[Diary entry: 5 October 1786]

Thursday 5th. Mercury at 70 in the Morng.—72 at Noon and 68 at Night.

A good deal of Rain fell in the Night; & a great deal in the course of this day (with the Wind from the So. East & sometimes very high) which occasioned very high tides, and high freshes. At home all day.

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Source Project: Washington Papers
Title: [Diary entry: 5 October 1786]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 5 October 1786

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 5 October 1786],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-05-02-0001-0004-0005. [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. 48.]