[Diary entry: 29 March 1762]

29. Engagd my Ferriage at Fredksburg. by the Year of Mr. Jas. Hunter.

James Hunter, Jr. (1746–1788), inherited this Rappahannock River ferry from his father, William, who died in 1754. Since James Jr. was still a minor in 1762, GW must have dealt with his older cousin and guardian, James Hunter, Sr. (d. 1785), a major merchant, planter, and iron manufacturer then of King George County.

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Title: [Diary entry: 29 March 1762]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 29 March 1762

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 29 March 1762],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-01-02-0007-0003-0008. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 1, 11 March 1748 – 13 November 1765, ed. Donald Jackson. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1976, p. 296.]