FOOTNOTES:

[1] The Maternal Ancestry of Washington, by George Washington Ball.

[2] Horace Edwin Hayden in William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. iii, p. 74.

[3] Rev. G. W. Beale in the Virginia Historical Magazine.

[4] Foote's "Sketches of Virginia."

[5] "Story of Mary Washington," Marion Harland.

[6] "Life of George Mason," by Kate Mason Rowland.

[7] Fithian's Diary.

[8] "Warwickshire Dialect," by Mr. Appleton Morgan.

[9] "Life of George Mason," by Kate Mason Rowland.

[10] "Journal of Philip Vickens Fithian," edited by John Rogers Williams.

[11] Fithian's "Journal."

[12] "Lee of Virginia," Edited by Dr. Edward Jennings Lee.

[13] "Lee of Virginia."

[14] "Bland Papers," edited by Charles Campbell.

[15] Irving's "Life of Washington."

[16] "History of the Valley of Virginia," Kercheval, p. 128.

[17] Campbell's "History of Virginia."

[18] Edwardes's "Translations of Lemonie," p. 259.

[19] Sparks's "Diplomatic Correspondence," Vol. I, p. 5.

[20] Parton's "Franklin," Vol. II, p. 166.

[21] "Lives of the Lord Chancellors of England," by Lord Campbell, Vol. VI, pp. 110-111.

[22] Morse's "Franklin," p. 267.

[23] Irving's "Life of Washington."

[24] Tower's "Lafayette," Vol. II, p. 455.

[25] Bancroft, Vol. III, p. 430.

[26] Journals of Congress, Vol. III, pp. 679-682.

[27] "Maternal Ancestry of Washington," by G. W. Ball.

[28] Mrs. Charles Carter, his niece, Betty Lewis's daughter.