[Diary entry: 18 June 1787]

Monday 18th. Attended the Convention. Dined at the Quarterly meeting of the Sons of St. Patrick—held at the City Tavn. Drank Tea at Doctr. Shippins with Mrs. Livingston.

sons of st. patrick: Founded in 1771 in Philadelphia by Irish-American merchants and their friends, the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick strongly supported the American Revolution and several of its dinners were attended by GW, who was “adopted” by the society (DOUGHERTY description begins Daniel J. Dougherty. History of the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick . . . March 17, 1892-March 17, 1951. Philadelphia, 1952. description ends , 1–21).

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Title: [Diary entry: 18 June 1787]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 18 June 1787

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 18 June 1787],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-05-02-0002-0006-0018. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 5, 1 July 1786 – 31 December 1789, ed. Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1979, p. 170.]