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[Diary entry: 15 January 1785]

Saturday 15th. Mercury at 38 in the Morning—42 at Noon and the same at Night.

Wind Easterly in the Morning but before noon it shifted to the So. West & blew fresh & towards Night it veered round to the No. Wt. & blew very hard.

With the Easterly wind there was a little rain which ceased with it. Grew clear & turned cold.

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    15 January 1785

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    “[Diary entry: 15 January 1785],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-04-02-0002-0001-0015. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 4, 1 September 1784 – 30 June 1786, ed. Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1978, pp. 76–77.]