See newly discovered letter from George Mason to George Washington at Headliners Coffee & Conversation, June 10

Learn about a newly discovered letter written by Founding Father George Mason at a Headliners Coffee & Conversation June 10 at 9:30 a.m. with Nick Gentry, the graduate student who found the letter, and Dr. Kate Steir, the senior curator and head of collections at Gunston Hall, Mason's Virginia home. The letter, dated April 6, 1768, also features a reply in George Washington’s hand dated 1789.

Doors open at 9:30 a.m. with a light breakfast of coffee, tea, muffins and pastries. Tickets cost $5 for members of the National Press Club and $15 for the general public. Tickets must be paid for at the time of purchase. Purchase your ticket to attend here. 

The text of this letter sheds unexpected light on the private dealings—and quiet tensions—between the two pillars of the Revolutionary era. It adds an additional dimension to the complex personal and political relationship between Mason and Washington—especially considering their later public split over the Constitution and Bill of Rights. The letter reflects Mason’s effort to settle a boundary disagreement, referencing surveys, patents, and competing claims from as far back as the 1670s.