[Diary entry: 19 January 1787]

Friday 19th. Mercury at 27 in the Morning—37 at Noon and 27 at Night.

Wind at No. Et. in the Morning, with appearances of a change of Weather. About Noon it was calm, clear, and very pleast. but towards sundown the wind Sprung up again at No. Et.—the clouds gathered fast, and indicated rain speedily.

Went to French’s and marked of the fields (as they are to be divided in future) by stakes.

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Title: [Diary entry: 19 January 1787]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 19 January 1787

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 19 January 1787],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-05-02-0002-0001-0019. [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. 97.]