15451[Diary entry: 1 November 1774] (Washington Papers)
Novr. 1. At home all day. Mr. Ramsay, Mr. Muir, Mr. Rob. Harrison & Doctr. Rumney came here to Dinner & stayed all Night.
15452[Diary entry: 1 November 1774] (Washington Papers)
Novr. 1st. Clear & pleasant, but somewhat Cool till Eveng. then Rain.
154531774. Wednesday. Novr. 2. (Adams Papers)
Rode to Bulkleys at Fairfield to dinner, and to Captn. Benjamins of Stratford to lodge.
15454To Benjamin Franklin from John Foxcroft, 2 November 1774 (Franklin Papers)
Extract in Franklin’s hand: American Philosophical Society Mr. Colden is now busy in making out a fair and clear State of the Office Accounts, which will assuredly be transmitted together with proper Vouchers by the next Packet. The first in a series, headed “Extracts of Letters from Mr. Foxcroft to B Franklin,” that BF enclosed in his note to Anthony Todd below, March 18. We have deleted his...
15455[Diary entry: 2 November 1774] (Washington Papers)
2. The Gentlemen went away after Breakfast. I rid to the Mill. Mr. Ben. Dulany & Wife came here to Dinner & stayd all Night as did Mr. R. Thompson. Richard Thompson was living on the Maryland side of the Great Falls of the Potomac, where he was trying to establish a business in the manufacturing and sale of smoking tobacco, chewing tobacco, and snuff. In 1774 he was appointed to be the clerk...
15456[Diary entry: 2 November 1774] (Washington Papers)
2. Again cool & somewhat lowering.
15457To Benjamin Franklin from Jane Mecom, 3–21 November 1774 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I have Just rec’d yours of August 18 wonder to see you complain of not recveing leters from Boston. I think what ever they omited they would not neglect that, but it is like they have been Intercepted. I wrot about a month ago to go by Mr. Hyslop but He liveing out of town and leaveing His only Daughter very sick I beleve made Him forgit to call for it but...
154581774. Thursday. Novr. 3. (Adams Papers)
We design to Great Swamp to day. 42 miles. At Newhaven, Coll. Dyer, Deane and Sherman, Mr. Parsons, the new Speaker Williams, Mr. Trumbull and many other Gentlemen came to see us at Beers’s as soon as we got in. Coll. Dyer presented the Compliments of the Governor and Council to the Massachusetts Delegates and asked our Company, to spend the Evening. I begged Coll. Dyer to present my Duty to...
15459[Diary entry: 3 November 1774] (Washington Papers)
3. I went up to Alexandria after the Company abovementioned Went away. Returnd in the Aftern.
15460[Diary entry: 3 November 1774] (Washington Papers)
3. Clear & pleasant but little Wind.