1[Diary entry: 17 March 1774] (Washington Papers)
17. Looking over & running some Lines of Mercers Bullrun Tract. Returnd & lodgd at Wests again. In checking some boundaries of the Mercer land that he would be responsible for selling in the fall, GW found that a mill had been built by a local settler inside a supposed Mercer line. GW sided with the mill owner ( GW to James Mercer, 28 Mar. 1774 , NNgWHM ).
2[Diary entry: 17 March 1774] (Washington Papers)
17. Clear in the forenoon, but cloudy & lowering afterwards with a good deal of Rain in the Night.