George Washington Papers

[Diary entry: 24 September 1765]

24. Took up Flax which had been in Water since the 12th. viz. 12 days.

flax: Linum usitatissimum. Arthur Young chided GW 19 May 1789 for wasting his time with flax. “What in the name of wonder can you do with flax? Not make linnen I hope; buy from England, from France, from Russia, anywhere rather than employ a soul in fabrics while wastes surround you by millions” (DLC:GW).

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    Washington, George
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    “[Diary entry: 24 September 1765],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-01-02-0011-0007-0006. [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. 341.]