1[Diary entry: 16 May 1774] (Washington Papers)
16. Clear and Cool, wind abt. No. West & pretty fresh.
2William Ramsay, Robert Adam and Carlyle & Dalton to GW and John West, 16 May 1774 (Washington Papers)
With this you will receive three petitions to be laid before your honorable House respecting the duty on Rum, an inlargement of our Town, draining the Marsh lots &c. the other is relative to the Herring fishery which you well know, is become very considerable and therefore worthy of Attention. Perhaps it may be only necessary to say something respecting the inlargement of our Town & the other...
3[Diary entry: 16 May 1774] (Washington Papers)
16. Came to Wmsburg., dind at the Governors & spent the Evening at Mrs. Campbells. The current session of the House of Burgesses opened on 4 May and achieved a quorum the next day. During this week, GW and John West received petitions from William Ramsay, Robert Adam, John Carlyle, and John Dalton, four of the leading merchants and town fathers of Alexandria, requesting certain acts to be...