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.