4411[Diary entry: 7 June 1762] (Washington Papers)
7. Jno. Askew came to Work.
4412June 8th. 1762. (Adams Papers)
Went to Taunton Court. To the Land of Leonards. Three Judges of the Common Pleas of that Name, each of whom has a Son, who was bred at a Colledge. The Honl. George Leonard, the first Justice, seems to me arbitrary. He committed two old Gentlemen who were near 80 Years old, to the Custody of an officer, only for speaking loud, when they were both deaf and not conscious that they did speak loud....
4413[Diary entry: 8 June 1762] (Washington Papers)
8. Roan Mare took McCartys Horse. Old black—took—Do.—Do.
4414To Benjamin Franklin from David Hall, 9 June 1762 (Franklin Papers)
Letterbook copy: American Philosophical Society In my last to you, of the 10th ult. was designed to have been inclosed the third Copy of a Bill of Exchange for Three Hundred Pounds Sterling, but, by Accident, find I neglected to do it: This serves, therefore, to cover the same, to let you know that Mrs. Franklin and Sally are well; and that I am, Sir, Yours, &c. See above, pp. 79–80. Pa. Gaz...
4415[Diary entry: 9 June 1762] (Washington Papers)
9. Rankin’s—took—Do.—Do. White—refused Do.—Do. English Mare refused Alexrs. Horse.
4416Memorandum List of Tithables, 9 June 1762 (Washington Papers)
A List of Tythables in Fairfax County—given into Captn Daniel McCarty—June 9th 1762—viz. George Washington Ho. Servants: Thomas Bishop, Breechy, Schomberg, Jack, Doll, Jenny, Betty, Phillis, Moll, Sall, Kate. Carpenters: Turnr Crump, Anthony, Will, Morris, George, Michael, Tom, Sam, Ned. Smiths: Peter, London. Miller: George. Ditcher: Robt Haims. Ho. House: Burgs Mitchell, Jack, Jack, Jack,...
4417To Benjamin Franklin from Mary Stevenson, 11 June 1762 (Franklin Papers)
Draft: American Philosophical Society Whether the Invitation you give me to write to you proceeds from the Pleasure you receive or desire to bestow I shall not enquire; the first would gratify my Vanity most, but I am not less pleas’d with thinking you love to indulge me. When I say I have not Leisure for my favourite Amusements I am as much surpriz’d as you can be, and I wonder how my Time...
4418[Diary entry: 13 June 1762] (Washington Papers)
13. Recd. a Pipe of Wine. Hogs at Mill—viz. 6 Sows 13 large Shoats 9 Smaller Do. 6 Large Pigs 12 Small Do. 46 in all. Blaze Mare refused horse.
4419From Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan, 14 June 1762 (Franklin Papers)
MS not found; reprinted from The Atlantic Monthly , LXI (1888), 34. Mr. Franklin’s Compliments to Mr. Strahan, and out of pure Kindness to him offers him an Opportunity of exercising his Benevolence as a Man and his Charity as a Christian. One Spencer, formerly a Merchant of Figure and Credit in North America, being by various Misfortunes reduced to Poverty, is here in great Distress, and...
4420[Diary entry: 14 June 1762] (Washington Papers)
14. English Mare refused Do.
4421[Diary entry: 17 June 1762] (Washington Papers)
17. Began Mowing Meadow on C[ree]k side. Planted at Orchard point—Craiks and Cowpen my 5 sorts of Tobo. as follow At the point 100 hills of each sort in undunged gd. & 100 of dunged The 1st. Row next Tobo. bed Fred[eric]k & so on as they were sowed in March last then begg. with the same & so on alternately. The same Order observe at Craiks begg. next Creek & in the Cowpen next Wood. Orchard...
4422[Diary entry: 19 June 1762] (Washington Papers)
19. Finished Mowing 2 Meadows—& Makg. Hay. Note 5 hands can easily cut both in two days. Rankin Covered by McCarty’s horse. 2 Steers & Cow & Calf from Dogue Run.
4423[Diary entry: 20 June 1762] (Washington Papers)
20. Roan Mare & old black took horse.
4424From George Washington to Robert Cary & Company, 20 June 1762 (Washington Papers)
The other side contains a Copy of my last, since which I have received from Messrs Hill Lamar & Hill a pipe of Wine price in Madeira £30.16 Sterl: for which they value upon you. I have also received advice of Seventy Sacks of Salts coming into Rappa. River from Mr Backhouse on my Acct. Mr Lewis who gives this Information has promised to send it round but the expences & trouble attending this...
4425From George Washington to Richard Washington, 20 June 1762 (Washington Papers)
On the other side you will find a Copy of my Last —I was then misinformed of the Unity’s Sailing—It is true an Embargo was expected, and it was likewise said that, that Ship had orders to clear Out & run for it but the Embargo not taking place, She is not yet gone—on the contrary is waiting to Sail under Convoy of the Chesterfield Man of War who it is supposed will leave this Country with what...
4426From Benjamin Franklin to [Mary Stevenson], 21 June 1762 (Franklin Papers)
Draft: Library of Congress; copy: American Philosophical Society Did you ever see People at work with Spades and Pickaxes, digging a Cellar? When they have loosen’d the Earth perhaps a foot deep, that loose Earth must be carried off, or they can go no deeper; it is in their way, and hinders the Operation of the Instruments. When the first foot of loose Earth is removed, they can dig and loosen...
4427[Diary entry: 22 June 1762] (Washington Papers)
22. Hay in both Meadows Cured & stacked.
4428[Diary entry: 25 June 1762] (Washington Papers)
25. Began clearing at Rivr. Side Quarter.
4429[Diary entry: 27 June 1762] (Washington Papers)
27. Rankin covered by McCartys horse.
4430[Diary entry: 28 June 1762] (Washington Papers)
28. Corn planted in Tobo. Grd. at Muddy hole R[ive]r[side Quarter]. Will George & Ned went to Work at Bells.
4431[Diary entry: 29 June 1762] (Washington Papers)
29. Replanted Tobo.—poor Season—corn replanted just coming up. Much hurt by B⟨ ⟩.
4432[Diary entry: 30 June 1762] (Washington Papers)
30. Good Season—planted best part of Tobo. gd.
4433[July 1762] (Washington Papers)
1st. Roan Mare took McCartys horse. Black Do. Do. Do. Do. 3. Recd. 494 bushls. Oyster Shells. 4. My Mares came from Mr. Rozers. my mares: the mares sent to Rozer’s to be bred (see entry for 28 May 1762 ). 7. Broached pipe of Wine. 8. Finished plantg. & replantg. at all Qrs. 9. Cut my wheat at R[iverside] Qr. & Ck. Do. Also finished 10. first cuttg. of Hay. 12.
4434[Diary entry: 1 July 1762] (Washington Papers)
1st. Roan Mare took McCartys horse. Black Do. Do. Do. Do.
4435Experiments on Amber, 3 July 1762 (Franklin Papers)
MS not found; reprinted from Benjamin Franklin, Experiments and Observations on Electricity , 1769 edition, pp. 425–7. To try, at the request of a friend, whether amber finely powdered might be melted and run together again by means of the electric fluid, I took a piece of small glass tube about 2½ inches long, the bore about 1/12 of an inch diameter, the glass itself about the same thickness;...
4436[Diary entry: 3 July 1762] (Washington Papers)
3. Recd. 494 bushls. Oyster Shells.
4437[Diary entry: 4 July 1762] (Washington Papers)
4. My Mares came from Mr. Rozers. my mares: the mares sent to Rozer’s to be bred (see entry for 28 May 1762 ).
4438[Diary entry: 7 July 1762] (Washington Papers)
7. Broached pipe of Wine.
4439James Hamilton to Jared Ingersoll, 8 July 1762 (Franklin Papers)
Extract from a transcript: Massachusetts Historical Society Governor Hamilton of Pennsylvania and Jared Ingersoll had become friends while both were in England in 1758–59, and they corresponded occasionally thereafter. The letter from which an extract is printed below deals chiefly with the threatened settlement by the Connecticut Susquehannah Company on lands within the charter boundaries of...
4440[Diary entry: 8 July 1762] (Washington Papers)
8. Finished plantg. & replantg. at all Qrs.
4441Sargent Aufrere & Co. to Charles Norris, 9 July 1762 (Franklin Papers)
LS and duplicate: Historical Society of Pennsylvania The foregoing is what we wrote yesterday, since which we are favoured with yours of the 18 May covering a bill value £2500 to Reimburse us for the Bills we paid that were drawn on Mr. Franklin, and by the Carolina Captn. Friend who proposes Clearing out for your Colony next week we shall send you an Exact state of that Account. We have the...
4442[Diary entry: 9 July 1762] (Washington Papers)
9. Cut my wheat at R[iverside] Qr. & Ck. Do. Also finished
4443From Benjamin Franklin to Isaac Norris, [10 July 1762] (Franklin Papers)
MS not found; abstract reprinted from Votes and Proceedings of the House of Representatives , 1761–1762 (Philadelphia, 1762), p. 54. Mr. Speaker brought in, and communicated to the House, two Letters of the Tenth of July last, one from Messieurs Sargent, Aufrere, and Company, Merchants, in London, to the Trustees of the General Loan-Office, concerning the Provincial Bills of Exchange; the...
4444[Diary entry: 10 July 1762] (Washington Papers)
10. first cuttg. of Hay.
4445[Diary entry: 12 July 1762] (Washington Papers)
12. Finished plowg. gd. behind Garden. Carpenters went to Reapg. at Poseys.
4446From Benjamin Franklin to Giambatista Beccaria, 13 July 1762 (Franklin Papers)
MS not found; reprinted from Benjamin Franklin, Experiments and Observations on Electricity , 1769 edition, pp. 427–33. That glass or porcelain vessels, or even some earthenware bowls, would give off musical tones when gently struck had been known in various parts of the world for centuries before Franklin’s time, and men in both Asia and Europe had learned to entertain themselves and each...
4447[Diary entry: 13 July 1762] (Washington Papers)
13. Mares brot. from Mr. Digges’s. GW brought back his English bay and black mares which had been sent to William Digges’s plantation to be bred (see entry for 28 May 1762 ).
4448[Diary entry: 14 July 1762] (Washington Papers)
14. Counted my Sheep as follows— 6 Rams at Johnson’s 12 Ewes at Do. 94 Do. runng. at large 1 Do. put into Oats 13 Weathers put into Do. 16 rung. in pasture 142 old Sheep, besides one at Colo. F[airfa]xs 12 Ram lambs put into Oats 8 Weather Do. in grass gd.
4449[Diary entry: 15 July 1762] (Washington Papers)
15. Nancy Gist left this. Nancy Gist, daughter of Christopher and Sarah Howard Gist, had gone to live with William Fairfax’s family at Belvoir in 1757 while her father was on the frontier, first as a captain with the Virginia Regiment, then as deputy to Edmond Atkin, superintendent for Indian affairs in the southern colonies ( William Fairfax to GW, 17 July 1757 , DLC:GW ; GW to Sally Fairfax,...
4450[Diary entry: 19 July 1762] (Washington Papers)
19. Will, George, Sam, & Mike went to Bells agn.
4451From Benjamin Franklin to O[liver] N[eave, before 1769] (Franklin Papers)
Printed from Benjamin Franklin, Experiments and Observations on Electricity … (4th edition, London, 1769), pp. 463–8 This letter was subsequently reprinted many times as a treatise on swimming. Nothing is known about the recipient, except that in 1762 Franklin acknowledged a paper from him on the transmission of sound. The present letter was either written at about the same time, or appeared...
4452From Benjamin Franklin to [Oliver Neave], 20 July 1762 (Franklin Papers)
MS not found; reprinted from Benjamin Franklin, Experiments and Observations on Electricity (London, 1769), pp. 435–7. I have perused your paper on sound, and would freely mention to you, as you desire it, every thing that appeared to me to need correction: But nothing of that kind occurs to me, unless it be, where you speak of the air as “the best medium for conveying sound.” Perhaps this is...
4453From Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan, 20 July 1762 (Franklin Papers)
MS not found; reprinted from John Bigelow, ed., The Complete Works of Benjamin Franklin (New York and London, 1887–88), III , 207–8. I received your very kind letter and invitation to Bath where I am sure I could spend some days very happily with you and Mrs. Strahan, if my time would permit; but the man-of-war, that is to be our convoy, is under sailing orders for the 30th of this month so...
4454[Diary entry: 20 July 1762] (Washington Papers)
20. Recd. my Goods from the Unity—Captn. Robson. Bot. Frederick & Judy of Mr. Lewis. Began grubg. my Meadow. Note sometimes 4, & sometimes 6 hands at Wk. Capt. William Robson of the Unity carried a large shipment of goods which GW had ordered from Robert Cary & Co. on behalf of himself and the two Custis children. The complete order amounted to £463 15s. 8d. and included such items as a new...
4455Sargent Aufrere & Co. to the Trustees of the Loan Office: Account, 22 July 1762 (Franklin Papers)
DS : Historical Society of Pennsylvania The Trustees of the Loan Office of Philadelphia to Sargent Aufrere & Co: 1762 Dr. Feb: 26. To Cash per their draft No. 81 To Wm. Ball and Charges. £200 10 6 To do Same Month [No] 44 to Samuel Sargent. 300 – – Mar:
4456Charles Somerset Woodham to Samuel Soumain, 22 July 1762 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society My long Silence has no doubt made you conclude, I had quite forgot my old acquaintance, but the Motive of this cessation has not been owing to disrespect, but rather Idleness, therefore hope you will Excuse it; I some time ago Sent you a Power of Attorney to recover Some plate of mine in the hands of Mr. Franklan but you have never been kind enough to write...
4457From Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan, 23 July 1762 (Franklin Papers)
MS not found; reprinted from John Bigelow, ed., The Complete Works of Benjamin Franklin (New York and London, 1887–88), III , 208–9. As Dr. Hawkesworth calls you, I send you inclosed a line to my good friend Dr. Kelley; which you will do me the favour to deliver with the parcel directed to him. As it is vacation time I doubt whether any other acquaintance of mine may be in Oxford, or at least...
4458To George Washington from Burwell Bassett, 25 July 1762 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Burwell Bassett, 25 July 1762. On 28 Aug. GW wrote to Bassett : “I was favoured with your Epistle wrote on a certain 25th of July.”
4459[Diary entry: 26 July 1762] (Washington Papers)
26. Sowed a little of each kind of Seed that came in, in the Garden to try their goodns. Opened a Cask bottled Porter contg. as follows 6. 1 full bottles } also 3 Casks Dorsets. Beer as follows { 29.6 full Bs. 3. 4 pieces 1 Piece 1.11 empty 2.1 broken 9 broke
4460[Diary entry: 27 July 1762] (Washington Papers)
27. Crump went over to Bells to work.