2911[Diary entry: 27 December 1770] (Washington Papers)
27. Went a fox Hunting and killd a fox in Company with the two Mr. Triplets and Mr. Peake who dined here.
2912[Diary entry: 27 December 1770] (Washington Papers)
27. Frosty Morning but clear and pleasant afterwards.
2913[Diary entry: 27 December 1770] (Washington Papers)
27. Shut up Singer after She had been first lined by one or two Cur Dogs. Jowler being put in with her lind her several times; and his Puppies if to be distinguished saved.
2914[Diary entry: 28 December 1770] (Washington Papers)
28. At the Mill in the Forenoon and Afternoon.
2915[Diary entry: 28 December 1770] (Washington Papers)
28. Clear and pleasant with but little Wind.
2916[Diary entry: 29 December 1770] (Washington Papers)
29. Went a fox hunting in Company with the two Mr. Triplets & Mr. Peake, found no Fox. Upon my return home found Mr. & Mrs. Cockburn here.
2917[Diary entry: 29 December 1770] (Washington Papers)
29. Very pleasant and quite Calm but somewhat lowering.
2918[Diary entry: 29 December 1770] (Washington Papers)
29. Truelove another Hound Bitch Shut up with Ringwood & by him alone lined.
2919[Diary entry: 30 December 1770] (Washington Papers)
30. Mr. & Mrs. Cockburn went away. My Miller & his wife and Mr. Ball dind here. GW’s miller was William Roberts, a Pennsylvanian who had signed articles of agreement with Lund Washington 13 Oct. 1770 engaging himself to run the new mill at Mount Vernon for £80 a year plus the privilege of feeding a cow and raising domestic fowl at GW’s expense ( DLC:GW ). Roberts was highly skilled in the...
2920[Diary entry: 30 December 1770] (Washington Papers)
30. Exceeding pleast. calm and clear.
2921[Diary entry: 31 December 1770] (Washington Papers)
31. I rid to My Mill in the forenoon and Afternoon. Nancy Peake came here. GW gave Nancy £10 as a loan for her father, Humphrey Peake, who repaid the sum in June ( General Ledger A General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. , folio 307).
2922[Diary entry: 31 December 1770] (Washington Papers)
31. Also clear and Pleasant.