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[Diary entry: 19 August 1771]

19. Went up to Alexandria to Court, & returnd in the Evening, home.

The court met 19–23 Aug. GW was not recorded as being officially present today, but his name is among the justices who attended on 20, 21, and 23 Aug. (Fairfax County Order Book for 1770–72, 231–74, Vi Microfilm).

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    [Diary entry: 19 August 1771]
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    Washington, George
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    19 August 1771

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    “[Diary entry: 19 August 1771],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-03-02-0001-0019-0019. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 3, 1 January 1771–5 November 1781, ed. Donald Jackson. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1978, p. 46.]