47481[Diary entry: 18 November 1785] (Washington Papers)
Friday 18th. Thermometer at 49 in the Morning—54 at Noon and 50 at Night. Morning clear & serene—a white Frost and ground froze—Ice an eighth of an Inch thick. Wind at No. Wt. & pretty fresh untill the afternoon when it was almost calm. Began to take up a number of small Pines to replace the dead ones in my wilderness. Got them with much dirt about the Roots. Took an Account of the Horses,...
47482[Diary entry: 12 January 1775] (Washington Papers)
12. Went a Fox hunting—found but did not kill.
47483[Diary entry: 29 June 1787] (Washington Papers)
29th. Friday. Dined at Mr. Morris’s and spent the Evening at home.
47484II., 3 July 1754 (Washington Papers)
Capitulation accordée par ⟨M.⟩ de Vill⟨iers Capitaine⟩ D’infant⟨erie⟩ Commandant des troupes de Sa Majesté tres Chrétienne a celuy des troupes Anglais actuellement dans le fort de Nécessité qui avoit été Construit sur les terres du Domaine Du Roy Ce 3e Juillet 1754 a huit heures du soir. Savoir. Comme notre intention n’a jamais été de troubler la Paix et la Bonne armonie qui régnoit entre les...
47485[Diary entry: 19 May 1769] (Washington Papers)
19. Warm with frequent Showers, and thunder and lightning. Wind southwardly.
47486Candidates for Army Appointments from Delaware, [November–December 1798] (Hamilton Papers)
Majors John Vining commands a Company of Light Infantry provisional Captains Richard Dale handed in by Clayton Antifœderal 1 Samuel White young Lawyer Dover prudence & propriety Foederal good property G Read Basset integrity
47487[Diary entry: 27 January 1771] (Washington Papers)
27. But a Slight frost and tolerably pleasant. Eveng. somewhat Cool.
47488[Diary entry: 16 August 1769] (Washington Papers)
16. Horses returnd from carrying Colo. Loyd. Mr. Barclay—Mr. Goldsbury Mr. Hardwick, Mr. Jno. Lewis & Mr. Wn. Washington Junr. dined here. mr. goldsbury : probably one of the brothers of John Barclay’s wife, Rachel Goldsborough Barclay. Her three brothers were Nicholas, Thomas, and Foster Goldsborough ( hanson George A. Hanson. Old Kent: The Eastern Shore of Maryland: Notes Illustrative of the...
47489[Diary entry: 13 July 1788] (Washington Papers)
Sunday 13th. Thermometer at 78 in the Morng.—84 at Noon and 79 at Night. Calm & clear in the Morning, but about two O’clock a cloud arose in the No. Wt. quarter which produced very heavy rain for 15 or 20 Minutes with violent wind, which laid down a great deal of my standing grain—grass—and flax; Blew down much of my fencing; the caps of all the shocks of grain and in many places (where they...
47490September [1795] (Washington Papers)
8th. Left Phila. for Mt. Vernon. Dined at Chester & lodged at Wilmington. 9. Breakfasted at Christiana dined at Elkton & lodged at Charles town. 10. Breakfasted at Susquehanna (Mrs. Rogers’s) dined at Hartford & lo[d]ged at Websters. 11. Breakfasted at Baltimore. Dined & lodged at Spurriers. 12. Breakfasted at Van Horns. Dined at Bladensburgh & lodged at George Town. 13. Breakfasted in George...