7741[Diary entry: 9 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
9. The forenoon quite calm, warm & pleasant. Afternoon a little more Windy from the Southward.
7742[Diary entry: 10 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
10. At home all day.
7743[Diary entry: 10 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
10. Much such a day as yesterday being very pleasant.
7744[Diary entry: 11 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
11. My Brothr. Jno. set of homewards Mr. Smith to Frederick. I accompanied him as far as Alexa. from whence I returnd in the Afternoon—Mr. Dulany—Doctr. Brown & Mr. Brown with me.
7745[Diary entry: 11 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
11. Very pleasant, but somewhat Cooler. Wind Northwardly.
7746[Diary entry: 12 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
12. Doctr. Brown went away abt. 12 Oclock & Mr. Brown after Dinner.
7747[Diary entry: 12 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
12. Clear, Calm, & very pleasant.
7748[Diary entry: 13 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
13. My Brother Chas. returnd home very Early this Morning and Mr. Dulany went up to Alexa. after Breakfast.
7749[Diary entry: 13 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
13. Wind pretty fresh from the Southwest & very lowering.
7750To George Washington from James Hill, 13 December 1772 (Washington Papers)
Your man got down on monday last & I was up the country at The Quarters & did not Get down till fryday night & when I got Home found yr Man Giles there & after makg inquerery found Your Letters was deliverd agreable to your Instructions But the Gent. coud not get the Answers ready till, Satterday. & in respect to Mr Fra. foster while I was up the country I sent one of the overseers to him to...
7751[Diary entry: 14 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
14. Went into the Neck on foot crossing the Creek with a Gun. Captn. McCarty & his Bro. Thadeus, & a Dutch Minister Dined here. Thaddeus McCarty (c.1737–1812), of Loudoun County, was the youngest of the three sons of Denis and Sarah Ball McCarty of Cedar Grove, and hence a brother of GW’s neighbor Capt. Daniel McCarty. Thaddeus married Sarah Elizabeth Richardson in 1768.
7752[Diary entry: 14 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
14. Clear and very pleasant, with little or no wind & that Southerly.
7753[Diary entry: 15 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
15. Went a Hunting & found two Foxes both of which were killd, but only one got, the Dogs running out of hearg. with the 2d.; found these Foxes on the Hills by Isaac Gates’s. The Isaac Gates family lived southwest of Mount Vernon. Gates occasionally used the services of GW’s blacksmith and weavers, paying for them with chickens and eggs. In 1782 he was listed for tax purposes as having six...
7754[Diary entry: 15 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
15. Tolerably, but a little Cloudy in the forenoon & calm, wind fresh from the Eastward in the Afternoon with Rain all Nig[ht].
7755To George Washington from Francis Baker, 15 December 1772 (Washington Papers)
At the time Capn Posey was in this Goal, his Son St Lawrence was in a Starving Condition about the Town—from mear pitty I took him into my House, and a Small time after Sent him with my own Children, to the Free school, where he Continued till his Father Left this place for Virginia, who then told me the Boy should be under my Care till he himself or his friends sent for him; till which time...
7756[Diary entry: 16 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
16. Mr. Val. Crawford who came yesterday went away this day. At home all day.
7757[Diary entry: 16 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
16. Raining in the forenoon but clear afterwards & pleasant.
7758[Diary entry: 17 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
17. Govr. Eden & Mr. Custis came here to Dinner & Mr. Geo. Digges after Dinner.
7759[Diary entry: 17 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
17. Very pleasant, being Mild and little Wind.
7760[Diary entry: 18 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
18 Mr. Boucher, his Wife & Sister came to Dinner. GW means Boucher’s unmarried sister Jane (1742–1794), who lived in her brother’s household ( BOUCHER [1] Jonathan Bouchier, ed. Reminiscences of an American Loyalist, 1738–1789: Being the Autobiography of The Revd Jonathan Boucher, Rector of Annapolis in Maryland and afterwards Vicar of Epsom, Surrey, England . Boston, 1925. , 200).
7761[Diary entry: 18 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
18. Wind Eastwardly & Raining more or less all day.
7762From George Washington to Jonathan Boucher, 18 December 1772 (Washington Papers)
I send my Carriage up but cannot undertake to promise for the Horses bringing you down, as two of them are unused to drawing, & but one Postilion accustomd to drive, the other, with my lame Horses not being return’d from Williamsburg—Mrs Washington &ca join in Compliments to Mrs & Miss Boucher, who, together with yourself, we shall expect to see at Dinner —I am Dr Sir Yr Most Obedt ALS...
7763From George Washington to Gilbert Simpson, 18 December 1772 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Gilbert Simpson, 18 Dec. 1772. On 26 Dec. Simpson wrote to GW : “I Received yours of the 18 of this instant.”
7764[Diary entry: 19 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
19. Mr. William Digges & his four Daughters came as also a Mr. B. Buckner who bot. Flour of me. William Digges’s will written in 1780 mentions four daughters: Theresa, Ann, Jane, and Elizabeth. Two other daughters are known: Susannah who died young and Mary who died single ( BOWIE Effie Gwynn Bowie. Across the Years in Prince George’s County: A Genealogical and Biographical History of Some...
7765[Diary entry: 19 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
19. Misting Raining, & Foggy all day with but little Wind.
7766To George Washington from George William Fairfax, 19 December 1772 (Washington Papers)
I received yours covering the Deeds and Bonds, which I have examined, and find right, except the omission of the word Oak and have Sign’d the three Bonds for Payment. I am thoroughly satisfied that your Survey is as Correct (if not more so[)] than any Mr West could have gott made, And rather my Dear Sir than your Schemes should be flustrated, shall be fully content with the Land on the South...
7767To George Washington from Edmund Pendleton, 19 December 1772 (Washington Papers)
I will pay you the Sum of Four hundred pounds which my Nephew Informs me he is to give you for the Land he purchased of you in Frederick. I am Dr Sir Yr Mo. Obedt Humble Servt ALS , DLC:GW . In January 1772 Philip Pendleton bought in Frederick County for £400 what GW describes as “a piece of about 180 Acres of Land sold him—joining my other Land, his own Land, & the Land of the Haynes’s” (...
7768[Diary entry: 20 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
20. All the above Company here all day.
7769[Diary entry: 20 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
20. Much such a day as yesterday, but not quite so wet & bad.
7770[Diary entry: 21 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
21. The whole went over to Mr. Digges’s. Mrs. Washington, myself &ca. went with them & stayd all Night. Today William Shaw inspected 300 barrels of flour for GW and was credited with £1 17s. 6d. in fees ( General Ledger B General Ledger B, 1772–1793. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. , folio 58).