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183491December [1798] (Washington Papers)
1. Dined with Mr. Rawle. 2. Ditto with Bingham. From hence until my leaving the City on the 13. I dined at my lodgings. 14. After dinner set out on my journey home. Reached Chester. 15. Breakfasted at Wilmington bated at Christiana and dined and lodged at Elkton. 16. Set out after a very early breakfast; and was detained at Susquehanna from 10 Oclock until the next morning, partly by Ice and...
183492[Diary entry: 15 December 1769] (Washington Papers)
15. Still cold but more moderate than yesterday. The Afternoon lowering & exceeding like for Snow.
M r . Jay says that when he accepted the Bills hereunto annexed, he had good reason to expect to be supplied with the funds necessary to pay them; That he has been disappointed in the Expectations he was encouraged to entertain on this Subject, and that his Endeavors to obtain Monies for the purpose both here and elsewhere, have been unsuccessful, although the Bills which remain to be paid by...
1834941777. Feb. 8. Saturday. (Adams Papers)
Dined at the Presidents, with Mr. Lux, Messrs. Samuel and Robert Purveyance, Capt. Nicholson of the Maryland Frigate, Coll. Harrison, Wilson, Mr. Hall—upon New England Salt fish. The Weather was rainy, and the Streets the muddiest I ever saw.—This is the dirtyest Place in the World—our Salem, and Portsmouth are neat in Comparison. The Inhabitants, however, are excusable because they had...
Willis’s mountain . Long. W. from Greenwich . 78°–49′–31″ observations with Borda ’s circle. Dec. 8. 1816     Dec. 9. 1816.     °  ′   ″  1816. Dec. 8.  ½ observed alt. ⊙ 29–49–30  
183496General Orders, 31 January 1780 (Washington Papers)
The General observes with great concern that too many officers are daily absent from camp by which the discipline of their respective corps must necessarily be much neglected and many disorders ensue—To this is, in a great measure, to be attributed the shocking spirit of licentiousness now prevailing among the soldiery—The late capture of some officers on the lines who were not there on duty...
Be it enacted by the General Assembly, that the Aldermen of every county wherein such provision, as is herein after required for setting the poor of the county to work, shall not have been made, shall, so soon as conveniently may be, purchase the inheritance, or procure a lease, of one hundred acres of land, or any less quantity that is sufficient for the purpose intended, in the county, and...
183498[Diary entry: 13 April 1772] (Washington Papers)
13. Clear and Warm in the forenoon—but very windy in the Afternoon.
Memorandum of Agreement for Liberation of British prisoners of War—agreed upon between the Minister at War & the Commander in Chief 19th Aprl 1783 Orders to be given as soon as possible for their Liberation—& to commence thier March. Sir Guy Carleton to be informed that it is at his Option whether they march all the Way thro the Country—or be conveyed partly by Water—Those of Frederick Town &...
183500[Diary entry: 6 October 1770] (Washington Papers)
6. Fed our Horses on the Top of the Ridge at one Codleys & arrivd at my Brother Samls. on Worthingtons Marsh a little after they had dind the distance being about 30 Miles. From hence I dispatchd a Messenger to Colo. Stephens apprising him of my arrival and Intended Journey. Samuel Worthington, a Quaker, had settled as early as 1730 on a crown grant of some 3,000 acres northwest of present-day...