1[Diary entry: 24 March 1770] (Washington Papers)
24. Surveying the vacancy’s of waste Land by Mr. Triplet & straitning the Mill Race. GW had found there was a small parcel of unclaimed land between Harrison’s patent and Dogue Run, and he was now surveying it with the intention of obtaining a grant from Lord Fairfax and thus providing more room along the run to accommodate his new millrace and dams (grant of Lord Fairfax to GW, 4 Mar. 1771,...
2[Diary entry: 24 March 1770] (Washington Papers)
24. Ground very hard froze. The morning again clear and calm but the Wind hard from the No. West after 9 Oclock.
3From James Madison to Richard Paterson, 24 March 1770 (Madison Papers)
Recievd of Mr. Richard Patterson by order of Mr. Adam Hoops twenty two Shillings and six pence on acct. of Mr. Robert Patterson. Richard Paterson’s mercantile establishment in Princeton, situated on Main Street next to the well-known tavern of Jacob Hyer at the sign of Hudibras, appears to have had an important place in the life of the college. Paterson (d. 1781) was the father of William...