13501[Diary entry: 17 May 1797] (Washington Papers)
17. Wind Easterly all day and pretty fresh & cool.
13502[Diary entry: 1 September 1798] (Washington Papers)
1. Morning—A little lowering with appearances of rain in the Afternoon but not fell here. Mer. 68 in the Morn. & at N.
13503[Diary entry: 7 June 1797] (Washington Papers)
7. Ditto—Do. Do.
13504[Diary entry: 21 May 1797] (Washington Papers)
21. Wind more Southerly with great appearances of Rain but none fell here.
13505[Diary entry: 11 June 1797] (Washington Papers)
11. Wind at No. Wt. All day but neither hard nor cold.
13506General Orders, 20 July 1799 (Hamilton Papers)
The general court martial of which Major Willcock was president, having convicted Joseph Perkins, a private soldier of the 1st regiment of artillerists and engineers of the crime of desertion, aggravated by that of liberating and taking off with him two prisoners confined under the sentence of a court martial for desertion, over whom he was sentinel, and having condemned him to suffer death:...
13507[Diary entry: 1 July 1797] (Washington Papers)
1. Warm with variable Wind—sometimes East & sometimes West of So. M. 80.
13508August 1798 (Washington Papers)
1. Clear Morning & day—Mer. 72 in the Morning & 80 at Night. 2. Morning clear & calm—Mer. at 74. Clear all day—Wind Southerly. M. 80 at Night. Mr. Lear dined here & Mrs. Washington of Bushfield & her G. daughter Ann Washn. came in the Afternn. Ann Aylett Washington (1783–1804), daughter of Jane Washington (1759–1791) and William Augustine Washington (d. 1810), was the granddaughter of Jane’s...
13509[Diary entry: 24 May 1799] (Washington Papers)
24. A good deal of Rain fell last Night; day warm, & Wind Southerly. Mer. 78 abt. Noon & 70 at Night. Rain in the afternoon by Showers. Colo. Ball came to breakfast, and went away after dinner. Mr. T: Peter & Mrs. Peter & young Powell came to dinner. Young Powell may be William H. Powell (d. 1802), who asked GW for a recommendation for an officer’s commission in the provisional army ( GW to...
13510December [1798] (Washington Papers)
1. Dined with Mr. Rawle. 2. Ditto with Bingham. From hence until my leaving the City on the 13. I dined at my lodgings. 14. After dinner set out on my journey home. Reached Chester. 15. Breakfasted at Wilmington bated at Christiana and dined and lodged at Elkton. 16. Set out after a very early breakfast; and was detained at Susquehanna from 10 Oclock until the next morning, partly by Ice and...