George Washington Papers

[Diary entry: 19 February 1790]

Friday 19th. Exercised on horse-back about 9 oclock. Walked afterwards to my New House.

Received a Captn. Drew, Comr. of a British Sloop of War, sent Express to Sir John Temple Consul General of that Nation in the U. States.

The Visitors this Evening to Mrs. Washington were numerous and respectable.

Captain Drew, in command of the Echo, sailed on his return voyage to Plymouth 6 Mar. (New-York Journal, and Weekly Register, 11 Mar. 1790).

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