George Washington Papers

[Diary entry: 1 January 1799]

Jany. 1. Raining Slowly until the Afternoon when it cleared. Wind southerly. Mer. 38. Ih.

Diary entries for 1–21 Jan. 1799 are from a diary page at PHi: Gratz Collection. The first part of this section of the diary has a number of cryptic abbreviations in GW’s handwriting, some of which appear to have been added at a later date. See editorial note to the 1795 diary.

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    [Diary entry: 1 January 1799]
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    Washington, George
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    1 January 1799

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    “[Diary entry: 1 January 1799],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-06-02-0008-0001-0001. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 6, 1 January 1790 – 13 December 1799, ed. Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1979, p. 330.]