11774 Aug. 29. Monday. (Adams Papers)
Rode to Trenton upon Delaware River, to break fast. At Williams’s the Tavern at Trenton Ferry, We saw four very large black Walnut Trees standing in a Row behind the House. It seems that these Trees are plenty in these Southern Provinces—all the black Walnut Timber which is used by our Cabinet Makers in Boston is brought from the Southern Provinces. This Town of Trenton is a pretty Village—it...
2To John Adams from William Tudor, 29 August 1774 (Adams Papers)
I wrote you 21st. Inst. which I hope you have receiv’d. The publick Prints of to Day, Which you will doubtless see, have been so satisfactory in their Accounts of the Proceedings of People in different Parts of the Province, as to render it unnecessary for me to write them. Every thing here is driving fast to an important Crisis. The Governor, if Report says true, is determined at all Hazards...
3[Diary entry: 29 August 1774] (Washington Papers)
29. The above Gentn. went away after Breakfast.
4[Diary entry: 29 August 1774] (Washington Papers)
29. Warm & clear. Wind Southerly.
5To George Washington from Edward Montagu, 29 August 1774 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Edward Montagu, 29 Aug. 1774. On 5 April 1775 GW wrote Montagu acknowledging “the receipt of your favour of the 29th of August.”