George Washington Papers

[Diary entry: 6 April 1774]

6. At home all day.

For the past several weeks GW had been corresponding with Dr. Hugh Mercer of Fredericksburg, who wished to buy the Ferry Farm. On this day Dr. Mercer accepted GW’s price, promising to pay the £2,000 Virginia currency in five annual payments, plus interest (Mercer to GW, 6 April 1774. DLC:GW).

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    [Diary entry: 6 April 1774]
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    Washington, George
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    6 April 1774

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    “[Diary entry: 6 April 1774],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-03-02-0004-0007-0006. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 3, 1 January 1771–5 November 1781, ed. Donald Jackson. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1978, p. 244.]