7801Account of the Weathr. in Jan. [1773] (Washington Papers)
Jany. [1.] Calm, clear, & exceeding pleasant. 2. Calm & very pleasant in the Forenoon with Wind, Clouds, & Rain from the Southward & Eastward in the Afternoon. 3. Clear with the Wind pretty fresh first from the Southwest, & then from the Northwest. But neither Cold nor frosty. 4. A little Cool, but not frozen in the Morning. Clear, calm & pleasant afterwards. 5. Ground not frozen. Morning...
7802Cash Accounts, January 1773 (Washington Papers)
Cash Jany 1— To Ditto [cash] won at Cards £ 1.10. 0 11— To Ditto won at Ditto 0.14. 0 22— To Ditto recd for 35 lbs. of Porke 0.14. 7 To Ditto recd for half a Bushl of Meal 0. 1. 6 28— To Ditto from Captn Selby Harney Smiths 0. 2. 0 Contra 9— By Cash to Mrs Washington 4. 0. 0
7803[Diary entry: 1 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
Jany. 1st. Dined at Belvoir and returnd in the Afternoon. Found Mr. Grafton Dulany, Mr. Ben. Gallaway, Mr. Sam Hanson & Mr. Magowan and Doctr. Rumney here. Grafton Dulany, son of Mary Grafton and Walter Dulany, the commissary general for Maryland, was a student at Jonathan Boucher’s school in Annapolis. He became a Loyalist in the Revolution and served with the Maryland Loyalist Battalion in...
7804[Diary entry: 1 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
Jany. [1.] Calm, clear, & exceeding pleasant.
7805To George Washington from Bryan Fairfax, 1 January 1773 (Washington Papers)
Mr Muir has sent me an Account of the Charges on the protested Bill which has run up very high. As it will be very inconvenient to me to go from home at this time I have inclosed a half Sheet indorsed on which I shall be obliged to You to have drawn the Set of Bills payable to me, and delivered to the person Mr Muir may send for them. You may have a Mortgage on any of my Lands as a Security...
7806To George Washington from George William Fairfax, 1 January 1773 (Washington Papers)
My whole attention being now fixed upon preparing for my trip to England . . . I find I can’t leave the country with any peace of mind . . . without placing a general power of attorney with some Gentm. of known probity. In this part of the Colony I have not a Friend (yourself excepted) in whom I can repose such confidence . . . I should by no means wish to add more trouble to your own...
7807[Diary entry: 2 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
2. Doctr. Rumney went away after Breakfast. Lord Sterling & Captn. Foy with Colo. Fairfax came to Dinner. The latter went away afterwards. The other Gentlemen stayd. Capt. Edward Foy was secretary to Lord Dunmore. William Alexander (1726–1783) of New Jersey called himself Lord Stirling, although his claim to a Scottish earldom was disallowed by the House of Commons. He had served as aide and...
7808[Diary entry: 2 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
2. Calm & very pleasant in the Forenoon with Wind, Clouds, & Rain from the Southward & Eastward in the Afternoon.
7809From George Washington to George William Fairfax, 2 January 1773 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to George William Fairfax, 2 Jan. 1773. On 19 Jan. 1773 GW wrote to Fairfax : “As I wrote to you in haste the morning of the day Lord Sterlg yourself &ca were to dine here [2 January].”
7810[Diary entry: 3 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
3. In the Afternoon Mr. Ben Dulany came here. The other Gentlemen continued all day here.