601From George Washington to John McDowell, 5 March 1798 (Washington Papers)
Consequent of a letter which I have lately received from Mr Geo: Calvert, this letter will be presented to you by Doctor Stuart; who is so obliging as to accompany young Mr Custis to Annapolis for the purpose of entering him at College, under your auspices; and for making such arrangements respecting his boarding; the proper line of conduct for him to observe; and course of Studies, as you &...
602[Diary entry: 6 March 1798] (Washington Papers)
6. Morning clear—Wind No. Easterly M. 32. Afternoon wind South Easterly. Mer. 38 at Night & 46 at highest. Doctr. Craik dined here & went away afterwards.
603From George Washington to Benjamin Fendall, 6 March 1798 (Washington Papers)
Mrs Washington has been long in expectation of receiving what you took away unfinished, and was to have completed and sent to her; and prays that it may be done with out further delay, as she is in want of them; & must apply elsewhere if not done. I am Sir Your Obedt Hble Ser. ALS (letterpress copy), DLC:GW . The dentist Benjamin Fendall of Cedar Hill in Charles County, Md., was at Mount...
604[Diary entry: 7 March 1798] (Washington Papers)
7. A very white frost—heavy fog. No wind & Mer. at 32 in the morning. Clear & at So. Et. afterwards though but little of it. Mer. at 46 at Night and 50 at highest.
605[Diary entry: 8 March 1798] (Washington Papers)
8. Cloudy, with the wind at No. Et. but not much of it & Mer. at 40 in the Morng. Clear afterwards & wind Southerly. Mer. 50 at Night & 60 at the highest. Colo. Heth—Colo. Fitzgerald & Mr. Patten dined here. The two last left it after dinner. Col. William Heth (see entry for 22 Feb. 1788 ), of Virginia, was one of the officers GW preferred for the army formed in 1798 in response to the threat...
606From George Washington to John Nicholas, 8 March 1798 (Washington Papers)
The letter which you did me the favor of writing to me under date of the 22d Ulto came safe to hand. Nothing short of the Evidence you have adduced, corroborative of intimations which I had received long before, through another channel, could have shaken my belief in the sincerity of a friendship, which I had conceived was possessed for me, by the person to whom you allude. But attempts to...
607From George Washington to Bushrod Washington, 8 March 1798 (Washington Papers)
As some time has elapsed since I have heard from you, and some things remained to be done by the Auditor of which you were to give me the result I have been apprehensive of a return of your fever and wish to hear of the perfect recovery of yourself & Mrs Washington who we are informed has also been sick. In one of my last letters to you, was enclosed a certified copy of the publication of the...
608[Diary entry: 9 March 1798] (Washington Papers)
9. Morning—Sun rose red—thin gauz Clouds—Wind No. Et. Mer. 38. Clear afterwards & wind at So. Wt. Mer. 50 at Night 52 at height. Colo. Heath went away after breakfast.
609[Diary entry: 10 March 1798] (Washington Papers)
10. Morning—clear & smoaky—Wind at South & Mer. at 50. Clear all day & wind in same quarter. Mer. 62 at Night & 66 at highest. Ludwell & Geo. Lee Esqrs. & Mr. Robt. Beverly dined here & returned & Mr. & Mrs. Peter & Nelly Custis came after dinner. Ludwell Lee was a first cousin of George Lee of Loudoun, who appears at Mount Vernon also on this day. robt. beverly : may be either the father or...
610[Diary entry: 11 March 1798] (Washington Papers)
11. Morning—thin clouds—brisk South wind Mer. at 57. In the afternoon Rain with thunder & lightening—Mer. at 55 & 63 at highest. Colo. Ball & Doctr. Stuart came to Dinner. Col. Burgess Ball moved from his Spotsylvania estate in 1791 and was at this time living at Springwood in Loudoun County.
611[Diary entry: 12 March 1798] (Washington Papers)
12. Morning—High No. Wt. Wind—Mer. at 33. Clear all day. Mer. 42 at Night & 44 at highest. Calm evening. Colo. Ball & Dr. Stuart went after Bt.
612[Diary entry: 13 March 1798] (Washington Papers)
13. Morning—Cloudy, & but little Wind—Mer. at 40. Clear afterwds. with the wind at No. Wt. but not hard. Mer. 40 at Night & 46 at hig. Mr. Peter went away after breakt.
613From George Washington to James Keith, 13 March 1798 (Washington Papers)
(Private) Dear Sir, Mount Vernon 13th Mar. 1798 A few days ago I received the enclosed letter and Papers from Mr Lear, but before I execute the Deed to the President of the Potomack Company alone, I wish to be informed from you (as one of the Directors) whether this would be agreeable to the letter of the Resolutions, on which the measure is founded —and if not strictly so, whether the Act of...
614[Diary entry: 14 March 1798] (Washington Papers)
14. Morning—Clear & pleasant—Wind Southerly—Mer. 38. Wind increased from same quarter—and in the evening lowered. Mer. rose to & stood at 56.
615[Diary entry: 15 March 1798] (Washington Papers)
15. Morning cloudy with but little Wind. Mer. at 46. Abt. Noon the Wind came out strong at No. Wt. & sprinkled Rain—after wch. it cleared & became calm. Mer. at 40 at Night & 46 at its height.
616From George Washington to Thomson Mason, 15 March 1798 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to Thomson Mason, 15 Mar. 1798. On 17 Mar. Mason wrote GW : “I found your Letter of the 15th Inst.”
617[Diary entry: 16 March 1798] (Washington Papers)
16. Morning—clear, Wind at No. Wt. Mer. 38. Clear all day & wind pretty fresh. Mer. 41 at Night & 46 at the height.
618[Diary entry: 17 March 1798] (Washington Papers)
17. Morning cloudy—Wind at East & Mer. at 35. Clear afterwards with but little wind and that Easterly. Mer. 44 at Night & 49 at highest. Mr. Snow of Massachusetts dined here & returned to Alexa. Mr. Snow is probably Gideon Snow, who settled in Boston, Mass. (see entry for 17 Sept. 1786 ).
619From George Washington to William Stoy, 17 March 1798 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 28th Ulto came safe, but was sometime longer than might have been expected, on its way. As I think your charge for the prescription & application to Christopher (my servant), who was supposed to be bitten by a mad dog, is a very reasonable one, I send you enclosed a five dollar bank note of Alexandria (having no other paper money by me); without enquiring whether your not...
620[Diary entry: 18 March 1798] (Washington Papers)
18. Morning—thick—Wind at No. East—Mer. at 38. Clear about Noon cloudy & much like rain afterwards wind still at No. Et. Mer. 39 at Night & 43 at highest. Mr. Steer Senr. & Junr. Miss Steer & Mrs. Vanhaver dined here & returned to Alexa. afterwards. Mr. Peter came in the afternoon. Henri Joseph Stier (1743–1821), member of the States General of the Province of Antwerp, Belgium, fled the wars...
621[Diary entry: 19 March 1798] (Washington Papers)
19. Morning—Raining slow—Wind at No. Et. Mer. at 37. Cloudy until late in the afternoon without rain, when it cleared; Mer. at 42 at Night, & no higher all day. Horns of the New Moon up. Dined with Mrs. Washington &ca. at Mr. Thomson Mason’s.
622From George Washington to Clement Biddle, 19 March 1798 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 11th instant has been received; and I shall depend upon receiving samples of the Oznabrigs & Ticklenbirgs, with the prices annexed, so soon as you are enabled to give them; as I cannot much longer delay purchasing the quantity I want, and am now making partial purchases to supply immediate calls, & not on good terms. By the first regular Packett from Philadelphia I shall...
623From George Washington to George Washington Parke Custis, 19 March 1798 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 12th instt has been received; and it gives me, and your friends here much pleasure to find that you are ⟨agree⟩ably settled, and disposed to prosecute your studies with zeal & alacrity. Let these continue to be your primary objects & pursuits; all other matters, at your time of life, are of secondary consideration, for it is on a well grounded knowledge of these your...
624[Diary entry: 20 March 1798] (Washington Papers)
20. Morning—Soft & cloudy without Wind—Mer. at 42. Raining at times from about noon with the Wind at No. Et. Mer. contd. at 42 all day. Mr. Lawe. Washington of Chotanck & Mr. Lawe. Washington of Belmont came to Dinner. Albin Rawlins came to live with me as Clerk. GW, upon “finding it impracticable to use the exercise on horse back which my health business and inclination requires, and at the...
625[Diary entry: 21 March 1798] (Washington Papers)
21. Morning—hard rain with thunder & lightening—wind at East & Mer. at 41. Showery until 3 Oclock when the wind came out violently at No. W. & cleared. Mer. 40 at Night & 46 at its height. Mr. L. Washington Belmont went away. belmont : GW wrote “Vermt.,” apparently a slip of the pen.
626[Diary entry: 22 March 1798] (Washington Papers)
22. Morning—Clear—Wind at No. Wt. Mer. at 35. Clear all day & wind hard until evening at same point. Mer. 40 at Night & 48 high.
627[Diary entry: 23 March 1798] (Washington Papers)
23. Morning—Clear & calm—Mer. 33. Lowering afterwards with a brisk So. Easterly Wind. Mer. 46 at Night & no higher all day. Mr. L. Washington of Chotanck & Mr. Peter went away after breakfast.
628[Diary entry: 24 March 1798] (Washington Papers)
24. Morning—Storming with Rain & Wind at So. Et. Mer. 48. Abt. Noon the Rain ceased, & the wind shifted to the West of South. Mer. 50 at Night and 51 at highest.
629[Diary entry: 25 March 1798] (Washington Papers)
25. Morning—clear & Wind So. Wt. Mer. 42. Squally afternoon, Wind shifting to No. Wt. Mer. 42 at Night & 48 at high. Mr. Nichols & wife & Mr. Lear & family dined here. Mr. Peter returnd. mr. lear & family : Besides his son Benjamin Lincoln Lear and stepsons George Fayette Washington and Charles Augustine Washington, the Lear family may have included Lear’s mother, Mary Lear, who had come to...
630From George Washington to Alexander White, 25 March 1798 (Washington Papers)
Your favors of the 10th and 14th Instant have been duly received, & for the information contained therein I feel grateful. Rarely going from home, I have nothing in the way of News to offer you in return. It has always been my opinion, and so I have expressed it, that the Proprietors of the City of Washington (with some exceptions) are, by their jealousies, & the modes they pursue to promote...
631[Diary entry: 26 March 1798] (Washington Papers)
26. Morning—Clear—Wind at No. Wt. & Mer. 40. Afternoon wind shifted to So. W. & lowered. Mer. 50 at Night 51 hight.
632To Alexander Hamilton from George Washington, 27 March 1798 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Mount Vernon, March 27, 1798. Letter not found. ] “List of Letters from G—— Washington to General Hamilton,” Columbia University Libraries.
633[Diary entry: 27 March 1798] (Washington Papers)
27. Morning—Clear & pleasant with but little Wind from So. Wt. Mer. 46. Wind more westerly afterwards clear & still very pleasant and warm. Mer. at 53 at Night & 56 at highest. Mr. Charles Carroll Jun. & Mr. Willm. Lee came to dinner. Charles Carroll, Jr. (b. 1775), of Homewood, was the son of Charles Carroll of Carrollton. His attentions to Nelly Custis at an Alexandria ball the previous...
634From George Washington to William Hartshorne, 27 March 1798 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to William Hartshorne, 27 Mar. 1798. On 27 Mar. Hartshorne wrote GW : “Thy favor of this date I recd.”
635From George Washington to James McHenry, 27 March 1798 (Washington Papers)
Your favour of——came safe, and in due time; for the information contained in it I thank you; your request was immediately complied with, as every one of a similar nature shall be. A Report is circulated in Alexandria and its vicinity, transmitted (it is said) in private letters from Philadelphia, that a correspondence has been discovered, or more properly, letters have been intercepted from...
636From George Washington to Miles Smith, 27 March 1798 (Washington Papers)
A few days ago I was favoured with the receipt of a letter from William Strickland Esqr. of York in England; which, as it was introductory of you, to me, I presume it must have passed through your hands. It would have afforded me much pleasure if you had been the bearer of that letter; and if at any time, business or inclination should induce you to make a tour into this State (Virginia) I...
637[Diary entry: 28 March 1798] (Washington Papers)
28. Morning clear & calm—Mer. 42—So. East afterwards. 53 at Night & 56 at highest. Mr. Carroll & Mr. Lee went away after breakfast & the family here went to dine with Mr. Nichols.
638[Diary entry: 29 March 1798] (Washington Papers)
29. Morning—heavy without wind. Mer. 50. Clear afternoon & Calm. Mer. 53, greatest 54.
639[Diary entry: 30 March 1798] (Washington Papers)
30. Morning tolerably clear Wind abt. South Mer. 49. Clear & warm all day, wind in the same place. Mer. 64 at Night & 67 at highest. Doctr. Flood dined here.
640From George Washington to Thomas Marshall, 30 March 1798 (Washington Papers)
General Spotswood, in my behalf, has requested Mr Short to purchase a small piece of land (from a Mr Hite) adjoining one of the tracts I hold on Rough Creek, in the State of Kentucky; and wch, it is said, would add much to the value of mine. Should this purchase take place, and a good & sufficient conveyance thereof be made, & duly executed to your satisfaction, I hereby authorise you to draw...
641From George Washington to Alexander Spotswood, 30 March 1798 (Washington Papers)
Your letter of the 23d instant only got to hand last night—and whether this reply to it may reach you in time, is questionable. Your suggestion I have adopted; and you will perceive by the enclosed letter to Colo. Marshall, left open for your perusal—sealing—and forwarding, that I have authorised that Gentleman in case Mr Short should make the purchase from Mr Hite, to draw upon me at Sixty...
642[Diary entry: 31 March 1798] (Washington Papers)
31. Morning—Hazy & a little cloudy. Wind pretty fresh from South. Mer. 58. Clear afterwards—Wd. same place. Mer. 65 at Night 68 at highest. A Mr. Fevot—a French Gentleman recomd. by Count de Rochambeau dined here & a Mr. Freeman Member in Congress from N. Hamps. came in the afternoon & returned. Paul Ferdinand Fevot (b. 1756) was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, the son of Jean Samuel Fevot....
643April—1798 (Washington Papers)
1. Morning—Smoaky & a little cloudy with the wind fresh from the Southward. Mer. 60—at night 66 & not higher all day. Mr. Law, a Mr. Taylor Lieutt. Walton of the Navy & young Mr. Barry came to dinner & Chs. Alexander junr. came at Night. Young Mr. Barry is probably James David Barry, nephew and adopted son of James Barry. Charles Alexander, Jr. (d. 1812), was the oldest son of Charles...
644[Diary entry: 1 April 1798] (Washington Papers)
1. Morning—Smoaky & a little cloudy with the wind fresh from the Southward. Mer. 60—at night 66 & not higher all day. Mr. Law, a Mr. Taylor Lieutt. Walton of the Navy & young Mr. Barry came to dinner & Chs. Alexander junr. came at Night. Young Mr. Barry is probably James David Barry, nephew and adopted son of James Barry. Charles Alexander, Jr. (d. 1812), was the oldest son of Charles...
645[Diary entry: 2 April 1798] (Washington Papers)
2. Morning—very heavy—Wind at No. Et. Mer. 56. Raining more or less from 10 oclk. Wind more Northerly. Mer 40 at Night. Mr. Law & the Gentlemen who came with [him] left this about noon.
646[Diary entry: 3 April 1798] (Washington Papers)
3. Morning—Raining—Wind fresh from No. Et. Mer. 39. Raining all day—wind in the same quarter. Mer. 38 at Night 42 highest.
647From George Washington to John Henry, 3 April 1798 (Washington Papers)
As you were so obliging upon a former occasion as to aid me in obtaining Plank from Mr Smith of Vienna, as I am in want of more, & some Scantling; and as my letter to him may not pass through so safe a channel as by committing it to your care, I take the liberty of using this freedom—persuaded you will excuse it. If to relax, & diversify the scene a little, you should find it convenient &...
648From George Washington to Alexander Smith, 3 April 1798 (Washington Papers)
I am in want of Plank and Scantling as mentioned below. If you can supply me, the sooner I receive them the more convenient it will be for my purposes; and the money shall be paid on delivery. At any rate I pray you to let me know whether I may depend upon being supplied by you, and in how short a time, if you are able to do it. I am Sir—Your Hble Servant ALS (letterpress copy), DLC:GW . The...
649[Diary entry: 4 April 1798] (Washington Papers)
4. Morning very thick and misting. Wind high from No. Et. Mer. 38. Misting & sometimes raining through the day. Wind in the same quarter. Mer. 39 at Night & 42 at highest. Mr. Alexander went away after breakfast.
650[Diary entry: 5 April 1798] (Washington Papers)
5. Morning—Heavy & misting, Wind at No. Et. Mer. 42—The same through the day. Mer. 46 at Night & no higher.