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[Diary entry: 20 February 1787]

Tuesday 20th. Mercury at 40 in the Morning—35 at Noon and 30 at Night.

The Wind in the Night sprung up at No. West and blew very hard all day and till within Night. Ground froze this Morn.

Went with Mrs. Washington to Mr. Fendalls to make a visit to Colo. and Mrs. Lee. Dined and returned home in the Evening. Found Doctr. Craik here.

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    “[Diary entry: 20 February 1787],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-05-02-0002-0002-0020. [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. 107.]