9301[Diary entry: 10 July 1774] (Washington Papers)
10. At home all day—Ditto.
9302[Diary entry: 10 July 1774] (Washington Papers)
10. Rather Cool all day altho there was but little Wind. That however was Northerly.
9303[Diary entry: 11 July 1774] (Washington Papers)
11. At home all day. Doctr. Rumney came here, Dined & stayed all Night.
9304[Diary entry: 11 July 1774] (Washington Papers)
11. Clear and pleasand being rather cool. Without much wind.
9305From George Washington to John Augustine Washington, 11 July 1774 (Washington Papers)
The Morning after receiving your Letter of the 4th which came to hand the 8th at Night ⟨I sent⟩ up to Alexa. to ⟨i⟩nquire after your Bacon &c. and to obtain ⟨some⟩ satisfactory answers to your queries, respecting the price of Corn & Wheat than I was enabled to give myself having heard nothing said in respect to the latter since my return home—The Inclosed Letters convey the Sentiments of Mr...
9306[Diary entry: 12 July 1774] (Washington Papers)
12th. Rid to Muddy hole, Dogue Run & Mill Plantation. Mr. Digges, Doctr. Digges & Miss Tracy Dind & went away in the Afternoon as did Doctr. Rumney also.
9307[Diary entry: 12 July 1774] (Washington Papers)
12. Wind Northerly in the forenoon and rather Cool but warmer afterwards & clear all day.
9308[Diary entry: 13 July 1774] (Washington Papers)
13. At home all day alone.
9309[Diary entry: 13 July 1774] (Washington Papers)
13. Clear with but little wind & rather Warm.
9310[Diary entry: 14 July 1774] (Washington Papers)
14. Went up to Alexandria to the Election where I was Chosen, together with Majr. Broadwater, Burgess. Staid all Night to a Ball. Governor Dunmore, who had dissolved the assembly upon its protest of the Boston Port Bill in May 1774, had issued the writs for new elections on 16 June ( Va. Gaz. , P&D, 16 June 1774, supp.). Maj. Charles Broadwater (d. 1806) lived at Springfield, in northern...
9311[Diary entry: 14 July 1774] (Washington Papers)
14. Clear, and exceeding warm, especially in the Afternoon, there being no Wind at the time.
9312[Diary entry: 15 July 1774] (Washington Papers)
15. Return’d home to a late Dinner.
9313[Diary entry: 15 July 1774] (Washington Papers)
15. Warm Morning with fine Showers in the Afternoon.
9314To George Washington from Samuel Athawes, 15 July 1774 (Washington Papers)
I am now to acknowledge the receipt of your very polite Favor of the 1st June accompanying two Letters Vizt one from yourself & the other from a Mr Peyton Craven for our mutual Friend the Honble George Wm Fairfax Esqr. which I have accordingly forwarded to him. There is a Rumour here as if a Meeting was to be formd in Virginia on the 1st of the approaching Month & that the Consequence of the...
9315[Diary entry: 16 July 1774] (Washington Papers)
16. At home all day alone.
9316[Diary entry: 16 July 1774] (Washington Papers)
16. Very warm, with but little Wind, & that Southerly. Appearances of Rain with some thundr. & lightning but none fell here or very little.
9317[Diary entry: 17 July 1774] (Washington Papers)
17. Went to Pohick Church & returnd to Dinner. Colo. Mason came in the Afternoon & stayed all Night. George Mason of Gunston Hall was a member of the Fairfax resolutions committee that GW chaired. He and GW probably spent this Sunday afternoon and evening perfecting a draft, probably Mason’s, of resolutions to be presented the following day. The final draft submitted to the committee contained...
9318[Diary entry: 17 July 1774] (Washington Papers)
17. Very warm with but little Wind & that Southerly. Night very hot.
9319To George Washington from Bryan Fairfax, 17 July 1774 (Washington Papers)
Having been twice lately at Alexandria, and the Business I am engaged in being liable to suffer much by my Absence, I hope I shall be excused for not attending at this Time. As it is necessary however for every one to give his Sentiments on this occasion, I beg Leave to address myself in this manner to You, Sir, as Chairman of the Meeting, and hope it will answer as well as if I were...
9320[Diary entry: 18 July 1774] (Washington Papers)
18. Went up to Alexandria to a Meeting of the County. Returnd in the Evening—Mr. Magowan with me. When GW arrived in Alexandria he first attended a meeting wherein “the Resolutions [were] revised, alterd, & corrected in the Committee” ( GW to Bryan Fairfax, 20 July 1774 , ViHi ). Then the whole committee went “into a general Meeting in the Court House,” where GW found an almost “perfect...
9321[Diary entry: 18 July 1774] (Washington Papers)
18. Morning exceeding Warm. Evening Cooler.
9322[Diary entry: 19 July 1774] (Washington Papers)
19. At home all day.
9323[Diary entry: 19 July 1774] (Washington Papers)
19. Cool all day, Wind Northerly & clear.
9324[Diary entry: 20 July 1774] (Washington Papers)
20. Rid into the Neck. Mr. Piper, Mr. Ross & Mr. Gibson Dind & Lodgd here. Mr. Gibson may be James Gibson, merchant of Suffolk, Nansemond County, with whom GW had some dealings ( General Ledger A General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. , folio 281, 283), or John Gibson, who in 1780 was a Colchester merchant (George Mason to James...
9325[Diary entry: 20 July 1774] (Washington Papers)
20. Pleasant, but not so Cool as yesterday. Cloudy.
9326From George Washington to Bryan Fairfax, 20 July 1774 (Washington Papers)
Your Letter of the 17th was not presented to me till after the Resolution’s (which were adjudg’d advisable for this county to come to) had been revis’d, alterd, & corrected in the Committee; nor till we had gone into a general Meeting in the Court House, and my attention necessarily call’d every moment to the business that was before it; I did however upon receipt of it (in that hurry &...
9327[Diary entry: 21 July 1774] (Washington Papers)
21. The Gentlemen who came Yesterday went after Breakfast. I contd. at home all day.
9328[Diary entry: 21 July 1774] (Washington Papers)
21. Warm again. Wind Southerly but not much of it.
9329[Diary entry: 22 July 1774] (Washington Papers)
22. Mr. Magowan went away. I continued at home all day.
9330[Diary entry: 22 July 1774] (Washington Papers)
22. Very warm, & clear. Wind Southerly.