Books

Aikman, Lonnelle, We the People. Washington: U.S. Capitol Historical Society, 1965.

Caemmerer, H. Paul. Historic Washington. Washington: Columbia Historical Society, 1966.

Carne, William F. Alexandria Business Book. Alexandria: M, Hill Co., 1897.

Cunningham, Harry F.; Younger, Joseph A.; and Smith, Wilmer. Measured Drawings of Georgian Architecture in the District of Columbia, 1750-1820. New York: Architectural Book Co., 1914.

Davis, Derring; Dorsey, Stephen P.; and Hall, Ralph Cole. Georgetown Houses of the Federal Period. New York: Bonanza Books, 1944.

Gallagher, H.M. Pierce. Robert Mills. New York: Columbia University Press, 1935.

Gordon, C.A. History of the House of Gordon. Aberdeen: D. Wyllie & Son, 1890.

Gouverneur, Marian. As I Remember. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1911.

Hallowell, Benjamin. Autobiography. Philadelphia: Friends Book Association, 1884.

Hopkins, G.M. Atlas of Fifteen Miles Around Washington. Philadelphia: privately published, 1879.

Johnson, Allen; and Malone, Dumas, eds. Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner, 1932.

Kimball, Fiske. Domestic Architecture of the American Colonies and of the Early Republic. New York: Charles Scribner Sons, 1922.

Mason, Stevens Thompson. Mason Family Chart. Baltimore: Privately published, 1907.

Miller, Helen Hill. George Mason Constitutionalist. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1938.

Nelligan, Murray H. Custis-Lee Mansion. Washington: National Park Service, 1950.

Powell, Mary G. The History of Old Alexandria Virginia. Richmond: William Byrd Press, 1928.

Rowland, Kate Mason. The Life of George Mason. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1892, Volume II.

Schuon, Karl. Home of the Commandants. Washington: Leatherneck Association, 1966.

Smoot, Mrs. Betty Carter. Days in an Old Town. Alexandria: Privately printed, 1934.

Sprouse, Edith Moore. Potomac Sampler. Alexandria: privately published, 1961.

Waterman, Thomas Tileston. The Mansions of Virginia. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1946.

Articles

Bundy, Charles S., "History of the Office of the Justice of the Peace." Washington: Records of the Columbia Historical Society. 1902.

Hunsberger, George S. "The Architectural Career of George Hadfield," Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Vol. 51-52, 1955.

Norton, Paul F., "Design and Designer," Historic Preservation, Volume 19, Nos. 3-4, July-December 1967.

Regis, Noel F. "Some Notable Suits in Early District Courts." Washington: Records of the Columbia Historical Society, 1922.

Somerville, Mollie. "George Mason's Island," Virginia Record. July, 1956.

Newspapers

Alexandria Gazette: November 24, 1817; March 13, 1823; August 5, 1828; November 1 & 8, 1833; May 16, 1837; December 27, 1838; August 30, 1839; June 12, 1862; October 12, 1864; May 13, 1868; May 3, 1870; May 16, 1870; May 14, 1892; March 3, 1911; January 1, 1930.

Daily National Intelligencer: February 13, 1826.

Fairfax Herald: March 10, 1911.

New York Herald Tribune: July 7, 1929.

Syracuse (N.Y.) Journal: July 28, 1875.

Washington Sunday Star: February 6, 1921; June 4, 1958.

Manuscripts

Nelligan, Murray H. "Custis-Lee Mansion." Unpublished manuscript. National Park Service.

Sprouse, Edith Moore. "Lexington." Unpublished report, 1967.

Thomson Francis Mason Papers. Collection of William Francis Smith, Alexandria, Virginia.

Thomson Francis Mason Papers. Duke University, Durham, N.C.

Legal Records

Fairfax County Courthouse, Deeds, Wills, Chancery Court Cases: Will of George Mason, August 23, 1792; Will of Thomson Mason, April 15, 1797, Will Book M, No. 1, p. 130, November 21, 1820; Liber W, No. 2, p. 199. October 1, 1823; Liber W, No. 2, pp. 162-65; Will Book T, No. 1, February 18, 1839; Will Book T, No. 1, p. 3, February 4, 1839; Liber B, No. 4, p. 448, November 7, 1859; Liber B, No. 4, p. 451, December 7, 1859; Liber E, No. 4, p. 195, June 12, 1862; Liber I, No. 4, p. 236, November 21, 1868; Liber O, No. 4, p. 338, March 11, 1871; Liber J, No. 7, p. 22, April 5, 1911; Deed Book 515, p. 60, September 1, 1946; Deed Book 694, p. 400, June 11, 1949.

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