George Washington Papers

[Diary entry: 17 August 1799]

17. A Slow, & moderate rain for an hour or more fell About Middle of last night—but not sufft. to wet the grd. more than an Inch or two. This morning a little cloudy. Mer. at 70—& 68 at Night. Clouds at day & wind fresh from No. West & cool.

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    [Diary entry: 17 August 1799]
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    Washington, George
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    17 August 1799

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    “[Diary entry: 17 August 1799],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-06-02-0008-0008-0017. [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. 361.]