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Gunston For Sale
A for sale ad for the late George Mason IV's plantation, Gunston Hall detailing the estate.
Negros Belonging to George Washington in His Own Right and by Marriage
A list of all the enslaved people living at Mount Vernon
The Life of George Mason, 1725-1792, Vol. 2, Pg. 100
John Mason recollecting Gunston Hall when he was a child.
Drawing of Mount Vernon
A sketch of Mount Vernon with a key.
The new code of chivalry or what we would have done
A depiction of the late John Cilley in minstrel attire being held by Webb's companions as Webb murders him. It presents a counterfactual scenario in which Webb succeeded in catching Cilley.
Scene in Washington
Cartoon satirizing James Webb for his involvement in a recent fatal duel between Cilley and Graves
The Bladensburg Duelling Grounds
Part of an article listing duels which took place at Bladensburg
To the Public
John McCarty attacking Armistead Mason's character in a public letter
Citizens of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, praying passage of law to prevent any person connected with duel from holding any office under General Government
Petition requesting action against the practice of dueling in D.C., especially amongst government officials.