2491[Diary entry: 8 June 1772] (Washington Papers)
8. Warm in the forepart of the day, but cool afterwds.
2492[Diary entry: 7 June 1772] (Washington Papers)
7. Went to Pohick Church and Return’d to Dinner. J[ohn] P[arke] C[ustis] came.
2493[Diary entry: 7 June 1772] (Washington Papers)
7. Clear and grown warmer with the Wind Southerly.
2494[Diary entry: 6 June 1772] (Washington Papers)
6. At home all day. Posey & Mr. Robt. Alexander dined here. The latter went away afterwds.
2495[Diary entry: 6 June 1772] (Washington Papers)
6. Very Cloudy & Misting, now & then all day, from the Eastward from whence the Wind blew fresh & Cool. No Rain.
2496[Diary entry: 5 June 1772] (Washington Papers)
5. Met the Vestry at our New Church & came home in the Afternoon where I found Captn. Posey—who had been since I w[en]t. The vestrymen today dealt with matters relating to the building of the new church. George Mason, who was overseeing the construction, was directed to have three flights of stone steps put at the front door instead of the one flight previously specified. The churchwardens,...
2497[Diary entry: 5 June 1772] (Washington Papers)
5. Very Cold in the Morning & Cool all day, with the Wind high from the same point.
2498[Diary entry: 4 June 1772] (Washington Papers)
4. Set of on my return home. Dined at the Widow Evans’s & lodged at Mr. Edward Paynes. Two widows named Evans lived in Loudoun County about this time: Mary Evans (died c.1789), widow of John Evans (d. 1770), and Sarah Evans, widow of Price Evans (d. 1770), formerly of Pennsylvania ( KING [6] J. Estelle Stewart King, comp. Abstracts of Wills, Inventories, and Administration Accounts of Loudoun...
2499[Diary entry: 4 June 1772] (Washington Papers)
4. Flying Clouds, with the Wind very fresh & Cool from the Eastward.
2500[Diary entry: 3 June 1772] (Washington Papers)
3. Stayed at Mr. Washingtons all day.
2501[Diary entry: 3 June 1772] (Washington Papers)
3. Misting & Raining more or less all day (in Frederick) with the Wind fresh & Cool from the Eastward.
2502[Diary entry: 2 June 1772] (Washington Papers)
2. Went to Run off the Land Captn. Kennedy lives on also my smaller Tract by Mr. Keiths. Accomplished the former but not the latter. Got to Mr. Wr. Washingtons to Dinnr. & met my Br. Jno. & Wife there.
2503[Diary entry: 2 June 1772] (Washington Papers)
2. Very hot and Sultry in the forenoon, with a good deal of Rain & Wind in the afternoon (in Frederick) but not much at Mt. Vernon.
2504From George Washington to Hugh Stephenson, 2 June 1772 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Hugh Stephenson, 2 June 1772. On 12 Sept. Stephenson wrote to GW : “I Receved yours of 2d of June.”
2505[Diary entry: 1 June 1772] (Washington Papers)
June 1st. Went with Mr. Wr. Washington & Mr. Willis to my Brother Saml. where we dined and stayed all Night.
2506[Diary entry: 1 June 1772] (Washington Papers)
June 1st. But little Wind. Weather very hot & Sultry, with appearances (only) of Rain.
2507[May 1772] (Washington Papers)
May 1st. Went a Hunting with Mr. Jno. Custis. Found nothing. Returnd to Dinner. 2. At home all day. Mr. Foxcraft Mr. Hoops and Mr. Ramsay came here to Dinner and stayd all Night. Two of GW’s visitors were from the postal service. After 1764 British America was divided between a southern postal district, from the Carolinas to the West Indies, and a northern postal district, from Virginia to...
2508Acct. of the Weather in May [1772] (Washington Papers)
May 1st. Very Smoaky and a little lowering with but little Wind and tolerably Warm. 2. Very smoaky and hazy all day—warm in the Afternoon and perfectly Calm. 3. A little Rain, with the Wind fresh from the No. East in the Morning and very cool—clear afterwards. 4. Tolerably calm in the Morning but Windy and cool afterwards with Rain in the Afternoon & Night. 5. Tolerably calm and pleast. wind...
2509Cash Accounts, May 1772 (Washington Papers)
Cash May 1— To Ditto [cash] receivd for Ditto [Fish] £ 0.18.0 11— To Ditto for Fish 3 M Herrings 0. 9.0 To Ditto for Eight thousand Salt Herrings 4. 8.0 12— To Cash receivd of Mr Willm Triplet 3. 1.9 16— To Ditto of Mr Hectr Ross for J[ohn] Washington—Suffolk 20. 0.0 To Ditto of Lund Washington for Corn sold 27. 1.0 To Ditto of Do on acct of Do from B[utle]r Ashford
2510[Diary entry: 31 May 1772] (Washington Papers)
31. At Mr. Washingtons all day.
2511[Diary entry: 31 May 1772] (Washington Papers)
31. Very Warm again with Rain abt. 2 Oclock.
2512[Diary entry: 30 May 1772] (Washington Papers)
30. Set out early. Viewd some Land belonging to Jesse Ball & one Kinner. Stopd a little while among my Tenants under the Ridge. Dined at Snickers’s and lodged at Mr. Warnr. Washingtons.
2513[Diary entry: 30 May 1772] (Washington Papers)
30. Very warm with Thunder and Rain. (Fred[eric]k).
2514[Diary entry: 29 May 1772] (Washington Papers)
29. Went up to Mr. Robt. Ashbys dined and lodged there. After dinner went to view some more of Mr. Fairfaxs Land on Goose Ck. & Chattens R. GW took a 600–acre tract on Chattins Run as his compensation from Bryan Fairfax. Located in Fauquier County near Rectorstown, this land had been inherited by Fairfax from his younger brother William, a lieutenant in the British army who died at Quebec in...
2515[Diary entry: 29 May 1772] (Washington Papers)
29. Warm in the forenoon with Clouds and appearances of Rain in the Afternoon but none fell.
2516[Diary entry: 28 May 1772] (Washington Papers)
28. Surveyed one of Mr. Fairfax’s Tracts on Little Rivr. Dined at one Jon. Jacksons a Tenant of his and loged again at Mr. Chs. Wests. Charles West today signed an agreement to sell GW 484 acres of land on Dogue Creek for 25s. an acre, a total price of £605 ( NjMoHP ; General Ledger B General Ledger B, 1772–1793. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. ,...
2517[Diary entry: 28 May 1772] (Washington Papers)
28. Much such a day as yesterday, with but little Wind.
2518[Diary entry: 27 May 1772] (Washington Papers)
27. Set out with Mr. Bryan Fairfax to view some of his Lands on Goose Creek and Little River. Lodged at Mr. Charles Wests. GW was inspecting Fairfax’s lands in Loudoun and Fauquier counties in order to choose a tract as compensation for the £150 that he had previously paid on Fairfax’s account (see “Remarks” entry for 8 Jan. 1772 ).
2519[Diary entry: 27 May 1772] (Washington Papers)
27. Pleasant but rather warm.
2520[Diary entry: 26 May 1772] (Washington Papers)
26. At Leesburg all day.