"Inventory of House Furnishings bought by Colo George Washington at Colo Fairfax's Sale at Belvoir 15 August 1774.
| £ | s. | d. | |
| Gilbert Simpson's 5 Bott. or Pickle Pots | 7 | 6 | |
| 2 Potts from Lawson Parkerdodo | 2 | ||
| 6 Pickle Potts different sizes | 4 | 6 | |
| 2 Doz. mountain wine | 1 | 4 | |
| 4 Chariot Glasses frames | 12 | 6 | |
| Irons for a boat canopy with tiller | 12 | 6 | |
| 12 Pewter Water Plates | 1 | 6 | |
| 1 Mahogany Shaving Desk | 4 | ||
| 1 Settee-bed and furnature | 13 | ||
| 4 Mahog'y chairs | 4 | ||
| 1 Chamber Carpet | 1 | 1 | |
| 1 Oval Glass with guilt frame in the Green room | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 Mahog'y chest and drawers in Mrs Fx chamber | 12 | 10 | |
| 1 Mahog'y Side Board | 12 | 5 | |
| 1 Mahog'y Cistern & stand | 4 | ||
| 1 Mahog'y voider a dish tray & a knife tray | 1 | 10 | |
| 1 Japan Bread tray | 7 | ||
| 12 Chairs & 3 window curtains from ye dining room | 31 | ||
| 1 Looking glass & Guilt Frame | 13 | 5 | |
| 2 Candlesticks & a bust of the Imortal Shakespere | 1 | 6 | |
| 3 floor carpets in the gent's room | 3 | 5 | |
| 1 Large carpet | 11 | ||
| 1 Mahog'y wash Desk bottle &c. | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 Mahog'y Close Stool—part broke | 1 | 10 | |
| 2 Matrasses | 4 | 10 | |
| 1 Pair andirons, tongues, fender & shovel | 3 | 10 | |
| 1 Pairdo"""" | 3 | 17 | 6 |
| 1 Pairdo"""" | 1 | 17 | 6 |
| 1 Pair Dogirons in Great Kitchen | 3 | ||
| 1 Pot Rache""" | 4 | ||
| A Roasting Fork | 2 | 6 | |
| A Plate Basket | 3 | ||
| 1 Mahog'y Spider make tea table | 1 | 11 | |
| 1 Old Skreen | 10 | ||
| 1 Carpet | 2 | 15 | |
| 1 Pair Bellows & Brush | 11 | ||
| 2 Window Curtins | 2 | ||
| 1 Large Marble Morter | 1 | 1 | |
| 1 Pot Rache in the cellar | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 Mahog'y Card Tables | 4 | ||
| A bed a pair of blankets & 19 quilts or coverlets Pillows Bolsters &c 1 Mahog'y card Table for Colo Lee | 11 | ||
| ———— | |||
| £169.12.6 | |||
The following admirable description of the estate is taken from an advertisement in the Pennsylvania Gazette of Philadelphia, October 19, 1774:
"To be rented from year to year, or for a term of years,—Belvoir, the beautiful seat of the Honorable Geo. W. Fairfax, Esq., upon the Potomac river, in Fairfax county, about 14 miles below Alexandria.
"The mansion is of brick, two stories high, with four convenient rooms, and a large passage on the lower floor; five rooms and a large passage on the second; servants' hall and cellar below; convenient to it are offices, stables and coach-house; adjacent is a large and well furnished garden stored with a great variety of fruits, all in good order.
"Appertaining to the tract on which these houses stand and which contains near 2,000 acres (surrounded in a manner by navigable water), are several valuable fisheries and a good deal of clear land in different parts which may be let all together or separately as shall be found most convenient.
"The terms may be known of Colonel Washington who lives near the premises, or of me in Berkeley county.
"Francis Willis, Junior."
The estate was leased to the Rev. Andrew Morton for a term of seven years. Unfortunately the mansion was destroyed by fire only a few years later. The owner's long absence, and the fact that there was no house to invite a careful tenant, together with the excitement and derangement of business incident to the war for independence, caused the estate rapidly to depreciate in value. Early in 1775 Washington relinquished the agency of George W. Fairfax's business in America, as his time was fully taken up in directing the momentous affairs of the Revolution.