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| No. | Author | Recipient | Title | Date | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31701 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 7 April 1748] | 1748-04-07 | Thursday 7th. Rain’d Successively all Last Night. This Morning one of our men Killed a Wild Turky... | |
| 31702 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 6 April 1748] | 1748-04-06 | Wednesday 6th. Last Night was so Intolerably smoaky that we were obliged all hands to leave the... | |
| 31703 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 5 April 1748] | 1748-04-05 | Tuesday 5th. We went out & did 4 Lots. We were attended by the same Company of People that we had... | |
| 31704 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 4 April 1748] | 1748-04-04 | Monday 4th. This morning Mr. Fairfax left us with Intent to go down to the Mouth of the Branch.... | |
| 31705 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 3 April 1748] | 1748-04-03 | Sunday 3d. Last Night was a much more blostering night than the former. We had our Tent Carried... | |
| 31706 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 2 April 1748] | 1748-04-02 | Saterday April 2d. Last Night was a blowing & Rainy night. Our Straw catch’d a Fire that we were... | |
| 31707 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 1 April 1748] | 1748-04-01 | Fryday April the 1st. 1748. This Morning Shot twice at Wild Turkies but killd none. Run of three... | |
| 31708 | Washington, George | A Journal of my Journey over the Mountains began Fryday … | ≈1748-03-11 | Fryday March 11th. 1747/8. Began my Journey in Company with George Fairfax Esqr.; we travell’d... | |
| 31709 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 31 March 1748] | 1748-03-31 | Thursday 31st. Early this Morning one of our Men went out with the Gun & soon Returnd with two... | |
| 31710 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 30 March 1748] | 1748-03-30 | Wednesday 30th. This Morning began our Intended Business of Laying of Lots. We began at the... | |
| 31711 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 29 March 1748] | 1748-03-29 | Tuesday 29th. This Morning went out & Survey’d five Hundred Acres of Land & went down to one... | |
| 31712 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 28 March 1748] | 1748-03-28 | Monday 28th. Travell’d up the Branch about 30 Miles to Mr. James Rutlidge’s Horse Jockey & about... | |
| 31713 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 27 March 1748] | 1748-03-27 | Sunday 27th. Travell’d over to the South Branch (attended with the Esqr.) to Henry Vanmetriss in... | |
| 31714 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 26 March 1748] | 1748-03-26 | Saterday 26. Travelld up the Creek to Solomon Hedges Esqr. one of his Majestys Justices of the... | |
| 31715 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 25 March 1748] | 1748-03-25 | Fryday 25th. 1748. Nothing Remarkable on thursday but only being with the Indians all day so... | |
| 31716 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 23 March 1748] | 1748-03-23 | Wednesday 23d. Rain’d till about two oClock & Clear’d when we were agreeably surpris’d at the... | |
| 31717 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 22 March 1748] | 1748-03-22 | Tuesday 22d. Continued Rain and the Freshes kept us at Cresaps. | |
| 31718 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 21 March 1748] | 1748-03-21 | Monday 21st. We went over in a Canoe & Travell’d up Maryland side all the Day in a Continued Rain... | |
| 31719 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 20 March 1748] | 1748-03-20 | Sunday 20th. Finding the River not much abated we in the Evening Swam our horses over & carried... | |
| 31720 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 18 March 1748] | 1748-03-18 | Fryday 18th. We Travell’d up about 35 Miles to Thomas Barwicks on Potomack where we found the... | |
| 31721 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 17 March 1748] | 1748-03-17 | Thursday 17th. Rain’d till Ten oClock & then clearing we reached as far as Major Campbells one of... | |
| 31722 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 16 March 1748] | 1748-03-16 | Wednesday 16th. We set out early & finish’d about one oClock & then Travell’d up to Frederick... | |
| 31723 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 15 March 1748] | 1748-03-15 | Tuesday 15th. We set out early with Intent to Run round the sd. Land but being taken in a Rain &... | |
| 31724 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 14 March 1748] | 1748-03-14 | Monday 14th. We sent our Baggage to Capt. Hites (near Frederick Town) went ourselves down the... | |
| 31725 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 13 March 1748] | 1748-03-13 | Sunday March 13. Rode to his Lordships Quarter about 4 Miles higher up the River we went through... | |
| 31726 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 12 March 1748] | 1748-03-12 | Saturday March 12th. This Morning Mr. James Genn the surveyor came to us. We travel’d over the... | |
| 31727 | Washington, George | [Diary entry: 11 March 1748] | 1748-03-11 | Fryday March 11th. 1747/8. Began my Journey in Company with George Fairfax Esqr.; we travell’d... | |
| 31728 | Washington, George | School Exercises | [ Ferry Farm, 1744–1748 ]. The earliest manuscripts among GW’s surviving papers are the... | ||
| 31729 | Washington, George | George Washington’s Professional Surveys | Between the ages of 17 and 20 GW was a practicing professional land surveyor. During that time he... | ||
| 31730 | Washington, George | The Letter Book for the Braddock Campaign | The Preface to this volume includes an extended discussion of the problems relating to the letter... |