20. An extremely heavy Sleet—with little or no wind. Mer. at 28. A mixture of Hail & rain had fallen in the Night. Abt. noon the Wind came out, but not hard at No. W. Cloudy all day. Mer. 32 at Night—as high as it had been in the day.
[Diary entry: 20 February 1798]
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- [Diary entry: 20 February 1798]
- Author
- Washington, George
- Date
- 20 February 1798
Ancestor groups
- Year: Mount Vernon and Guests
- Month: February—1798
Reference
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- “[Diary entry: 20 February 1798],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-06-02-0007-0002-0020. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 6, 1 January 1790 – 13 December 1799, ed. Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1979, p. 283.]