Friday July 31st. Sowd Turnips—upon which fell a heavy Rain immediately—so that they were neither Rakd nor harrowd in—the seed I mean. In a few days they came up very thick and well.
[Diary entry: 31 July 1761]
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- [Diary entry: 31 July 1761]
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- Washington, George
- Date
- 31 July 1761
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- Year: A Diary Fragment, 1761
- Month: [July 1761]
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- “[Diary entry: 31 July 1761],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-01-02-0006-0002-0002. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 1, 11 March 1748 – 13 November 1765, ed. Donald Jackson. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1976, p. 289.]