03 May 1775

GW at Mount Vernon. GW’s friend Bryan Fairfax left Mount Vernon, but Maj. Horatio Gates stayed all day. Col. Richard Henry Lee and his brother, Thomas, and Col. Charles Carter, Jr. visited. Lee had served with GW in the House of Burgesses as the representative of Westmoreland County. Carter also served on the House of Burgesses, as a representative from King George County.

 

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03 May 1775
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