7701[Diary entry: 5 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
5. Misting, & sometimes Raining in the forenoon with the wind Eastwardly.
7702To George Washington from Gilbert Simpson, 5 October 1772 (Washington Papers)
I am informd you have not purchast Mr Fairfaxs and Thralkels Lands the which I was in hopes you had for then I Should have Expected to have Leest Summore a joining to my loot which is Quite two Small as it is but Sr I hope thes lines will Find you in perfect good helth and bee kindly Receivd by your honour it is now I am going to inform you Sr of what I have been perposeing and thinking of...
7703[Diary entry: 6 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
6. Dined at Majr. Jenifers—went to the Ball and Suppd at the Govrs. The four days of racing began this morning at 11:00. The Maryland Gazette expected “good Sport, as a great Number of Horses are already come from the Northward and Southward, to start for the different Purses.” GW lost £1 6d. on this year’s races ( General Ledger B General Ledger B, 1772–1793. Library of Congress, George...
7704[Diary entry: 6 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
6. Much such a day as yesterday. Misting more or less all day—wind in the same place.
7705Remarks & Occurs. in Octr. [1772] (Washington Papers)
Octr. 7. Finished getting and Securing my Fodder at the Ferry Plantn. 8. Turnd the Water into My Mill Race this day finishing cleansing it out. 10. Finishd Securing my Fodder at the Mill. 12. Finished Do. at Muddy hole & Doeg Run. 13. Also finishd Do. in the Neck.
7706[Diary entry: 7 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
7. Dined at the Govrs. and went to the Play afterwards. The plays attended by GW this week were part of the fall season of David Douglass’s American Company, which opened in Annapolis 1 Sept. ( RANKIN Hugh F. Rankin. The Theater in Colonial America . Chapel Hill, N.C., 1960. , 166–67).
7707[Diary entry: 7 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
7. Misting & sometimes Raining pretty smartly.
7708[Diary entry: 7 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
Octr. 7. Finished getting and Securing my Fodder at the Ferry Plantn.
7709[Diary entry: 8 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
8. Dined at Colo. Loyds and went to the Play. From thence early to my Lodgings. Edward Lloyd (1744–1796), of Wye House, Talbot County, Md., was the son of Edward Lloyd (1711-1770) and Anne Rousby Lloyd. He was a member of the Maryland General Assembly with a handsome town house in Annapolis. He was married to Elizabeth Tayloe, daughter of John Tayloe of Mount Airy in Richmond County, Va.
7710[Diary entry: 8 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
8. Clear & pleasant. Wind Westerly but neither cold nor very fresh.
7711[Diary entry: 8 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
8. Turnd the Water into My Mill Race this day finishing cleansing it out.
7712[Diary entry: 9 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
9. Dined at Mr. Ridouts. Went to the Play & to the Govrs. to Supper. Playing at the theater today were a new comedy, The West Indian , and a new comic opera, The Padlock ( Md. Gaz. , 8 Oct. 1772; RANKIN Hugh F. Rankin. The Theater in Colonial America . Chapel Hill, N.C., 1960. , 132, 164).
7713[Diary entry: 9 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
9. Very pleasant without much wind—that however Westerly.
7714[Diary entry: 10 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
10th. Dined with Mr. Carroll of Carrollton & set out for Mr. Bouchers which place I arrivd at abt. 8 Oclock.
7715[Diary entry: 10 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
10. Very pleasant again with but little wind.
7716[Diary entry: 10 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
10. Finishd Securing my Fodder at the Mill.
7717[Diary entry: 11 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
11. Got home to a late Dinner. Jno. Parke Custis came with me found Mrs. Barnes there.
7718[Diary entry: 11 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
11. Cloudy & lowering with the wind westerly but no Rain.
7719[Diary entry: 12 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
12. Rid to the Ferry, Mill, Doeg Run & Muddy hole Plantns. before Dinner & went into the Neck to run some lines afterwds.
7720[Diary entry: 12 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
12. Very foggy Morning but clear afterwards.
7721[Diary entry: 12 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
12. Finished Do. at Muddy hole & Doeg Run.
7722[Diary entry: 13 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
13. Went up to Alexandria & returnd home to Dinner. C[aptain] Posey came.
7723[Diary entry: 13 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
13th. Clear & very warm with but little Wind & that Southerly.
7724[Diary entry: 13 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
13. Also finishd Do. in the Neck.
7725[Diary entry: 14 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
14. Went into the Neck to lay of some Fencing &ca. Posey went away. GW today paid Posey £11 11s. 3d. for his right to 3,000 acres of land under the Proclamation of 1763 ( General Ledger B General Ledger B, 1772–1793. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. , folio 61).
7726[Diary entry: 14 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
14. Much such a day as yesterday.
7727[Diary entry: 15 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
15. Rid to the Mill &ca.
7728[Diary entry: 15 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
15. Clear, Calm & pleasant with but little Wind.
7729From George Washington to Robert Cary & Company, 15 October 1772 (Washington Papers)
By the Martha Captn Brooke I have an oppertunity of Inclosing you the Invoices for York River, and to request that the Goods may be addressd to the care of Mr James Hill who is employed as a Steward to that Estate in the Room of Mr Josh Valentine deceasd. I have also to desire that you will Insure 14 Hhds of my Tobo by Captn Peterson, and Sixty three or four (I cannot tell which) of Mr...
7730[Diary entry: 16 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
16. At home all day. Mr. Piper & Mr. Adam came to Dinner and went away afterwards. Captn. McCarty his wife & Son came after Dinnr. & stayd the Night. Capt. Daniel McCarty and his wife, Sinah Ball McCarty, had one son, Daniel McCarty (1759–1801), who married a daughter of George Mason.
7731[Diary entry: 16 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
16. Very pleasant & clear with but very little Wind.
7732[Diary entry: 17 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
17. They went away after Breakfast. I rid out in the Afternoon to the Mill & Doeg Run.
7733[Diary entry: 17 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
17. Just such a day as Yesterday.
7734[Diary entry: 18 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
18. Dined at Belvoir & returnd.
7735[Diary entry: 18 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
18. Such a day as yesterday. Wind a little fresher from the Southward.
7736[Diary entry: 19 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
19. Went up to Court at Alexa. Returnd in the Afternoon. The court was in session 19–20 Oct., but GW was not recorded among the justices present (Fairfax County Order Book for 1772–74, 131–39, Vi Microfilm).
7737[Diary entry: 19 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
19. Warm & pleasant with but little Wind. In the Eveng. a black Cloud with thunder & Lightning but little Rain.
7738[Diary entry: 20 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
20. Rid to the Ferry, Mill, Doeg Run & Muddy hole Plantns.
7739[Diary entry: 20 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
20. Warm & pleasant in the Afternoon another black Cloud with Thunder—Lightning & Rain—which cleard away with a high No. West Wind.
7740[Diary entry: 21 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
21st. Set of for Williamsburg. Dined at Colchester & lodgd in Dumfries. Mrs. Washington Mr. & Miss Custis with me.
7741[Diary entry: 21 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
21. Clear with the Wind high from the No. West all day.
7742[Diary entry: 22 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
22. Reachd Fredericksburg to Dinner. Lodgd at Colo. Lewis’s.
7743[Diary entry: 22 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
22. Calm and pleasant being moderately Cool.
7744[Diary entry: 23 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
23. Dined at Caroline Court House and reachd Hubbards in the Afternoon. Founderd two of my Horses.
7745[Diary entry: 23 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
23. Clear, calm, and very Warm.
7746[Diary entry: 24 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
24. Reachd Todds Bridge to Breakfast & Colo. Bassets in the Evening. Captn. Crawford came there to Dinner.
7747[Diary entry: 24 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
24. Exceeding warm with very little Wind and that Southerly.
7748[Diary entry: 25 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
25. Assisting Crawford with his Surveys. William Crawford had returned from the Ohio country with 13 surveys totaling 127,899 acres out of the 200,000 acres of bounty land promised in 1754 by Governor Dinwiddie to soldiers and officers of the Virginia Regiment. Crawford and GW were now preparing to enter the surveys and have patents issued to the various officers and men, or to their survivors...
7749[Diary entry: 25 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
25. Still Warm, but Cloudy with Rain at Night and the Wind Easterly.
7750[Diary entry: 26 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
26. About the same business day also.