On this day 250 years ago George Washington’s close friend Bryan Fairfax wrote to Washington expressing concern that the Fairfax Resolves were too radical. Fairfax tried to remain neutral during the Revolution and refused to pledge loyalty to either the Patriots or the British, but he remained friends with Washington until Washington’s death.

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