[Diary entry: 13 September 1787]

Thursday 13th. Attended Convention. Dined at the Vice Presidents Chas. Biddles. Drank Tea at Mr. Powells.

Charles Biddle (c.1745–1821) was the son of William Biddle, a native of New Jersey, and Mary Scull Biddle of Pennsylvania. When Biddle was chosen vice-president of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania in 1785 he was living on Front Street. He later moved to a house on Chestnut Street below Fifth Street.

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Title: [Diary entry: 13 September 1787]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 13 September 1787

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 13 September 1787],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-05-02-0002-0009-0013. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 5, 1 July 1786 – 31 December 1789, ed. Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1979, pp. 184–185.]