| Journal of Research: Nov. 12-19, 2000 [21]
2000/11/19 1030-1230, 1430-1530 More scanning of the Mason Papers. During these years (I've reached 1779), at least, there isn't much to interest us. The trouble is that the index omits about half of the references to any one topic (for example, the Potomac River), so there seems little alternative but to continue skimming through the documents one by one. Most, fortunately, can readily be dismissed as of no interest to the matter at hand.
2000/11/18 1030-1230 Continued with the Mason Papers. 1530-1600 Worked with Mary Jeske on constructing links to our files. 1600-1715 Reconstructed my Mason notes and the links thereto.
2000/11/17 1400-1745 Began combing George Mason's papers (Robert Rutland, ed.) for items related to the Potomac or relations between Virginia and Maryland. Began with 1775 (although I picked up an earlier item from 1773). I note that the index is not very complete, with many mentions of the Potomac and other rivers not showing in the index.
2000/11/15 1200-1500 Finished reading Everstine's report on the Compact of 1785. Downloaded and viewed items from Series 11-14
2000/11/13 1200-1600 Spent two hours downloading articles from Series 10 and 11, and two hours reading part of Carl Everstine's 1948 treatise on the Compact of 1785.
2000/11/12 1030-1200, 1530-1730 Continued to explore and download materials from Series 8 & 9.
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