Fairfax Resolves – Hamilton Historical Records

Fairfax Resolves, George Mason, Mount Vernon, President George Washington

1774 – George Mason IV and George Washington Write The “Fairfax Resolves”

April 23, 2019 Hamilton Historical Records

In 1775, George Mason and George Washington worked together at Mount Vernon to write the Fairfax Resolves. This document, in addition to various other papers, laid the case for colonial Virginia’s independence from the English Parliament.