17th. Morning cloudy and great appearances of Snow. Mid day clear with a disposition to thaw, but the wind shifting to No. West it turned exceeding cold & froze hard.
[Diary entry: 17 January 1780]
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- [Diary entry: 17 January 1780]
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- Washington, George
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- 17 January 1780
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- Year: The Weather at Headquarters
- Month: January [1780]
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- “[Diary entry: 17 January 1780],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-03-02-0006-0002-0017. [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. 343.]