6991From Benjamin Franklin to Pennsylvania Assembly Committee of Correspondence, 16 April 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Yale University Library I have just received your Favour of Feb. 20. directed to Mr. Jackson and myself, containing Instructions for our Conduct relating to the Application for a Repeal of the Duty Act, to the Change of Government, and to the legal Tender of Paper Money; which Instructions we shall observe to the best of our Abilities. Mr. Jackson has read your Letter, and is now reading...
6992[Diary entry: 16 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
16. At home alone. In the Evening went into the Neck.
6993[Diary entry: 16 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
16. Lowering most of the day, with the Wind Southwardly & cool till the afternoon when it was still, clear & warm.
6994[Diary entry: 17 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
17. Went to a Church & returnd to Dinner.
6995[Diary entry: 17 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
17. Clear & cool wind at No. West. Note—the horns of this Moon (wch. changd yesterday) were directly up as the last.
6996To Benjamin Franklin from William Saunders and Others, 18 April–28 May 1768: résumé (Franklin Papers)
Printed forms and AL : American Philosophical Society [April 18-May 28. Printed form letters from Dr. William Saunders, April 18, and from Samuel Leeds, April 30. Each wishes to succeed Dr. Benjamin Alexander, deceased, as physician to the London Hospital, and solicits Franklin’s vote as a governor. A printed letter from Franklin’s colleague, Richard Jackson, April 24, recommends Dr....
6997To Benjamin Franklin from James Parker, 18 April 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society This Morning only the January Packet arrived after about 13 Weeks Passage, and tho’ I had not the Pleasure of one Line from you, yet I will once more adventure to write, tho’ uncertain whether it will meet you there or not. Matters of the Post-Office go on as usual. I think I told you the Issue of the Suit against Holt, at New Haven, and the Stopping of the...
6998[Diary entry: 18 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
18. Went to Court and returnd in the Evening.
6999[Diary entry: 18 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
18. Clear & Cool. Wind Northwardly.
7000[Diary entry: 18 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
18. Began fishing for Herrings with Carpenter’s &ca.
7001[Diary entry: 19 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
19. Measurd the Field designd for Corn at the Mill, and Doeg Run this year.
7002[Diary entry: 19 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
19. Rather Cool for the Season. Wind variable. & in the Evening low.
7003[Diary entry: 20 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
20. At home alone all day.
7004[Diary entry: 20 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
20. Clear and Cool. Wind brisk from the East.
7005[Diary entry: 21 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
21. Rode to Muddy hole Doeg Run and Mill Plantns.—at the first & last of wch. just began to check Corn Gd. Mr. Stedlar came here.
7006[Diary entry: 21 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
21. Cool—Cloudy & Raing. more or less all day. Wind at East.
7007[Diary entry: 21 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
21. Began to cross gd. at Muddy hole & the Mill—having Run only a single furrow for a list.
7008[Diary entry: 22 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
22. At home all day. Mr. Stedlar here.
7009[Diary entry: 22 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
22. Constant Rain all last Night, and all this day, with the Wind at East.
7010[Diary entry: 23 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
23. At home all day again. Mr. Stedlar still here.
7011[Diary entry: 23 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
23. Constant Rain again all last night & all this day. Wind still at No. Et.
7012[Diary entry: 23 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
23. The great abundance of Rain which fell within this 48 hours carrd. away my Dam by the Miss Wades & broke the back Dam by the Mill. The land north of GW’s mill plantation was now jointly owned by three daughters of Zephaniah and Valinda Wade, Mrs. Wade having apparently died sometime within the previous two years. The dam near the Wades’ property was about 300 yards up Dogue Run from the...
7013[Diary entry: 24 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
24. Mr. & Mrs. Peake & their daughter dined here as also did Mr. Stedlar. Humphrey Peake of Willow Spring married Mary Stonestreet, daughter of Butler Stonestreet (d. 1755) of Prince George’s County, Md. The Stonestreet home, Exeter, was on Piscataway Creek, which emptied into the Potomac almost directly across from Mount Vernon. Of the two daughters of Humphrey and Mary Peake, this is...
7014[Diary entry: 24 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
24. Raining in the Night and till after Sunrise. Wind at No. West & cloudy, that is flyg. clouds, in the Morng. but clear still & warm in the Afternoon.
7015To Benjamin Franklin from James Parker, 25 April 1768: résumé (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society [New York, April 25, 1768. Franklin will probably have left before this reaches London. Wrote him a week ago, enclosing some papers (for which see his letter above, April 18); has heard nothing from him since December, but the February packet has not yet arrived. Wishes him a safe and speedy return home.]
7016[Diary entry: 25 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
25. Went to Muddy hole, Doeg Run & Mill before Dinner, & into the Neck afterwards.
7017[Diary entry: 25 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
25. Still, clear, warm, & pleasant.
7018[Diary entry: 26 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
26. Set of for Williamsburg with Mrs. Washington, Jacky & Patcy Custis & Billy Bassett. Lodgd. at Mr. Lawsons. GW may have originally planned to combine this visit to Eltham and Williamsburg with attendance at a session of the House of Burgesses which, although scheduled to open on 1 May, had met from 31 Mar. to 16 April ( JHB H. R. McIlwaine and John Pendleton Kennedy, eds. Journals of the...
7019[Diary entry: 26 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
26. Warm, still, & very smoky. In the Evening the Wind very fresh from the Southward.
7020[Diary entry: 27 April 1768] (Washington Papers)
27. Reachd Fredericksburg.