51[Diary entry: 8 May 1775] (Washington Papers)
8. Still Cool & lowering with Rain now and then.
52[Diary entry: 9 May 1775] (Washington Papers)
9th. Breakfasted at Chester, & dined at the City Tavern Phila. Supped at Mr. Jos. Reads. The arrival in Philadelphia of the delegates from Virginia and other southern colonies was celebrated, according to Christopher Marshall, by a large reception and parade at the outskirts of the city ( Duane, Diary of Marshall William Duane, ed. Extracts from the Diary of Christopher Marshall, Kept in...
53[Diary entry: 9 May 1775] (Washington Papers)
9. Clear & pleasant. Wind Westerly.
54[Diary entry: 10 May 1775] (Washington Papers)
10. Dined at Mr. Thos. Mifflins & spent the Eveng. at my lodgings. my lodgings : GW’s cash memorandum lists a payment of £17 13s. 3d. in Pennsylvania currency “By Mr. Randolph Bd. &ca.” on 22 June, the day before he left Philadelphia (Cash Memoranda, DLC:GW ). Benjamin Randolph was a cabinetmaker who lived on Chestnut Street between Third and Fourth streets. Thomas Jefferson also lodged with...
55[Diary entry: 10 May 1775] (Washington Papers)
10. Clear and pleasant not being very warm.
56[Diary entry: 11 May 1775] (Washington Papers)
11. Dined at Young Doctr. Shippens—spent the Eveng. at my Lodgings. In Congress the credentials of the delegates were read and the decision was again made to keep the proceedings secret. A letter was read from colonial agents in London reporting the rejection of the colonists’ petition to the king, the failure of the earl of Chatham’s plan for reconciliation, and the embarkation of more...
57[Diary entry: 11 May 1775] (Washington Papers)
11. Clear but rather Cool wind being Westerly.
58[Diary entry: 12 May 1775] (Washington Papers)
12. Dined and Supped at the City Tavern. GW’s expenses on this day include 6s. 7d. in Pennsylvania currency for “Club at Smith’s” (Cash Memoranda, DLC:GW ). George Read, Delaware delegate, wrote his wife a description of these dinners at Daniel Smith’s City Tavern: “I then dine at the City Tavern, where a few of us have established a table for each day in the week, save Saturday, when there is...
59[Diary entry: 12 May 1775] (Washington Papers)
12. Clear & pleasant, but rather Cool.
60[Diary entry: 13 May 1775] (Washington Papers)
13. Dined at the City Tavern with the Congress. Spent the Eveng. at my Lodgings. This was Saturday, the day all members of Congress met together for dinner at the City Tavern.