7041[Diary entry: 3 May 1768] (Washington Papers)
3. Dined with the Speaker. the speaker : Peyton Randolph (c.1721–1775), son of Sir John and Susanna Beverly Randolph, was king’s attorney and burgess for Williamsburg. From Nov. 1766 until the Revolution, Randolph served as Speaker of the House of Burgesses.
7042[Diary entry: 3 May 1768] (Washington Papers)
3. Warm, wind getting Southwardly and Cloudy.
7043[Diary entry: 3 May 1768] (Washington Papers)
3. The hound bitch Mopsey brought 8 Puppys, distinguishd by the following Names—viz.—Tarter—Jupiter—Trueman—& Tipler (being Dogs)—and Truelove, Juno, Dutchess, & Lady being the Bitches—in all eight.
7044To George Washington from Gabriel Jones, 3 May 1768 (Washington Papers)
I acknowledged the receipt of your’s of 25th February & recommended it to the care of Colo. F. Lewis in hopes it might meet you in your way to the Assembly in March, but whether it did I have not as yet learned. & least a miscarriage should have happened, I write this to inform you of my acquainting Mesrs Lewis & Madison with your proposal of paying what you had advanced for the deficiency of...
7045[Diary entry: 4 May 1768] (Washington Papers)
4. Dined with Mrs. Dawson, & suppd at Charlton’s. Richard Charlton (d. 1779) had announced in June 1767 that he had opened “the Coffee-House” in Williamsburg “as a Tavern,” and GW had supped there on a visit to the city the previous fall ( Va. Gaz. , P&D, 25 June 1767; General Ledger A General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. ,...
7046[Diary entry: 4 May 1768] (Washington Papers)
4. Very Warm & Sultry, with flying Clouds & appearance of Rain.
7047[Diary entry: 5 May 1768] (Washington Papers)
5. Dined at Mrs. Campbells. Christiana Campbell’s tavern was GW’s habitual lodging place in Williamsburg from 1761 to 1771. On this visit to the city, he paid Mrs. Campbell £2 10s. “for Board,” which included his lodgings as well as the daily breakfasts and other occasional meals that he ate at the tavern ( General Ledger A General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington...
7048[Diary entry: 5 May 1768] (Washington Papers)
5. Warm again. Wind Southwardly & fresh.
7049From George Washington to Capel & Osgood Hanbury, 5 May 1768 (Washington Papers)
Your Letters to Master Custis & myself of the 10th of Decr by Captn Eston are both come to my hands and I have directed Ten Hhds of the young Gentns Tobo to be put on board his Ship to your Address; which, considering the very short crop we made last year is a larger proportion of his Tobo than you have had yet —On this quantity you will please to Insure £10 pr Hhd & carry the proceeds to his...
7050From George Washington to Robert Cary & Company, 5 May 1768 (Washington Papers)
I have just time before I leave this place to acknowledge the receipt of your Letters of the 22d of Decr by Eston and 1st of Feby by Captn Outram. By the Latter I shall send you all my own Tobo consisting of Fifteen Hhds and about Twenty-five of Mastr Custis’s—on both which parcels please to Insure Ten pounds pr Hhd. As the scarcity of Tobo, and high prices thereof in the Country are facts too...
7051[Diary entry: 6 May 1768] (Washington Papers)
6. Rid to the Plantations near Williamsburg & dined at Mr. Valentines. Joseph Valentine (d. 1771), who was in charge of all the Custis estates when GW married Martha Dandridge Custis in 1759, stayed on as the “Common Steward” for both John Parke Custis’s inherited portion and GW’s dower portion of the Custis plantations ( GW to Robert Cary, 24 Oct. 1760 , CSmH ).
7052[Diary entry: 6 May 1768] (Washington Papers)
6. Rain in the Morning. Warm afterwards with Clouds.
7053[Diary entry: 7 May 1768] (Washington Papers)
7. Came up to Colo. Bassetts to Dinner.
7054[Diary entry: 7 May 1768] (Washington Papers)
7. Cool Wind Northwardly.
7055To Benjamin Franklin from Jean-Baptiste LeRoy, [before 21 September 1768] (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society J’ai oublié Monsieur, dans la lettre que j’ai donnée a M. L’abbe Taglieri, pour vous, de vous demander une grace; c’est de me faire le plaisir de m’envoyer par la première occasion, que vous pourrez trouver, une petite provision de feuilles d’apalachine , dont j’ai mis un echantillon dans ce petit pacquet. C’est pour une de mes parentes, qui, sachant que...
7056The English Editor to the Reader [of John Dickinson’s Letters from a Farmer], 8 May 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Draft: American Philosophical Society On December 2, 1767, The Pennsylvania Chronicle published the first of a series of letters, signed “A Farmer,” that continued to appear weekly through the issue of February 15, 1768. The letters immediately attracted wide attention in the colonies and, before long, in England and on the Continent; the author remained anonymous for only a short time, and...
7057To Benjamin Franklin from Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg, 8 May 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society This is apparently the earliest surviving letter in a correspondence which, as the wording makes clear, had been going on for some time. Out of it was evolving a friendship that with the years grew in significance for both men. Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg (1709–79) had interests as broad as Franklin’s own and, like him, engaged in a range of activities that was...
7058[Diary entry: 8 May 1768] (Washington Papers)
8. Went to Church & returnd to Dinner. GW probably joined the Bassetts in worship at Warrenray Church, a few miles from Eltham. Warrenray was the upper church of Blisland Parish, serving the eastern part of New Kent County. Col. Burwell Bassett was for many years one of the most active vestrymen of the parish; in 1768 he was joined on the vestry by Bartholomew Dandridge, younger brother of...
7059[Diary entry: 8 May 1768] (Washington Papers)
8. Less Cool than yesterday but not warm.
7060[Diary entry: 9 May 1768] (Washington Papers)
9. Went a Fox hunting and catched a Fox after 35 Minutes chace; returnd to Dinner & found the Attorney his Lady & daughter there. John Randolph (c.1728–1784), of Williamsburg, succeeded his older brother Peyton Randolph as attorney general of Virginia in 1766. John married Ariana Jennings (1730–1801) of Maryland, who bore him a son, Edmund, and two daughters, Susanna and Ariana. Like GW, John...
7061[Diary entry: 9 May 1768] (Washington Papers)
9. Very warm & Sultry. Wind Southwardly.
7062From Benjamin Franklin to Sir John Pringle, 10 May 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in Benjamin Franklin, Experiments and Observations on Electricity … London, 1769), pp. 492–6. You may remember that when we were travelling together in Holland, you remarked that the trackschuyt in one of the stages went slower than usual, and enquired of the boatman, what might be the reason; who answered, that it had been a dry season, and the water in the canal was low. On being...
7063To Benjamin Franklin from Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, 10 May 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society J’ai êté infiniment sensible à votre bonté en apprenant par Monsieur le Docteur Quesnay que vous aviez daigné me chercher et vous informer de moi pendant votre dernier séjour à Paris. Malheureusement pour moi vous n’avez vu M. Quesnay que dans les deux ou trois jours qui ont precede immediatement votre départ; Je n’en ai êté instruit que le jour même où...
7064To Benjamin Franklin from William Franklin, 10 May 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I receiv’d your Favors of Jany. 9, 29, Feby. 13, and Mar. 13. I think I before acknowledg’d the Receipt of the Remainder of the Postscript of Decr. 19. It is not in my Power to give such particular Answers to them as I could wish, being now busily engag’d with the Assembly, who are just on the Point of Rising. Besides I am in doubt whether this will find...
7065To Benjamin Franklin from Martha Johnson, 10 May 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I Take this opertunity to write to you hoping this will find you in good helth as it lives me and samey. I hear by nancy you are aboute to leve England which I am very sorrey for as I am afraid I shante have the pleasuer of seeing you Before you goe as it will be very ill convenant [inconvenient] for me to leve my shope as I have no one I can trust to mind...
7066[Diary entry: 10 May 1768] (Washington Papers)
10. Rid to the Brick House & returnd to Dinner—after which went a dragging for Sturgeon. The phrase “the Brick House” referred originally (in the seventeenth century) to a particular house built of brick, indicating how unusual such a building was in the early years of the colony. The original house lay about three miles east of Eltham on the south side of the York River across from West...
7067[Diary entry: 10 May 1768] (Washington Papers)
10. Wind Eastwardly & not so warm as yesterday—being Cloudy.
7068Andrew Oliver to ——, 11 May 1768 (Franklin Papers)
I am this moment favored with your very obliging letter by Capt. Jarvis of the 2d March, which I have but just time to acknowledge, as this is the day given out for the ship to sail. I wrote you the 23d of February in reply to your letter of the 28th December, that of the 12th February which you refer to in this of the 2d of March is not yet come to hand. You lay me, sir, under the greatest...
7069[Diary entry: 11 May 1768] (Washington Papers)
11. Dined at the Glebe with Mr. Davis. Rev. Price Davies, of County Montgomery, Wales, who was born about 1732, received his B.A. from Christ Church, Oxford, in 1754. He later migrated to Virginia, married Elizabeth Perry of Gloucester County, and in 1763 became rector of Blisland Parish, New Kent County ( goodwin Edward Lewis Goodwin. The Colonial Church in Virginia: With Biographical...
7070[Diary entry: 11 May 1768] (Washington Papers)
11. Much Rain fell last Night and this Morning. Evening clear & warm.