[Diary entry: 17 July 1766]

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).

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Title: [Diary entry: 17 July 1766]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 17 July 1766

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 17 July 1766],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-02-02-0001-0005-0009. [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. 5.]