1[Diary entry: 23 July 1770] (Washington Papers)
23. Miss Massey went away, and in the Evening Mr. Boucher, Majr. Taylor and Jackey Custis came here. Boucher was now moving from Caroline County to Annapolis, where Jacky, as had been agreed, was going also to continue his studies under Boucher’s direction. Major Taylor may be James Taylor (1732–1814), Caroline County sheriff and militia officer ( grinnan “James Taylor.” Virginia Magazine of...
2[Diary entry: 23 July 1770] (Washington Papers)
23. Again appearances of Rain to the Westward with only a sprinkle here.
3[Diary entry: 23 July 1770] (Washington Papers)
23. Began to Cut my Meadw. at the Mill.
4From James Madison to James Madison, Sr., 23 July 1770 (Madison Papers)
I reciev’d yours dated June 4th. & have applied to Mr. Hoops as you directed; he says you must suit yourself in paying him, & if you should let him have a bill of Exchange it must be on your own terms: Forty Pounds £40. New Jersey Currency is the Sum I shall have of him before I get home. my frugality has not been able to keep it below that, consistant with my staying here to the best...
5From Thomas Jefferson to Peyton Randolph, 23 July 1770 (Jefferson Papers)
I am to beg the favor of your friendly interposition in the following case, which I hope you will think sufficient to excuse the freedom of the application. Sometime last fall Mr. Jas. Ogilvie proposing to go to Britain for orders made the usual application to the commissary for his recommendatory letter to the bishop. The commissary finding him somewhat deficient in his Greek expressed some...