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[Diary entry: 16 September 1785]

Friday 16th. Thermometer at 69 in the Morning—70 at Noon and 75 at Night.

Calm and clear in the forenoon—Southerly wind afterwards with clouds and appearances of rain but none fell here.

Mr. Hiebert came here to dinner and returned to Alexandria afterwards.

Sent my Chariot at the request of Mrs. Stuart with Betcy & Patcy Custis to Mr. Calverts. Nelly & Washington Custis went with them to return with the Carriage.

mr. hiebert: probably Mr. Huiberts (see entry for 28 April 1785).

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    “[Diary entry: 16 September 1785],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-04-02-0002-0009-0016. [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. 194.]