George Washington Papers

[Diary entry: 28 April 1787]

Saturday 28th. Dined at Mrs. Lewis’s and Drank Tea at Judge Mercers; Genl. Weedon, Colo. Chs. Carter, Judge Mercer, and Mr. Jno. Lewis and his wife dined with me at my Sisters.

Of John Lewis’s five wives, this wife is probably his third, Elizabeth Jones, daughter of Gabriel Jones of the Shenandoah Valley.

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