[Diary entry: 30 September 1773]

30th. Dined at Mr. Ridouts & spent the Afternoon & Evening at Mr. Jenifers.

GW may mean Maj. Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer rather than his brother Daniel Jenifer. During the years that Maj. Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer served on the governor’s council in Maryland, he lived at Retreat, his home near Port Tobacco in Charles County, Md. He later moved to Stepney, a few miles south of Annapolis in the South River country of Anne Arundel County, Md.

Index Entries

You Are Looking At

Source Project: Washington Papers
Title: [Diary entry: 30 September 1773]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 30 September 1773

Reference

Cite as: “[Diary entry: 30 September 1773],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-03-02-0003-0018-0030. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 3, 1 January 1771–5 November 1781, ed. Donald Jackson. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1978, p. 206.]