7831From George Washington to James Hill, 11 January 1773 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to James Hill, 11 Jan. 1773. On 5 Feb. 1773 Hill wrote to GW : “I recd your letters in the office the 30th of Jany one dated the 21st Decr & the other Jany 11.”
7832[Diary entry: 12 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
12. At home all day, Mr. Peake dind here, who with Mr. Campbell went away afterwards.
7833[Diary entry: 12 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
12. Wind fresh from the So. Wt. in the forenoon. Then shifting to the No. West blew hard but moderated towards Night. Clear all D[ay].
7834From George Washington to Daniel Jenifer Adams, 12 January 1773 (Washington Papers)
As there appears to be a good deal of Inconsistency between your Letters to me and those to Colo. Carlyle respecting the Sale of the Brig, and as you have changd the Destination of the Vessell contrary to the Original Intention of the Voyage, and contrary to the expectation of the Owner here (to my very great Inconvenience) and as some other reasons might be added, if necessary, still more...
7835From George Washington to Robert McMickan, 12 January 1773 (Washington Papers)
The Inclosed Letter, is occasiond by a Paragraph in one of your Letters to Messrs Robert Adam & Co.; and I should be obliged to you to make use of it, or not, as circumstances may require; for it is not my wish to proceed to any harsh or rigorous measures by which a Man just setting out in Trade may be injurd if there is a possibility of avoiding it. The Inconsistency however in Adams’s...
7836From George Washington to Robert McMickan, 12 January 1773 (Washington Papers)
In July last I shipd 273 Barrls of Flour in the Brig Fairfax Saml Brodie Master for Barbadoes; or, in case of bad Markets there, to Jamaica, and consignd them to Mr D. Jenefir Adams who went in the Vessell, and was part owner thereof; directing the proceeds (together with £86.5.0 Virga Curry or £69 Sterg Excha: 25 prCt being the amount of 115 Barls of Herrings sold him & to be paid for in the...
7837[Diary entry: 13 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
13. Went into the Neck in the forenoon to lay of a Fence at Hallerys. hallerys : GW probably means Samuel Halley (Haley), who had married John Sheridine’s (d. 1768) widow, Barberry. Halley and his wife still lived in Clifton’s Neck on the land her father-in-law, John Sheridine of Charles County, Md., rented from GW.
7838[Diary entry: 13 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
13. Lowering Morning & very like for Snow—ground hard froze. Afterwards clear. Wind South.
7839[Diary entry: 14 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
14. Mr. Pendleton went away after Breakfast. I rid up to Alexandria. Dind with Mr. Robt. Adam & returnd.
7840[Diary entry: 14 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
14. Raining more or less all day. Wind Easterly. Ground froze.
7841[Diary entry: 15 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
15. Rid to the Ferry, Mill, & Mill Plantation before Dinner writing afterwards.
7842[Diary entry: 15 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
15. Ground froze—day clear & Cold. Wind very hard from the No. West.
7843[Diary entry: 16 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
16. Rid into the Neck, to the Mill and Muddy hole.
7844[Diary entry: 16 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
16. Ground very hard froze—but calm and moderate after the Morning.
7845[Diary entry: 17 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
17. At home all day alone. Mrs. Barnes went up to Alexandria.
7846[Diary entry: 17 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
17. Wind Shifting to the No. West in the Night it turnd exceeding cold froze the ground very hard & shut up the Creeks. Thawd very little all day.
7847[Diary entry: 18 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
18. At home all day alone.
7848[Diary entry: 18 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
18. Very piercing. The River allmost froze over but opend with the Wind wch. contd. Northerly thawd none.
7849[Diary entry: 19 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
19. At home all day alone.
7850[Diary entry: 19 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
19. More moderate; the Wind getting Southerly but thawd little—lowering in the Evening.
7851From George Washington to George William Fairfax, 19 January 1773 (Washington Papers)
If you are done with my Compass & Plotting Instruments, I should be glad to receive them by the bearer, as I measure all my Fields, & am now Inclosing a New one, and do not know where to lay the Rails that are to Fence it, till I find how much of the Field will give me the quantity of Land I want to Inclose. As I wrote to you in haste the morning of the day Lord Sterlg yourself &ca were to...
7852To George Washington from Jonathan Boucher, 19 January 1773 (Washington Papers)
It is certainly expedient to remove Mr Custis to some Place of publick Education, and speedily. And when there is so noble, so princely an Institution of this sort, in his own Country, it is lamentable to find there still shou’d be a Necessity for sending Him to Another. I had, as You know, been endeavouring to believe the many Stories We are perpetually hearing of the Mismanagement at Wm &...
7853To George Washington from George William Fairfax, 19 January 1773 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from George William Fairfax, 19 Jan. 1773. Listed in Thomas Birch’s Sons catalog no. 663, item 61, 21–23 April 1891.
7854[Diary entry: 20 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
20. At home all day alone.
7855[Diary entry: 20 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
20. A Sleet till the Afternoon, with the wind (tho not much of it) at No. East. After that thawing and foggy—quite Calm.
7856[Diary entry: 21 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
21. Ditto. Ditto. In the Afternoon Doctr. Rumney came & stayd all Night.
7857[Diary entry: 21 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
21. A little Snow in the Night—ground about an Inch thick in the Morning. Variable Weather in the forenoon but clear afterwards with the Wind No. of West but neitr, hard nor cold.
7858[Diary entry: 22 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
22. At Home all day, Doctr. Rumney continuing here.
7859[Diary entry: 22 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
22. Ground hard froze, fore part of the day Cold, Wind at No. West. Latter part calm, clear and more moderate.
7860[Diary entry: 23 January 1773] (Washington Papers)
23. Doctr. Rumney went away after Breakfast. I went by the Mill to Doeg Run Plantation to lay of a fence there. Returnd to Dinner—Abedo. Adams here.