15241[Diary entry: 4 March 1788] (Washington Papers)
Tuesday 4th. Thermometer at 28 in the Morning—32 at Noon And 32 at Night. About 9 Oclock last Night it began to Snow and continued to do so through the Night and till 8 oclock this morning by which time it appears to have been at least 6 Inches deep on a level. In the early part of the Morning the Wind was at No.: after which getting to the No. West it cleared and was cold.
15242[Diary entry: 1 November 1788] (Washington Papers)
Saturday the First. Thermometer at 44 in the Morning—54 at Noon and 54 at Night. The Wind in the Morning was from the So. Wt. & pretty fresh. About 9 Oclock it clouded up and began to rain for 10 or 15 minutes pretty smartly after which two or three other scuds of rain for a few minutes passed over. Afternoon clear. Colo. Lee went away after breakfast and I rid to all the Plantations. In the...
15243From George Washington to William Grayson, 22 August 1785 (Washington Papers)
During my tour up this River with the Directors, to examine & form a ⟨plan⟩ for opening and extending the Navigation of it agreeably to the Acts of the Virginia & Maryland Assemblies; your favor of the 25th Ulto came here; with the letters brought by young Mr Adam’s from France. for your care of which I thank you. Apropos, did you hear him say any thing of Hounds which, (the Marquis de la...
15244From George Washington to Bushrod Washington, 13 April 1786 (Washington Papers)
If royal gift will administer, he shall be at the Service of your Mares, but at present he seems too full of royalty, to have any thing to do with a plebean race. perhaps his stomach may come to him—if not, I shall wish he had never come from his most Catholic Majesty’s Stables. Your Papa has not been here, yet. I am just come in from a ride—the Dinner bell rings—and your Man says he must go...
15245[Diary entry: 10 February 1786] (Washington Papers)
Friday 10th. Thermometer at 52 in the Morning—62 at Noon and 66 at Night. Wind Southerly & pretty fresh all day, till evening, when it shifted to the No. West and turned cold—a large circle round the Moon. This day was remarkably fine & promotive of vegitation. The buds of the lylack were much swelled & seemed ready to unfold. Doctr. Craik went away after Breakfast. I began to hand weed the...
15246From George Washington to Battaile Muse, 31 March 1788 (Washington Papers)
I have received your letter of the 19th Inst. and Mr Lear has, agreeable to your request therein, called upon Messrs D. & I. McPherson & Wm Hunter Junr Esqr. who have informed him that the money shall be paid conformable to your advice. It would have suited me exceedingly well to have discharged my proportion of the assessment on the Potomack Company in the manner mentioned in your letter,...
15247From George Washington to Samuel Vaughan, 30 November 1785 (Washington Papers)
I have been honored with your favor of the 9th —& have received the pamphlet which you were so obliging as to send me, entitled “Considerations on the Order of Cincinnatus, by the Count de Mirabeau.” I thank you my good Sir, for this instance of your attention; but wish you had taken time to have perused it first, as I have not yet had leisure to give it a reading. I thought, as most others...
15248From George Washington to Hanna Moore, 28 February 1785 (Washington Papers)
I received your favor of the 20th of January, some considerable time after the date of it. I have never received, nor have I ever heard any thing of Mrs Savages Will, since your deceased husband put it in to my hands, & then reclaimed it in December 1783 as I passed through Baltimore on my way to Virginia, to be sent (for I could see no propriety in any thing else) to the Executors named...
15249[Diary entry: 26 August 1788] (Washington Papers)
Tuesday 26th. Thermometer at 79 in the Morning—82 at Noon and 76 at Night. But little wind in the Morning & that at So. Wt. Afterwards—about Noon, a black cloud arose to the Northward which seemed highly charged with Wind or rain, a small part of the latter, only, came to our share. Rid to all the Plantations. In the Neck—8 Plows and a harrow were in the Corn and all the hands except those who...
15250From George Washington to Bushrod Washington, 3 December 1787 (Washington Papers)
A Mr H. Banks, of your Assembly is disposed to be kind to me or has some view of being so to himself. Charity leads to the first—suspicion to the latter opinion. He has informed me that the Sherif of Greenbrier has a considerable demand upon me for the taxes of my land on the Great Kankawa, in that Country—but has forborne (through his means) from proceeding to extremities till he could advice...
15251[Diary entry: 16 September 1788] (Washington Papers)
Tuesday 16th. Thermometer at 73 in the Morning—77 at Noon and 76 at Night. Wind Southerly and warm, with appearances of rain till Night when the wind got round to the No. W. Rid to Muddy hole, Dogue run, French’s & the Ferry. At the first—Having got in the grain, the Cart, after carrying a load of Rye to the Mill went into the Neck to assist with the grain there. Some of the other hands were...
15252From George Washington to Charles MacIver, 1 March 1785 (Washington Papers)
Whilst I was at Richmond in November last, I received a letter & extracts from you on the subject of emigration—It was put into my hands at a time when I was much engaged, accompanied by many other papers, which with them were put by & forgotten, until your second letter reminded me of them. As I do not clearly comprehend your plan, & if I did, as a discussion of it by letter would be tedious...
15253[Diary entry: 30 August 1788] (Washington Papers)
Saturday 30th. Thermometer at 79 in the Morning 84 at Noon and 79 at Night. Calm, & clear till towards 3 Oclock when there was a pretty hasty shower for a few minutes. Rid to the Plantations at Muddy hole—Dogue run—Frenchs and the Ferry. The work at all, was precisely the same as yesterday. Finished to day, getting in and stacking all the grain at the Ferry. Cleaned up a stack of Oats wch. had...
15254From George Washington to John Lewis, 7 December 1787 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to John Lewis, 7 Dec. 1787. Lewis wrote GW on 15 Dec. that he did not receive his “favor of the 7th Inst. till yesterday.”
15255[Diary entry: 29 May 1785] (Washington Papers)
Sunday 29th. Mercury at 58 in the Morning—62 at Noon and 64 at Night. But little wind all day and much pleasanter than it had been for several days—being also clear. The Honble. Mr. Sitgreave a Delegate to Congress from the State of North Carolina, Mr. Tillotson & Mr. Edward Livingston came to Dinner and stayed all Night. John Sitgreaves (1757–1802) served in the Continental Congress 1784–85...
15256From George Washington to Thomas Jefferson, 29 March 1784 (Washington Papers)
It was not in my power to answer your favor of the 15th by the last post for the reason then assigned. I wish I may be able to do it to your satisfaction now, as I again am obliged to pay attention to other Company (the Governor being gone). My opinion coincides perfectly with yours respecting the practicability of an easy, & short communication between the waters of the Ohio & Potomack, of...
15257To James Madison from George Washington, 10 October 1787 (Madison Papers)
I thank you for your letter of the 30th. Ult. It came by the last Post. I am better pleased that the proceedings of the Convention is handed from Congress by a unanimous vote (feeble as it is) than if it had appeared under stronger marks of approbation without it. This apparent unanimity will have its effect. Not every one has opportunities to peep behind the curtain; and as the multitude...
15258From George Washington to George McCarmick, 12 July 1784 (Washington Papers)
Genl Washington requests Mr McCarmick to set up the Advertisements herewith enclosed at the following places. Leesburgh—Shepherdstown—Hagerstown—Martinsburg—Warm springs, and the Oldtown, or thereabouts. The above to be of those which have the writing in the Margin. The others to be set up along the road above the Oldtown, and at such other places over the mountains as Mr McCarmick may think...
15259[Diary entry: 20 September 1788] (Washington Papers)
Saturday 20th. Thermometer at 69 in the Morning—70 at Noon And 70 at Night. Morning heavy with the Wind at No. East. Cloudy all day, with grt. appearances of rain towards night. Rid to the Plantations at the Ferry, Frenchs and Dogue run. At the first—The Plow horses of this place and Frenchs were treading out a bed of Rye—The other hands attending. At Frenchs—The people were cleaning the flax...
15260[Diary entry: 18 June 1785] (Washington Papers)
Saturday 18th. Mercury at 80 in the Morning—81 at Noon and 82 at Night. Wind Westwardly in the forenoon, & Southwardly afterwards. In the Afternoon my Brother John came hither from Alexandria, having gone to that place by Water.
15261[Diary entry: 26 September 1787] (Washington Papers)
Wednesday 26th. Rid to all the Plantations where the hands were generally employed as yesterday & gettg. Fodder.
15262February 1789 (Washington Papers)
Sunday 1st. Thermometer at 14 in the Morning—22 at Noon And 20 at Night. Clear morning with the Wind at No. Wt. where it continued fresh & very cold, all day. Mr. & Mrs. Herbert—Mr. & Mrs. Young and Mr. George Calvert came here to Dinner and stayed all Night. Hugh Young, a Baltimore merchant, assisted GW several weeks later by forwarding some Irish gooseberry cuttings that arrived for him in...
15263From George Washington to Charles Washington, 2 August 1784 (Washington Papers)
The enclosed came to my hands from Philadelphia last night. I am sorry to find by George’s letter to me, that he had not received the benefit from the Sea Air he expected, but as his passage was not good and he in a manner but just landed, no Judgment at the time he wrote could be well formed of the effect the voyage would have upon his complaint; as he writes you himself there can be no doubt...
15264[Diary entry: 29 November 1787] (Washington Papers)
Thursday 29th. Thermometer at 38 in the Morning—44 at Noon and 49 at Night. Clear and calm in the fore part of the day, & in the afternoon. Cloudy from 12 Oclock till 3, with appearances of Snow & wind at No. West. In Company with Colo. Humphreys Majr. Washington & Mr. Lear went a hunting, found a fox about 11 Oclock near the Pincushion. Run him hard for near 3 quarters of an hour & then lost...
15265[Diary entry: 8 July 1785] (Washington Papers)
Friday 8th. Mercury at 81 in the Morning—82 at Noon and 85 at Night. Exceedingly warm with little or no Wind day clear. Colo. Bassett & Mr. Arthr. Lee went away after Breakfast & Mr. Turner before it. Mr. Burwell and Mr. John Bassett dined at Mr. Lund Washington’s & returned in the Evening. Perceived the Guinea grass Seed to be coming up. Sowed one half the Chinese Seed given me by Mr. Porter...
15266From George Washington to William Grayson, 26 July 1786 (Washington Papers)
It is a fact that your favor of the 27th of May was long getting to me; but why it happened so, I am unable to inform you; as I generally send to the Post Office in Alexandria twice in every week. Is it not among the most unaccountable things in nature that the representation of a great Country shou’d, generally, be so thin as not to be able to execute the functions of Government? To what is...
15267From George Washington to James Madison, 16 February 1789 (Washington Papers)
Having heard of your Election by a respectable majority of the suffrages of the District for which you stood and conceiving it probable that you would soon be on your journey to New York—possibly before my return from the Seneca Falls—for which place, by appointment, I am this moment setting off by the way of George Town; where I expect to meet Governors Johnson & Lee. I take the liberty of...
15268From George Washington to Samuel Shaw, 3 November 1783 (Washington Papers)
This Certifies that Captain Saml Shaw was appointed a Lt of Artillery the Army of the United States of America in 1775 the Year following he was appointed Adjutant and in 1777—Captain Lt and Brigade Major to the Corps of Artillery,—in which capacity he served untill May 1779 when he was appointed Aid De Camp to Maj. Genl Knox Commanding the Artillery with whom he remained till the Close of the...
15269From George Washington to Matthew Campbell, 22 January 1785 (Washington Papers)
Understanding that Mr Wilson of Alexandria was empower’d to sell the plaister of Paris which you had sent to that place—I informed him by Mr L. W——of the mistake under which a vessel Load of it had been landed at my wharf—but that, as it was there, I was willing to pay for it at the same rate as that which was in Alexandria should sell—To this, some considerable time after (if my memory...
15270[Diary entry: 16 October 1787] (Washington Papers)
Tuesday—16th. Rid to the Ferry, Frenchs, Dogue, & Muddy hole Planns. At the former took an account of the Stock. At the latter cut & put the buck Wheat into small shocks & dug the Country Potatoes—waste as at Morris’s. At Dogue run treading out Wheat and at Frenchs Plowing & filling gullies in the New Meadow. At the Ferry pulling Pease.