4601[Diary entry: 10 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
10. Rid to Muddy hole—Doeg Run and the Mill.
4602[Diary entry: 11 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
11. Rid into the Neck.
4603[Diary entry: 12 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
12. Rid to Belvoir after Dinner to see Sir Thos. Adams who was sick there. Adams’s frigate, the Boston , returned to Hampton Roads without him, while he tried to recover his health at Belvoir. He rejoined the vessel in early September and sailed her soon afterwards to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he died in October ( Va. Gaz. , P&D, 6 Sept. and 18 Oct. 1770, and R, 1 Nov. 1770).
4604[Diary entry: 13 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
13. Rid to Muddy hole Doeg Run and the Mill.
4605[Diary entry: 14 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
14. At home all day writing Invoices and Letters. GW was again preparing invoices to be sent to Robert Cary & Co. in London. In his covering letter dated 20 Aug. 1770, he complained about the cost and quality of goods he had received from the company and about the prices paid for tobacco from the Custis plantations. He also noted that some of the items on his enclosed invoices were currently...
4606[Diary entry: 15 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
15. Rid to the Mill—by the Ferry and returnd to Dinner. Miss Betty Dalton came here.
4607[Diary entry: 16 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
16. Rid to the Mill and to the Ditchers.
4608[Diary entry: 17 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
17. At home all day.
4609[Diary entry: 18 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
18. Rid to the Mill—Ditchers—Doeg run and Muddy hole.
4610[Diary entry: 19 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
19. Went to Pohick Church. Calld in our way at Belvoir to take leave of Sir Thos. Returnd to Dinner.