1301[Diary entry: 2 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
2. Warm morning with Clouds & Thunder & Rain. Towards Night a good deal more Rain & Loud thunder.
1302[Diary entry: 3 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
3. Very warm morning with Rain abt. One Clock & a little thunder.
1303[Diary entry: 4 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
4. Cold and sometimes Raining. Wind Westwardly.
1304[Diary entry: 5 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
5. Cool with clouds & sometimes a sprinkle of Rain. Wind Westwardly.
1305[Diary entry: 6 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
6. Cool and Cloudy but no Rain the Wind Northwardly.
1306[Diary entry: 7 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
7. Clear & Cool. Wind at No. West.
1307[Diary entry: 8 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
8. Ditto—Do.—Wind Westwardly.
1308[Diary entry: 9 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
9. Clear and Warm, Wind abt. So. West. In the Afternoon Cloudy with Rain, and high wind from W.S.W.
1309[Diary entry: 10 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
10. Cloudy Morning but clear & cool afterwards with brisk Wind from No. Wt.
1310[Diary entry: 11 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
11. Midling warm—with the Wind at So. Wt.
1311[Diary entry: 12 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
12. Warm. Wind Southwardly & fresh.
1312[Diary entry: 13 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
13. Wind Southwardly till the Afternoon when it Shifted to the Westward & blew a mere hurricane attended with hard Rain.
1313[Diary entry: 14 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
14. Wind very hard from the No. West with thunder & sevl. Showers of Rain.
1314[Diary entry: 15 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
15. Blustering Wind & varying from So. West to No. West. Cool.
1315[Diary entry: 16 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
16. Still & Warm with Rain in the Night.
1316[Diary entry: 17 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
17. Still & hot till abt. 2 Oclock then thunder & Rain with some Wind which afterwards dyed away.
1317[Diary entry: 18 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
18. Calm & cloudy with some Rain in the forenoon & thunder & Showery in the Afternoon & Night.
1318[Diary entry: 19 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
19. Clear & cool. Wind at No. West.
1319[Diary entry: 20 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
20. Clear and Warm. Wind Southly.
1320[Diary entry: 21 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
21. Warm & in the Afternoon Cloudy with Rain at Night.
1321[Diary entry: 22 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
22. Cool. Wind fresh from the No. Wt.
1322[Diary entry: 23 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
23. Wind very fresh from the So. West, and in the Night it blew a mere Hurricane from the same point with a little, & but a little Rain.
1323[Diary entry: 24 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
24. Wind fresh from the Westward.
1324[Diary entry: 25 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
25. Calm and Still & yet Cool. In the forenoon Wind Eastwardly in the Afternoon & Cloudy.
1325[Diary entry: 26 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
26. Cloudy with appearances of Rain in the Afternoon.
1326[Diary entry: 27 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
27. Wind fresh from the So. West & Warm. In the Afternoon thundr., & Rain for half an hour or more.
1327[Diary entry: 28 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
28. Showery till 11 Oclock with very high Wind from the So. West & West all day, & cool.
1328[Diary entry: 29 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
29. Warm with but little Wind till the Evening then Cool with the Wind fresh from the No. West.
1329[Diary entry: 30 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
30. Cool with the Wind though not much of it Westwardly.
1330Observations [June 1768] (Washington Papers)
June 1st. Upon looking over my Wheat, I found all those places which had been injurd by the March frosts extreamely thin, low & backwards, having branchd but little, & looking puny—indeed in many places the Ground was entirely naked and where it was not, there was but too much cause to apprehend that the Wheat woud be choaked with Weeds. It was also observable that all my early Wheat...
1331[Diary entry: 1 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
June 1st. Upon looking over my Wheat, I found all those places which had been injurd by the March frosts extreamely thin, low & backwards, having branchd but little, & looking puny—indeed in many places the Ground was entirely naked and where it was not, there was but too much cause to apprehend that the Wheat woud be choaked with Weeds. It was also observable that all my early Wheat...
1332[Diary entry: 8 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
8th. Carpenters went to getting the frame for my Barn at the House.
1333[Diary entry: 15 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
[1]5. The Maryland hound Bitch Lady took Forrester & was also servd by Captn., & refusd the Dogs on the 11th. Finishd breaking up Corn Ground at Doeg Run.
1334[Diary entry: 17 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
17. Finishd breakg. up Corn Ground at Muddy hole.
1335[Diary entry: 18 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
18. Finishd Do. Do. at the Mill.
1336[Diary entry: 22 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
22. About this time Captn. Posey’s Bitch Countess was discoverd Lind to Dabster & was immediately shut up & none but Sterling sufferd to go to her. Musick was also in heat & servd promiscuously by all the Dogs, intending to drown her Puppy’s.
1337[Diary entry: 25 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
25. The Carpenters finishd getting the Frame for the Barn at my Ho. House.
1338[Diary entry: 28 June 1768] (Washington Papers)
28. Began to cut the upper part of my Timothy Meadow.
1339[July 1768] (Washington Papers)
July 1st. Went over to Stafford Court House to a meeting of the Missisipi. Dined and lodged there. With another change of ministers in England, and because of the new Indian treaties in progress which opened large parts of trans-Appalachian land to white settlement, the Mississippi Company’s hopes were quickening. Dr. Arthur Lee, brother of the company’s treasurer, William Lee, was taken into...
1340[Diary entry: 1 July 1768] (Washington Papers)
July 1st. Went over to Stafford Court House to a meeting of the Missisipi. Dined and lodged there. With another change of ministers in England, and because of the new Indian treaties in progress which opened large parts of trans-Appalachian land to white settlement, the Mississippi Company’s hopes were quickening. Dr. Arthur Lee, brother of the company’s treasurer, William Lee, was taken into...
1341[Diary entry: 2 July 1768] (Washington Papers)
2. Dined at Dumfries and reachd home.
1342[Diary entry: 3 July 1768] (Washington Papers)
3. At Home all day.
1343[Diary entry: 4 July 1768] (Washington Papers)
4. Rid to see my Wheat at differt. Places. Doctr. Rumney came here in the afternn.
1344[Diary entry: 5 July 1768] (Washington Papers)
5. Went to Muddy hole with Doctr. Rumney to see the Cradlers at work.
1345[Diary entry: 6 July 1768] (Washington Papers)
6. Rid to Muddy hole and Doeg Run after Doctr. Rumney went away. When I returnd found Mr. Wm. Lee & Doctr. Lee here. Arthur Lee (1740–1792) was the youngest of the six surviving sons of Thomas Lee (1690–1750), builder of Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, and his wife, Hannah Ludwell Lee (1701–1749/50). He attended Eton and the University of Edinburgh, where he took a medical degree in 1764,...
1346[Diary entry: 7 July 1768] (Washington Papers)
7. Mr. Lee went away. Mr. Darnel & Daughter—Mr. Geo. Digges & his two eldest Sisters came here & stayed all Night. The Darnall (many spellings) family of Maryland descended from Col. Henry Darnall (d. 1711), who emigrated from England in 1672. This Mr. Darnall may be a great-grandson of Col. Henry, also named Henry, whose daughter Mary married Charles Carroll of Carrollton this same year (...
1347[Diary entry: 8 July 1768] (Washington Papers)
8. Doctr. Lee & all the rest went away & I rid to the Cradlers (cutting my Wheat at the Mill).
1348[Diary entry: 9 July 1768] (Washington Papers)
9. Rid to Muddy hole, the Mill, and Doeg Run before Dinner & to the Mill afterwards—where my People was harvesting.
1349[Diary entry: 10 July 1768] (Washington Papers)
10. Went to Church and returnd to Dinner.
1350[Diary entry: 11 July 1768] (Washington Papers)
11. Rid to Muddy hole where three white men were Cradling—& then to the Mill where we were getting in Wheat. Mr. Chichester with his wife Miss S. McCarty, & Dr. Rumney came. Sinah McCarty (died c.1809) was a daughter of Capt. Daniel McCarty of Mount Air and a sister of Mrs. Sarah McCarty Chichester, with whom she appears here. Rumney continued his treatment of Patsy Custis by giving her two...