7051[Diary entry: 6 May 1768] (Washington Papers)
6. Rid to the Plantations near Williamsburg & dined at Mr. Valentines. Joseph Valentine (d. 1771), who was in charge of all the Custis estates when GW married Martha Dandridge Custis in 1759, stayed on as the “Common Steward” for both John Parke Custis’s inherited portion and GW’s dower portion of the Custis plantations ( GW to Robert Cary, 24 Oct. 1760 , CSmH ).
7052[Diary entry: 6 May 1768] (Washington Papers)
6. Rain in the Morning. Warm afterwards with Clouds.
7053[Diary entry: 7 May 1768] (Washington Papers)
7. Came up to Colo. Bassetts to Dinner.
7054[Diary entry: 7 May 1768] (Washington Papers)
7. Cool Wind Northwardly.
7055To Benjamin Franklin from Jean-Baptiste LeRoy, [before 21 September 1768] (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society J’ai oublié Monsieur, dans la lettre que j’ai donnée a M. L’abbe Taglieri, pour vous, de vous demander une grace; c’est de me faire le plaisir de m’envoyer par la première occasion, que vous pourrez trouver, une petite provision de feuilles d’apalachine , dont j’ai mis un echantillon dans ce petit pacquet. C’est pour une de mes parentes, qui, sachant que...
7056The English Editor to the Reader [of John Dickinson’s Letters from a Farmer], 8 May 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Draft: American Philosophical Society On December 2, 1767, The Pennsylvania Chronicle published the first of a series of letters, signed “A Farmer,” that continued to appear weekly through the issue of February 15, 1768. The letters immediately attracted wide attention in the colonies and, before long, in England and on the Continent; the author remained anonymous for only a short time, and...
7057To Benjamin Franklin from Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg, 8 May 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society This is apparently the earliest surviving letter in a correspondence which, as the wording makes clear, had been going on for some time. Out of it was evolving a friendship that with the years grew in significance for both men. Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg (1709–79) had interests as broad as Franklin’s own and, like him, engaged in a range of activities that was...
7058[Diary entry: 8 May 1768] (Washington Papers)
8. Went to Church & returnd to Dinner. GW probably joined the Bassetts in worship at Warrenray Church, a few miles from Eltham. Warrenray was the upper church of Blisland Parish, serving the eastern part of New Kent County. Col. Burwell Bassett was for many years one of the most active vestrymen of the parish; in 1768 he was joined on the vestry by Bartholomew Dandridge, younger brother of...
7059[Diary entry: 8 May 1768] (Washington Papers)
8. Less Cool than yesterday but not warm.
7060[Diary entry: 9 May 1768] (Washington Papers)
9. Went a Fox hunting and catched a Fox after 35 Minutes chace; returnd to Dinner & found the Attorney his Lady & daughter there. John Randolph (c.1728–1784), of Williamsburg, succeeded his older brother Peyton Randolph as attorney general of Virginia in 1766. John married Ariana Jennings (1730–1801) of Maryland, who bore him a son, Edmund, and two daughters, Susanna and Ariana. Like GW, John...