59501[Diary entry: 21 November 1772] (Washington Papers)
21. Foggy Morning, but clear and pleasant afterwards.
59502[Diary entry: 22 November 1772] (Washington Papers)
22. Cloudy, with Rain more or less all day.
59503[Diary entry: 23 November 1772] (Washington Papers)
23. Much such a day as yesterday Wind being at No. Et. all day.
59504[Diary entry: 24 November 1772] (Washington Papers)
24. Weather as the day before but the Rain rather more constt.
59505[Diary entry: 25 November 1772] (Washington Papers)
25. Still Raining more or less Wind in the same Quarter.
59506[Diary entry: 26 November 1772] (Washington Papers)
26. Clear Morning but Cloudy and unsettled afterwards.
59507[Diary entry: 27 November 1772] (Washington Papers)
27. Clear and very pleasant with but little Wind.
59508[Diary entry: 28 November 1772] (Washington Papers)
28. Remarkably pleasant & Calm in the forenoon—but lowering before Sunset, with the Wind spring[ing] up fresh from South, & Shifting more Easterly. In the Night blew a mere hurricane & was attended by a good deal of Rain.
59509[Diary entry: 29 November 1772] (Washington Papers)
29. Clear after the Morning with the Wind high—from the South & West.
59510[Diary entry: 30 November 1772] (Washington Papers)
30. Windy and Cold.
59511[December 1772] (Washington Papers)
Decr. 1st. At home all day a Writing to Williamsburg. Most of GW’s two days of writing was in regard to the bounty lands, including his final reports sent to the council in Williamsburg. 2. At home all day. Messrs. Dulany & Tilghman came at Dinner time, & stayd all Night. 3. Went a Fox hunting, found one in Mr. G. Alexanders Pocoson & killd it after 3 hours chase. In the Afternoon Mr. B....
59512[Diary entry: 1 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
Decr. 1st. At home all day a Writing to Williamsburg. Most of GW’s two days of writing was in regard to the bounty lands, including his final reports sent to the council in Williamsburg.
59513[Diary entry: 2 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
2. At home all day. Messrs. Dulany & Tilghman came at Dinner time, & stayd all Night.
59514[Diary entry: 3 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
3. Went a Fox hunting, found one in Mr. G. Alexanders Pocoson & killd it after 3 hours chase. In the Afternoon Mr. B. Fairfax and Mr. Wagener came here.
59515[Diary entry: 4 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
4. Went a hunting again but found nothing. Mr. Wagener & Messrs. Tilghman & Dulany went home in the Afternoon.
59516[Diary entry: 5 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
5. Went a hunting with Mr. Fairfax. Found a Fox between Edd. William’s & Johnsons which we lost after a Chase of two hours. Edward Williams became GW’s tenant in 1760 when GW bought the Clifton’s Neck land. Williams was still there in 1786, when he was listed for tax purposes as having 12 whites and no blacks ( General Ledger A General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George...
59517[Diary entry: 6 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
6. Mr. Fairfax went away after breakfast, & Mr. Jno. Fitzhugh of Marmion came in the Afternoon. jno. fitzhugh of marmion : possibly the son of William Fitzhugh (1725–1791) of Marmion in the old Chotank neighborhood. Another John Fitzhugh, son of Maj. John Fitzhugh (d. 1733) of Marmion, had died earlier in the year.
59518[Diary entry: 7 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
7. Mr. Fitzhugh went away abt. 12 Oclock. I rid to the Ferry Plantation before Dinner.
59519[Diary entry: 8 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
8. Rid over Muddy hole, Doeg Run, & Mill Plantations before Dinner. In the Eveng. my Brothrs. Jno. & Chas. & Mr. Jno. Smith came. John Smith is probably John Smith (1750–1836), son of John Smith of Cabin Point. By this time the elder Smith’s lands, Fleets Bay plantation in Northumberland County and a large tract in Gloucester County, had been sold to satisfy the enormous debts of his estate,...
59520[Diary entry: 9 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
9. Went into the Neck abt. 11 Oclock a fox hunting. Touchd the Drag where we found the last but did not move the Fox.
59521[Diary entry: 10 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
10. At home all day.
59522[Diary entry: 11 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
11. My Brothr. Jno. set of homewards Mr. Smith to Frederick. I accompanied him as far as Alexa. from whence I returnd in the Afternoon—Mr. Dulany—Doctr. Brown & Mr. Brown with me.
59523[Diary entry: 12 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
12. Doctr. Brown went away abt. 12 Oclock & Mr. Brown after Dinner.
59524[Diary entry: 13 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
13. My Brother Chas. returnd home very Early this Morning and Mr. Dulany went up to Alexa. after Breakfast.
59525[Diary entry: 14 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
14. Went into the Neck on foot crossing the Creek with a Gun. Captn. McCarty & his Bro. Thadeus, & a Dutch Minister Dined here. Thaddeus McCarty (c.1737–1812), of Loudoun County, was the youngest of the three sons of Denis and Sarah Ball McCarty of Cedar Grove, and hence a brother of GW’s neighbor Capt. Daniel McCarty. Thaddeus married Sarah Elizabeth Richardson in 1768.
59526[Diary entry: 15 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
15. Went a Hunting & found two Foxes both of which were killd, but only one got, the Dogs running out of hearg. with the 2d.; found these Foxes on the Hills by Isaac Gates’s. The Isaac Gates family lived southwest of Mount Vernon. Gates occasionally used the services of GW’s blacksmith and weavers, paying for them with chickens and eggs. In 1782 he was listed for tax purposes as having six...
59527[Diary entry: 16 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
16. Mr. Val. Crawford who came yesterday went away this day. At home all day.
59528[Diary entry: 17 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
17. Govr. Eden & Mr. Custis came here to Dinner & Mr. Geo. Digges after Dinner.
59529[Diary entry: 18 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
18 Mr. Boucher, his Wife & Sister came to Dinner. GW means Boucher’s unmarried sister Jane (1742–1794), who lived in her brother’s household ( BOUCHER [1] Jonathan Bouchier, ed. Reminiscences of an American Loyalist, 1738–1789: Being the Autobiography of The Revd Jonathan Boucher, Rector of Annapolis in Maryland and afterwards Vicar of Epsom, Surrey, England . Boston, 1925. , 200).
59530[Diary entry: 19 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
19. Mr. William Digges & his four Daughters came as also a Mr. B. Buckner who bot. Flour of me. William Digges’s will written in 1780 mentions four daughters: Theresa, Ann, Jane, and Elizabeth. Two other daughters are known: Susannah who died young and Mary who died single ( BOWIE Effie Gwynn Bowie. Across the Years in Prince George’s County: A Genealogical and Biographical History of Some...
59531[Diary entry: 20 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
20. All the above Company here all day.
59532[Diary entry: 21 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
21. The whole went over to Mr. Digges’s. Mrs. Washington, myself &ca. went with them & stayd all Night. Today William Shaw inspected 300 barrels of flour for GW and was credited with £1 17s. 6d. in fees ( General Ledger B General Ledger B, 1772–1793. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. , folio 58).
59533[Diary entry: 22 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
22. Returnd home early in the Morning, & went up to Alexa. to Court. Came back in the Aftern. The court met 21–22 Dec., but GW was not recorded present. On the previous day the justices had registered GW’s brand for his flour, “ g: washington ,” in accordance with the act passed during the last session of the assembly (Fairfax County Order Book for 1772–74, 158–65, Vi Microfilm; see main entry...
59534[Diary entry: 23 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
23. Went a Hunting but found nothing. In the Evening Colo. Fairfax came. On this day Baldwin Buckner, on behalf of himself and his brother John, contracted with GW to buy 300 barrels of “Superfine Flour & Cask” for £300 13s., to be paid the following April at the meeting of merchants in Williamsburg ( General Ledger B General Ledger B, 1772–1793. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers,...
59535[Diary entry: 24 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
24. At home all day. After breakfast Mr. Buckner went away as Colo. Fairfax did after Dinr.
59536[Diary entry: 25 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
25. Went to Pohick Church and returnd to Dinner. Found Mr. Tilghman here.
59537[Diary entry: 26 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
26th. At home all day with Mr. Tilghman.
59538[Diary entry: 27 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
27. At home all day. Mr. Tilghman went away after Breakfast.
59539[Diary entry: 28 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
28. Went out a hunting. Found a fox back of Captn. Darrells & killd it. Doctr. Rumney & a Lieutt. Winslow Dind here the former stayd all Night.
59540[Diary entry: 29 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
29. Doctr. Rumney stayed all day & Night. To Dinner Came Mr. Wren, Mr. Carr, & Mr. Addison the former of whom went away. Mr. Wren is probably James Wren (d. 1808) of Fairfax County, who supplied the building plans for Pohick Church ( SLAUGHTER [1] Philip Slaughter. The History of Truro Parish in Virginia . Edited by Edward L. Goodwin. Philadelphia, 1908. , 70). Mr. Carr is probably either...
59541[Diary entry: 30 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
30. Went a Hunting but found nothing. Messrs. Addison & Carr dining here—as did Mr. Manley.
59542[Diary entry: 31 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
31. Mr. Magowan came here Yesterday in the Afternoon & this day with Messrs. Carr & Addison went up after Dinner to Alexa.
59543Acct. of the Weather in Dec. [1772] (Washington Papers)
Decr. 1st. Cloudy & like for Falling weather; being also Cold. 2. Clear in the forenoon but Cloudy & cold afterwards. 3. Clear & calm in the forenoon but Wind fresh from the Northward abt. Midday—which died away in the Afternoon. 4. Clear and Calm in the Morning, but Winday afterwards from the Northwest. 5. Calm & Cold Morning, & very Cold day. Wind hard from the Northwest. 6. Very like for...
59544[Diary entry: 1 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
Decr. 1st. Cloudy & like for Falling weather; being also Cold.
59545[Diary entry: 2 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
2. Clear in the forenoon but Cloudy & cold afterwards.
59546[Diary entry: 3 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
3. Clear & calm in the forenoon but Wind fresh from the Northward abt. Midday—which died away in the Afternoon.
59547[Diary entry: 4 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
4. Clear and Calm in the Morning, but Winday afterwards from the Northwest.
59548[Diary entry: 5 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
5. Calm & Cold Morning, & very Cold day. Wind hard from the Northwest.
59549[Diary entry: 6 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
6. Very like for Snow in the Morning with the Wind at South. Afternoon clear but still Cold.
59550[Diary entry: 7 December 1772] (Washington Papers)
7. Clear and pleasant with but little Wind & that Southerly.