1441[Diary entry: 17 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
17. Dined at Belvoir with the above Gentlemen & returnd in the afternoon.
1442[Diary entry: 18 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
18. Rid round all my Plantations after the above gentlemen went away.
1443[Diary entry: 19 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
19. At home—settled & paid the Sheriff. Once a year the justices of each county would submit the names of three of their number to the governor and council, who would choose one of the three to be sheriff for the ensuing year. The Virginia county sheriff was more an administrator than a law officer, having the major responsibility for running elections, serving summonses, and collecting the...
1444[Diary entry: 20 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
20. Set of for my Brother Sam’s & Nomomy. Crossd at the Mouth of Nangamy & went to my Brothers. Mrs. Washington and Patsy Custis accompanied GW on this trip, and Jacky Custis, taking a vacation from his studies, met them today at Samuel Washington’s house ( GW to Jonathan Boucher, 19 Aug. 1768 , owned by Mr. Sol Feinstone, Washington Crossing, Pa.). During the family’s stay in the Chotank...
1445[Diary entry: 21 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
21. At my Brothers. Colo. Lewis & my Brothr. Charles came there.
1446[Diary entry: 22 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
22. Still at my Brothers with other Company—his Child being Christned. This child was one of several that did not live to maturity ( Fitzpatrick, Diaries John C. Fitzpatrick, ed. The Diaries of George Washington, 1748–1799 . 4 vols. Boston and New York, 1925. , 1:285n).
1447[Diary entry: 23 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
23. Hauling the Sein under Mr. Lawrence Washington’s shore.
1448[Diary entry: 24 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
24. Imbarkd on board my Schooner for Nomomy. Lay of Captn. Laidler’s. John Laidler (d. 1773), of Laidler’s ferry, just above Lower Cedar Point in Charles County, Md. Laidler’s was the major ferry crossing to the Virginia shore on that part of the Potomac River.
1449[Diary entry: 25 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
25. Hauling the Sein upon the Bar of Cedar point for Sheeps heads but catchd none. Run down below the Mouth of Machodack & came to. Upper Machodoc Creek, in Stafford (now in King George) County, flows into the Potomac about 14 miles above GW’s birthplace at Pope’s Creek, Westmoreland County.
1450[Diary entry: 26 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
26. Reachd my Brother John’s at Night. While the Washingtons were in Westmoreland County, Jacky Custis became “much disorder’d by an intermitting fever, attended with billeous vomittings,” and Dr. Charles Mortimer of Fredericksburg was called to treat him. Jacky was soon better, but he remained so “very weak & low,” that “his Mamma” insisted on taking him to Mount Vernon until he was fully...
1451[Diary entry: 27 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
27. Hauling the Sein upon Hollis’s Marsh Bar & elsewhere for Sheeps heads but catchd none. Hollis Marsh was at the upper cape of Nomini Bay.
1452[Diary entry: 28 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
28. Went to Nomony Church & returnd to my Brother’s to Dinner.
1453[Diary entry: 29 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
29. Went into Machodack Ck. fishing and dind with the Revd. Mr. Smith. Lower Machodoc Creek empties into the Potomac River about two miles below Nomini Bay in Westmoreland County, forming a bay about one mile wide at its mouth. This creek is not to be confused with Jackson’s Creek, also in Westmoreland County, which empties into the Potomac six miles below Lower Machodoc Creek and was...
1454[Diary entry: 30 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
30. Hauling the Sein on the Bars near Hollis’s Marsh & other places.
1455[Diary entry: 31 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
31. Dined with Mr. Jno. Smith who was marryed yesterday to the widow Lee. John Smith (1715–1771) of Fleets Bay plantation on Indian Creek, Northumberland County, was a second cousin to GW. He had previously been married to Mary Jaquelin (1714–1764) of Jamestown and had lived for many years at Shooter’s Hill plantation, Middlesex County. In 1767 he established a smallpox inoculation hospital at...
1456Remarks—of the—Weather [August 1768] (Washington Papers)
Augt. 1. But little Wind & yet not very warm. 2. Clear & warm. Wind Eastwardly. 3. Wind Eastwardly—with appearances of Rain but none fell. 4. But little Wind with great appearance of a settled Rain after noon tho not enough fell to make the House eves run. 5. Very warm with the wind Southwardly. 6. Exceeding hot—& still till the Evening, then a slight breeze from the Southward. 7. Very Warm,...
1457[Diary entry: 1 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
Augt. 1. But little Wind & yet not very warm.
1458[Diary entry: 2 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
2. Clear & warm. Wind Eastwardly.
1459[Diary entry: 3 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
3. Wind Eastwardly—with appearances of Rain but none fell.
1460[Diary entry: 4 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
4. But little Wind with great appearance of a settled Rain after noon tho not enough fell to make the House eves run.
1461[Diary entry: 5 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
5. Very warm with the wind Southwardly.
1462[Diary entry: 6 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
6. Exceeding hot—& still till the Evening, then a slight breeze from the Southward.
1463[Diary entry: 7 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
7. Very Warm, Wind Southwardly. Abt. 3 Oclock a slight Shower here & better at the Mill & Doeg Run—to the No. Wt. & Southward the appearance of a great deal of Rain.
1464[Diary entry: 8 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
8. Cloudy Morning, with Showers in difft. places but none here. Wind Southwardly.
1465[Diary entry: 9 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
9. Cloudy, with sometimes a mist till abt. One clock—after which two or three smart Showers for a few Minutes from the S.W.
1466[Diary entry: 10 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
10. A fine Settled Rain from the Northward for two or three hours in the Morning—with slight Showers afterwards.
1467[Diary entry: 11 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
11. Cool Wind being at No. West—with gt. appearances of Rain—but none fell.
1468[Diary entry: 12 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
12. Clear and tolerably warm. Wind Southwardly.
1469[Diary entry: 13 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
13. Warm with very little Wind. Clouds to the Westward—but no Rain here.
1470[Diary entry: 14 August 1768] (Washington Papers)
14. Wind abt. Southwest & tolerably fresh, otherwise Warm. Clouds to the Westward & thunder with a great deal of Rain upwards—but none here.