1[Diary entry: 23 January 1771] (Washington Papers)
23. Waited at Colchester till 2 Oclock for Colo. Mason. Dined at Courts’s & went to Dumfries afterwards & to the Play of the Recruitg. Officer. Lodgd at Mr. Montgomeries. William Courts kept an inn, commonly called the Stone House, at the ferry landing in Colchester ( Va. Gaz. , P, 8 Sept. 1775). The Recruiting Officer: A Comedy , by George Farquhar, was a genial satire about the British army...
2[Diary entry: 23 January 1771] (Washington Papers)
23. Calm and Cloudy but not very cold. No frost this Morning.
3From George Washington to Bernard Moore, 23 January 1771 (Washington Papers)
Your Letter of the 12th Inst. by Mr Seaton was delivered to me at this place in my way to Dumfries where I am going upon an Arbitration fixd to this day. I am exceeding sorry to hear of your unfortunate Circumstances and wish that the situation of my own Engagements, woud permit me to subscribe more largely to your relief than they will; but having several pretty large Sums of my own to pay it...