31[Diary entry: 16 June 1766] (Washington Papers)
16. Began to cut my Meadows at Home. GW hired an extra hand, Thomas Plummit, who worked seven days on the mowing at 2s. 6d. per day ( General Ledger A General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. , folio 232).
32[Diary entry: 25 June 1766] (Washington Papers)
25. Finishd Do. & brought it into Barnes. Weather often Raining—Hay hurt.
33[Diary entry: 26 June 1766] (Washington Papers)
26. Began to Cut my Timothy Meadow at Doeg Run & did not finish it till the 8th. of July—the Weather being Rainy & bad—which almost spoil’d 30,000 weight of Hay.
34July [1766] (Washington Papers)
3. Cut my early Wheat behind Garden. 7. Began to cut Wheat in the Neck with the hands there. 8. Set into it with my whole force & two Cradlers hired. My Hay at D. Run finishd yesterday. The two hired cradlers were James and Daniel Starke, who worked about 2½ weeks for 5s. per day each. GW also hired another helper, Amoriah Bonham, for a total of 23 days, which apparently was the duration of...
35[Diary entry: 3 July 1766] (Washington Papers)
3. Cut my early Wheat behind Garden.
36[Diary entry: 7 July 1766] (Washington Papers)
7. Began to cut Wheat in the Neck with the hands there.
37[Diary entry: 8 July 1766] (Washington Papers)
8. Set into it with my whole force & two Cradlers hired. My Hay at D. Run finishd yesterday. The two hired cradlers were James and Daniel Starke, who worked about 2½ weeks for 5s. per day each. GW also hired another helper, Amoriah Bonham, for a total of 23 days, which apparently was the duration of the harvesting. Bonham was also paid 5s. per day ( General Ledger A General Ledger A,...
38[Diary entry: 9 July 1766] (Washington Papers)
9. My Schooner arrivd at Colchester.
39[Diary entry: 12 July 1766] (Washington Papers)
12. Finished cuttg. binding & shocking Wheat in the Neck—152 Bushels sowing. GW has added the following additional entries out of order in the diary. In the manuscript he placed them between 21 and 22 July. “5. Pull’d my flax at home. 7. Pulld two patches at Doeg Run. 8. Put part of what I pulld at Home in Water. 12. Took it out, & spread it on the Green.”
40[Diary entry: 14 July 1766] (Washington Papers)
14. Began Harvest at Muddy hole.
41[Diary entry: 15 July 1766] (Washington Papers)
15. Finished it—in Shocks 75 Bushels sowing.
42[Diary entry: 16 July 1766] (Washington Papers)
16. Began and finishd at the Mill, in shocks 52 bushels Sowing.
43[Diary entry: 17 July 1766] (Washington Papers)
17. Began Harvest at Doeg Run. My Schooner also came up with 10,031 feet of Plank from Occoquan Saw Mills. Among the group of mills established on Occoquan Creek were two sawmills, which at this time were being operated by John Semple (see main entry for 23 Jan. 1770 ).
44[Diary entry: 21 July 1766] (Washington Papers)
21. Securd all my Harvest in shocks at D[ogue] R[un].
45[Diary entry: 22 July 1766] (Washington Papers)
22. Put into the House.
46[Diary entry: 23 July 1766] (Washington Papers)
23. Sowed Turneps in the flax patch at Home. Also sowed Do. at Muddy hole and ditto at Morris’s.
47[Diary entry: 24 July 1766] (Washington Papers)
24. Pulld a small patch of Flax at Doeg Run.
48[Diary entry: 25 July 1766] (Washington Papers)
25. Began to Sow Turneps in Drills behind Quarter.
49[Diary entry: 26 July 1766] (Washington Papers)
26. Sowed Do. in Do.—Do.
50[Diary entry: 27 July 1766] (Washington Papers)
27. Sowed a few Do. Do.—Do. Hard Rain 28 & 9.
51[Diary entry: 30 July 1766] (Washington Papers)
30. Sowed Do. in Neck.
52[Diary entry: 31 July 1766] (Washington Papers)
31. Finishd Sowing behind Quartr. in Drills.
53August [1766] (Washington Papers)
1. Began to Sow Wheat at the Mill. Began to Sow Do. in the Neck in the upper part of the field. 6. Began to Sow Do. at Muddy hole. Finished Sowg. Do. in clovr. patch at the Mill—9 Bushels. 22. Began to Sow Wheat at Doeg Run. Finishd Sowing up Cut in the Neck. 25 - 26. 27. & 28. Spreading flax at Home. 28. Finishd sowing Wheat altogether at the Mill 46½ Bushls. the other side—in all 55½ Bl. 29....
54[Diary entry: 1 August 1766] (Washington Papers)
1. Began to Sow Wheat at the Mill. Began to Sow Do. in the Neck in the upper part of the field.
55[Diary entry: 6 August 1766] (Washington Papers)
6. Began to Sow Do. at Muddy hole. Finished Sowg. Do. in clovr. patch at the Mill—9 Bushels.
56[Diary entry: 22 August 1766] (Washington Papers)
22. Began to Sow Wheat at Doeg Run. Finishd Sowing up Cut in the Neck.
57[Diary entry: 25–28 August 1766] (Washington Papers)
25 - 26. 27. & 28. Spreading flax at Home.
58[Diary entry: 28 August 1766] (Washington Papers)
28. Finishd sowing Wheat altogether at the Mill 46½ Bushls. the other side—in all 55½ Bl.
59[Diary entry: 29 August 1766] (Washington Papers)
29. Finishd Sowing the Field by the Meadow at Doeg Run—26 Bushels. Stopd sowing Wheat at Muddy hole & Doeg Run. Sowed 108 at the first place 18 Bl. in little fd. Began to pull Hemp at the Mill and at Muddy hole—too late for the blossom Hemp by three Weeks or a Month.
60[September 1766] (Washington Papers)
4. 5. & 6th. Spreading flax at Doeg Run. Do. Do. pulling Peas at Ho[me] House. pulling peas : Lathyrus sativus , field pea, of which GW tried many varieties. His diaries and other farm records refer to the crowder pea; early, or “forward,” pea; red pea; small white pea; small round pea; small gray pea; Yateman pea; and the “Albany or field pea,” which persisted through more than a decade of...
61[Diary entry: 4–6 September 1766] (Washington Papers)
4. 5. & 6th. Spreading flax at Doeg Run. Do. Do. pulling Peas at Ho[me] House. pulling peas : Lathyrus sativus , field pea, of which GW tried many varieties. His diaries and other farm records refer to the crowder pea; early, or “forward,” pea; red pea; small white pea; small round pea; small gray pea; Yateman pea; and the “Albany or field pea,” which persisted through more than a decade of...
62[Diary entry: 8 September 1766] (Washington Papers)
8. Began to Cut my Meadows a Second time.
63[Diary entry: 10 September 1766] (Washington Papers)
10. Began to get Fodder at Muddy hole Quarter & at the Mill.
64[Diary entry: 12 September 1766] (Washington Papers)
12. Began to get Fodder in the Neck.
65[Diary entry: 15 September 1766] (Washington Papers)
15. Do.—Do.—Do.—at Doeg Run. Turnd flax at Home House.
66[Diary entry: 27 September 1766] (Washington Papers)
27. Finishd getting & securing fodder at the Mill.
67[Diary entry: 30 September 1766] (Washington Papers)
30. Ditto—Ditto at Doeg Run—that is, exclusive of what belonged to that Plantation at the River Quarter.
68October [1766] (Washington Papers)
1st. 2, 3, & 4. Sowing Wheat Doeg Run. 2. Finished getting & securing Fodder at Muddy hole. 3. Getting Peas at Ditto—too late a good many of which being rotten on the Ground. 3 & 4. Continued Sowing Wheat at Do. 4. Finishd Sowing the little field at Doeg Run with 16 Bls. 6. Put my English Ram Lamb to 65 Ewes. Sheep at home as follows viz. Old Ewes 64 Ewe Lambs 1 Old Weathers 18 Young Do. this...
69[Diary entry: 1–4 October 1766] (Washington Papers)
1st. 2, 3, & 4. Sowing Wheat Doeg Run.
70[Diary entry: 2 October 1766] (Washington Papers)
2. Finished getting & securing Fodder at Muddy hole.
71[Diary entry: 3 October 1766] (Washington Papers)
3. Getting Peas at Ditto—too late a good many of which being rotten on the Ground.
72[Diary entry: 3–4 October 1766] (Washington Papers)
3 & 4. Continued Sowing Wheat at Do.
73[Diary entry: 4 October 1766] (Washington Papers)
4. Finishd Sowing the little field at Doeg Run with 16 Bls.
74[Diary entry: 6 October 1766] (Washington Papers)
6. Put my English Ram Lamb to 65 Ewes. Sheep at home as follows viz. Old Ewes 64 Ewe Lambs 1 Old Weathers 18 Young Do. this yrs. Lbs. 11 1 Ram Lamb Engh. 1 95 in all Sent 33 Ewe Lambs to Doeg Run & 2 Rams, 1 of them this yrs. Lamb. 35 in all.
75[Diary entry: 8 October 1766] (Washington Papers)
⟨8.⟩ Finishd getting & securing Fodder in the Neck also that which belongd to Doeg Run there.
76[Diary entry: 9 October 1766] (Washington Papers)
9. Sowed a piece of Hemp Gd. at the Mill in wheat 2½ Bls. which makes in all th⟨r.⟩ 58 B.
77[Diary entry: 25 October 1766] (Washington Papers)
25. Finishd Sowing large field with Bls. Finishd Sowing Wheat at Muddy hole—170 Bushels in all—18 of wch. white Wheat in the little field.
78[The Weather] [February 1767] (Washington Papers)
1. Cloudy & Cool in the forenoon & till towards night. Wind at No. West. Gd. not froze. 2. Frozen Morning, clear still & pleast. afterwards. 3. Frozen morning. Clear, pleast. & thawing afterwards. Wind risg. from So. Wt. 4. Frozen—clear & Windy abt. 10, from the Northwest but thawing. 5. Soft, calm, & pleasant. Wind rising from No. West abt. 10 & blew hard but not cold. 6. Frozen morning....
79[Diary entry: 1 February 1767] (Washington Papers)
1. Cloudy & Cool in the forenoon & till towards night. Wind at No. West. Gd. not froze.
80[Diary entry: 2 February 1767] (Washington Papers)
2. Frozen Morning, clear still & pleast. afterwards.