[Diary entry: 4 February 1785]

Friday 4th. Mercury at 22 in the Morng.—28 at Noon and at 32 at Night.

Calm, clear, and very pleasant over head, all day.

The Snow began to melt a little.

The two Miss Blackburns left this after breakfast, in order to return home—but it is to be feared they would meet with some difficul⟨ty⟩ at the ferry at Occoquan.

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Title: [Diary entry: 4 February 1785]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 4 February 1785

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 4 February 1785],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-04-02-0002-0002-0004. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 4, 1 September 1784 – 30 June 1786, ed. Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1978, p. 85.]