[Diary entry: 23 February 1787]

Friday 23d. Mercury at 27 in the Morning—33 at Noon and 30 at Night.

The Wind which shifted last Night to No. Et. brought Snow which by day break was abt. 2 Inches deep. It continued Snowing with the wind in the same quarter till 12 Oclock this day when the Sun appeared, tho it did not perfectly clear.

At home all day. In the Evening Mr. Griffith came in and stayed all night.

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Title: [Diary entry: 23 February 1787]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 23 February 1787

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 23 February 1787],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-05-02-0002-0002-0023. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 5, 1 July 1786 – 31 December 1789, ed. Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1979, p. 108.]