1Remarks & Occurans. in June [1770] (Washington Papers)
June 25. Began to cut my Meadow at Doeg Run Quarter. 29. Finish’d it, & got the Hay all Stack’d. 30. Got my Mill Walls up to the 2d. Floor of the House—and then quitted it for Harvest. Began my Wheat Harvest in the Neck. This fragment of remarks and occurrences is in the possession of the superintendent of schools, Exeter, N.H.
2[Remarks and Occurences in December 1770] (Washington Papers)
Saturday 1st. Reachd home being absent from it Nine weeks and one day. 11th. Agreed with Christr. Shade to drive my Waggon by the year for the doing of which I am to find him in Bed, Board, & Washing, and to pay him Eighteen pounds a year. Shade was employed by GW as his wagoner until the end of 1774 ( General Ledger A General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers,...
3Remarks & Occurs. in Feby. [1770] (Washington Papers)
Feby. 2d. Agreed with Joseph Goart, to come down and raise Stone out of my Quarry for my Mill at the Rate of Three pounds pr. Month 26 days to the Month and lost time to be made up. The walls of the new mill were to be built with local sandstone, which the residents of the area called freestone because of its abundance and the ease with which it could be cut and carved ( studebaker Marvin F....
4Acct. of the Weather in March [1770] (Washington Papers)
Mar. 1st. Wind Northwardly. Cold & Cloudy with Snow every now and then. 2. Cloudy with a Mixture of Hail Rain & Snow, but not much of it. 3. Clear and tolerably pleasant, but a little Cool. Wind being rather fresh from the No. West. 4. Cloudy Morning, then Snow, after that Snow and Rain mixd, and lastly constant Rain. 5. Snow about 3 Inches deep. Weather clear. Wind Westwardly in the forenoon...
5Acct. of the Wheather in May [1770] (Washington Papers)
May 1st. A hard frost which destroyd all the Peaches &ca. from the Water. Wind still at No. Wt. & West but neither so cold nor hard as the two preceeding days. 2. Calm and tolerably pleasant again altho the Morning was cool. 3. Wind fresh and cool from the So. West—which shifted to the So. Et. and East, & began to Rain briskly abt. Sunset attended with thunder & Lightg. 4. Very Cloudy, Misty &...
6Acct. of the Weather in July [1770] (Washington Papers)
July 1st. Lowering Morning and wind at East. Abt. 12 Oclock it began to Rain & continued to do so till after 3 Oclock. 2. Cloudy Morning but afterwards clear & warm. Then thunder but no Rain. 3. Clear & very Cool—the Wind being at No. West & fresh. 4. Also clear but not so Cool as Yesterday. Wind in the same place but not fresh. 5. Cloudy & lowering all day—but no Rain. Wind Southwardly. 6....
7Remarks & Occurances Augt. [1770] (Washington Papers)
Augt. 1. Began to Sow Wheat at Muddy hole—the Ground Grassy & in bad order. Began to Sow Ditto at Doeg Run Quarter where the Ground was exceeding foul, Grassy, & hard. 8. Began to sow Wheat in the Neck in that Cut upon the Creek above Carneys Gut. The Ground here was tolerably clear and in Good Order the Grass and Weeds being Choped over. Carney’s Gut, named for GW’s former tenant John Carney,...
8Acct. of the Weather in Septr. [1770] (Washington Papers)
Septr. 1st. Cool & clear—wind being still Northwardly. 2. Cool but rather Inclind to be Cloudy Wind being also fresh from the Eastward. 3. Rain in the forenoon but clear afterwards with but little wind. 4. Showery with the wind at East. 5. Clear and tolerably warm and still. 6. Flying Clouds with the Wind tolerably fresh—but no Rain. 7. Clear with the Wind tolerably fresh from the North North...
9Acct. of the Weather in Novr. [1770] (Washington Papers)
Novr. 1. Calm, cool, & Cloudy, with great appearances of falling weather. 2. Windy & clear in the forenoon afterwards Rain & Hail—then clear again. 3. Clear & Windy—first from the So. Wt. then No. Wt. 4. Clear and pleasant with but little Wind & that Northwardly. 5. Lowering Morning & rainy afternoon. 6. Cloudy forenoon but clear afterwards with the Wind high from the No. West. 7. Clear &...
10Acct. of the Weather in Decemr. [1770] (Washington Papers)
Decr. 1st. Cold & Raw in the forenoon & constant Snow in the Afternoon. 2. Clear, & tolerably pleasant, except being Cool. Wind at No. West. 3. Clear & cool, Wind at No. West, & Ground hard froze As it has been for several days. 4. Clear and Cool, Wind being Northwardly in the forenoon & Southwardly afterwards. 5. Lowering & like for Snow in the forenoon—but clearer afterwards. 6. Warm Morning...