8651[Diary entry: 7 April 1774] (Washington Papers)
7. Wind in the same quarter & fresh. Also Cool.
8652Cash Accounts, March 1766 (Washington Papers)
Contra Mar. 2— By Robert Haims £ 1. 0.0 8— By Sarah Harle 1.15.0 15— By Charity 1. 0.0 17— By Cards 15/—Cash sent Jno. W[ashingto]n 15£ 15.15.0 26— By Edwd Williams 2. 0.0 By James Donaldson for repg a Gun 1 Dollar 7. 6.0 27— By an Anchor for my Schooner
8653[Diary entry: 28 March 1767] (Washington Papers)
28. Clear but cool. Wind fresh from the No. Et.—exceeding hard in the Evening—with Rain all Night.
8654Memorandum List of Quitrents, 1768 (Washington Papers)
1768. “A List of Lands belonging to G: Washington in the Northern Neck on wch—Quitrents became due Michaelmas 1768. . . .” ALB , DLC:GW . What follows is the same listing of landholdings as in List of Quitrents, 1764. See the notes, Memorandum: List of Quitrents, 1761 . Below the quitrent memorandum, GW has copied the receipt from John Hough, dated 20 June 1769, for £11.19.6, the quitrents on...
8655[Diary entry: 4 August 1774] (Washington Papers)
4. Again warm with appearances of Rain but none fell.
8656[Diary entry: 26 July 1767] (Washington Papers)
26. Cloudy with Rain now & then but not hard. Wind Southwardly & warm.
8657[Diary entry: 20 January 1760] (Washington Papers)
Sunday Jany. 20th. My Waggon after leaving 2 Hogsheads of Tobo. at Alexandria arrivd here with 3 Sides of Sole Leather and 4 of upper Leather 2 Kegs of Butter one of which for Colo. Fairfax and 15 Bushels of Salt which She took in at Alexandria. Visited at Belvoir to day carrying Doctr. Craik with us who spent the Evening there. The wind Continued Southerly the whole day the Ground very soft,...
8658[Diary entry: 1 December 1774] (Washington Papers)
Decr. 1st. Clear and pleasant, with but little Wind and that Southerly.
8659[Diary entry: 13 March 1768] (Washington Papers)
13. At Home alone all day.
8660Paine’s Minutes of the Argument: Plymouth Court of General Sessions, October 1766 (Adams Papers)
Warninig. Shurtleffe. J. Mar shall went from Plym pton to Mid dleborough 21. Dec. 1753. Mr. Josiah Marshal. Came to Plymp ton Augt. 1747 till 20th Novr. 1753. Then to Midd leborough , returned to Ply mpton 7th July 1758. Was Grammar School Master at Midd leborough . I went to Pembroke 4 yr. ago and kept school there 2 yr. and 2 months.
8661The State of the Trade with the Northern Colonies, 1–3 November 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The London Chronicle , November 1–3, 1768. At a time when our disputes with America make the topic of much conversation, it may be agreeable to your Readers to have a clear view of the present state of our trade to and from the Northern Colonies . Such I now send you, being an extract from the Custom House books, (by which that trade from England only, exclusive of Scotland, appears...
8662[Diary entry: 21 April 1774] (Washington Papers)
21. At home all day. Mr. Herbert, Mr. Stewart, Colo. Mason, & Doctr. Brown & Wife went away before Dinner. Mr. Warnr. Washington & Captn. Nourse came to it.
8663[March 1763] (Washington Papers)
Brought to D. Run Plantn. 3 of my Stray Steers. 2. Seven young Pigs at R[iver] Side Qr. 6. Eight Do. at Muddy hole. 9. By this lost 3 of my Sheep viz. a Ram & two young Ewes. 10. Brot. a strayed Heifer of mine to Rivr. Side Qr.
8664[Diary entry: 7 October 1773] (Washington Papers)
7. Lowering most part of the day. Wind Northerly.
8665Thomas Moffat to ——, 15 November 1768 (Franklin Papers)
By Mr. Byles I am favoured with your most obliging letter of the second of August last, for which together with your extraordinary civility to Mr. Byles I truly thank you: I could not really think of such a person going from hence without shewing him to you, as a parson or minister of his way and turn of thinking may be considered as of the comit [comet?] kind here, which leads me to say...
8666Septr. 24th. 1760. (Adams Papers)
If I am the Proprietor of an House, and I lease it to any Man, and bind my self to keep it in Repair, it is reasonable and it is Law, that I should have a Rent. So if I am the owner of a ship, and I let it out on a Voyage to the Wist Indies or to Europe it is reasonable, and the maritime Law has made provision that I should have freight. For the sum of Money, that an House or a Ship would...
8667[Diary entry: 25 October 1768] (Washington Papers)
25. Crossd James River & by Rain was forcd to lodge at one Captn. Stowe’s. GW crossed at Hog Island, about six miles south of Williamsburg ( General Ledger A General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. , folio 281). Captain Stowe may have been Joseph Stowe, a ship captain who sailed out of Virginia in the wine trade ( Va. Gaz. , 24–31...
8668[Diary entry: 10 February 1760] (Washington Papers)
Sunday Feby. 10th. The Wind got to North and often, clouded up and threatend Rain but in the Evening at sunsetting it cleard and seemd to promise fair Weather. Captn. Possey, and Mrs. Possey dind here. He obliquely hinted a design of selling his 145 Acres of Wood Land on Muddy hole. Orderd all the Fellows from the different Quarter’s to Assembly at Williamson’s Quarter in the Morning to move...
8669[Diary entry: 27 February 1773] (Washington Papers)
27. Mr. Fairfax—Mr. Tilghman & Mr. Alexander went away after Breakfast. I contind. at home all day alone.
8670[Diary entry: 24 June 1773] (Washington Papers)
24. Mr. Digges & Mrs. Tracy came here to Dinner also Mr. Hoops & his Wife the latter of whom went away afterwards as did Mr. Digges. Miss Calvert came in the Afternoon. mrs. tracy : GW means Miss Tracy Digges; see main entry for 26 June . David Hoop’s wife was his bride of seven months, Mildred Syme Hoops, daughter of Col. John Syme (1728–1805), of Hanover County, who was a half brother of...
8671[Diary entry: 3 March 1768] (Washington Papers)
3. Lowering with some sprinkles of Rain.
8672[Diary entry: 28 February 1760] (Washington Papers)
28. Little or no Wind till Night then No. Et. & Wet.
8673[Diary entry: 21 October 1773] (Washington Papers)
21. Rid to my Plantation at the little Falls. Dind & Supd at Colo. Lewis’s.
8674[Diary entry: 11 April 1774] (Washington Papers)
11. Tolerably pleasant & clear all day with not much Wind.
8675On Partial Repeal, 7 February 1770 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser , February 7, 1770 Permit me to make a few short remarks on what is said in your paper of Feb. 5, by one who signs himself A Merchant . He begins by observing, “It is very extraordinary to hear people crying out, ‘we are all ruined for want of a trade to America; and if the late acts respecting it are not totally repealed, we must all starve or...
8676[Diary entry: 30 July 1767] (Washington Papers)
30. Warm & clear. Wind Southwardly.
8677[Diary entry: 15 October 1768] (Washington Papers)
15. Foggy & Misty Morning. Warm, clear, & still afterwards.
8678[Diary entry: 9 April 1767] (Washington Papers)
9. Clear middle day. Eveng. & morng. Cloudy with Rain & heavy Rain at Night. Wind So. West.
8679Cash Accounts, March 1771 (Washington Papers)
Cash Mar. 1— To Ditto [cash] of Mr Hectr Ross £89. 9.5 To Ditto Recd of Mr Henry Fry (pr Mr Maury) on Acct of Surveying our Grant of 200,000 Acs. of Land 15. 0.0 6— To Ditto recd of Andw Wagener on acct of Do 6. 0.0 To Ditto recd of Doctr [James] Craik Do 4.10.0 To Ditto of Captn [Peter] Hog D[itto] 6.15.0 To Ditto of Colo. [Adam] Stephen 11. 2.6 To Ditto of Mr James Mercer Do 11. 2.0 To Ditto...
8680[Diary entry: 6 August 1767] (Washington Papers)
6. Very Warm.
8681[Diary entry: 17 February 1773] (Washington Papers)
17. Ground a little froze, but soon thawd. Wind however pretty fresh from the No. Wt. in the forenoon but calm afterwards & lowering.
8682[Diary entry: 14 June 1773] (Washington Papers)
14. Wind fresh from the Eastward and Cool.
8683[Diary entry: 18 March 1760] (Washington Papers)
18. Wind in the Morng. at No. Wt. then So[uther]ly & War[m].
8684[Diary entry: 11 October 1773] (Washington Papers)
11. Foggy Morning, but clear afterwards and warm wind Southerly.
8685[Diary entry: 1 May 1774] (Washington Papers)
May 1st. At home all day. Alone.
8686On Governor Belcher’s Speech, 24 September 1730 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The Pennsylvania Gazette , September 24, 1730. In our last we gave our Readers the most material Paragraphs of Governor Belcher’s Speech to the Assembly of his other Government of New-Hampshire; and in our next shall insert his Speech at large to the Assembly of the Massachusetts, which we have by this Post. It may suffice at present to observe from it, that he has brought with him...
8687[Diary entry: 9 November 1770] (Washington Papers)
Friday 9th. The Night proving very Rainy, & Morning wet we did ⟨not⟩ set out till ½ after 10 Oclock, & Incampd by the 3 Islands. Seeing a Bear upon the shore we landed, and followd it abo⟨ut⟩ half a Mile from the River wch. gave us an opportunity of s⟨eeing⟩ a little of the Land, which was hilly but rich.
8688[Diary entry: 7 March 1773] (Washington Papers)
7. Dined at the Governors and Spent the Evening at Mrs. Campbells. GW and Governor Dunmore were planning a trip sometime in the summer to inspect western lands in the Ohio Valley ( FREEMAN Douglas Southall Freeman. George Washington: A Biography . 7 vols. New York, 1948–57. , 3:317). The House of Burgesses did not meet today, Sunday ( JHB H. R. McIlwaine and John Pendleton Kennedy, eds....
8689[Diary entry: 4 July 1773] (Washington Papers)
4. At home all day. Mrs. Peake & her daughter dind here. Mrs. Peake’s daughter is probably the younger girl Elizabeth Peake (c.1763–c.1783).
86901772 Decr. 29 [i.e. 28?]. (Adams Papers)
Spent the last Sunday Evening with Dr. Cooper at his House with Justice Quincy and Mr. Wm. Cooper. We were very social and we chatted at large upon Caesar, Cromwell &c. Yesterday Parson Howard and his Lady, lately Mrs. Mayhew, drank Tea with Mrs. Adams. Heard many Anecdotes from a young Gentleman in my Office of Admirall Montagu’s Manners. A Coachman, a Jack Tar before the Mast, would be...
8691Pennsylvania Assembly Committee: Report on Precedents in the House of Commons, 3 December 1756 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives , 1756–1757 (Philadelphia, 1757), pp. 36–7. In its zeal to present strong candidates for the October 1756 Assembly election, the proprietary party nominated and elected Chief Justice William Allen in both Cumberland and Northampton Counties. When Allen chose to represent Cumberland, a new election was ordered for October 25 to...
8692[Diary entry: 29 May 1770] (Washington Papers)
29. Not as cool as yesterday. Wind variable with appearances of Rain.
8693[Diary entry: 8 April 1760] (Washington Papers)
8. Much Rain, wind variable.
8694[Diary entry: 1 November 1773] (Washington Papers)
Novr. 1. Went to Willmsburg. after Dinner. Spent the Evening in my own Room.
8695[Diary entry: 26 August 1770] (Washington Papers)
26. At home all day alone.
8696[Diary entry: 13 April 1767] (Washington Papers)
13. Clear & cool. Wind at No. West.
8697[Diary entry: 10 August 1767] (Washington Papers)
10. Cool & pleasant.
8698[Diary entry: 21 February 1773] (Washington Papers)
21. Wind coming out hard from the No. West in the Night it froze exceedingly & the day very cold Wind continuing fresh from the same Point.
8699[Diary entry: 4 January 1770] (Washington Papers)
4. Went a hunting with Jno. Custis & Lund Washington. Started a Deer & then a Fox but got neither.
8700[Diary entry: 22 March 1760] (Washington Papers)
22. Cold south[er]ly Wind & Rain.