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1201[Diary entry: 2 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

2. Went to Williamsburg with Colo. Bassett, Colo. Lewis & Mr. Dick. Dind with Mrs. Dawson & went to the Play. Mrs. Dawson was born Elizabeth Churchill (c.1709–1779), daughter of Col. William and Elizabeth Churchill of Middlesex County. In 1729 she married Col. William Bassett (1709–c.1743) of Eltham, by whom she had at least five children, one of whom was Col. Burwell Bassett. After the death...

1202[Diary entry: 3 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

3. Dined with the Speaker. the speaker : Peyton Randolph (c.1721–1775), son of Sir John and Susanna Beverly Randolph, was king’s attorney and burgess for Williamsburg. From Nov. 1766 until the Revolution, Randolph served as Speaker of the House of Burgesses.

1203[Diary entry: 4 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

4. Dined with Mrs. Dawson, & suppd at Charlton’s. Richard Charlton (d. 1779) had announced in June 1767 that he had opened “the Coffee-House” in Williamsburg “as a Tavern,” and GW had supped there on a visit to the city the previous fall ( Va. Gaz. , P&D, 25 June 1767; General Ledger A General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. ,...

1204[Diary entry: 5 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

5. Dined at Mrs. Campbells. Christiana Campbell’s tavern was GW’s habitual lodging place in Williamsburg from 1761 to 1771. On this visit to the city, he paid Mrs. Campbell £2 10s. “for Board,” which included his lodgings as well as the daily breakfasts and other occasional meals that he ate at the tavern ( General Ledger A General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington...

1205[Diary entry: 6 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

6. Rid to the Plantations near Williamsburg & dined at Mr. Valentines. Joseph Valentine (d. 1771), who was in charge of all the Custis estates when GW married Martha Dandridge Custis in 1759, stayed on as the “Common Steward” for both John Parke Custis’s inherited portion and GW’s dower portion of the Custis plantations ( GW to Robert Cary, 24 Oct. 1760 , CSmH ).

1206[Diary entry: 7 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

7. Came up to Colo. Bassetts to Dinner.

1207[Diary entry: 8 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

8. Went to Church & returnd to Dinner. GW probably joined the Bassetts in worship at Warrenray Church, a few miles from Eltham. Warrenray was the upper church of Blisland Parish, serving the eastern part of New Kent County. Col. Burwell Bassett was for many years one of the most active vestrymen of the parish; in 1768 he was joined on the vestry by Bartholomew Dandridge, younger brother of...

1208[Diary entry: 9 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

9. Went a Fox hunting and catched a Fox after 35 Minutes chace; returnd to Dinner & found the Attorney his Lady & daughter there. John Randolph (c.1728–1784), of Williamsburg, succeeded his older brother Peyton Randolph as attorney general of Virginia in 1766. John married Ariana Jennings (1730–1801) of Maryland, who bore him a son, Edmund, and two daughters, Susanna and Ariana. Like GW, John...

1209[Diary entry: 10 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

10. Rid to the Brick House & returnd to Dinner—after which went a dragging for Sturgeon. The phrase “the Brick House” referred originally (in the seventeenth century) to a particular house built of brick, indicating how unusual such a building was in the early years of the colony. The original house lay about three miles east of Eltham on the south side of the York River across from West...

1210[Diary entry: 11 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

11. Dined at the Glebe with Mr. Davis. Rev. Price Davies, of County Montgomery, Wales, who was born about 1732, received his B.A. from Christ Church, Oxford, in 1754. He later migrated to Virginia, married Elizabeth Perry of Gloucester County, and in 1763 became rector of Blisland Parish, New Kent County ( goodwin Edward Lewis Goodwin. The Colonial Church in Virginia: With Biographical...

1211[Diary entry: 12 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

12. Went to New Kent Court with Colo. Bassett.

1212[Diary entry: 13 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

13. Went after Sturgeon & a Gunning.

1213[Diary entry: 14 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

14. Went to my Plantation in King William by Water, & dragd for Sturgeon & catchd one. my plantation in king william : Claiborne’s (see entry for 24 April 1760 ).

1214[Diary entry: 15 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

15. Rid to see Colo. Bassetts Meadow at Root’s.

1215[Diary entry: 16 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

16. Fishing for Sturgeon from Breakfast to Dinner but catchd none.

1216[Diary entry: 17 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

17. Rid to the Brick House & returnd to Dinner.

1217[Diary entry: 18 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

18. Did the same & got my Chariot & Horses over to Claibornes.

1218[Diary entry: 19 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

19. Went a Shooting, & hair huntg. with the Hounds who started a Fox wch. we catched.

1219[Diary entry: 20 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

20. Set of from Colo. Bassetts for Nomony. Crossd over to Claibornes—from thence by Frazers Ferry to Hobs hole dining at Webbs Ordinary. Nomini was a Westmoreland County neighborhood clustered around Nomini Creek, which emptied into the Potomac River about 12 miles below GW’s birthplace at Pope’s Creek. From Claiborne’s ferry, GW’s party rode through King William County to cross the Mattaponi...

1220[Diary entry: 21 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

21. Reachd my Brothr. John’s who & his wife were up the Country. Crossd over to Mr. Booths. Bushfield, where John Augustine Washington lived with his wife Hannah and their several children, was on the east bank of the Nomini near the mouth of the creek. “His House,” said young Philip Vickers Fithian who saw it in 1774, “has the most agreeable Situation, of any I have yet seen in Maryland Or...

1221[Diary entry: 22 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

22. Went to Church (nomony) & returnd to Mr. Booths to Dinner who was also from home in Glousester. Mr. Smith the Parson dind with us. Nomini Church was on the east bank of Nomini Creek about 3½ miles upstream from William Booth’s home. Rev. Thomas Smith (1738–1789) was the rector of Cople Parish, which comprised the lower end of Westmoreland County, including both Nomini and Yeocomico...

1222[Diary entry: 23 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

23. At Mr. Booths all day with Revd. Mr. Smith.

1223[Diary entry: 24 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

24. Came up to Popes Creek & staid there all day. Pope’s Creek was an addition to the Bridges Creek plantation, the original seat of GW’s family in Virginia. In the 1720s GW’s father, Augustine, built a house on the site lying on the west side of Pope’s Creek about three-quarters of a mile from the Potomac River, and it was there that GW was born. On the death of GW’s father, the plantation...

1224[Diary entry: 25 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

25. Got up to my Brother Sams. to Dinner. Found Mrs. Jno. Washington & ca. there. GW lost 10s. playing cards today ( General Ledger A General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. , folio 274).

1225[Diary entry: 26 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

26. Remaind at my Brother Sams where my Brother Jno. came as also Mr. Lawe. Washington &ca. to Dinner.

1226[Diary entry: 27 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

27. Dined at Mr. J. Washingtons with the compy. at my Brs. John Washington (1730–1782) of Hylton was, like GW, a great-grandson of John the Immigrant. He married Catherine Washington, a sister of Lawrence Washington of Chotank. His home, Hylton, was in the Chotank neighborhood.

1227[Diary entry: 28 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

28. Went to Boyds hole & returnd to my Brother’s to Dinr., where we found Colo. Lewis & my Br. Charles. At Boyd’s Hole on the Potomac River in Stafford (now King George) County was a small settlement of merchants clustered about one of the original tobacco warehouses established in 1730 ( hening William Waller Hening, ed. The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia,...

1228[Diary entry: 29 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

29. Went to St. Paul’s Church & Dined at my Brothers. Few churches in eighteenth-century Virginia had official names. Rather, a church tended to take a name from its location in the parish (the “upper” or the “lower” church), from its builder (Payne’s Church), from a nearby geographical location (Nomini Church, Pohick Church) or simply from the name of its parish. Thus GW here refers to...

1229[Diary entry: 30 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

30. Went fishing & dined under Mr. L. Washingtons Shore. GW today lost £1 8s. 9d. at cards ( General Ledger A General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. , folio 274).

1230[Diary entry: 31 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

31. Returnd home crossing at Hooes Ferry through Port Tobacco.

1231Remarks—of the—Weather [May 1768] (Washington Papers)

May 1. Cool. Wind Northwardly & fresh. 2. Cold & chilly wind to the Northward. 3. Warm, wind getting Southwardly and Cloudy. 4. Very Warm & Sultry, with flying Clouds & appearance of Rain. 5. Warm again. Wind Southwardly & fresh. 6. Rain in the Morning. Warm afterwards with Clouds. 7. Cool Wind Northwardly. 8. Less Cool than yesterday but not warm. 9. Very warm & Sultry. Wind Southwardly. 10....

1232[Diary entry: 1 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

May 1. Cool. Wind Northwardly & fresh.

1233[Diary entry: 2 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

2. Cold & chilly wind to the Northward.

1234[Diary entry: 3 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

3. Warm, wind getting Southwardly and Cloudy.

1235[Diary entry: 4 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

4. Very Warm & Sultry, with flying Clouds & appearance of Rain.

1236[Diary entry: 5 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

5. Warm again. Wind Southwardly & fresh.

1237[Diary entry: 6 May 1768] (Washington Papers)

6. Rain in the Morning. Warm afterwards with Clouds.