7851[Diary entry: 10 December 1773] (Washington Papers)
10. At home all day alone. Mr. Custis comg. in the Aftn.
7852[Diary entry: 11 December 1773] (Washington Papers)
11. At home all day. In the Afternoon Mr. Wm. Brown & his Sister, & my Brothr. John came. William Burnet Browne (Brown), formerly of Salem, Mass., and his half-sister Anne lived in King William County. On 13 Dec GW recorded that £400 belonging to Jacky Custis was lent to John A. Washington on interest ( General Ledger B General Ledger B, 1772–1793. Library of Congress, George Washington...
7853[Diary entry: 12 December 1773] (Washington Papers)
12. At home all day the above Company here. Mrs. Washington & Miss Brown going to Ch[urc]h & returng. to Dinner.
7854[Diary entry: 13 December 1773] (Washington Papers)
13. At home all day—the above Compa[ny] Continuing.
7855[Diary entry: 14 December 1773] (Washington Papers)
14. My Brother Mr. Brown & his Sister went away after breakfast.
7856[Diary entry: 15 December 1773] (Washington Papers)
15. I rid out and joind the Dogs in hunting a Fox but did not kill it.
7857[Diary entry: 16 December 1773] (Washington Papers)
16. Rid to the Ferry & Mill Plantns. as also to the Mill.
7858[Diary entry: 17 December 1773] (Washington Papers)
17. Rid to Muddy hole, & into the Neck. Mr. George Mason Dined here. During much of GW’s lifetime there were three George Masons living within eight miles of Mount Vernon. Col. George Mason of Gunston Hall, who appears regularly in the diaries as “Col. Mason,” had a son named George Mason (1753–1796), who lived near his father in Mason’s Neck at Lexington. This George was called George Mason...
7859[Diary entry: 18 December 1773] (Washington Papers)
18. At home all day alone.
7860[Diary entry: 19 December 1773] (Washington Papers)
19. At home all day, alone. After Dinner Mrs. Barnes went to Mrs. French’s.