111[June 1775] (Washington Papers)
June 1. Dined at Burns’s and Spent the Evening in my own Room. GW’s committee on ways and means of supplying ammunition and military stores to the colonies read its report, which was referred to the committee of the whole ( JCC Worthington Chauncey Ford et al., eds. Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789 . 34 vols. Washington, D.C., 1904–37. , 2:74). 2. Dined at Mr. Josh. Shippens &...
112Acct. of the Weather in June [1775] (Washington Papers)
June 1st. Warm and clear in the forenoon—Cool afterwards. 2. Clear & rather Cool. 3. Clear and tolerably pleasant. 4. Lowering in the Forenoon, & Raining in the Afternoon. Cool all day. 5. Raining more or less all day. Wind abt. No. Et. 6. A little lowering and in the Mid day warm. 7. Lowering all day—especially in the Evening. Cool. 8. Lowering in the forenoon but clear afterwards and warm....
113[Diary entry: 1 June 1775] (Washington Papers)
June 1. Dined at Burns’s and Spent the Evening in my own Room. GW’s committee on ways and means of supplying ammunition and military stores to the colonies read its report, which was referred to the committee of the whole ( JCC Worthington Chauncey Ford et al., eds. Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789 . 34 vols. Washington, D.C., 1904–37. , 2:74).
114[Diary entry: 1 June 1775] (Washington Papers)
June 1st. Warm and clear in the forenoon—Cool afterwards.
115[Diary entry: 2 June 1775] (Washington Papers)
2. Dined at Mr. Josh. Shippens & spent the Evening at Mr. Tilghman’s. Shippen was probably Joseph Shippen, Jr. (1732–1810), son of Edward and Sarah Plumley Shippen of Lancaster, Pa. He had graduated from Princeton in 1753 and served as an officer in the Pennsylvania Regiment during the French and Indian War. He was with Gen. John Forbes on the Fort Duquesne expedition and probably knew GW at...
116[Diary entry: 2 June 1775] (Washington Papers)
2. Clear & rather Cool.
117[Diary entry: 3 June 1775] (Washington Papers)
3. Dined at the City Tavern & spent the Evening at my lodgings. Congress appointed a number of committees, including one composed of GW, Philip Schuyler, Silas Deane, Thomas Cushing, and Joseph Hewes, “to bring in an estimate of the money necessary to be raised” ( JCC Worthington Chauncey Ford et al., eds. Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789 . 34 vols. Washington, D.C., 1904–37. ,...
118[Diary entry: 3 June 1775] (Washington Papers)
3. Clear and tolerably pleasant.
119[Diary entry: 4 June 1775] (Washington Papers)
4. Dined at Mr. Robt. Morris’s on the Banks of Schoolkill & Spent the Eveng. at the City Tavn. Robert Morris (1734–1806), born in England, came in his youth to Maryland where his father was engaged in the tobacco export business. The younger Morris settled in Philadelphia and in 1754, as a partner in the firm of Willing, Morris & Co., eventually became one of America’s wealthiest merchants....
120[Diary entry: 4 June 1775] (Washington Papers)
4. Lowering in the Forenoon, & Raining in the Afternoon. Cool all day.