[Diary entry: 24 March 1769]

24. Reachd home before dinner. Found Colo. Bassett, Lady & 2 Childn. Betcy & Nancy here also Mr. W[arne]r Washington & Jacky Custis.

Betcy and Nancy are Elizabeth Bassett (1758–1773), who died in childhood, and Anna Maria Bassett (1763–1773), who was the second Bassett daughter so named, the first, born in 1760, having died in infancy.

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Title: [Diary entry: 24 March 1769]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 24 March 1769

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 24 March 1769],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-02-02-0004-0007-0024. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 2, 14 January 1766 – 31 December 1770, ed. Donald Jackson. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1976, p. 136.]