George Washington Papers

[Diary entry: 14 February 1785]

Monday 14th. Mercury at 31 in the Morning—34 at Noon and 33 at Night.

Morning clear and calm—Ground hard froze. Wind afterwards, fresh from the No. West with flying Clouds which gave a rawness & chill to the air.

In company with Mrs. Washington made a visit to Colo. McCarty & family. Dined there and returned home afterwds.

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    14 February 1785

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    “[Diary entry: 14 February 1785],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-04-02-0002-0002-0014. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 4, 1 September 1784 – 30 June 1786, ed. Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1978, p. 90.]