1[Diary entry: 18 April 1786] (Washington Papers)
Tuesday 18th. Thermometer at 52 in the Morning—58 at Noon and at Night. Wind at No. West—pretty fresh & cool—cloudy also without much signs of Rain. Rid to Muddy hole—Dogue Run & ferry plantations; & to the fishing Landing. At the first they had begun to plant the Irish Potatoes in drills; 4 rows were allotted for this purpose 2 whereof had a handful of dung put upon each set—which were at the...