6821[Diary entry: 26 February 1768] (Washington Papers)
26. Dull morng. Wind at So. Wt. and cool. Clear Noon & Muddy Sky in the Afternn.
6822[Diary entry: 26 February 1768] (Washington Papers)
26. Began to deliver my Wheat to Mr. Kirk. Carpenters not having quite finishd the Overseers Ho[use] at Muddy hole for want of some Plank went abt. a Corn Ho. there. Much abt. this time a Hound Bitch Mopsey of Mr. R. Alexanders (now with me) was proud, & shut up chiefly with a black dog Taster who lind her several times as did Tipler once, that is known of. The little Bitch Cloe in the House...
6823[Diary entry: 27 February 1768] (Washington Papers)
27. Went on the Road, clearing between Mt. Vernon, and the Mill. In the Evening Mr. Stedlar came. In 1765 GW hired John Stadler, a local music teacher, for the purpose of “teaching Mrs. Washington & two Childn Musick” ( General Ledger A General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. , folio 231). During the next six years Stadler...
6824[Diary entry: 27 February 1768] (Washington Papers)
27. Showery all day (misty Showers) & still.
6825From Benjamin Franklin to Lord Kames, 28 February 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Abercairny Collection, Scottish Record Office, Edinburgh It gave me great Pleasure to see my dear good Friend’s Name at the Foot of a Letter I received the other day, having been often uneasy at his long Silence, blaming myself as the Cause by my own previous Backwardness and Want of Punctuality as a Correspondent. I now suppose (as in this he mentions nothing of it) that a long Letter I...
6826[Diary entry: 28 February 1768] (Washington Papers)
28. In the Afternoon went up to Mr. Robt. Alexanders in order to meet Mr. B. Fairfax & others a fox Huntg. None came this day but Captn. Posey. Robert Alexander lived just north of Four Mile Run. He had inherited the house and 904 acres of land from his father, Gerard Alexander (will of Gerard Alexander, 9 Aug. 1760, Fairfax County Wills, Book B–1, 327–29, Vi Microfilm).
6827[Diary entry: 28 February 1768] (Washington Papers)
28. Misty Showers with intervening Sun. Wind Southwardly & fresh.
6828[Diary entry: 29 February 1768] (Washington Papers)
29. At Mr. Alexanders all day with his Phil & Captn. Posey—it raining. phil : probably Robert Alexander’s younger brother Philip Alexander (d. 1790), whose home was just north of Alexandria.
6829[Diary entry: 29 February 1768] (Washington Papers)
29. Constant Rain from abt. 7 Oclock till three—then Snow with variable Wind from So. Wt. to No. Et. Westwardly.
6830Adams’ Minutes of the Argument: Suffolk Superior Court, Boston, March 1768 (Adams Papers)
Covenant Broken. Plea. Special Demurrer. 1. 2. 3. 4. Joinder in Demurrer. Auchmuty. 2 Breaches assigned in Declaration by Plaintiff. 1. 2. not indemnifying. Plea is that Plaintiff was not damnifyd by any Demand from Trecothick & Thomlinson. The 3 first Reasons in the Special Demurrer, are to the same Point. —Tro. Holts Reports. Page 206. Annersley vs. Cutter. 2nd. Exception is that he did fit...