4651[Diary entry: 13 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
13. Rid to Muddy hole Doeg Run and the Mill.
4652[Diary entry: 13 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
13. Wind abt. So. West afterwards Shifting Eastwardly & blewg. fresh.
4653[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...
4654[Diary entry: 14 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
14. Cloudy all day. In the afternoon a hard shower of Rain for a few Minutes.
4655[Diary entry: 15 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
15. Rid to the Mill—by the Ferry and returnd to Dinner. Miss Betty Dalton came here.
4656[Diary entry: 15 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
15. Cloudy all day with a good deal of Rain about but little or none fell here.
4657From George Washington to Jonathan Boucher, 15 August 1770 (Washington Papers)
Your favour of the 13th this Instant came to hand, & we have to thank you for your care of the Medicines sent by Mr Johnson —We are glad to hear that you and Jack were well—Patcy has been very unwell since we had the pleasure of seeing you, not only with her old complaint, but the Ague and fever also, but from the latter she has recoverd. Miss Boucher favourd us with her Company at...
4658From George Washington to John Carlyle, 15 August 1770 (Washington Papers)
I laid your letter of the 26th Ulto (to me) before the Officers who met at Fredericksburg the first Inst.; but as they were unacquainted with the nature of your pretensions to a share of the 200,000 acres of Land granted in 1754 they did not choose to saddle you with any part of the expence, not conceiving that your commission as Commissary (if it is under that you claim) entitles you to any...
4659[Diary entry: 16 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
16. Rid to the Mill and to the Ditchers.
4660[Diary entry: 16 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
16. Some Rain again [in] the Night with hard winds.
4661[Diary entry: 17 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
17. At home all day.
4662[Diary entry: 17 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
17. Showery in the Morning and abt. in Places all day but little here.
4663[Diary entry: 17 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
17. Finished the Cut at Doeg Run abt. John Gists Houses.
4664[Diary entry: 18 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
18. Rid to the Mill—Ditchers—Doeg run and Muddy hole.
4665[Diary entry: 18 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
18. Very Cloudy all day at least the forepart of it but clear afterwards. Ground by this got thoroughly wet.
4666[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.
4667[Diary entry: 19 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
19. Showers again with the Wind fresh from the southward.
4668[Diary entry: 20 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
20. Went up to Alexandria to Court. Returnd in the Evening with Jacky Custis & Mr. Magowan. The August court was in session 20–23 Aug. (Fairfax County Order Book for 1770–72, 49–77, Vi Microfilm). Jacky came from Annapolis to attend dancing lessons that Christian was to give during the next few days at a neighbor’s house. On his way home he had visited Magowan on the West River, and his former...
4669[Diary entry: 20 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
20. Very warm all Day. In the Night a good deal of Rain and a sudden change in the Air.
4670From George Washington to Robert Cary & Company, 20 August 1770 (Washington Papers)
This Letter accompanies my Invoices for Potomack and York Rivers as also Mr & Miss Custis’s—Agreeable to the several Orders therein containd you will please to dispatch the Goods & by the first Ships bound to the respective Rivers —Those for Potomack will come I hope by a more careful hand than the last did as I neither receivd the Goods nor Letters by Captn Saunderson till the middle of June...
4671Enclosure: Invoice to Robert Cary & Company, 20 August 1770 (Washington Papers)
Invoice of Goods to be Shipd by Robt Cary Esqr. & Co. for the use of George Washington—Potomack River—Virginia—Viz. 1 dozn HL Hinges to suit a comn sizd door 25 M 4d. Sharp point Nails 1 Cask of 8d. Flat point Do 5 M 30d. Do Do Do 6 Splinter Locks middle sizd 6 la: strong Padlocks differt Wards 6 best Stock Locks at abt 3/ difft Wards 1 dozn xcut Saw files 3 dozn la: Whipsaw files 2 dozn...
4672[Diary entry: 21 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
21. Went up to Court again and returnd in the Afternoon. Found Mr. Beal here along with Mr. Magowan. Many members of the Beall family were living at this time in Prince George’s and Frederick counties, Md. ( brumbaugh Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh. Maryland Records: Colonial, Revolutionary, County and Church, from Original Sources . 2 vols. 1915 and 1928. Reprint. Baltimore, 1975. , 1–89, 177–257)....
4673[Diary entry: 21 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
21. Very Cool and Cloudy. Wind being Northwardly & Eastwardly.
4674[Diary entry: 22 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
22. Mr. Beal went away after Breakfast. I continued at home all day.
4675[Diary entry: 22 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
22. Cloudy & very cool all day. Being a close & constant Rain. Wind Eastwardly.
4676[Diary entry: 23 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
23. I went up to Alexandria calling by Mr. Jno. Wests going & coming. Returnd again at Night—with Mr. B. Fairfax. GW was again going to court, arriving there near the end of this day’s proceedings (Fairfax County Order Book for 1770–72, 76, Vi Microfilm).
4677[Diary entry: 23 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
23. Warmer, Wind being Southwardly. Morning Misty & cloudy all day.
4678[Diary entry: 24 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
24. Went out a huntg. with Mr. Fairfax. Killd a young fox without running him and returnd to Dinner. Doctr. Rumney dind here & lodged.
4679[Diary entry: 24 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
24. Misty Morning, and sometimes slight showers in the forenoon but clear & warm afternoon.
4680[Diary entry: 25 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
25. Mr. Fairfax—Doctr. Rumney—Mr. Magowan and Jacky Custis all went away after Breakfast. I rid into the Neck and to Muddy hole. Jacky was returning to school in Annapolis.
4681[Diary entry: 25 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
25. Cloudy generally through the day with the Wind pretty brisk from the Southwest especialy in the Morning.
4682[Diary entry: 25 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
25. I examined my Corn fields & perceivd that the late Rains had made a great alteration for the better. Many stalks were putting out entire New Shoots with young and tender Silk—but as the Tassels of most of all the Corn (especially in that field in the Neck) was entirely dry. The question is whether the Corn for want of the Farina will ever fill. This is a matter worthy of attention & should...
4683[Diary entry: 26 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
26. At home all day alone.
4684[Diary entry: 26 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
26. Clear and Warm wind being still to the Southward.
4685[Diary entry: 27 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
27. Went by my Mill & Doeg Run to Colchesters—there to settle a dispute betwen. Doctr. Ross & Company & Mr. Semple. In Feb. 1763 Dr. David Ross of Bladensburg, Md., became a partner with Richard Henderson of Bladensburg and Samuel Beall, Jr., and Joseph Chapline (d. 1769), both of Frederick County, Md., in a company that built and operated the Antietam (or Frederick) ironworks on the Potomac...
4686[Diary entry: 27 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
27. Very Hot & even Sultry in the Evening with Clouds to the westward & some Rain.
4687[Diary entry: 28 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
28. At Colchester all day—upon the same business.
4688[Diary entry: 28 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
28. Still warm but not so hot as yesterday. Raining most part of the Night.
4689[Diary entry: 29 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
29. Still at Colchester upon this Affair Colo. Lewis My Sister & Brothr. Chas. passd this in their way to Mount Vernon. On this date GW paid Dr. Ross £38 1s. 9½d. Maryland currency for about 3,000 pounds of iron ( General Ledger A General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. , folio 320).
4690[Diary entry: 29 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
29. Raining in the Morning but clear & cool afterwards.
4691[Diary entry: 29 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
29. The Rain that Fell last Night made the Ground too wet for plowing.
4692[Diary entry: 30 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
30. Still at Colchester upon the business before mentioned.
4693[Diary entry: 30 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
30. Very cool. Wind being at No. West.
4694[Diary entry: 31 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
31. At the same place and on the same business.
4695[Diary entry: 31 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
31. A Slight frost in the Morning but clear and cool all day.
4696[September 1770] (Washington Papers)
Septr. 1st. Returnd from the Arbitration at Colchester. In the Evening my Brothr. Saml. & his wife & children came hither from Fredericksburg in their way to Frederick. Samuel Washington moved his family about this time to Harewood in Frederick County, where he lived until his death in 1781 (see “Remarks” entry for 6 Oct. 1770 ). His present wife was his fourth, Anne Steptoe Washington,...
4697Acct. 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...
4698Cash Accounts, September 1770 (Washington Papers)
Cash Septr 15— To Ferriage money £ 0.13.0 26— To Cash of Mr Hector Ross 93. 3.2 28— To Do of Mr Gilbt Simpson for Weavg 0.11.3 Contra Septr 2— By Thos Bishop 2. 0.0 By Mr Jacob Gooding 20 M[aryland] Dollars 6. 0.0 7— By Dominicus Gubner 1. 0.0 By Mrs Palmer for Butter
4699[Diary entry: 1 September 1770] (Washington Papers)
Septr. 1st. Returnd from the Arbitration at Colchester. In the Evening my Brothr. Saml. & his wife & children came hither from Fredericksburg in their way to Frederick. Samuel Washington moved his family about this time to Harewood in Frederick County, where he lived until his death in 1781 (see “Remarks” entry for 6 Oct. 1770 ). His present wife was his fourth, Anne Steptoe Washington,...
4700[Diary entry: 1 September 1770] (Washington Papers)
Septr. 1st. Cool & clear—wind being still Northwardly.