1[January 1770] (Washington Papers)
Jany. 1. At home all day alone. 2. At home all day. Mr. Peake dined here. 3. At home all day alone. 4. Went a hunting with Jno. Custis & Lund Washington. Started a Deer & then a Fox but got neither. 5. Rid to Muddy hole & Doeg Run. Carrd. the Dogs with me but found nothing. Mr. Warnr. Washington & Mr. Thruston came in the Evening. 6. The two Colo. Fairfaxs and Mrs. Fairfax dind here as did Mr....
2Acct. of the Weather in January [1770] (Washington Papers)
Jany. 1st. Constant Rain the whole day with high & boisterous Wind from the No. Et. 2. Clear and Cold, wind high from the No. West. River froze over. 3. Wind in the same Quarter & very fresh remarkably cold & frosty. 4. But very little Wind, & that Southwardly. Day clear & more moderate but the ground very little thawed. 5. Clear & pleasant. Wind Southwardly—the Ground notwithstanding close...
3[February 1770] (Washington Papers)
Feby. 1. Went a huntg. (being joind by Mr. Peake Wm. Triplet & Harrison Manley) & after a Chace of near five hours we killd a Fox. Mr. Piper & Mr. Adams came here this afternoon. 2. Mr. Adam & myself walkd to the Mill & up Doeg Run before Dinner. Robert Adam, who owned a merchant mill and a bakery near Alexandria, would be a major buyer of flour from GW’s new mill. 3. At home all day, the...
4Acct. of the Weather in February [1770] (Washington Papers)
Feby. 1. Clear & tolerably pleasant there being but little Wind, that however was Northwardly & cool. 2. Cloudy with appearances of Snow but clear & pleasant in the Afternoon but little Wind stirring. 3. Cloudy with a slight mixture of fine hail & Rain. But little Wind & that southly. 4. Snowing more or less all day—the snow about 8 Inches deep. Wind Northward. 5. Cool and Clear Wind No. West....
5Remarks & 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....
6[March 1770] (Washington Papers)
Mar. 1. My Brothers and the Company with them went away about 10 O clock. I went to level the Ground on the other side of Doeg Run. Mr. Magowan & Captn. Wm. Crawford came here this afternoon. GW was taking elevations west of Dogue Run to determine the best route for a millrace to his new mill. Several months earlier he had been thinking of supplying the new mill with water by having a race dug...
7Acct. 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...
8Remarks & Occurans. in Mar. [1770] (Washington Papers)
6th. Joseph Gort a stone Mason came here to raise Stone. Began to Enlist Corn Ground at Muddy hole Plantation. Began to Enlist Ditto in the Neck that is to lay of the Ground. Began the same Work at Doeg Run Plantation. Goart worked one month and was paid £3 as he and GW had agreed on 2 Feb. ( General Ledger A General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5,...
9[April 1770] (Washington Papers)
Apl. 1. Went to Pohick Church and returnd home to Dinner. 2. Rid to see Mr. Humphrey Peake who lay ill. Returnd to Dinner. 3. Rid to see Mr. Peake again with Mrs. Washington. Returnd to Dinner. 4. Rid to the Mill—Doeg Run and Muddy hole. 5. Rid into the Neck and called to see Mr. Peake in my way. 6. Went a hunting but found nothing. Returnd to Dinner. 7. Run round the Lines of the Land I...
10Acct. of the Weather in April [1770] (Washington Papers)
April 1. Raw & cold Wind at No. Et. with great appearances (sometimes of falling Weather—at other times clear). 2. This Morning the Snow was an Inch or two deep & continued Snowing (fine Snow) all day with the Wind Northwardly & cold but the Snow did not Increase much in depth. 3. Clear and very cold, the Wind blowing hard at No. West notwithstanding wch. the Snow was almost wholely gone...