[Diary entry: 21 August 1786]

Monday 21st. Mercury at 69 in the Morning—79 at Noon and 76 at Night.

Clear and warm with but little [wind].

Rid to the Plantations at Dogue Run Muddy hole & Ferry. At the 2d. the Hoes & Plows had just finished putting in wheat in the middle cut, which took [ ] bushels to sow it; after which they were ordered to thin the drilled Turnips & to weed the Carrots.

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Title: [Diary entry: 21 August 1786]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 21 August 1786

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 21 August 1786],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-05-02-0001-0002-0021. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 5, 1 July 1786 – 31 December 1789, ed. Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1979, p. 29.]