George Washington Papers

[Diary entry: 11 August 1771]

11. At home all day. Miss Polly Brazier dined here.

Polly Brazier may be a relation of Capt. Zacharias Brazier, who in 1759 married Elizabeth Fowke Buckner (1727–1797), a widow of Stafford County (agreement between Zacharias Brazier and Elizabeth Buckner, 5 Nov. 1759, Stafford County Deed Book, 1755–64, 241–43, and will of Elizabeth Brazier, 29 June 1795, Prince William County Will Book, 1792–1803, 194–95, Vi Microfilm).

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    [Diary entry: 11 August 1771]
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    Washington, George
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    11 August 1771

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    “[Diary entry: 11 August 1771],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-03-02-0001-0019-0011. [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. 45.]