12531[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.
12532[Diary entry: 16 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
16. Very pleasant & clear with but very little Wind.
12533The Soul ascending into Bliss, In humble imitation of Popes Dying Christian to his Soul, [17 October 1772] (Hamilton Papers)
The Royal Danish American Gazette , October 17, 1772; copy (incomplete), with minor word changes, Columbia University Libraries. Although it is impossible to determine beyond dispute that H was the author of this poem, it is attributed to him by J. C. Hamilton, who refers to it as “a hymn,” but ascribes it to the period when H attended school in Elizabethtown, New Jersey ( Hamilton, Life John...
12534[Diary entry: 17 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
17. They went away after Breakfast. I rid out in the Afternoon to the Mill & Doeg Run.
12535[Diary entry: 17 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
17. Just such a day as Yesterday.
12536[Diary entry: 18 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
18. Dined at Belvoir & returnd.
12537[Diary entry: 18 October 1772] (Washington Papers)
18. Such a day as yesterday. Wind a little fresher from the Southward.
12538Octr. 19. 1772. Boston. (Adams Papers)
The Day of the Month reminds me of my Birth day, which will be on the 30th. I was born Octr. 19. 1735. Thirty Seven Years, more than half the Life of Man, are run out.—What an Atom, an Animalcule I am!—The Remainder of my Days I shall rather decline, in Sense, Spirit, and Activity. My Season for acquiring Knowledge is past. And Yet I have my own and my Childrens Fortunes to make. My boyish...
12539[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).
12540[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.