Fairfax, William, 1691?-1757

Scope and Contents One page from a ledger book dated 1747 in the hand of Lawrence Washington, for accounts with "The Right Honourable Lord Fairfax." The purchases include bills of exchange for sterling, sheep, gunpowder and shells, payment for smith work, and barrels of Indian meal. The payments were made primarily against rent payments.

Scope and Contents A.L.S. 1 page. Concerning a permit to take in Virginia tobacco. This is the earliest known written example of the name "Mount Vernon" used for Washington's estate. Fairfax was Lawrence Washington's father-in law.

Scope and Contents Contains article "Washington and the Fairfaxes of Virginia," passages from a lecture recently delivered by George A. Ward, esq., entitled "Washington's early associates and patrons, the Fairfaxes, and their influence in the formation of his character." p 191 col 2, 3, p 192 col 1