1[April 1775] (Washington Papers)
Aprl. 1. At home all day, Mr. Magowan came here. 2. At home all day. Mr. Magowan went to church & returnd to Dinner. Mr. Wilper came in the Afternoon—as did Captn. Curtis also. Philip Curtis was the captain of GW’s brig Farmer , just arrived at Mount Vernon from a voyage that had carried 4,000 bushels of “Indian Corn” to Lisbon and returned with 3,000 bushels of salt from the Turks Islands in...
2Acct. of the Weather in April [1775] (Washington Papers)
Apl. 1. Cool, with the Wind at No. Wt. 2. Wind in the same place, and weather Cool. 3. Wind at No. Wt.—fresh & Cool all the forepart of the day—latter part moderate—Wind Southerly. 4. Misting, & Raining more or less all day with but little Wind and that Southerly. 5. Wind very fresh and Cold from the No. West all day. 6. A hard frost—day colder & wind harder from the same Quarter than...
3[May 1775] (Washington Papers)
May 1. Went up to Alexa. to meet the Independt. Company. Mr. Herbert came at Night. 2. Messrs. Hendks. Dalton & others Breakfasted here & Majr. Gates & Mr. B. Fairfax dind & lodgd here. James Hendricks, an Alexandria merchant, was one of ten Alexandrians who formed a town committee of correspondence in May 1774; he later served in the Revolution as a major and colonel with the Virginia troops...
4Acct. of the Weather in May [1775] (Washington Papers)
May 1st. Exceeding hot. Wind southerly. 2. Also warm, but not so hot as yesterday. 3. Again warm & clear. Wind Southerly. 4. Very warm indeed with but little wind & clear. 5. Again very Warm with a violent Gust abt. 5 Oclock in the Evening. 6. Somewhat Cool. Wind Easterly. 7. Cool & pleasant. Wind Northerly. 8. Still Cool & lowering with Rain now and then. 9. Clear & pleasant. Wind Westerly....
5[June 1775] (Washington Papers)
June 1. Dined at Burns’s and Spent the Evening in my own Room. GW’s committee on ways and means of supplying ammunition and military stores to the colonies read its report, which was referred to the committee of the whole ( JCC Worthington Chauncey Ford et al., eds. Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789 . 34 vols. Washington, D.C., 1904–37. , 2:74). 2. Dined at Mr. Josh. Shippens &...
6Acct. of the Weather in June [1775] (Washington Papers)
June 1st. Warm and clear in the forenoon—Cool afterwards. 2. Clear & rather Cool. 3. Clear and tolerably pleasant. 4. Lowering in the Forenoon, & Raining in the Afternoon. Cool all day. 5. Raining more or less all day. Wind abt. No. Et. 6. A little lowering and in the Mid day warm. 7. Lowering all day—especially in the Evening. Cool. 8. Lowering in the forenoon but clear afterwards and warm....