13791A Defense of Conduct, 15 February 1738 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , February 15, 1737/8. Dr. Evan Jones, “chymist” at the Golden Paracelsus’ Head in Philadelphia, had a simple-minded apprentice Daniel Rees, who thought he wanted to be a Mason. With several cronies, one a renegade Mason, Jones, thinking to have some agreeable sport, set up a burlesque initiation ceremony, complete with scandalous oath of allegiance to...
13792[Diary entry: 27 August 1772] (Washington Papers)
27. Went with Mrs. Washington and Miss Custis to Mr. William Digges’s and Dind there—only Betcy & Jenny Digges at home. Returnd in the Afternoon. jenny digges : Jane Digges (c.1754–1826) was apparently the youngest of William and Ann Digges’s many children ( BOWIE Effie Gwynn Bowie. Across the Years in Prince George’s County: A Genealogical and Biographical History of Some Prince George’s...
13793[Diary entry: 21 March 1770] (Washington Papers)
21. The Morning was fine, but the Wind and Weather was variable. Afterwards sometimes cloudy & then clear & sometimes calm & then the Wind woud be fresh.
137941774 March 2d. Wednesday. (Adams Papers)
Last evening at Wheelwrights, with Cushing, Pemberton and Swift. Lt. Govr. Oliver, senseless, and dying, the Governor sent for and Olivers Sons. Fluker Flucker has laid in, to be Lieutenant Governor, and has perswaded Hutchinson to write in his favour. This will make a difficulty. C hief J ustice Oliver, and Fluker will interfere. Much said of the Impeachment vs. the C.J.—and upon the Question...
13795[Diary entry: 22 March 1762] (Washington Papers)
22. Began Plowg. and Ditchg. the Meadow at George Ashfords. Also began Sowing & Harrowing in of Oats. Also, grafted Six trees in the Garden. See Memorandum of this on ’tother side the Book.
13796[Diary entry: 18 January 1771] (Washington Papers)
18. Rid to my Mill and the Race above it in the forenoon—at home afterwards.
13797[Diary entry: 8 July 1769] (Washington Papers)
8. Finishd the whole field about one oclock. And began about five Oclock to cut in Muddy hole field.
13798Pennsylvania Assembly: Message to the Governor on Paper Currency, 25 May 1753 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives , 1752–1753 (Philadelphia, 1753), p. 21. On consideration of the report of the committee on paper currency, trade, and population, submitted August 19, 1752 (see above, p. 344), the Assembly on January 18, 1753, sitting as a committee of the whole, unanimously approved three resolutions: “That it is the Opinion of this Committee...
13799[Diary entry: 4 November 1762] (Washington Papers)
4. Killed four hogs from Rivr. sid[e] Quarter. Nett wt . . . 435 lbs.
13800Writ and Pleadings: Middlesex Inferior Court, Cambridge, May 1768 (Adams Papers)
We Command you that without Delay you forthwith cause to be replevied (if she may be found within your precinct) Margaret, otherwise called Peggy, a Molatto woman now in the possession of William Muzzy of Lexington in our county of Middlesex Tanner, any claim of the said William notwithstanding, the said Margaret having found sufficient Security to prosecute her plea in this behalf against the...
13801[September 1769] (Washington Papers)
Septr. 1st. Mrs. Washington, Patcy & myself dined at Mr. Maze’s. 2. Dined at home. Vale. Crawford dined with us. 3. Went to Church in the fore & afternoon and dined with Lord Fairfax. 4. Rid to the Pasture where my Horses were from thence to Mr. Flints & to the Pensylvania line & returnd to Dinnr. with Mr. Allan. 5. Dined at home alone except Mr. Flint. 6. Colo. Robt. Fairfax dined here. 7....
13802[Notes of Debates in the Continental Congress, 17? October 1774.] (Adams Papers)
Proof of Depth of Abilities, and Wickedness of Heart. Precedent. Lords refusal of perpetual Imprisonment. Prerogative to give any Government to a conquered People. Romish Religion. Feudal Government. Union of feudal Law and Romish Superstition. Knights of Malta. Orders of military Monks. Goths and Vandals—overthrew the roman Empire. Danger to us all. An House on fire. From JA ’s loose sheets...
13803[Diary entry: 2 February 1772] (Washington Papers)
2. Perfectly Calm and Mild till the Evening, when their Sprung up a little Wind from the Eastward. A little Snow fell in the Morning, the day cloudy and lowering quite thro’.
13804[Diary entry: 27 February 1769] (Washington Papers)
27. Fox hunting with Colo. G. Fairfax & Mr. Warnr. Washington. Started & killd a Dog fox after havg. him on foot three hours & hard runng. an hour and a Qr. Dined at Colo. Fairfax’s.
13805[Diary entry: 27 December 1771] (Washington Papers)
27. Went a hunting again in the Neck found a Fox and lost it. Dined with others at Mr. Thos. Triplets.
13806[Diary entry: 21 July 1769] (Washington Papers)
21. Thunder in the Morning with the Appearance of a Settled Rain it beging. & contg. moderately for half an hour or more & then cleard. Wind still contg. at So. Wt.
13807[Diary entry: 17 August 1772] (Washington Papers)
17. Still very Warm—in the Afternoon a very fine Rain all around but very little here.
138081774 Fryday [30 September]. (Adams Papers)
Dined at Mr. Jonathan Smiths—Dr. Allison, Mr. Sprout and many other Gentlemen. On this day Congress adopted, in principle, a nonexportation agreement, to go into effect on 10 Sept. 1775. ( JCC Worthington C. Ford and others, eds., Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789, Washington, 1904–1937; 34 vols. , 1:51–52). On the same day JA introduced a series of resolves in support of...
13809[Diary entry: 14 November 1772] (Washington Papers)
14. Dined with Mrs. Ambler & Spent the Evening at the Coffee House. On 23 Jan. 1772 an anonymous advertisement appeared in Purdie and Dixon’s Virginia Gazette , informing the public that “ private lodgings may be had for seven or eight Gentlemen, during the Assembly, at the Coffeehouse, near the Capitol.” This coffeehouse is probably the one “in the main Street” that Mrs. Campbell had briefly...
13810[Diary entry: 8 January 1771] (Washington Papers)
8. A little Cool but clear and tolerably pleasant afterwards.
13811Orders, 26 December 1755 (Washington Papers)
It is Colonel Washingtons Orders, that the Recruiting Officers who arrived in town yesterday do give in a Return immediately of the number of men they have recruited since the 4th instant. They are to be drawn up to-morrow at ten o’clock to be reviewed, and have the Articles of War read to them. A Court of Enquiry to sit immediately to examine whether William Mitcalfe, recruited by Ensign...
13812[Diary entry: 20 April 1771] (Washington Papers)
20. Began to Plant Ditto at Muddy hole.
13813Remarks & Occurs. in May [1770] (Washington Papers)
May 1st. John Harvey went to Ditchg. on my Mill Race at 1/3 pr. Rod. Harvey settled 12 Aug. 1770 for £1 in return for his labor for GW ( General Ledger A General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. , folio 288). 2. The Mason’s went to laying Stone in the walls of the water Pit (dry Stone). Mr. Flemings ship Carpenter finishd his work...
13814Cash Accounts, March 1764 (Washington Papers)
Cash Mar. 18— To Mr Robt Rutherford on Acct Thos Digges £17.10.0 30— To Mr [Charles] Green 5. 0.0 Contra Mar. 2— By Captn McCabes order paid Mr Thos Digges viz. Sterling £5.0.0 50 prCt Excha. on Do 2.10. 7.10.0 4— By Exps. at Leesburg 0.10.0 5— By Edwd Violette to pay Sundries 2. 0.0 By Servants 11/—Sent to Phila. for a pr Lr Breeches 35/—gave Taylor takg Mea[sur]e 1/ 2. 7.0 By Exps. at...
138151774. Wednesday. Novr. 9. (Adams Papers)
Breakfasted at Reeve’s of Sudbury.
13816[Diary entry: 27 October 1770] (Washington Papers)
Saturday 27. Left our Incampment a Quarter before Seven, and after passing the Creek near wch. we lay, & another much the same size & on the same side (West); also an Island abt. 2 Miles in length (but not wide) we came to the Mouth of Muskingham, distant from our Incampment abt. 4 Miles. This River is abt. 150 yards wide at the Mouth; a gentle currant & clear stream runs out of it, & is...
13817[Diary entry: 31 August 1772] (Washington Papers)
31. At home all day alone. In the Evening Mr. Custis came.
13818[Diary entry: 17 February 1769] (Washington Papers)
17. Clear, still, warm, & pleasant. Ground still froze but from the continued frost not slopy.
13819[Diary entry: 14 May 1769] (Washington Papers)
14. At Colo. Lewis’s all day. GW won £1 at cards on this date ( General Ledger A General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. , folio 290).
13820[Diary entry: 25 March 1775] (Washington Papers)
25. Returnd to the Convention in Richmond. Dined at Galts & went to Mrs. Randolphs of Wilton. Today the convention accepted an amended report of the defense committee, which recommended that each county “form one or more voluntier Companies of Infantry and Troops of Horse,” that every infantryman have a rifle or firelock and a tomahawk and “be cloathed in a hunting Shirt by Way of Uniform,”...
13821[Diary entry: 22 January 1771] (Washington Papers)
22. Dined at home and afterwards went to Colcherster with Mr. Ross on my way to Dumfries on the Arbitration between Doctr. Ross & Co. and Mr. Semple. This arbitration, which had been begun in Colchester 27 Aug. 1770, was in GW’s opinion “a very disagreeable” one ( GW to Charles Washington, 25 Jan. 1771 , CSmH ). The arbitrators were obliged to meet in Dumfries for a third session beginning on...
13822[Diary entry: 17 December 1771] (Washington Papers)
17. Very Calm, & tolerable pleast.
13823[Diary entry: 17 July 1769] (Washington Papers)
17. Began my Hay Harvest at Doeg Run Plantation.
13824[Diary entry: 17 August 1772] (Washington Papers)
17. Finishd Sowing the large Cut with Wheat at Muddy hole, 70 Bushls. & began to Sow the Small Field adjoining.
13825[Diary entry: 1 April 1770] (Washington Papers)
Apl. 1. Went to Pohick Church and returnd home to Dinner.
138261774 Fryday. Oct. 21. (Adams Papers)
Dined at the Library Tavern with Messrs. Marcoo’s Markoes and a dozen Gentlemen from the W. Indies and N. Carolina. A fine bowling Green here—fine Turtle, and admirable Wine. On this day Congress approved an “address to the people of Great-Britain” and a “memorial to the inhabitants of the British Colonies”; and Galloway, McKean, JA , and Hooper were named “a committee to revise the minutes of...
13827[Diary entry: 4 November 1772] (Washington Papers)
4. Rather Warmer than Yesterday with some appearances of Rain.
13828Novr. 20th. 1761. Monday. (Adams Papers)
This day removed to my Chamber, and made a Fire. The Forenoon was Spent in Conversation with Zab, in walking to Dr. Turners, and up Pens Hill, and this afternoon in Conversation with Grindal Rawson and Zab at Mrs. Marshes. Yet I have caught several snatches of Reading and Thinking, in Blackstone, Gilbert &c. But I, as usual, expect great Things from this Chamber, and this Winter. This entry...
13829[Diary entry: 31 December 1771] (Washington Papers)
31. Went up to Alexandria at the request of Messrs. Montgomerie Wilson and Steward, to settle with them along with Mr. John (as Exr. of Colo. Thoms. Colvil) for the Maryland Tract of Land which they had Purchasd of Mr. Semple. Staid all Night. John Semple, plagued by many debts and unable to pay off the purchase bond for the Merryland tract that he had bought from Thomas Colvill, had assigned...
13830[Diary entry: 28 May 1774] (Washington Papers)
28. Clear and warm with but little Wind & that Southerly.
13831[Diary entry: 21 August 1772] (Washington Papers)
21. Clear and pleasant again with but little Wind.
13832[October 1765] (Washington Papers)
5. This Week my Carpenters workd 24 days upon the Schooner & John Askew 4 Do. 7. Finish’d gettg. & securing my fodder at Doeg Run. 8. Do.—Do. at Rivr. Plantation—too dry. 10. Finishd pulling Seed Hemp at River Plantation. 12. Finishd pullg. Do. Do. at Doeg Run. Not much, if any, too late for the Seed. This Week my Carpenters workd 22 days upon my Schooner & J. Askew 3 Do. 19. This Week the...
13833[Diary entry: 4 May 1769] (Washington Papers)
4. Clear and pleasant but rather cool.
13834[Diary entry: 15 March 1775] (Washington Papers)
15. Clear but somewhat Cool. Wind very fresh from the Westward, and No. West.
13835[Diary entry: 12 January 1771] (Washington Papers)
12. Clear, Mild, and pleasant in the forenoon but lowering afterwards.
13836[Diary entry: 1 August 1769] (Washington Papers)
Augt. 1st. Set out from Chs. Wests. Dined at Snickers and got to Mr. W[arne]r Washington’s abt. 5 Oclock. Edward Snickers (d. 1791) settled at a site near Buck Marsh Run in Frederick (now Clarke) County, where he later built his home, Springfield. Snickers’ Gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains was named after him. Warner Washington was living in Frederick (now Clarke) County, probably on the...
13837Pennsylvania Assembly: Reply to the Governor, 19 August 1755 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives , 1754–1755, pp. 144–52. The Assembly’s long message of August 8 to Governor Morris had been the first heavy salvo in the battle over taxation of the proprietary estates. Words, however, could scarcely effect the settlement of the issue, since the governor insisted he was enjoined from approving such bills by the terms of his...
13838[Diary entry: 18 October 1769] (Washington Papers)
18. Went a Fox huntg. with Mr. Fairfax & Mr. Magowan. Found & killd a Dog Fox.
13839[Diary entry: 21 February 1769] (Washington Papers)
21. No frost. Fine clear Morng. Lowering day with the Wind fresh at South.
13840[Diary entry: 24 September 1771] (Washington Papers)
24. Warm, clear, and pleasant with but little alteration in the Weather.