[Diary entry: 24 December 1769]

24. Went to Prayers, & dined afterwds. at Colo. Lewis. Spent the Evening with Mr. Jones at Julians.

Edward Jones was Mary Ball Washington’s overseer at the Ferry Farm. Mrs. Julian kept a tavern on the main street of Fredericksburg until about 1777 (Va. Gaz., P&D, 9 July 1772, and D&H, 15 Aug. 1777).

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Title: [Diary entry: 24 December 1769]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 24 December 1769

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 24 December 1769],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-02-02-0004-0032-0024. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 2, 14 January 1766 – 31 December 1770, ed. Donald Jackson. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1976, p. 203.]