7811[Diary entry: 3 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
3. Clear with the Wind pretty fresh first from the Southwest, & then from the Northwest. But neither Cold nor frosty.
7812[Diary entry: 4 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
4. Lord Sterling & Captn. Foy set out after Breakfast for the Northward thro Alexa. to which place I accompanied them. The two Dulanys & Mr. Hanson allso went away after Breakfast.
7813[Diary entry: 4 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
4. A little Cool, but not frozen in the Morning. Clear, calm & pleasant afterwards.
7814[Diary entry: 5 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
5. Mr. Gallaway went away. Mr. Magowan & I went a Hunting. Found a fox on Ackatinck just by Lawson Parkers and lost it. In the Afternoon Mr. Dulany came. Lawson Parker was listed as head of a household of six whites in Fairfax County in 1782 ( HEADS OF FAMILIES, VA Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Virginia; Records of the State Enumerations,...
7815[Diary entry: 5 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
5. Ground not frozen. Morning Cloudy & Calm—clear and Windy, but not cold afterwds.
7816[Diary entry: 6 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
6. The 4 Mr. Digges’s came to Dinner also Colo. Fairfax, Colo. Burwell Messrs. Tilghman, Brown, Piper, Adam, Muir, Herbert, Peake, and Doctr. Rumney all of whom stay’d all Night except Mr. Peake. The four Mr. Diggeses were probably Ignatius Digges of Melwood, William Digges of Warburton, and William’s two sons, George and Dr. Joseph Digges. Mr. Brown may be Bennett Browne (Brown), who had...
7817[Diary entry: 6 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
6. Remarkable White frost, but Calm, clear and pleasant afterwards till the Evening when it clouded up & began to Rain.
7818[Diary entry: 7 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
7. All the above Company went away before Dinner except Doctr. Rumney & Mr. Magowan who both went afterwards.
7819[Diary entry: 7 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
7. Misty Morning but clear afterwards, with the Wind fresh from the South.
7820From George Washington to Jonathan Boucher, 7 January 1773 (Washington Papers)
From the best enquiries I could make whilst I was in, and about Williamsburg I cannot think William & Mary College a desirable place to send Jack Custis to—the Inattention of the Masters, added to the number of Hollidays, is the subject of general complaint; & affords no pleasing prospect to a youth who has a good deal to attain, & but a short while to do it in. These consideration’s, added to...