[Diary entry: 27 November 1799]

27. Morning clear—Wind Southerly and Mer. at 30. Wind, and appearances of Clouds afterwards, variable. Mer. 34 at Night. Doctr. Craik who was sent for to Mrs. Lewis (& who was delivered of a daughter abt. [ ] oclock in the forenoon) came to Breakfast & stayed [to] dinner. Mr. Dublois dined here, and both went away afterwards.

Eleanor Parke (Nelly) Custis Lewis’s daughter was named Frances Parke Lewis (d. 1875). dublois: probably Lewis Deblois.

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Title: [Diary entry: 27 November 1799]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 27 November 1799

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 27 November 1799],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-06-02-0008-0011-0027. [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. 377.]