[Diary entry: 4 September 1768]

4. Went to Church. Dined at Colo. Harrison & returnd to my Brs. in the afternoon.

Nathaniel Harrison (1703–1791), of Brandon, Prince George County, was the eldest son of Nathaniel Harrison (1677–1727) and Mary Cary Harrison of Wakefield, Surry County. After the death of his first wife, Mary Digges Harrison (1717–1743), he married Lucy Carter, daughter of Robert “King” Carter and widow of Henry Fitzhugh (d. 1742) of Eagle’s Nest, where GW was visiting on this date.

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Title: [Diary entry: 4 September 1768]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 4 September 1768

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 4 September 1768],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-02-02-0003-0025-0004. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 2, 14 January 1766 – 31 December 1770, ed. Donald Jackson. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1976, p. 92.]