1[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...
2[Diary entry: 16 May 1774] (Washington Papers)
16. Clear and Cool, wind abt. No. West & pretty fresh.