George Washington Papers

[Diary entry: 6 December 1771]

6. At home alone all day. In the afternoon Mr. Phil. Pendleton came.

The purpose of Pendleton’s visit was to get the contract for the land that GW had agreed to sell him on 6 June. GW signed it on the following day, witnessed by Lund Washington, Valentine Crawford, and Jacky Custis (CtMMCH).

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