271[Diary entry: 1 November 1797] (Washington Papers)
1. Calm, clear & extremely pleasant. Mer. at 60.
272[Diary entry: 2 November 1797] (Washington Papers)
2. Calm, clear & pleasant as yesterday—Mer. at 60. Mr. Thomson Mason & Lady and Mrs. Nichols dined here. Thomson Mason (1759–1820), son of Col. George Mason of Gunston Hall, lived at Hollin Hall, just north of GW’s River Farm. The house had been built on land given Thomson by his father. He was a justice of Fairfax County and later served as a state senator (1800–4) and a delegate (1808–9)...
273[Diary entry: 3 November 1797] (Washington Papers)
3. Calm, Clear & pleasant—Mer. at .
274[Diary entry: 4 November 1797] (Washington Papers)
4. Cloudy Morning, drisling afterwards until Night when it rained closely. Mer. 70.
275[Diary entry: 5 November 1797] (Washington Papers)
5. Clear in the forenoon & raing. afterwards until Sun down by showers—when the Wind came out strong & cold at No. Wt. & the Mer. fell from 72 to 52 degrees.
276[Diary entry: 6 November 1797] (Washington Papers)
6. Variable in wind & weather Mer. Cold. 42. Wind in the afternoon at No. Wt.
277[Diary entry: 7 November 1797] (Washington Papers)
7. Cold Morning—ground froze Wind at No. Wt. Morng. Southerly afterwards. Cold 41 deg[ree]s.
278[Diary entry: 8 November 1797] (Washington Papers)
8. More moderate—wind still at No. Wt. clear. Mer. 48.
279[Diary entry: 9 November 1797] (Washington Papers)
9. Calm, clear & remarkably pleasant. Mer. 52.
280[Diary entry: 10 November 1797] (Washington Papers)
10. Wind at No. Et. & great appearances of a fall of weather but it held up. Mer. at 46. Dr. Keith & a Mrs. Forest came to dinner & stayed all night. dr. keith : GW may mean James Keith. He calls the man “Mr. Keith” when he leaves Mount Vernon on the next day.