdinand] Fairfax, son of [Bryan] Fairfax, his godson--he goes to Philadelphia to complete his studies.
Dates:
1788 November 24
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