10181[Diary entry: 8 April 1772] (Washington Papers)
8. Dined at Mrs. Campbells and Spent the Evening at my lodgings. GW today paid Jane Charlton £1 12s. 3d. for goods supplied Patsy Custis and Mrs. Washington and £11 for his “Board . . . since the 1st. of March” ( General Ledger B General Ledger B, 1772–1793. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. , folio 4). In the House of Burgesses today three bills in...
10182[Diary entry: 9 April 1772] (Washington Papers)
9. Took an early Dinner at Southalls and set of for Eltham on my return home. Also on this day the flour inspection bill was reported with several amendments from its committee. The amendments were promptly accepted by the house, and on the following day the bill was passed by the burgesses and approved by the council ( JHB H. R. McIlwaine and John Pendleton Kennedy, eds. Journals of the House...
10183[Diary entry: 10 April 1772] (Washington Papers)
10. With Colo. Bassett & Lady & there 3 daughters set of for Mount Vernon. Dined at Todds Bridge and lodged at Hubbards. Two of the Bassett daughters, Elizabeth and Anna Maria, had visited Mount Vernon with their parents three years earlier. The third, and youngest, daughter, Frances Bassett (1767-1796), later married George Augustine Washington, eldest son of GW’s brother Charles. GW again...
10184[Diary entry: 11 April 1772] (Washington Papers)
11. Breakfasted at Hubbards and dined at Colo. Lewis’s in Fredericksburg where Colo. Bassett &ca. lodged. I lodged at my Mothers. During this stay in Fredericksburg, GW left £8 cash with his mother for his brother Charles, who was to use the money to buy corn for Ferry Farm. On the following day GW recorded paying 1s. 6d. for “ferriages at Hunters,” indicating that he did not cross the...
10185[Diary entry: 12 April 1772] (Washington Papers)
12. Dined in Dumfries and reachd home in the Afternoon where I found Mrs. Barnes, Miss Carlyle, Miss Alexander Miss Hunter, Colo. Carlyle & Son & Daughter Nancy. Miss Alexander is probably Mary Ann Alexander, daughter of Gerard and Mary Dent Alexander. The Alexanders’ other daughter, Nancy, was by this time married to Fielding Lewis, Jr. (will of Gerard Alexander, 9 Aug. 1760, Fairfax County...
10186[Diary entry: 13 April 1772] (Washington Papers)
13. All the above went away but Mrs. Barnes & Miss Hunter. About 12 Oclock Colo. Bassett & Family arrived.
10187[Diary entry: 14 April 1772] (Washington Papers)
14. At home all day.
10188[Diary entry: 15 April 1772] (Washington Papers)
15. Walk’d to the Fishing Landing at Poseys between breakfast & dinner with Colo. Bassett.
10189[Diary entry: 16 April 1772] (Washington Papers)
16. At home all day.
10190[Diary entry: 17 April 1772] (Washington Papers)
17. Rid with Colo. Bassett to my Mill from thence to Poseys & home to Dinner.