61From George Washington to William Preston, 27 March 1775 (Washington Papers)
Your favours of the 27th and 31st of Jany were both deliverd to me at this place—the first Inclosing a Copy of the Survey at the Mouth of Coal River, and the Second an acct of the Expence of doing it. By Colo. Christian I send £3.6.8 for your Fee, & £2.10.0 for Capt. Floyd. It was impossible for me, with any sort of propriety to judge the value of Captn Floyds extra:Services; & being told that...
62[Diary entry: 26 March 1775] (Washington Papers)
26. Stay’d at Wilton all day.
63[Diary entry: 26 March 1775] (Washington Papers)
26. Wind Easterly with Misting Rain all day.
64[Diary entry: 25 March 1775] (Washington Papers)
25. Returnd to the Convention in Richmond. Dined at Galts & went to Mrs. Randolphs of Wilton. Today the convention accepted an amended report of the defense committee, which recommended that each county “form one or more voluntier Companies of Infantry and Troops of Horse,” that every infantryman have a rifle or firelock and a tomahawk and “be cloathed in a hunting Shirt by Way of Uniform,”...
65[Diary entry: 25 March 1775] (Washington Papers)
25. Wind Northerly & somewhat Cool but not unpleasant.
66From George Washington to John Augustine Washington, 25 March 1775 (Washington Papers)
Mr Smith deliverd me your Letter of the 16th; but as one is generally in a hurry & bustle in such places, & at such times as these I have only time to acknowledge it, & add that it would have given me pleasure to have met you here —I shall refer you to Mr Smith for an Acct of our proceedings up to this day, & you cannot fail of learning the rest from the Squire, who delights in the Minutiæ of...
67[Diary entry: 24 March 1775] (Washington Papers)
24. Dined at Galts & spent the Evening & lodgd at Mr. Saml. Duvals. The convention decided on this day to send seven delegates to the Second Continental Congress ( VAN SCHREEVEN William J. Van Schreeven et al., eds. Revolutionary Virginia: The Road to Independence. A Documentary Record . 7 vols. Charlottesville, Va., 1973–83. , 2:371). Samuel Du Val (1714–1784) lived near Shockoe Creek at...
68[Diary entry: 24 March 1775] (Washington Papers)
24. Clear & warm in the forenoon—Wind very fresh from the So. West. In the afternoon Wind shifting to the No. West & Cooler.
69[Diary entry: 23 March 1775] (Washington Papers)
23. Dined at Mr. Patrick Cootes & lodgd where I had done the Night before. At this day’s session Patrick Henry proposed resolutions “that this Colony be immediately put into a posture of Defence.” After much debate, in the course of which Henry gave his “liberty or death” speech, the resolutions passed by a close vote. GW was appointed to a committee to “prepare a Plan for embodying, arming...
70[Diary entry: 23 March 1775] (Washington Papers)
23. Cloudy & Chilly—with appearances of Snow—wind being Easterly but none fell. Afternn. clear.
71[Diary entry: 22 March 1775] (Washington Papers)
22. Dined at Galts Tavern & lodgd at a House of his providing. The convention concluded the day’s deliberations by voting unanimous approval to “the proceedings and Resolutions of the American Continental Congress” and unanimous thanks to their seven delegates ( VAN SCHREEVEN William J. Van Schreeven et al., eds. Revolutionary Virginia: The Road to Independence. A Documentary Record . 7 vols....
72[Diary entry: 22 March 1775] (Washington Papers)
22. Cold all day with the Wind fresh from the No. Wt.
73[Diary entry: 21 March 1775] (Washington Papers)
21. Dind at Cooleys Tavern in Richmd. & returnd to Colo. Carys. The convention spent this day’s session hearing reports from their seven delegates to the First Continental Congress and discussing the proceedings of that congress ( VAN SCHREEVEN William J. Van Schreeven et al., eds. Revolutionary Virginia: The Road to Independence. A Documentary Record . 7 vols. Charlottesville, Va., 1973–83. ,...
74[Diary entry: 21 March 1775] (Washington Papers)
21. Very Windy all day from the West, & turnd much Cooler.
75[Diary entry: 20 March 1775] (Washington Papers)
20. Reach’d Richmond abt. 11 Oclock. Dind at Mr. Richd. Adam’s. Went to Col. Archy Carys abt. 7 Miles in the Aftern. The Second Virginia Convention was called to order at the Henrico Parish Church in Richmond, built in the 1740s on Indian Town Hill and set in a yard which in time became bounded by Broad, Grace, Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth streets. In 1772 a north wing was added, and it was...
76[Diary entry: 20 March 1775] (Washington Papers)
20. Lowering and very warm with the Wind fresh from the So. West.
77[Diary entry: 19 March 1775] (Washington Papers)
19. Dined at Roys at the Bolling green and lodged at Hanovr. Court House. Hanover Court House, now Hanover, is 15 miles north of Richmond. In 1781 there was a “very fine and large inn here” ( RICE Howard C. Rice, Jr., and Anne S. K. Brown, eds. The American Campaigns of Rochambeau’s Army, 1780, 1781, 1782, 1783 . 2 vols. Princeton, N.J., 1972. , 2:101).
78[Diary entry: 19 March 1775] (Washington Papers)
19. Clear and very pleasant with but little Wind and Southe[rly].
79[Diary entry: 18 March 1775] (Washington Papers)
18. Clear and pleasant—in Fredericksburg all day.
80[Diary entry: 18 March 1775] (Washington Papers)
18. A White as well as a black frost.
81[Diary entry: 17 March 1775] (Washington Papers)
17. Reachd Fredericksburg first dining at Mr. James Hunters—detaind by Wind. GW’s host was probably James Hunter, Sr. (d. 1785), then of King George County.
82[Diary entry: 17 March 1775] (Washington Papers)
17. A frost & cold—Wind very hard all day from the No. Wt.
83[Diary entry: 16 March 1775] (Washington Papers)
16. Went to Dumfries to review the Independant Company there. Dind & lodged with Mr. Leitch. Spent the Evg. at an Entertt. at Grahams. GW reviewed the Independent Company of Cadets of Prince William County. Andrew Leitch, a merchant of Dumfries, was a member of the Prince William County Committee ( VAN SCHREEVEN William J. Van Schreeven et al., eds. Revolutionary Virginia: The Road to...
84[Diary entry: 16 March 1775] (Washington Papers)
16. Cloudy with Rain now & then through the day. Wind very fresh first from the No. East—then No. West.
85[Diary entry: 15 March 1775] (Washington Papers)
15. Set of for Richmond. Dind in Colchester with Mr. Wagener & lodgd at Colo. Blackburns.
86[Diary entry: 15 March 1775] (Washington Papers)
15. Clear but somewhat Cool. Wind very fresh from the Westward, and No. West.
87[Diary entry: 14 March 1775] (Washington Papers)
14. At home all day. Doctr. Craik came in the Afternn. Cleveland still here.
88[Diary entry: 14 March 1775] (Washington Papers)
14. Misting with Rain now and then through the day. Wind at So. West.
89[Diary entry: 13 March 1775] (Washington Papers)
13. At home all day. Capt. Mc[Car]ty dind here.
90[Diary entry: 13 March 1775] (Washington Papers)
13. Again warm & pleasant but lowering.