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  Guide to the Mason Family Manuscript Collection  


Barnes, James C.

  • Letter to unidentified relative, 23 Aug. 1852

Barnes, Margaret

  • Letter to John D. Dutton, 25 Jan. 1833 [image]
  • Letter to John D. Dutton, Feb. 1835

Barnes, Richard

  • Letter to Mark Alexander, 12 Aug. 1780

Chase, Helen M.

  • Grades, Univ. of Virginia, 30 July 1921

Cooper, Samuel (1798-1876)

  • Copy of letter from Winfield Scott (Schuyler Hamilton, Aid-de-Camp) to Col. W. Preston, 27 Jan. 1854, regarding the brevet promotion of Capt. Gustavus W. Smith. Signed by S. Cooper, Adjutant General.

Fowke, Gerard (1625-1669) and Anne Fowke

  • Deed of Gift with Richard Hope, 1664
  • Deed with Richard Hope, 18 Sep. 1672
  • Deed with Richard Hope, 30 July 1673
  • Ms. Survey Plate of Passpantanzy lands, Oct. 1712

Fitzhugh, George

  • Letter and Bill from Thomas R. Tilghman, 15 May 1786

Graham, George Mason and George Mason Graham Strafford

  • Genealogical Notes on Brat/Mason/Graham Families, 19th-century

Graham, George Mason

  • Letter to Unknown Recipient, 9 Dec. 1848

Jamison, Ann (Johnson)

  • Letter to Mary Barnes Mason, 1 Feb. 1831

Lee, Fitzhugh (1835-1905)

  • Letter to Mrs. Sidney Smith Lee, 12 June 1859
  • Letter to General Louis T. Wigfall, 9 Dec. 1863
  • Letter to Mr. Ralph, 10 Dec. 1885
  • Letter to Robert Stockwell Hatcher, 7 July 1897 [Typed]

Macomb, Alexander (1742-1841)

  • Letter to Messrs Mills and Smith, 7 July 1837

Magill, Henry D. (1806-1847)

  • Diploma (Parchment), Univ. of Penn., Medical School, 21 Mar. 1829
  • Letter to Miss Ann E. Mason, before 1836
  • Letter to Ann E. C. Magill (wife), 30 July 1836

Mason, Abram Barnes (1807-1863)

  • Letter to Mrs. Elizabeth Mason (Mother), 27 Aug. 1827
  • Letter to John D. Dutton, 13 Feb. 1829

Mason, Abraham Barnes Thomson

  • Estate Papers for Thomson Mason, 1785-1786 (3 items)
  • Receipts, Accounts, and Legal Notice with Original Young for Thomson Mason estate, 1791-1792

Mason, Ann (Noland)

  • Letters to Mary (Carter) Mason, 1853

Mason, Armistead Thomson (1763-1813)

  • Order Books, 5th Virginia Regiment (War of 1812), 24 Mar. - 12 Oct. 1813
  • Land Indenture to Philip Key, 13 Dec. 1813
  • Letters to Charles Fenton Mercer, Apr. 1816 (4 items)
  • Letter to Col. R. Butler, 3 Feb. 1817
  • Letter to Charles Fenton Mercer, 1 Sep. 1817
  • Printed document about votes, 2 Oct. 1818

Mason, Elizabeth

  • Letters to Miss Mary Barnes Mason, 3 Mar. 1811; 9 May 1817

Mason, Emily V. (1815-1909)

  • Scrapbook entitled “Clippings of the late Miss Emily V. Mason.” ca. 1891-1907. comp. attrib. to Dorothea Mason Wright

Mason, Francis

  • Land Indenture to Aminta Graham, 17 Oct. 1822

Mason, George II (1660-1761)

  • Deed to him and James Hereford, 4 Jan. 1715

Mason, George III (1690-1735)

  • Commission signed by Gov. Alexander Spotswood, 2 July 1719

Mason, George V (1753-1796)

  • Note (fragment) to unknown person, 9 July 1787
  • Copy of Will and Codicil, 27 Feb. 1885

Mason, George, VI (1786-1834)

  • Land Indenture to James W. Ford for Gunston Hall, 2 Dec. 1822
  • Copy of Letter to James Madison, 6 July 1826
  • Letter to Messrs. Ritchie & Gooch, 25 July 1826
  • Letter to William B. Stone, 6 [ ] 1826

Mason, George (1787-1876)

  • Copy by T.H. Troth to Edward C. Gibbs (19 Mar. 1852) of letter from George Mason of Hollin Hall to John Mason of Woodlawn, VA, 6 Mar. 1852

Mason, George (1846-1888)

  • Letter to Edward C. Gibbs at Hollin Hall, 14 Sep. 1868
  • Letters from E.A. Dalyremple, 24 June 1880; 24 July 1880
  • Gift Receipt from the Virginia Historical Society., 23 Aug. 1881

Mason, James Murray (1798-1871)

  • Letter to Richard Smith, 10 Nov. 1826
  • Portions of Ms. on slavery views, N.D. (Ca. 1829?)
  • Letter to Eilbeck Mason, 1 Nov. 1833
  • Account book and letter book for his father John Mason’s estate, 1849-1859
  • Printed Speech in U.S. Senate about admission of California, 27 May 1850
  • Note to O.H. Pelk, 16 Mar. 1856
  • Letter to George M. Dallas, 15 Oct. 1857 [image]
  • Note to Asbury Dickens, 22 Mar. (before 1861)
  • Letter to Charles Green, 1 Mar. 1862
  • Letter to Lord Bath, 12 Sep. 1862
  • Printed "Correspondence with Mr. Mason w/Parliament in March 1863,? 5 Apr. 1864
  • Last Will & Testament, 26 May 1868
  • Note to Asbury Dickens, 16 Mar. (n.y.)

Mason, John (1766-1749)

  • Printed Document "Conge - Volontaires de la Garde Nationale Bordelaise," 9 Dec. 1790
  • Bill from Adam Lynn for Goods delivered, 9 May 1797
  • Letter to Messrs William Patterson, 13 Sep. 1809
  • Letter to Trustees of Alexandria Museum, 5 July 1812
  • Letter to Benjamin W. Crowninshield, 21 June 1815
  • Letter to Clothworthy Birnie, 9 Oct. 1816
  • Printed Document "Relative to the Unchartered Banks of the District of Columbia" 25 Feb. 1817
  • Letter to Clothworthy Birnie, 30 June 1818
  • Letter to Brig. Gen. Henry Alexander Scammall Dearborn, 26 Apr. 1821
  • Letter to Thomson Francis Mason, 13 Feb. 1824
  • Copy of "Recollections of John Mason & Mason Family Bible entries," in another hand, (n.d. after 1834)
  • Ms. Memos about Mason family, 10 May 1840

Mason, John McCarty (1817-1837)

  • Ms. Cruise Journal of USS Fairfield; includes 7 pages of poetry by Eleanor Ann Clifton Patton Mason, 19 Oct - 17 Dec. 1835

Mason, John Thomson (1765-1824)

  • Legal Statement: Patrick Sims vs. Williams Potts, 17 Mar. 1794
  • Letter to unknown person, 17 July 1799
  • Note to unknown person, 28 Sep. 1811
  • Land Indenture made for Mary Mason, widow of S.T. Mason, with Aaron Sanders Loudoun Co., 28 Feb. 1818
  • Obituary tribute for John T. Mason (10 Dec. 1821) and Elizabeth Beltzhoover Mason (30 June 1836) written by their daughter, Elizabeth Armistead Thomson Mason Wharton, after 1836

Mason, John Thomson (1827-1891)

  • Letter from Mother, Ann Eliza Carroll Mason, 24 n.m. 1849

Mason, Kora and George Mason

  • Baptismal Certificate signed by Charles B. Dana, Rector of Christ Church, 30 Aug. 1853

Mason, Polly

  • Letter to Robert E. Lea, 3 June1901

Mason, Richard Chichester (1793-1869)

  • Printed Broadside for Runaway Slave Thomas Cook, 3 Dec. 1855
  • Register of names; Oath of Allegiance to U.S., 3 June 1865

Mason, Stephens Thomson (1760-1803)

  • Power of Attorney for John Glean, 13 Mar, 1786
  • Bond with Cornelius Sullivan and Josias Clapham, 26 Nov. 1790
  • List of debts due David Briggs, 21 Sep. 1791
  • Letters from David Briggs, 1791-1795 (4 items)
  • Power of Attorney between William P. Tebbs and William Chilton endorsed by Stephens Thomson Mason, 1 Sep. 1802
  • Printed Document Warrant issued by John T. Mason for estate of Stephen T. Mason against Samuel Clapham, 31 Jan. 1805

Mason, Stephens Thomson (1789-1814)

  • Letter to Thomas Harrison, 15 Mar. 1803
  • Letter from Thomas Harrison, 21 Sep. 1803
  • Land Indenture with Philip Key, 13 Dec. 1813

Mason, Stephens Thomson (1819-1847)

  • Engraved Commission on parchment S.T. Mason, Capt. In U.S. Army, signed by President James N. Polk; 26 June 1846

Mason, Thomson (1733-1785)

  • I.O.U. from John Nicholls, 8 Nov. 1762
  • Summons from Charles Binn, Clerk of Loudoun Co. Court for not entering land warrants for Selden Orphans, 14 May 1763
  • Notices to Robert Hamilton, John Fouch, James & Richard Abbot, re: estate of Mary Mason Selden, 3 Mar. 1770
  • Ms. List of Cases filed in Court, Loudoun Co., Aug. 1773
  • Letter to Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, 22 Sep. 1773
  • Letter from G. Mynatt to Original Young about Thomson Mason Estate debt., 3 Jan. 1786

Mason, Thomson

  • Letter from John Janey to J. Moncure, Clerk of Court, referring to Thomson Mason's will., 22 Mar. 1844
  • Letter from J. Williams to John Janey about Thomson Mason's will, 29 Mar. 1844

Mason, Thomson Francis (1785-1838)

  • Letter from Clarence Luckett, 23 Nov. (1820's)
  • Letter from John Marbury, N.D. (1820's)
  • Land Indenture with Leonard and Rebecca Cook and James and Ruth Clare for lot in Alexandria, VA, 5 June 1822 [Printed form]
  • Letters from J.B. Beverley, 18 Apr. 1823; 19 Apr. 1823
  • Letter from Samuel W. Berry, 20 Sep. 1823
  • Letter from Arch McClean, 10 Nov. 1823
  • Letter from Thomas Nelson, 11 Apr. 1825
  • Letter from George H. Newbould, 21 Aug. 1826
  • Letter from John B. Morris, 5 Dec. 1826
  • Letter from Samuel Harrison Smith, 14 Oct. 1828
  • Letter from Thomas Carbury, 23 July 1830
  • Letter from Samuel Harrison Smith, 1 Sep. 1830
  • Letter from Samuel Harrison Smith, 21 Dec. 1830
  • Letter from Samuel Harrison Smith, 23 Dec. 1831
  • Letter to President and Directors of Alexandria Canal Co. from William Smith, 11 Sep. 1832
  • Note from U.D. Smithford, 26 Jan. 1833
  • Letter from John Scott, 15 May 1833
  • Printed Document to President and Directors of Middle Turnpike Co., 7 Oct. 1833
  • Letter from Samuel Harrison Smith, 25 Mar. 1834
  • Letter from W. Patton, Jr., 16 June 1834
  • Printed Document to President and Directors of Middle Turnpike Co., 8 Oct. 1835
  • Letter from William K. Grant, 1 May (?) 1836
  • Letter from Wilson M. Fairfax, 24 Nov. 1837
  • Letter from R.A. Smith, 14 May 1838
  • Copy of Will, 14 Dec. 1838
  • Receipt Books (2 Books), 1840

Mason Family (Unidentified)

  • Ms. Fowke Family History, n.d.
  • Ms. genealogy chart - through Kora Mason to Helen Mason Chase, n.d.
  • Ms. Mason Family History, n.d.
  • Descriptions of Coat-of-Arms, n.d.
  • Mason Tree of Life, 19th-century, with note by Thomson Francis Mason, July 24, 1826

Mercer, Charles Fenton (1778-1858)

  • Letter to George Carter, 24 Feb. 1817
  • Letter to Richard Smith, 30 Aug. 1833

Mercer, George (1733-1784)

  • Land Indenture with brother, James Mercer, to dispose of lands in Loudoun Co. as part of Ann Mercer Estate, 17 Feb. 1775

Mercer, James (1737-1793)

  • Letter to Col. John Fitzgerald, 8 July 1783 [1] [2]

Mercer, John (1704-1768)

  • Letter of Power of Attorney with Francis Peyton (26 Aug 1759), 15 May 1760 [1] [2]
  • Land Indenture endorsed by John Mercer and sons James & George between John Hough & Griffith Merick, 12 Sep. 1762

Mercer, John Francis

  • Letter to unknown Correspondent, 4 May 1781
  • Letter to Col. John Fitzgerald Marborough, 23 June 1784
  • Letter to James Monroe, 24 Jan. 1812

Murray, Sarah

  • Ms. description of Murray Family of Md., July 1830

Selden, William

  • Note to George K. Fox, 27 Feb. 1853

Smith, Marion N.

  • Letter from E.W. Noland, 11 Oct. 1853
  • Letter from Aunt Abby?, 12 Sep. 1853 (?)
  • Letter from Mary ?, 21 Sep. 1853
  • Letter from Virginia ?, 12 May ?
  • Letter from Virginia ?, 14 May ?

Smith, Sally A.

  • Letter from E.W. Noland, 23 May 1853

Unknown Author (possible George Mason Graham Stafford)

  • Journal of a Trip through the Eastern U.S.


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