George Washington Papers

[Diary entry: 2 January 1797]

2. Cloudy forenoon—wind westerly. Much company to complement the Season. [18]

New Year’s Day having fallen on Sunday this year, the New Year’s celebration was postponed until today.

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    [Diary entry: 2 January 1797]
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    Washington, George
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    2 January 1797

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    “[Diary entry: 2 January 1797],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-06-02-0006-0001-0002. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 6, 1 January 1790 – 13 December 1799, ed. Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1979, p. 228.]