4541[Diary entry: 30 November 1762] (Washington Papers)
30. Killed the above Hogs & 6 from Mudy. hol[e] & 10 from Doeg Run—wt. Nett. from Frederick— 3663 Doegs Run— 1028 Muddy hole— 621 5312 lbs.
4542From Benjamin Franklin to John Pringle, 1 December 1762 (Franklin Papers)
MS not found; reprinted from Benjamin Franklin, Experiments and Observations on Electricity (London, 1769), pp. 438–40. During our passage to Madeira, the weather being warm, and the cabbin windows constantly open for the benefit of the air, the candles at night flared and run very much, which was an inconvenience. At Madeira we got oil to burn, and with a common glass tumbler or beaker, slung...
4543To George Washington from Capel and Osgood Hanbury, 1 December 1762 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Capel and Osgood Hanbury, 1 Dec. 1762. On 26 April 1763 GW wrote to Capel and Osgood Hanbury : “Your favours of the . . . first of December now lye before me.”
4544From Benjamin Franklin to Richard Jackson, 2 December 1762 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I arrived here well on the 1st. ultimo and had the Pleasure to find all false that Dr. Smith had reported about the Diminution of my Friends. My House has been fill’d with a Succession of them from Morning to Night almost ever since I landed to congratulate me on my Return; and I never experienc’d greater Cordiality among them. The new Assembly had met and...
4545From Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan, 2 December 1762 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society As good Dr. Hawkesworth calls you, to whom my best Respects. I got home well the 1st. of November, and had the Happiness to find my little Family perfectly well; and that Dr. Smith’s Reports of the Diminution of my Friends were all false. My House has been full of a Succession of them from Morning to Night ever since my Arrival, congratulating me on my...
4546[December 1762] (Washington Papers)
4. Finished Measg. & Lofting Corn. 6. 94 Barrls. Corn in great Corn Ho[use] at Muddy hole—when they began to use it. Mr. Adams 8 Sheep from Mudy. hole. GW records this delivery to Robert Adam of Alexandria in his General Ledger A General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. , folio 133, as “8 Fat Sheep.” 15. 8 Ditto from Doeg Run....
4547[Diary entry: 4 December 1762] (Washington Papers)
4. Finished Measg. & Lofting Corn.
4548To George Washington from Robert Cary & Co., 4 December 1762 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Robert Cary & Co., 4 Dec. 1762. On 26 April 1763 GW wrote to Robert Cary & Co. : “I have your favours of the . . . 30th of Octor & 4th of Decr now lying before me.”
4549From Benjamin Franklin to Richard Jackson, 6 December 1762 (Franklin Papers)
ALS , duplicate LS , and (incomplete) draft: American Philosophical Society I have already wrote to you via New York, but hear my Letter did not reach the Pacquet; so this may come first to hand. I arrived the 1st. of November, after a long but pleasant Passage, having in general fair Winds and good Weather; but being in a Convoy could sail no faster than the slowest. I had the Happiness to...
4550[Diary entry: 6 December 1762] (Washington Papers)
6. 94 Barrls. Corn in great Corn Ho[use] at Muddy hole—when they began to use it. Mr. Adams 8 Sheep from Mudy. hole. GW records this delivery to Robert Adam of Alexandria in his General Ledger A General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. , folio 133, as “8 Fat Sheep.”