17. A very heavy & thick fog—morning calm, & Mer. at 41. About 2 oclock the Sun came out and the afternoon was pleasant. Went to Church in Alexandria & dined with Mr. Fitzhugh. On my return fd. young Mr. McCarty here on his way back from the Federal City. Young McCarty came to Dinr.
[Diary entry: 17 November 1799]
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- Washington, George
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- 17 November 1799
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- Year: The Final Year
- Month: November [1799]
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- “[Diary entry: 17 November 1799],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-06-02-0008-0011-0017. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 6, 1 January 1790 – 13 December 1799, ed. Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1979, pp. 375–376.]