[Diary entry: 23 November 1789]

Monday 23d. Rid five or Six miles between Breakfast & dinner. Called upon Mr. Vanberkel & Mrs. Adams.

Franco Petrus Van Berckel had succeeded his father as minister to the United States from the Netherlands in Aug. 1788 and presented his credentials in May 1789 (Van Berckel to Jay, 11 May 1789, letter of credence, 1 Aug. 1788, DNA:PCC, Item 126). He was generally popular in New York, although Sen. William Maclay termed him “gaudy as a peacock” (MACLAY description begins Charles A. Beard, ed. The Journal of William Maclay: United States Senator from Pennsylvania, 1789–1791. 1927. Reprint. New York, 1965. description ends , 41).

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Title: [Diary entry: 23 November 1789]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 23 November 1789

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 23 November 1789],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-05-02-0005-0003-0023. [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. 500.]