511[Diary entry: 13 October 1773] (Washington Papers)
13. Mr. Beal went away after Breakfast. I continued at home all day. In the Afternoon Mr. Willis & my Brother Charles came. As also Mr. Baker Surgeon Dentist. Mr. Willis may be Lewis Willis (1734-1813) of Willis Hill near Fredericksburg, who was the son of GW’s aunt Mildred Washington Lewis. He and Charles Washington, who was also currently residing in Fredericksburg, had served together as...
512[Diary entry: 3 April 1774] (Washington Papers)
3. Clear and tolerably pleasant but a little cool.
513[Diary entry: 30 May 1773] (Washington Papers)
30. Very warm—there being but little Wind.
514[Diary entry: 9 February 1773] (Washington Papers)
9. Ground froze—but wind getting Southerly it presently turnd warm & thawing.
515[Diary entry: 6 June 1773] (Washington Papers)
6. Very Cool Wind being fresh from the No. West, & Cloudy.
516[Diary entry: 3 October 1773] (Washington Papers)
3. Clear, Wind at So. West & Warm.
517[Diary entry: 23 February 1773] (Washington Papers)
23. At home this day also alone.
518[Diary entry: 20 June 1773] (Washington Papers)
20. Colo. Fairfax & Lady as also Mr. Massey dind here—Patcy Custis being buried—the first went away. Mr. Massey stayd. Patsy was laid to rest in the family vault, about 200 yards south of the main house. Rev. Lee Massey read the funeral service, and GW paid him £2 6s. 3d., about normal compensation ( General Ledger B General Ledger B, 1772–1793. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers,...
519[Diary entry: 29 January 1772] (Washington Papers)
29. With much difficulty rid as far as the Mill the Snow being up to the breast of a Tall Horse everywhere.
520[Diary entry: 13 February 1773] (Washington Papers)
13. Ground hard froze—day Cold. Wind at No. West and fresh.
521[Diary entry: 10 June 1773] (Washington Papers)
10th. Warm and pleasant with some Clouds.
522[Diary entry: 28 September 1773] (Washington Papers)
28. Again Dined at the Govrs. and went to the Play & Ball in the Evening. Tuesday’s race was for the Jockey Club purse of 100 guineas, limited to horses of club members. The play was given by the American Company, which played through September in Annapolis. The ball was announced in the newspaper: “Assemblies as usual, on Tuesday and Friday” ( Md. Gaz. , 9 Sept. 1773).
523[Diary entry: 19 January 1772] (Washington Papers)
19. Soft and giving Morning without any Wind. The Afternoon Raining with but little wind which contd. through the Night.
524[Diary entry: 16 May 1772] (Washington Papers)
16. Went to Mr. Barnes’s on Business of Mrs. Barnes & returnd to Dinner. Captn. McCarty went away after breakfast.
525[Diary entry: 3 March 1773] (Washington Papers)
3. Breakfasted at Port Royal, & Supped and Lodged at Todds Bridge. In Port Royal, GW patronized the tavern run by William Buckner ( General Ledger B General Ledger B, 1772–1793. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. , folio 82; CAMPBELL [1] Thomas Elliott Campbell. Colonial Caroline: A History of Caroline County, Virginia . Richmond, 1954. , 219, 413).
526[Diary entry: 18 September 1773] (Washington Papers)
18. Again Foggy; & somewhat Cloudy. Day very close & Warm.
527[Diary entry: 6 May 1772] (Washington Papers)
6. Wind very fresh from the Southward with Clouds & a little Rain in the Morning.
528[Diary entry: 26 May 1780] (Washington Papers)
26th. Wind fresh from the Westwd. Very warm—dusty & dry—Also hazy with appearances of Rain but none fell.
529[Diary entry: 23 January 1772] (Washington Papers)
23. Soft Morning and a White frost. Weather exceeding pleasant as it continued to be through the day without Wind & clear Sky.
530[Diary entry: 20 May 1772] (Washington Papers)
20. Colo. Blackburn & the Compa. with him went away after Breakfast. I sat to have my Picture drawn. On 21 May, GW wrote to Jonathan Boucher : “Inclinations having yielded to Importunity, I am now contrary to all expectations under the hands of Mr. Peale; but in so grave—so sullen a mood—and now and then under the influence of Morpheus, when some critical strokes are making, that I fancy the...
531[Diary entry: 29 May 1775] (Washington Papers)
29. Warm with some appearances of Rain but none fell.
532[Diary entry: 22 September 1773] (Washington Papers)
22d. Warm—Wind blowing pretty fresh from the So. West.
533[August 1781] (Washington Papers)
1st. By this date all my Boats were ready—viz.—One hundred New ones at Albany (constructed under the direction of Genel. Schuyler) and the like number at Wappings Creek by the Qr. Mr. Genl.; besides old ones which have been repaired. My heavy ordnance & Stores from the Eastward had also come on to the North Rivr. and every thing would have been in perfect readiness to commense the operation...
534[Diary entry: 10 May 1772] (Washington Papers)
10. Cool, Wind being pretty fresh from the Northwest.
535[Diary entry: 25 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
25. Still Warm, but Cloudy with Rain at Night and the Wind Easterly.
536[Diary entry: 30 May 1780] (Washington Papers)
30th. Warm with appearances of Rain but none fell here but little wind & that at So. or So. West.
537[Diary entry: 19 June 1775] (Washington Papers)
19. Dined at Colo. Rieds. Spent the Evening at Mr. Lynch’s. Thomas Lynch, Sr. (1727–1776), a South Carolina planter, was a member of the Continental Congress 1774–76. He had served for many years in the South Carolina legislature and was a member of the Stamp Act Congress in 1765. Silas Deane, a Massachusetts delegate for Congress, wrote that Lynch was “plain, sensible, above ceremony, and...
538[Diary entry: 3 February 1772] (Washington Papers)
3. At home all day alone.
539[Diary entry: 18 August 1772] (Washington Papers)
18. In Town all day and Night. Din’d & Supd at Arrells.
540[Diary entry: 9 January 1771] (Washington Papers)
9. Rid to the Mill in the forenoon and Afternoon.