George Washington Papers

[Diary entry: 13 October 1789]

Tuesday 13th. At two Oclock received the Address from the People called Quakers.

A good many Gentlemen attended the Levee to day.

the address: presumably a statement of support for GW by “the Religious Society called Quakers, from their Yearly Meeting for Pennsylvania, NewJersey, and the western Parts of Virginia and Maryland” (NHyF: Collection of Naval and Marine Manuscripts). The meeting was held 28 Sept.—3 Oct. 1789. A copy of GW’s undated reply is in NHyF: Collection of Naval and Marine Manuscripts.

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    [Diary entry: 13 October 1789]
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    Washington, George
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    13 October 1789

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    “[Diary entry: 13 October 1789],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-05-02-0005-0002-0013. [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. 460.]