11[Diary entry: 27 March 1766] (Washington Papers)
27. Cloudy, Wind at No. Wt. but not hard, nor very cold. Ground exceeding wet. No Hemp sowed this day.
12[Diary entry: 28 March 1766] (Washington Papers)
28. Sowed Hemp at Muddy hole to the 4th. stake. Ground too wet. No Hemp sowed elsewhere. Wind Westerly, with Clouds, & Raw.
13[Diary entry: 29 March 1766] (Washington Papers)
29. Sowed Hemp at Muddy hole to the 5th. Stake & at Doeg Run (in the Orchard round Gists House) to the first (beginng. at that end of it next the Gate). Hoeing in Farm Dung at the Mill. Wind at No. West, with some Clouds, & Cool.
14[Diary entry: 30 March 1766] (Washington Papers)
30. Cool, & Cloudy all the day. Wind Northwardly.
15[Diary entry: 31 March 1766] (Washington Papers)
31. Sometimes cloudy but warm and pleasant. Wind at South.
16April [1766] (Washington Papers)
1st. Sowed Hemp at Muddy hole to the Road—at the Mill to the 3d. Stake—and finished the Orchard at Doeg Run. Wind at up No. Et. & very cloudy the whole day. At one O’clock it sat in to Raining which at 6 turnd to Snow. The April entries in this diary are missing from the diary at DLC . The entries of 1–8 April are taken from a facsimile in the Toner collection at DLC and those of 9–13 April...
17[Diary entry: 1 April 1766] (Washington Papers)
1st. Sowed Hemp at Muddy hole to the Road—at the Mill to the 3d. Stake—and finished the Orchard at Doeg Run. Wind at up No. Et. & very cloudy the whole day. At one O’clock it sat in to Raining which at 6 turnd to Snow. The April entries in this diary are missing from the diary at DLC . The entries of 1–8 April are taken from a facsimile in the Toner collection at DLC and those of 9–13 April...
18[Diary entry: 2 April 1766] (Washington Papers)
2. Day warm & fine. Wind Northwardly in the Morning—Southwardly afterwards. Ground too wet to prepare for or Sow in Hemp.
19[Diary entry: 3 April 1766] (Washington Papers)
3. Sowed Hemp at Muddy hole to the first Stake (beging. at the and next the woods)—at the Mill to The 4th. stake—and at Doeg Run (by the Lane) to 1st. stake beginng. at the great Mulberry. Clear & pleasant—but not warm—the Wind being Northwardly in the forenoon—calm in the Evening.
20[Diary entry: 4 April 1766] (Washington Papers)
4. Sowed Hemp at Muddy hole to the 2d. stake, at the Mill to the 5th. & at Doeg Run to the 2. Hazy—Wind Southwardly & Rain. At 6 in the afternoon began to Rain. Ground full Wet for sowing, or Working before.