61[Diary entry: 28 January 1771] (Washington Papers)
28. Hard frost Wind Northwardly clear and Cold.
62[Diary entry: 29 January 1771] (Washington Papers)
29. Very hard frost Afternoon lowering Cold and like for Snow.
63[Diary entry: 30 January 1771] (Washington Papers)
30. A Great quantity of Rain fell last Night—a good deal the forepart of the day. Afternoon misting and tolerably warm.
64[Diary entry: 31 January 1771] (Washington Papers)
31. Morning calm, clear, warm and pleasant but the Afternn. Cloudy cold and Windy from the No. West.
65[February 1771] (Washington Papers)
Feby. 1st. At the Mill in the forenoon and afternoon. Doctr. Rumney came here before Dinner & stayd all Night. 2. At the Mill and where my People was at Work on the Race in the forenoon & afternoon. Mr. Rutherford & Price Posey came here in the Evening. Robert Rutherford (1728–1803) was a prominent landowner and burgess from Frederick County. During the French and Indian War he had served for...
66[Diary entry: 1 February 1771] (Washington Papers)
Feby. 1st. At the Mill in the forenoon and afternoon. Doctr. Rumney came here before Dinner & stayd all Night.
67[Diary entry: 2 February 1771] (Washington Papers)
2. At the Mill and where my People was at Work on the Race in the forenoon & afternoon. Mr. Rutherford & Price Posey came here in the Evening. Robert Rutherford (1728–1803) was a prominent landowner and burgess from Frederick County. During the French and Indian War he had served for a time as a deputy commissary for the Virginia Regiment and in the fall of 1757, on the recommendation of GW,...
68[Diary entry: 3 February 1771] (Washington Papers)
3. Val. Crawford came this Afternoon & Price Posey went away in the Morng. Young Posey was going to Annapolis and apparently carried a letter from GW to Jonathan Boucher , in which GW asked the tutor on behalf of Mrs. Washington to buy two ounces of ether for Patsy Custis, “if such a thing is to be had in Annapolis,” and to send it by Price Posey on his return to Virginia (3 Feb. 1771, CSmH )....
69[Diary entry: 4 February 1771] (Washington Papers)
4. Mr. Rutherford Went away After breakfast. I rid to my Mill &ca. Docter Rumney came to Dinner & Doctr. Craik in the Afternoon. Both stayd all Night.
70[Diary entry: 5 February 1771] (Washington Papers)
5. The Gentlemen all went away. I rid to my Mill in the forenoon & Afternoon.
71[Diary entry: 6 February 1771] (Washington Papers)
6. Rid to my Mill by the Ferry in the forenoon, & afternoon. Price Posey came here this Evening. the ferry : Capt. John Posey’s ferry which GW had begun to rent 23 April 1770.
72[Diary entry: 7 February 1771] (Washington Papers)
7. Price Posey went away. I rid to the Mill, & Dam at the head of the Race in the forenoon & Afternoon.
73[Diary entry: 8 February 1771] (Washington Papers)
8. Rid to my Mill & Tumbling Dam in the Forenoon & Afternoon. Doctr. Rumney dind here & went away afterwds. GW today paid the millwright John Ball the balance of his account, £66 4s. 3d., plus a bonus of 5 guineas. Ball’s total bill, the other part of which had been advanced in installments during August and December, amounted to £101 2s. 6d., including £31 2s. 6d. for the wages of Ball and...
74[Diary entry: 9 February 1771] (Washington Papers)
9. Attempted to go a hunting, but prevented by Rain. Rid to the Mill in the fore and Afternoon.
75[Diary entry: 10 February 1771] (Washington Papers)
10. At home all day. Mr. Val. Crawford came to Dinner.
76[Diary entry: 11 February 1771] (Washington Papers)
11. Rid by my Mill and Dam at the head of the Race on my way to an Arbitration between John Graham and the Estate of Allan Macrae decd. For the Graham-Macrae arbitration, see the main entry for 19 Dec. 1770 .
77[Diary entry: 12 February 1771] (Washington Papers)
12. At Colchester on the said Arbitration.
78[Diary entry: 13 February 1771] (Washington Papers)
13. Ditto—at Ditto—on Ditto.
79[Diary entry: 14 February 1771] (Washington Papers)
14. Ditto—at Ditto—on Ditto.
80[Diary entry: 15 February 1771] (Washington Papers)
15. Ditto—at Ditto—on Ditto—in Company with Colo. Mason & Colo. T. Lee the other Arbitrators—Mr. T. Mason & Mr. Mercer the Attorneys. Thomas Ludwell Lee (1730–1778), of Stafford County, one of the sons of Thomas and Hannah Ludwell Lee of Stratford Hall, lived at Belleview plantation on the south side of Potomac Creek, near the Stafford County court house ( FITHIAN Hunter Dickinson Farish, ed....
81[Diary entry: 16 February 1771] (Washington Papers)
16. Still at Colchester upon the same business and in the same Company till 8 Oclock at Night.
82[Diary entry: 17 February 1771] (Washington Papers)
17. Returnd home to Breakfast by my Mill Damn. Found my Brother Charles & one Mr. Thompson here who came on Friday last. Mr. Thompson is probably William Thompson (d. 1793), of Stafford County, son of Rev. John Thompson (d. 1772) of St. Mark’s Parish, Culpeper County. He was a student at the College of William and Mary 1762–63 and married Sarah Carter, daughter of Col. Charles Carter of Cleve,...
83[Diary entry: 18 February 1771] (Washington Papers)
18. Those two Gentlemen went a Gunning & I rid to my Mill in the forenoon.
84[Diary entry: 19 February 1771] (Washington Papers)
19. They went a Ducking and I again Rid to my Mill in the forenoon.
85[Diary entry: 20 February 1771] (Washington Papers)
20. Rid to my Mill. Colo. Thos. Lee came here to Dinner. My Bro. & Mr. Thompson a Ducking.
86[Diary entry: 21 February 1771] (Washington Papers)
21. At home all day. Colo. Lee still here. The other Gentn. went a Ducking.
87[Diary entry: 22 February 1771] (Washington Papers)
22. Rid to my Mill in the forenoon. All the Gentlemen went away after Breakfast. Doctr. Rumney came in the Afternoon and stayed all Night.
88[Diary entry: 23 February 1771] (Washington Papers)
23. I rid to the Mill before breakfast and returnd to Dinner. Doctor Rumney went away after breakfast. On the following day Rumney charged a package of valerian and “a vial of drops” to Patsy Custis’s account (receipt from William Rumney, 24 June 1772, ViHi : Custis Papers).
89[Diary entry: 24 February 1771] (Washington Papers)
24. At Home all day—alone
90[Diary entry: 25 February 1771] (Washington Papers)
25. Rid to the Mill in the forenoon and Afternoon. Colo. Robt. Fairfax made a Morning Visit here.