1451[Diary entry: 28 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
28. Went to Nomony Church & returnd to my Brother’s to Dinner.
1452[Diary entry: 29 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
29. Went into Machodack Ck. fishing and dind with the Revd. Mr. Smith. Lower Machodoc Creek empties into the Potomac River about two miles below Nomini Bay in Westmoreland County, forming a bay about one mile wide at its mouth. This creek is not to be confused with Jackson’s Creek, also in Westmoreland County, which empties into the Potomac six miles below Lower Machodoc Creek and was...
1453[Diary entry: 30 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
30. Hauling the Sein on the Bars near Hollis’s Marsh & other places.
1454[Diary entry: 31 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
31. Dined with Mr. Jno. Smith who was marryed yesterday to the widow Lee. John Smith (1715–1771) of Fleets Bay plantation on Indian Creek, Northumberland County, was a second cousin to GW. He had previously been married to Mary Jaquelin (1714–1764) of Jamestown and had lived for many years at Shooter’s Hill plantation, Middlesex County. In 1767 he established a smallpox inoculation hospital at...
1455Remarks—of the—Weather [August 1768] (Washington Papers)
Augt. 1. But little Wind & yet not very warm. 2. Clear & warm. Wind Eastwardly. 3. Wind Eastwardly—with appearances of Rain but none fell. 4. But little Wind with great appearance of a settled Rain after noon tho not enough fell to make the House eves run. 5. Very warm with the wind Southwardly. 6. Exceeding hot—& still till the Evening, then a slight breeze from the Southward. 7. Very Warm,...
1456[Diary entry: 1 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
Augt. 1. But little Wind & yet not very warm.
1457[Diary entry: 2 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
2. Clear & warm. Wind Eastwardly.
1458[Diary entry: 3 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
3. Wind Eastwardly—with appearances of Rain but none fell.
1459[Diary entry: 4 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
4. But little Wind with great appearance of a settled Rain after noon tho not enough fell to make the House eves run.
1460[Diary entry: 5 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
5. Very warm with the wind Southwardly.