6931[Diary entry: 30 March 1768] (Washington Papers)
30. Calm, clear & pleast. Morng. Afternoon also clear, but more cool—Wind being brisk from southward.
6932[Diary entry: 30 March 1768] (Washington Papers)
30. Finishd my Fencing & began to Enlist my Corn Ground at the Mill. Looked again at the Wheat at Doeg Run (particularly abt. the Stake near the Barracks) and found no alteration for the better—it appearing to have no root in the Ground.
6933[Diary entry: 31 March 1768] (Washington Papers)
31. Went into the Neck. At my return found Doctr. Rumney & Mr. Wm. Crawford at the House. Dr. Rumney went away in the Afternoon. On the following day Rumney charged twelve “Nervous Powders” and ingredients for a medicinal brew to Patsy Custis’s account (receipt from William Rumney, 18 Feb. 1769, ViHi : Custis Papers).
6934[Diary entry: 31 March 1768] (Washington Papers)
31. Grey Morng. Clear Afterwards & raw. Wind fresh from the Southward.
6935[Diary entry: 31 March 1768] (Washington Papers)
31. Finishd Corking my Vessel & weeding out my Lucern.
6936Adams’ Assignment of Errors: Plymouth Superior Court, Plymouth, April 1768 (Adams Papers)
In the Case of Jane Dotey vs. Manuel Essane heard and adjudged at the Court of General Sessions of the Peace held at Plymouth within and for the County of Plymouth on the first second Tuesday of December being the Eighth day of said Month in the Year of our Lord 1767, the Errors assigned by said Manual, on the Certiorari are as follow viz. 1st. It does not appear by the Record of the Judgment...
6937On the Laboring Poor, [April 1768] (Franklin Papers)
Printed in the Gentleman’s Magazine , XXXVIII (1768), 156–7. I have met with much invective in the papers for these two years past, against the hard-heartedness of the rich, and much complaint of the great oppressions suffered in this country by the labouring poor. Will you admit a word or two on the other side of the question? I do not propose to be an advocate for oppression, or oppressors....
6938[April 1768] (Washington Papers)
April 1st. At home with Mr. Crawford. William Crawford’s visit was not purely social. By the fall of 1767 GW had concluded that because the Pennsylvania-Maryland boundary line (Mason and Dixon’s Line) would soon be completed, and because western expansion (temporarily barred by the Royal Proclamation of Oct. 1763) would soon be at least partially opened up by a treaty with the Indians, the...
6939Remarks—of the—Weather [April 1768] (Washington Papers)
April 1st. Ground a little froze. Day very cold, with flying Clouds & Wind high from No. Wt. 2. Ground hard froze. Morning very keen & sharp, wind being at No. Wt. Afterwards more moderate winds varying—with Clouds. 3. Wind fresh from the Westward & very cold with Snow at times & Clouds. 4. Ground very hard froze (as it was yesterday). Day clear. Morning calm—but Wind from the Southward...
6940Cash Accounts, April 1768 (Washington Papers)
Cash Apl 5— To Cash of Messrs Carlyle & Adam by Mr Matthew Campbell £121.11. 9 1/2 15— To Cash of Mr Hanson Marshall 3. 0. 0 18— To Ditto of Messrs Carlyle & Adam 144.12. 6 Contra April 2— By William Skilling 1. 0. 0 5— By Wm Crawford 20. 0. 0 By a Cask of Mercers Beer pr Andw Wales 3. 9. 4 12—
6941To Benjamin Franklin from Henry Walker, 1 April 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I Humbly beg the Favour to Except these few Lines hoping you and your good Family in America are all in good health as my Cousin Morris and we all are at Present and my Mother is in hopes that some of Mr. Franklins Children in Boston are Boys as your Name may not be Quite Extinct my Cusin and Father and Mother and Brothers Humbly beg the acceptance of our...
6942[Diary entry: 1 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
April 1st. At home with Mr. Crawford. William Crawford’s visit was not purely social. By the fall of 1767 GW had concluded that because the Pennsylvania-Maryland boundary line (Mason and Dixon’s Line) would soon be completed, and because western expansion (temporarily barred by the Royal Proclamation of Oct. 1763) would soon be at least partially opened up by a treaty with the Indians, the...
6943[Diary entry: 1 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
April 1st. Ground a little froze. Day very cold, with flying Clouds & Wind high from No. Wt.
6944Note on Post Office Accounts, 2 April 1768, to 3 January 1770 (Franklin Papers)
AD (copy): Historical Society of Pennsylvania [The credit entries, running from April 2, 1768, to March 17, 1769, are of money received by Franklin and Foxcroft from American post offices. In round figures the receipts from James Parker in New York were £2,439, from Philadelphia £312, and from smaller places (Talbot Court House, presumably Talbot, Md.; Rhode Island, presumably Newport; and...
6945Observations [April 1768] (Washington Papers)
April 2d. Sewed a patch of Flax in the Neck. Also sewed a patch at Doeg Run by the last yrs. Turneps. 6. Sewed part of the Ground at home (the Cowpens) in Flax. 7. Carpenters finishd the Corn Ho. at Muddy hole. And went to trimmg. fish Barrls. 11. Planted out Grape Cuttings accordg. to Memm. 12. Sewed remainder of Flax Ground at Home. Also sewed Flax Seed at Muddy hole. White fish began to...
6946Auchmuty’s Opinion and Decree: Court of Vice Admiralty, Boston, 2 April 1768 (Adams Papers)
Timothy Folger vs. Sloop Cornelia and Eighteen Casks Tea. On this information the Advocate general in behalf of the King intervened. In determining this cause, I shall consider the matters on each side of the question principally relied on by the Gentlemen in their arguments and much in the same order as proposed. The Advocate general in behalf of the King urged, that none but the Officers of...
6947To Benjamin Franklin from Lord Morton, 2 April 1768 (Franklin Papers)
AL : Historical Society of Pennsylvania Lord Morton’s Compliments to Dr. Franklin, and has sent the bearer for the Electrical Machine, Is much obliged by the trouble the Doctor has taken in putting it in order. The bearer will pay any expence the Dr. has been put to on that account. Addressed: To / Dr. Franklin / Craven Street For James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton, president of the Royal...
6948[Diary entry: 2 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
2. Rid to Muddy hole—Doeg Run & the Mill. Mr. Crawford went to Alexandria.
6949[Diary entry: 2 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
2. Ground hard froze. Morning very keen & sharp, wind being at No. Wt. Afterwards more moderate winds varying—with Clouds.
6950[Diary entry: 2 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
April 2d. Sewed a patch of Flax in the Neck. Also sewed a patch at Doeg Run by the last yrs. Turneps.
6951[Diary entry: 3 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
3. Went to Pohick Church & returnd to Dinner. Mr. Crawford returnd in the Afternoon.
6952[Diary entry: 3 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
3. Wind fresh from the Westward & very cold with Snow at times & Clouds.
6953[Diary entry: 4 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
4. Fox hunting with Messrs. Chichester, the Triplets, Manley, Posey, Peake & Adams. Never started a Fox—but did a Deer. Abednego Adams (1721–1809), originally of Charles County, Md., married Mary Peake, a sister of Humphrey Peake. They appear to have settled for a time on land in the fork of Little Hunting Creek which Adams’s wife inherited from her father in 1761.
6954[Diary entry: 4 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
4. Ground very hard froze (as it was yesterday). Day clear. Morning calm—but Wind from the Southward afterwards & Cold.
6955[Diary entry: 5 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
5. At home with Mr. Crawford. Mr. Campbell came here & dined, Mrs. Washington, Miss B. Ramsey & Patcy Custis went to Belvoir & returnd. As an agent for the Alexandria partnership of Carlyle & Adam, Matthew Campbell (d. 1782) had come to Mount Vernon to pay GW £121 11s. 9½d. for wheat purchased from him during the past six months ( General Ledger A General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of...
6956[Diary entry: 5 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
5. Ground very hard froze. Wind high from No. West. Very cold & Clear.
6957[Diary entry: 6 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
6. Mr. Crawford set of home, and we (together w. Miss Betcy Ramsay) went up to Alexa. to a Ball. GW had given Crawford £20 on the previous day ( General Ledger A General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. , folio 269).
6958[Diary entry: 6 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
6. Ground hard froze. Morng. Calm—clear & pleast. Afternoon Muddy & cold. Wind at So. West. Abt. 10 Oclock at Night it began Snowg.
6959[Diary entry: 6 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
6. Sewed part of the Ground at home (the Cowpens) in Flax.
6960To Benjamin Franklin from Charles Lee, 7 April 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I forgot before I left London to desire You wou’d (if Mr. Durden shoud write to me on the subject of the Springsborough estate) direct it to me at Sir Charles Bunbury’s Barton near Bury St. Edmonds Suffolk. I shoud ask ten thoushand pardons for this liberty, and intreat You to believe me, Dear Sir, Your most obedient Servant Alexander Durdin, a Dublin...