1[Diary entry: 10 November 1785] (Washington Papers)
Thursday 10th. Thermometer at 59 in the Morning— at Noon and at Night. There having fallen so much rain in the Night as to convince me that the Straw which I had placed between the Cieling & the Wall of my Ice House, must have got wet, and being in some doubt before of the propriety of the measure, lest it should get damp, heat, & rot; I had it all taken out, leaving the Space between unfilled...
2From George Washington to George William Fairfax, 10 November 1785 (Washington Papers)
Inclosed you have a copy of my last; since which nothing has occurred worthy of observation, except that in this part of the Country our Crops—particularly of Indian Corn, have suffered exceedingly by a drought in July & august, and a storm in September. As I am in the habit of giving you trouble, I will add a little more to what my last, I fear, may have occasioned. The two youngest children...