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Sources consulted for the biography of:Ferdinando Fairfax (bap. 1769–1820)
Primary Sources
- Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, eds., The Diaries of George Washington (1976–1979), 2:154 (baptism date).
- Ferdinando Fairfax Travel Diary (1792), Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville.
- Will in Fairfax Co. Will Book, M-1:143–167.
- Ferdinando Fairfax Estate Papers, Fairfax of Cameron MSS, Virginia Colonial Records Project microfilm (originals in private hands, 2009).
- Fairfax correspondence in:
- Thomas Jefferson Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- George Washington Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- Collections at the Library of Virginia.
- Collections at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville.
- Collections at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture, Richmond.
- Fairfax's publications include:
- "Plan for Liberating the Negroes within the United States," American Museum, or, Universal Magazine 8 (1790): 285–287.
- Oration Delivered in Charlestown, in Virginia, on the Fourth of July, 1805 (1808).
- Memorial of Ferdinando Fairfax, Against the Extention of the Patents Granted to Robert Fulton, for Improvements in Propelling Vessels by Steam (1816).
Secondary Sources
- Biography in F. L. Brockett, The Lodge of Washington: A History of the Alexandria Washington Lodge, No. 22, A.F. and A.M. of Alexandria, Va., 1783–1876 (1876), 118–120 (with birth year of 1774 and death "at midnight" on 24 Sept. 1820).
- John A. Cuthbert, Early Art and Artists in West Virginia (2000), 174.
Newspapers
- Norfolk Herald, February 22, 1796.
- Columbian Mirror and Alexandria Gazette, March 3, 1796.
Obituaries
- Death notice in Charles Town Farmers' Repository, September 27, 1820 (died "the 24th. inst." at age fifty-one).
- Death notice in Washington Daily National Intelligencer, September 28, 1820 (died "the 25th inst.").
- City of Washington Gazette, September 28, 1820 (died "on the 26th of this month" and quotation).
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