George Washington Papers

[Diary entry: 20 February 1771]

20. Exceeding Cold, & freezing Wind being high and piercing from the No. West.

GW on this date wrote Jonathan Boucher that it was “quite impossible . . . to cross the River in these Storms of wind.” Ice was also hindering travelers (20–25 Feb. 1771, DLC:GW).

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    [Diary entry: 20 February 1771]
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    Washington, George
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    20 February 1771

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    “[Diary entry: 20 February 1771],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-03-02-0001-0004-0020. [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. 11.]