7771[Diary entry: 21 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
21. Exceeding pleasant with but little Wind from the Southwd. & Clear.
7772From George Washington to James Hill, 21 December 1772 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to James Hill, 21 Dec. 1772. On 5 Feb. 1773 Hill wrote to GW : “I recd your letters in the office the 30th of Jany one dated the 21st Decr.”
7773[Diary entry: 22 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
22. Returnd home early in the Morning, & went up to Alexa. to Court. Came back in the Aftern. The court met 21–22 Dec., but GW was not recorded present. On the previous day the justices had registered GW’s brand for his flour, “ g: washington ,” in accordance with the act passed during the last session of the assembly (Fairfax County Order Book for 1772–74, 158–65, Vi Microfilm; see main entry...
7774[Diary entry: 22 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
22. Wind Southerly and pleasant, being clear.
7775[Diary entry: 23 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
23. Went a Hunting but found nothing. In the Evening Colo. Fairfax came. On this day Baldwin Buckner, on behalf of himself and his brother John, contracted with GW to buy 300 barrels of “Superfine Flour & Cask” for £300 13s., to be paid the following April at the meeting of merchants in Williamsburg ( General Ledger B General Ledger B, 1772–1793. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers,...
7776[Diary entry: 23 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
23. Wind pretty fresh from the Northwest but not Cold.
7777From George Washington to the Officers and Soldiers of the Virginia Regiment of 1754, 23 December 1772 (Washington Papers)
Pursuant to an order of Council, hereunto annexed, I am, through the channel of your Gazette, to inform the officers and soldiers of the first VIRGINIA REGIMENT (those of them I mean who embarked in the service of this colony before the battle of the Meadows in the year 1754) that all the claims which had been presented to me, properly attested, for land under Governor Dinwiddie ’s...
7778[Diary entry: 24 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
24. At home all day. After breakfast Mr. Buckner went away as Colo. Fairfax did after Dinr.
7779[Diary entry: 24 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
24. But little Wind, & that Easterly with Rain more or less all Day.
7780[Diary entry: 25 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
25. Went to Pohick Church and returnd to Dinner. Found Mr. Tilghman here.