9111[Diary entry: 10 February 1770] (Washington Papers)
10. Jacky Custis returnd to Mr. Bouchers to School. Mr. Ballendine and myself leveled Doeg Run in ordr. to fix on a Mill seat. Returnd to Dinr. wt. the Doctr. Jacky’s departure had been delayed for several weeks, first by the freezing over of the fords between Mount Vernon and Caroline County, then by the heavy snowfall of 4 Feb. ( GW to Jonathan Boucher, 3–10 Feb. 1770 , NN ). He took 10s. in...
9112[Diary entry: 10 February 1770] (Washington Papers)
10. Heavy damp Morning, with little or no wind, Evening clear and pleast.
9113[Diary entry: 11 February 1770] (Washington Papers)
11. The Doctr. still here. Mr. Ballendine went away early in the Morng. At home all day.
9114[Diary entry: 11 February 1770] (Washington Papers)
11. Still, Mild and pleasant with Clouds.
9115The Colonist’s Advocate: IX, 12 February 1770 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The Public Advertiser , February 12, 1770 The Grenvillians labour to persuade us, that there is an Inconsistency in the Colonists refusing to submit to British Taxation, at the same Time that they acknowledge themselves obliged to obey the Laws of the Mother-Country. The Enemies of the Colonists must be very shallow Politicians, if they be really and sincerely at a Loss to...
9116From Benjamin Franklin to Nevil Maskelyne, 12 February 1770 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : the Royal Society I have just received a Letter from Mr. Winthrop, dated Dec. 7. containing the following Account, viz. “On Thursday the 9th of November, I had an Opportunity of observing a Transit of Mercury. I had carefully adjusted my Clock, to the apparent Time, by correspondent Altitudes of the Sun, taken with the Quadrant for several Days before; and with the same Reflecting...
9117[Diary entry: 12 February 1770] (Washington Papers)
12. At home all day with the Doctr.
9118[Diary entry: 12 February 1770] (Washington Papers)
12. Wind at No. East and slow rain all day which Increasd in the Evening.
9119[Diary entry: 13 February 1770] (Washington Papers)
13. At home all day with the Doctr. Mr. Fairfax came in the Afternoon.
9120[Diary entry: 13 February 1770] (Washington Papers)
13. Rain in the Morning with the Wind abt. So. West. Cloudy & sometimes misty.