[Diary entry: 17 August 1797]

17. Wind inclining to the Westward—Mer. 73. Weather clear. Went with the family to Alexa. Dined with Mr. Potts. Doctr. Stuart came home with us in the evening.

Mr. Potts is John Potts, Jr., formerly of Pottsgrove (Pottstown), Pa. (see entry for 11 Sept. 1785).

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Title: [Diary entry: 17 August 1797]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 17 August 1797

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 17 August 1797],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-06-02-0006-0008-0017. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 6, 1 January 1790 – 13 December 1799, ed. Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1979, p. 252.]