2491[Diary entry: 5 June 1771] (Washington Papers)
5. Ditto. Mr. Matthw. Campbell came in the Afternoon & stayed all Night.
2492[Diary entry: 3 August 1771] (Washington Papers)
3. Began to Sow Wheat at the Mill also steepd in Brine with Allum put thereto. This day began to sow the Brined Wheat at Muddy hole. Before this the Wheat was not steepd in Brine at this place. Note—The Brine was made by the direction’s in the Farmers guide, as the common method practiced by Farmers but our Wheat was steepd only 24 hours instead of 35 which he recommends. GW is steeping wheat...
2493[Diary entry: 27 July 1768] (Washington Papers)
27. Wind Westwardly, clear, & somethg. warmer.
2494[Diary entry: 17 March 1769] (Washington Papers)
17. Morning pretty sharp wind having shifted to the No. West in the Night—but the day clear still & pleasant.
2495[Diary entry: 14 June 1769] (Washington Papers)
14. Rid to Muddy hole, Doeg Run, and Mill & from thence went to Belvoir to pay my respects to Lord Fairfax. Dind there & returnd in the Afternoon. S. Carlyle wt. Ho[me].
2496[Diary entry: 22 February 1771] (Washington Papers)
22. Wind still in the same place but not so fresh nor so cold.
2497[Diary entry: 11 September 1769] (Washington Papers)
11. Continued my Journey and reached Chas. Wests Ordinary after baiting under the Ridge at the blacksmiths shop.
2498[Diary entry: 12–13 May 1765] (Washington Papers)
12. 13. } Sowed Hemp at Muddy hole by Swamp. Sowed Do. above the Meadow at Doeg Run.
2499[Diary entry: 31 March 1769] (Washington Papers)
31. Hunting—found a fox & killd him in a hour. This & the last were both Dog Foxes. Mr. Magowan went to Alexandria.
2500[Diary entry: 25 July 1768] (Washington Papers)
25. Finishd the last cut abt. One Oclock this day (Monday) part of wch. was much hurt by the Rust—& cut down the small piece at home & securd it. Note—from the most accurate experiments I coud make this year, upon Wheat siezd with the Rust before it is fully formd & beginning to Harden, it appears to be a matter of very little consequence whether it is cut down so soon as it is siezd with this...
2501[Diary entry: 28 July 1774] (Washington Papers)
28. Set of with Mr. Custis for Williamsburg. Dined at Tylers on Aquia and lodged at Colo. Lewis’s.
2502[Diary entry: 27 March 1769] (Washington Papers)
27. The Hound Bitch Countess brought 7 puppies and was with the Puppies carried away the next day by Alexr.
2503[Diary entry: 25 November 1774] (Washington Papers)
25. Sale continued at the same place where I again lodged. In the margin of his Virginia almanac for this month, GW, apparently as a reminder, noted for 21 Nov. “Mercer’s sale at Wests” and for 24 Nov. “do. at Snicker’s,” but the latter sale seems to have been held at Dawson’s. Edward Snickers had a home where the road from Snickers’s ferry to Winchester crossed Buck Marsh Run, about three...
2504[Diary entry: 4 June 1769] (Washington Papers)
4. Clear and pleasant, being neither cold nor Warm. Wind abt. So. West.
2505[Diary entry: 15 April 1775] (Washington Papers)
15. Very pleasant. Wind what little there was Southerly.
2506[Diary entry: 12 March 1771] (Washington Papers)
12. Left Mr. Washingtons, & crossing at Snickers’s (where I eat an early Dinner) reach’d Leesburg betwn. 4 & 5 Oclock in the Afternoon. Leesburg, founded in 1758, was the county seat of Loudoun County. The English traveler Nicholas Cresswell described the town in 1774 as “regularly laid off in squares, but very indifferently built and few inhabitants and little trade, tho’ very advantageously...
2507[Diary entry: 1 September 1769] (Washington Papers)
Septr. 1. Cloudy forenoon, but clear afterwards & warm. Wind Southwardly.
2508[Diary entry: 31 July 1768] (Washington Papers)
31. Very warm, with Rain flying abt. but none fell with us. Wind fresh from the southward in the Afternoon.
2509[Diary entry: 3 January 1774] (Washington Papers)
3. Mr. Dulany & Mr. Cox went away after Breakfast as also did Mr. Custis to Maryland. Mr. Peale stayed, Captn. Jno. Ashby came in the Afternn. & stayd all Night. Jacky was now in the midst of preparations for his wedding to Nelly Calvert, to be held the following month. On this day GW advanced him £24 “to provide your Wedding Cloaths” ( CUSTIS ACCOUNT BOOK GW’s Accounts Kept for Martha Parke...
2510[Diary entry: 21 March 1769] (Washington Papers)
21. Clear and very warm the first part of the day. Windy the latter part from the Westward & at Night cool wind at No. West.
2511Cash Accounts, November 1773 (Washington Papers)
Cash Novr 4— To Ditto [cash] recd from Peyton Randolph Esqr. for Intt due Mr Custis £ 15.12.6 To ditto recd from Mr Thos Newton of Norfolk by the hands of Mr [James] Hill 228. 0.0 25— To Cash recd from Mr Auge Willis for Mr Francis Willis Junr 60. 0.0 26— To Ditto recd from Colo. Bannister 32.10.0 Contra 3— By my Subscipn to the Society of useful knowledge 0.10.0 6— By cash paid Colo....
2512[Diary entry: 24 October 1771] (Washington Papers)
24. Clear and Cool in the forenoon but Warm afterwards.
2513[Diary entry: 7 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
7. Ditto—Ditto.
2514[Diary entry: 18 July 1774] (Washington Papers)
18. Morning exceeding Warm. Evening Cooler.
2515[Diary entry: 6 October 1768] (Washington Papers)
6. Began getting Ditto in the Neck.
2516[Diary entry: 15 November 1774] (Washington Papers)
15. A little Rain in the Night & lowering in the forenoon. Clear afterwards.
2517[Diary entry: 2 March 1771] (Washington Papers)
2d. Lowering & Cloudy Morning (with the Ground frozen & Wind at No. East)—all the Afternoon Snowing.
2518[Diary entry: 27 February 1768] (Washington Papers)
27. Showery all day (misty Showers) & still.
2519Orderly Book, 4 October 1758 (Washington Papers)
Camp at Reas Town Wednesday Octr 4th 1758 G. O. Parole Falmouth Colo. for to Morrow Colo. Montgomrie. Field Officer for to Morrow Majr Peachy. Adjt for to Morrow 1st Virginia. 1 Capt. 2 Subs. & 50 Men of the Pensylvania Regt to March to morrow as an Escort to Colo. Bouquet. 1 Lt 1 Serjt & 30 Men of the 3d Battalln of Pensylva’s To March to morrow Morning at Guard mounting wth a proportion of...
2520[Diary entry: 24 May 1768] (Washington Papers)
24. Came up to Popes Creek & staid there all day. Pope’s Creek was an addition to the Bridges Creek plantation, the original seat of GW’s family in Virginia. In the 1720s GW’s father, Augustine, built a house on the site lying on the west side of Pope’s Creek about three-quarters of a mile from the Potomac River, and it was there that GW was born. On the death of GW’s father, the plantation...
2521[Diary entry: 17 August 1771] (Washington Papers)
17. Rid by Muddy hole to Doeg Run—from thence to the Mill & so home by the Ferry Plantn.
2522Cash 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
2523[Diary entry: 14 November 1771] (Washington Papers)
14. Rid to the Mill with the Ladies & back again. Mr. Lawson came in the Afternoon.
2524[Diary entry: 8 August 1774] (Washington Papers)
8th. Left Colo. Bassetts. Visited my own Plantn. in King Wm. & Mr. Custis’s in King & Queen. Dind at King Wm. Ct. House & lodged at Tods Bridge.
2525[Diary entry: 5 December 1774] (Washington Papers)
5. Went to Colo. Fairfax’s Sale at Belvoir. Returnd in the Evening alone. A second sale at Belvoir was advertised for this day. It consisted of two rooms of household furniture, kitchen furniture, cattle, plantation utensils, etc. The mansion house and land were also again advertised for lease on this date, as was a small plantation and two fisheries ( Va. Gaz. , P&D, 20 Oct. 1774).
2526[Diary entry: 13 May 1768] (Washington Papers)
13. Wind Northwardly & rather Cool.
2527[Diary entry: 25 March 1774] (Washington Papers)
25. Lowering but no Rain, Wind Southerly.
2528[Diary entry: 11 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
11. Rid to the same places as yesterday & returnd to Dinner.
2529May [1762] (Washington Papers)
3. Mr. Daingerfields Negro Bricklayer Guy came here to work. Three William Daingerfields were living in Virginia in 1762, all of whom GW knew. Col. William Daingerfield (d. 1769), of Greenfield, Essex County, whom GW had visited in 1752 as he was traveling home from Barbados, had a son and a nephew, both named William. The son William Daingerfield (d. 1781), of Coventry and Fredericksburg,...
2530[Diary entry: 22 July 1774] (Washington Papers)
22. Very warm, & clear. Wind Southerly.
2531[Diary entry: 4 November 1771] (Washington Papers)
4. Clear & pleasant not being so cool as yesterday. Wind however in the same place.
2532[Diary entry: 26 December 1768] (Washington Papers)
26. Wind rather to the East of North and Cloudy, but not cold. Frost this Mg.
2533[Diary entry: 14 January 1760] (Washington Papers)
Monday Jany. 14th. The Wind at No. West, and the Morning being clear and cold but otherwise fine we set out—Mr. Seldon obligingly accompanying us a few Miles to prevent any misapprehensions of the Road. We arrivd about 2 Oclock to the Plantation late Colo. Turners but now Inhabited by an Overseer directly opposite to Port Royal (at this place also Mr. Giberne lodges) and here we were...
2534[Diary entry: 28 May 1773] (Washington Papers)
28. Much such a day as yesterday—in all respects.
2535[Diary entry: 21 August 1771] (Washington Papers)
21. At Court all day. In the Evening returnd home.
2536[Diary entry: 7 March 1768] (Washington Papers)
7. Rather better. Doctr. went home after breakfast. Mr. Ramsay staid to Dinner.
2537[Diary entry: 29 May 1768] (Washington Papers)
29. The bitch Chanter brought five Dog Puppies & 3 Bitch Ditto which were named as follow—viz.—Forrester—Sancho—Ringwood—Drunkard—and Sentwell. And Chanter—Singer—& Busy.
2538[Diary entry: 15 April 1774] (Washington Papers)
15. Rid with Mrs. Bassett &ca. to the fishing Landing at Johnson’s. Mr. Digges & his three daughters Teresa Betcy & Jenny dind here. Doctr. Rumney went away.
2539[Diary entry: 1 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
Augt. 1. But little Wind & yet not very warm.
2540[Diary entry: 12 August 1774] (Washington Papers)
12. At home all day. Miss Carlyle & her Sister Nancy came here. Mr. Willis also dind here, & went away afterwds.