George Washington Papers

[Diary entry: 5 July 1774]

5. Went up to Alexandria to a Meeting of the Inhabitts. of this County. Dined at Arrells & lodgd at my own Ho[use].

The date for the convention in Williamsburg had been set as late as 1 Aug., so that each burgess might “have an Opportunity of collecting the Sense of their respective Counties” (see main entry for 31 May 1774), and it was for this purpose that GW attended this Fairfax County meeting of inhabitants, probably held at the courthouse.

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    [Diary entry: 5 July 1774]
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    Washington, George
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    5 July 1774

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    “[Diary entry: 5 July 1774],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-03-02-0004-0013-0005. [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. 260.]