401[Diary entry: 28 April 1798] (Washington Papers)
28. Morning clear—wind Southerly. Mer. 64. Some appearances of Rain in the afternoon but none fell. Mer. 66 at Night 68 at high.
402[Diary entry: 29 April 1798] (Washington Papers)
29. Morning—clear, wind still Southerly—Mer. 61. Calm all day with appearances abt. 2 Oclock of Rain but none fell. Mer. 70 at Night & 73 at height. Mr. Ghan wt. away after breakfast.
403[Diary entry: 30 April 1798] (Washington Papers)
30. Morning—Clear, wind Southerly Mer. at 62–70 at Night & 74 at highest. Mr. Law & Mr. Peter went away after breakfast—and Doctr. & Mrs. Craik & Son—Mr. & Mrs. Harrison—and Mrs. Jenifer & a Miss Barnes came to dinner & returned afterwards. Mrs. Jenifer is probably Dr. and Mrs. Craik’s daughter Sarah, wife of Dr. Daniel Jenifer. Miss Barnes is probably a member of the Barnes family of Charles...
404May 1798 (Washington Papers)
1. Morning—clear—wind at South & Mer. at 63. Clear & warm all day—wind in the same place. Mer. 71 at Night—75 at highest. 2. A light sprinkling of Rain & cloudy in the morning—Mer. 66. Clear afterwards & very warm. Mer. 71 at Night & 75 at highest. Mr. Law returned to dinr. 3. Morning—clear—wind Southerly Mer. 60 very little wind & appearances of Rain in the afternoon. Mer. 74 at Night & not...
405[Diary entry: 1 May 1798] (Washington Papers)
1. Morning—clear—wind at South & Mer. at 63. Clear & warm all day—wind in the same place. Mer. 71 at Night—75 at highest.
406[Diary entry: 2 May 1798] (Washington Papers)
2. A light sprinkling of Rain & cloudy in the morning—Mer. 66. Clear afterwards & very warm. Mer. 71 at Night & 75 at highest. Mr. Law returned to dinr.
407[Diary entry: 3 May 1798] (Washington Papers)
3. Morning—clear—wind Southerly Mer. 60 very little wind & appearances of Rain in the afternoon. Mer. 74 at Night & not higher.
408[Diary entry: 4 May 1798] (Washington Papers)
4. Morning—Clear & wind Southerly Mer. at 66. Appearances of Rain abt. Noon but none fell. Mer. 81 at Night & 82 at highest. Mr. and Mrs. Law went away after breakfast & Nelly Custis went up to Hope Park.
409[Diary entry: 5 May 1798] (Washington Papers)
5. Clear Morning & little Wind—Mer. 70. Between 2 & 4 Oclock fine showers at intervals. Mer. 70 at Night & 81.
410[Diary entry: 6 May 1798] (Washington Papers)
6. Morning—perfectly clear with a light breeze from the Westward—Mer. 62. High wind from No. West afterwards—Mer. 67 thro’ the day. A Mr. Tayler & a Mr. Crips—introduced by Mr. Potts dined here as did Mr. T. Peter & Mr. Lear. All except Mr. Peter went away after dinner.
411[Diary entry: 7 May 1798] (Washington Papers)
7. Morng. Cloudy with a little drippg. of Rain. Mer. at 60. Clear Afternoon. Mer. 64 at Night.
412[Diary entry: 8 May 1798] (Washington Papers)
8. Morning perfectly clear & pleasant—Calm—Mer. at 64. Lowering afternoon. Mr. Peter, Mrs. Peter & their Children left this and the Revd. Mr. Lewis from Connecticut came in the Afternoon. revd. mr. lewis : probably Zechariah Lewis (1773–1840), son of Rev. Isaac Lewis of Greenwich, Conn. Young Lewis had graduated from Yale in 1794 and studied theology under Dr. Ashbell Green in Philadelphia....
413[Diary entry: 9 May 1798] (Washington Papers)
9. Morning clear with but little Wind. Mer. at 58. Wind afterwards fresh indeed hard from the Westward until Night when it ceased. Mer. at 64 at Night. Mr. Lewis went away after breakfast. I went to the Proclamn. Sermon in Alexandria. sermon : On 23 Mar. 1798 Pres. John Adams issued a proclamation recommending that “as the United States of America are at present placed in a hazardous and...
414[Diary entry: 10 May 1798] (Washington Papers)
10. Morning—clear & calm—Mer. at 52. Lowering all the afternoon with the Wind Southerly, but no Rain fell.
415[Diary entry: 11 May 1798] (Washington Papers)
11. Morning—clear & but little wind—Mer. at 54. Great appearances of Rain abt. 2 Oclock with the Wind at No. Et. but none well. Eveng. Clear Mer. at 56 & no higher.
416[Diary entry: 12 May 1798] (Washington Papers)
12. Morning—clear & cool—Wind Northerly & Mer. at 44. Clear & Cold all day—a White frost this Morning. Mer. 56 at Night.
417[Diary entry: 13 May 1798] (Washington Papers)
13. Morning—clear & cool—Wind No. Easterly—Mer. at 50. Lowering towards evening. Mer. 56 at N. not much higher all day. Mr. White & Doctr. Craik dined here. The latter went away after dinr.
418[Diary entry: 14 May 1798] (Washington Papers)
14. Morning—Clear & cool, Calm—Mer. at 49. Some appearances of Rain abt. noon but they went off. Wind No. Et. & Mer. at 60 at Night. Mr. White left this after breakfast.
419[Diary entry: 15 May 1798] (Washington Papers)
15. Morning—clear, with but little Wind & that No. Easterly Mer. 52—same through the day. Mer. 64 at Night.
420[Diary entry: 16 May 1798] (Washington Papers)
16. Morning perfectly clear—Wind northerly & Mer. at 58. Wind fresh after morning & cool all day. Mer. 60 at Night.
421[Diary entry: 17 May 1798] (Washington Papers)
17. Morning—Clear & calm—Mer. 52. Very lowering & likely for Rain afterwards with the Wind at So. Wt. Mer. 66 at Night.
422[Diary entry: 18 May 1798] (Washington Papers)
18. Clear Morning—no rain fell—clear all day. Mer. 60 in the Morning & 66 at Night. Horns, or points of the Moon upwards.
423[Diary entry: 19 May 1798] (Washington Papers)
19. Morning—Clear, Wind Southerly and Mer. at 55. About 8 Oclock in the forenoon Mrs. Washington & Myself sat out on a visit to Hope Park & the Federal City. Got to the former to Dinner and remained there until Morning when we proceeded to the City. Dined at Mr. Thos. Peter’s & remained there until Wednesday, and then went to Mr. Laws & remained there until friday when we sat out on our return...
424[Diary entry: 25 May 1798] (Washington Papers)
25. Very brisk So. Westerly wind with misting showers at Intervals from about Noon. Rain in the afternoon. Mrs. Peaks fam. dined here.
425[Diary entry: 26 May 1798] (Washington Papers)
26. Clear all day, with the Wind at No. Wt. Mer. at 60 in the Morning & 62 at Night.
426[Diary entry: 27 May 1798] (Washington Papers)
27. Clear Morning & Calm—Mer. at 54. Wind brisk from the Eastward abt. 8 Oclock & appearances of Rain in the Evening. Mer. at 60 at Night. Mr. Lear dined here.
427[Diary entry: 28 May 1798] (Washington Papers)
28. Morning—Misty & sometimes raining—Mer. at 59, & growing Warm with the wind Easterly. Mer. 65 at Night.
428[Diary entry: 29 May 1798] (Washington Papers)
29. Morning warm & cloudy—Mer. 60, & wind No. Easterly at which pt. & Easterly it contind. all day with appearances of Rain but none fell. Went up to Alexa. on business & returned home to dinner.
429[Diary entry: 30 May 1798] (Washington Papers)
30. Morning—a thick Mist with the wind at No. Et.—Mer. 62. A good deal of Rain afterwards, before One oclock and a very heavy shower mixed with hail about 5 oclk. Colo. Morris, Lady & 4 children came here after dinner. Colonel Morris is probably Lewis Morris (1752-1824), who had visited Mount Vernon with his brother Jacob Morris on 6 Nov. 1786. Morris had settled in South Carolina after the...
430[Diary entry: 31 May 1798] (Washington Papers)
31. Cloudy more or less through the day but no rain fell here. Wind Southerly. Mer. 64 at Nigt. Colo. Morris & family left this after breakfast—and Mr. Herbert & Son—the Revd. Mr. Addison a Mr. Rogers of Baltimore—Mr. Delius of Bremen & a Mr. Pekmoller of Hamburgh dined here & returned afterwards. Mr. William Herbert became president of the Bank of Alexandria in 1798. His two sons were John...
431June—1798 (Washington Papers)
1. Morning—clear & pleasant—Wind Southerly, & Mer. at 62. Cloudy more or less all day. Mer. 70 at Night. Mr. Hartshorne & Mr. Lear dined here. 2. Morning clear & warm—With but little wind. Mer. 62—at Night 70. Mr. Law & a Polish Gentleman, the Companion of General Kosciaski came here to dinner, as did Miss Lee of Greenspring with Nelly Custis who returnd to day. a polish gentleman : See entry...
432[Diary entry: 1 June 1798] (Washington Papers)
1. Morning—clear & pleasant—Wind Southerly, & Mer. at 62. Cloudy more or less all day. Mer. 70 at Night. Mr. Hartshorne & Mr. Lear dined here.
433[Diary entry: 2 June 1798] (Washington Papers)
2. Morning clear & warm—With but little wind. Mer. 62—at Night 70. Mr. Law & a Polish Gentleman, the Companion of General Kosciaski came here to dinner, as did Miss Lee of Greenspring with Nelly Custis who returnd to day. a polish gentleman : See entry for 19 May 1798 . Neimcewicz made a full report of his Mount Vernon visit in his journal, including a detailed description of the Mansion...
434[Diary entry: 3 June 1798] (Washington Papers)
3. Morning—Calm & Warm Mer. 65. Warm all day with very little wind & that Southerly. Mer. 76 at Night, & in the Night Thunder Lightning & Rain. Mrs. Law came down to dinner & Mr. & Mrs. McClanahan dined here, & returned afterwds. Niemcewicz said that GW wrote letters all day. In the evening there was no music or games; it was Sunday and everyone retired at 9:00 P.M. On the following day Thomas...
435[Diary entry: 4 June 1798] (Washington Papers)
4. Morning heavy—wind southerly—Mer. 64. In the afternoon Easterly & a great deal of Rain. Mer. 70 at Night.
436[Diary entry: 5 June 1798] (Washington Papers)
5. Morning, Mer. 65—but little wind & that Southerly. Appearances of Rain in the afternoon but none fell.
437[Diary entry: 6 June 1798] (Washington Papers)
6. Morning—Mer. at 65. Calm & thin clouds; thunder abt. 10 Oclock & Showers at a distance. In the Afternoon Rain for near an hour. Mer. 64 at Night. Mr. Law went away this morning & Dr. Stuart Mrs. Stuart & three daughters came to breakfast & dinner. According to Niemcewicz, the Stuarts arrived in a coach and four with two postilions and two men on horseback ( niemcewicz , 103). The Stuarts’...
438[Diary entry: 7 June 1798] (Washington Papers)
7. Morning clear—Wind westerly Mer. 60. Appearances of Rain in the afternoon but none fell. Mer. 70 at Night. Wind West[erl]y.
439[Diary entry: 8 June 1798] (Washington Papers)
8. Morning—Clear & calm. Mer. 65. Clear most of the day & towards evening appearances of Rain but none fell.
440[Diary entry: 9 June 1798] (Washington Papers)
9. Morning—clear calm & Warm. Mer. 66. Much the same through the day. Mer. 74 at Night.
441[Diary entry: 10 June 1798] (Washington Papers)
10. Morning—Wind pretty fresh from No. Et. but clear—Mer. 70. Very lowering in the Evening—Mer. 66. Doctr. Stuart returned, & Mr. Lear dined here.
442[Diary entry: 11 June 1798] (Washington Papers)
11. Morning very heavy & misting. Wind at No. Et. No rain had fallen. Mer. 64. Fine Rain from 8 Oclock through the day. Mer. 64 at Night. Mr. Tracy came in the evening. Thomas Tracy was a local music master whose students included Nelly Custis (GW’s Cash Memoranda, 1 Sept. 1797–20 Feb. 1799: entry for 20 Dec. 1798, RPJCB ).
443[Diary entry: 12 June 1798] (Washington Papers)
12. Morning Misty. Mid day clear & afternoon moderate Rain. Wind Easterly all day. Mer. 64 in the Morning & 70 at Night. Mr. Law returned in the Evening.
444[Diary entry: 13 June 1798] (Washington Papers)
13. Morning, Mer. 68 & clear. Clouds but no rain all day. Mer. 72 at Night. Mr. Fitzhugh, Lady & daughter—Mrs. Beverley Randolph, with her daughter & Son in Law Randolph & his Sister dined here. Beverley Randolph married Martha Cocke of Williamsburg; their daughter Lucy Randolph married William Randolph (born c.1769) of Chitower, son of Thomas Randolph of Tuckahoe, Goochland County, and his...
445[Diary entry: 14 June 1798] (Washington Papers)
14. Morning Clear—Mer. 64. Wind at East—So. Westerly afterwards. At N. Mer. 76. Mrs. Stuart & her family & Mr. Law Mrs. Law and Mr. Niemcewitz (the Polish Gentn.) went away after breakfast. “The next day, after having risen before dawn, I walked, now for the last time, about the green groves of Mo[u]nt Vernon. . . . Then at six in the morning . . . I took my leave of the honorable Washington,...
446[Diary entry: 15 June 1798] (Washington Papers)
15. Morning—clear, calm & warm. Mer. at 70–80 at Noon & 78 at Night. Calm all day. Mrs. Lund Washington dined here.
447[Diary entry: 16 June 1798] (Washington Papers)
16. Morning—Calm, clear & Warm. Mer. at 72. Clear all day & calm till the afternoon then a brisk Easterly Wind. Mer. 80 at N. & 72 at N.
448[Diary entry: 17 June 1798] (Washington Papers)
17. Morning—Wind fresh from No. Et. and cloudy Mer. at 66. Clear afterwards. Mer. 66 at Night. Mr. sent by Mr. Pearce to attend my Cradlers in harvest arrived. On 6 May 1798 GW wrote to his ex-manager, William Pearce, who was now living in the wheat belt of the Eastern Shore in Kent County, Maryland: “In cradling my Wheat the coming Harvest I wish to catch it in the hand, in the manner...
449[Diary entry: 18 June 1798] (Washington Papers)
18. Morning—lowering, wind Easterly & Mer. at 62. Afternoon slow Rain—Mer. 70.
450[Diary entry: 19 June 1798] (Washington Papers)
19. Morning Wind still at East & Mer. at 70. Slow rain on & off all the forenoon—then clear—afterwds. cloudy & misting—Mer. .