7701[Diary entry: 23 November 1768] (Washington Papers)
23. Clear & pleasant—also Warm—there being no Wind.
7702To George Washington from Joseph Valentine, 23 November 1768 (Washington Papers)
Jack now sets off from Queens ⟨ mutilated ⟩th Taylor and ⟨h⟩is family to soffolk ⟨he also mutilated ⟩ the negro ⟨ mutilated Sam⟩ & 85 lb. of wool from your Qur in K. Wm and 3 Casks of Cyder from Rockahock which is all the appels wod make[.] I am very shore th⟨ei⟩r was not half the appels ass I Saw their alittle while before they w⟨e⟩re got and people has ben ⟨seen⟩ toating them off in the...
7703To Benjamin Franklin from Martha Johnson, 24 November 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I Take this opertunety to write to you hoping This will find you in good helth as I am Blessed be god for it. I was in hops to have had the plesure of seeing you before this but my partener was so much aganst it that I found it better to Refer it till the spring and that will be more Convenant as I shall by that time have tought nancy how to manage in my...
7704[Diary entry: 24 November 1768] (Washington Papers)
24. Mr. Robt. Alexander here. Went into the Neck.
7705[Diary entry: 24 November 1768] (Washington Papers)
24. Clear & pleasant, there being little or no Wind.
7706[Diary entry: 25 November 1768] (Washington Papers)
25. Mr. Bryan Fairfax as also Messrs. Grayson & Phil. Alexander came here by Sunrise. Hunted & catchd a fox with them & My Lord his Br. & Colo. Fairfax all of whom with Mrs. Fx. & Mr. Watson of Engd. dind here. Benjamin Grayson (d. 1757) immigrated to Virginia from Scotland and built Belle Air, two miles south of Occoquan Creek, Prince William County. He married twice-widowed Susannah Monroe...
7707[Diary entry: 25 November 1768] (Washington Papers)
25. Warm and lowering with but little Wind. In the Evening Rain as there was in the Night.
7708[Diary entry: 26 November 1768] (Washington Papers)
26. Hunted again in the above Compa. but catchd nothing.
7709[Diary entry: 26 November 1768] (Washington Papers)
26. Heavy & lowering day. Evening & Night Rain with some intermixture of Snow.
7710[Diary entry: 27 November 1768] (Washington Papers)
27. Went to Church.
7711[Diary entry: 27 November 1768] (Washington Papers)
27. Wind at No. West & cold, with flying Clouds.
7712From Benjamin Franklin to ———, 28 November 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in part in The Gentleman’s Magazine , XLIX (supplement, 1779), pp. 647–8; printed in full in William Temple Franklin, ed., Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin, LL.D., F.R.S., &c. (quarto edition, 3 vols., London, 1817–18), II , 169–70. I received your obliging favour of the 12th instant. Your sentiments of the importance of the present dispute between Great-Britain...
7713To Benjamin Franklin from Joseph Priestley, 28 November 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society According to my promise, I send you the other paper, containing an account of experiments, which I desire you would lay before the Royal Society. I have material for another short paper of Miscellaneous experiments , but I think it better to wait till I have enlarged on it, and completed some of the courses particularly that concerning Magnetism. I made use...
7714[Diary entry: 28 November 1768] (Washington Papers)
28. Went to the Vestry at Pohick Church. After settling on the tithes for the year and disposing of minor business, the vestry discussed the proposed new Pohick Church. Agreement was reached that “notice be given in the Virginia and Maryland Gazettes of the building of the said Church, and that the undertakers may attend at the Vestry House at Pohick on the first friday in March next with...
7715[Diary entry: 28 November 1768] (Washington Papers)
28. Clear and cold Wind Northwardly till Night, then So. West. Hard frost.
7716[Diary entry: 29 November 1768] (Washington Papers)
29. Went a Huntg. with Lord Fairfax & catchd a Fox.
7717[Diary entry: 29 November 1768] (Washington Papers)
29. Very hard frost, in the Morning but moderate & thawg. afterwd.
7718[Diary entry: 30 November 1768] (Washington Papers)
30. At home all day. Colo. Mason & Mr. Cockburne came in the Evening. Martin Cockburn, son of Dr. Thomas and Rachel Moore Cockburn, of Jamaica, settled in Virginia after marrying Ann Bronaugh, daughter of Jeremiah Bronaugh, of Fairfax, and cousin of George Mason. His estate was Springfield near Colchester. Cockburn served on the Truro Parish vestry 1770–79.
7719[Diary entry: 30 November 1768] (Washington Papers)
30. Pleast. forenoon with the Wind Southwardly but the Afternoon very cold & freezing.
7720[December 1768] (Washington Papers)
Decr. 1. Went to the Election of Burgesses for this County, & was there, with Colo. West chosen. Stayd all Night to a Ball wch. I had given. The election, held at the county courthouse in Alexandria, had been called by the new governor, Lord Botetourt. White adult males who owned a minimal amount of real property were allowed to vote. This property restriction satisfied two convictions long...
7721Remarks—on the—Weather [December 1768] (Washington Papers)
Decr. 1st. Ground exceedg. hard froze. Weathr. very cold—& Snowing at times. The Eveng. of this day was remarkably cold. 2. Weather clear & very cold. Wind at No. West. River half froze over. 3. Night exceeding hard—but this day somewhat more moderate Wind Southwardly. 4. Close Rain all day with the Wind chiefly at No. East—but afterwards shifting to No. West & clearing. 5. Clear & tolerably...
7722Cash Accounts, December 1768 (Washington Papers)
Cash Decr 11— To Ditto [cash] of Mr Robt Alexander £19. 0.0 To Sundry Sum’s receivd of Mr Jos. Valentine at the last Apl Genl Court (1768) & omitted entring till now viz. 60. 0.0 Contra Decr 1— By Jno. Orr keeping my Poll at the Election 1. 0.0 2— By Richd Arrells Acct of Exps. on that occn 15. 5.9 By Cakes to Sundries 7.11.3 4— By Mr Magowan Balle of Acct 1.10.0 By Servant 1/3—By Bishop...
7723Mississippi Land Company’s Petition to the King, December 1768 (Washington Papers)
To the Kings most excellent Majesty in Council The humble Petition of Sundry Inhabitants of Great Britain, Virginia, and Maryland. May it please Your Majesty December 1768. Your Petitioners, considering it the Duty of all good ⟨Subjects⟩ to improve to the utmost of their power the blessings of Peace; and reflecting how this Improvement may be best obtained by the Exertion of their Abilitys,...
7724[Diary entry: 1 December 1768] (Washington Papers)
Decr. 1. Went to the Election of Burgesses for this County, & was there, with Colo. West chosen. Stayd all Night to a Ball wch. I had given. The election, held at the county courthouse in Alexandria, had been called by the new governor, Lord Botetourt. White adult males who owned a minimal amount of real property were allowed to vote. This property restriction satisfied two convictions long...
7725[Diary entry: 1 December 1768] (Washington Papers)
Decr. 1st. Ground exceedg. hard froze. Weathr. very cold—& Snowing at times. The Eveng. of this day was remarkably cold.
7726Fairfax County Poll Sheet, 1 December 1768 (Washington Papers)
Colo. George Washington Colo. John West Captn John Posey Lord Fairfax Lord Fairfax Solomon Nicholas George Fairfax Esqre George Fairfax Esqre Thomas Hornbuckle Solomon Nicholas David Thomas Jno. Sarter Thomas Hornbuckle Eli Stone William Coarts John Sarter Guy Broadwater James Appleton David Thomas Thoms Douglas
7727To Benjamin Franklin from [Samuel Wharton], 2 December 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Copy (incomplete): American Philosophical Society As soon as I heard, That Sir William Johnson had received the King’s Orders to settle the Boundary with the Six Nations, I set off with Captain William Trent (The legal Attorney of the Traders, who suffered, as well by the Encroachments of the French in 1754, as by the Indians in 1763) for the Mohocks Country, But on our arrival at Albany, we...
7728[Diary entry: 2 December 1768] (Washington Papers)
2. Returnd home after dinner accompanied by Colo. Mason Mr. Cockburn & Messrs. Henderson Ross & Lawson. Alexander Henderson (d. 1815) emigrated from Scotland in 1756 and settled as a merchant at Colchester. He was Fairfax County justice of the peace 1770—post 1785; Fairfax County representative in the House of Delegates 1781, 1783; Truro Parish vestryman 1765–85; and churchwarden 1769–70, 1779–80.
7729[Diary entry: 2 December 1768] (Washington Papers)
2. Weather clear & very cold. Wind at No. West. River half froze over.
7730The State of the Trade with the West Indies, 3–6 December 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The London Chronicle , December 3–6, 1768 In a Letter of mine, which you inserted in your Paper of Nov. 3, was contained a view of the state of our commerce with the American continent colonies. I now send you a view of our commerce with the West India or Sugar Islands, taken, as the former was, from the Custom House accounts. When your Readers have compared and considered these...
7731[Diary entry: 3 December 1768] (Washington Papers)
3. Went a fox huntg. in Company with Lord & Colo. Fairfax Captn. McCarty & Messrs. Henderson & Ross. Started nothg. My Br. came in the Afternoon.
7732[Diary entry: 3 December 1768] (Washington Papers)
3. Night exceeding hard—but this day somewhat more moderate Wind Southwardly.
7733[Diary entry: 4 December 1768] (Washington Papers)
4. At Home all day.
7734[Diary entry: 4 December 1768] (Washington Papers)
4. Close Rain all day with the Wind chiefly at No. East—but afterwards shifting to No. West & clearing.
7735To Benjamin Franklin from Samuel Fayerweather, 5 December 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Altho’ I cannot Claim a sufficient Acquaintance with You to found An Address Upon of any kind in the Epistolary Way, yet your knowledge of My Dear Brother Winthrop Hollissian Professor of the Mathematicks in Cambridge New England, And that Profound Regard you’ve Expressd towards Him in the most Signal Manner, not only Attracts my Gratitude, But Humbly...
7736[Diary entry: 5 December 1768] (Washington Papers)
5. Fox hunting with Lord Fairfax & his Brothr. & Colo. Fairfax. Started a Fox & lost it. Dind at Belvoir & came in the Evg.
7737[Diary entry: 5 December 1768] (Washington Papers)
5. Clear & tolerably pleast. Wind abt. West. Ground hard froze.
7738From Benjamin Franklin to [George Whitefield], 6 December 1768 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Huntington Library Judge Smith’s Recommendation of Mr. Rodgers, sent me by my dear Friend, is a high one indeed! More need not be said in a Man’s favour if he were to be set up as a Candidate for the Title of Arch-Angel. I have not yet had an Answer from Edinburgh. There is sometimes in these Affairs a Delay of two or three Months, when there happens to be no Meeting of the Professors,...
7739[Diary entry: 6 December 1768] (Washington Papers)
6. Rid to Muddy hole Doeg Run, & Mill.
7740[Diary entry: 6 December 1768] (Washington Papers)
6. Hard frost—& cool Morning—but mild afternoon. Wind Southwardly.
7741To Benjamin Franklin from Richard Jackson, [7 December 1768] (Franklin Papers)
AL : Library of Congress After a brief session in May, 1768, Parliament reconvened in November, and for the first time that year had an opportunity for a full debate on colonial affairs, especially the events in Massachusetts and the various petitions for repeal of the Townshend duties. The Christmas recess was impending, and nonimportation agreements were to begin in America on January 1,...
7742[Diary entry: 7 December 1768] (Washington Papers)
7. At home all day—alone.
7743[Diary entry: 7 December 1768] (Washington Papers)
7. Constant slow rain all day—with the Wind variable—but chiefly Eastwardly.
7744[Diary entry: 8 December 1768] (Washington Papers)
8. Fox huntg. with Lord Fairfax & Brothr. & Colo. Fairfax all of whom dind here. Started nothing.
7745[Diary entry: 8 December 1768] (Washington Papers)
8. Clear, & tolerably pleasant, although the Wind was fresh from the No. West.
7746[Diary entry: 9 December 1768] (Washington Papers)
9. Rid to Muddy hole, Doeg run, & the Mill.
7747[Diary entry: 9 December 1768] (Washington Papers)
9. Very cloudy & like to rain but none fell.
7748Deborah Franklin: Receipt to Sarah Drury, 10 December 1768 (Franklin Papers)
Copy: American Philosophical Society Know all Men by these presents that I Deborah Franklin Attorney in fact duly authorised and empowered by my husband Benjamin Franklin Esqr. now in London have received from Sarah Drury Executrix: Of William Maugridge Esqr. three bonds of Henry Ferree to said Sarah Drury and by her assigned to Doct. Benjamin Franklin each for one hundred pounds the first...
7749Thomas Hutchinson to ——, 10 December 1768 (Franklin Papers)
I am just now informed that a number of the council, perhaps 8 or 10 who live in and near this town, have met together and agreed upon a long address or petition to parliament, and that it will be sent by this ship to Mr. Bollan to be presented. Mr. Danforth who is president of the council told the governor upon enquiry, that it was sent to him to sign, and he supposed the rest of the council...
7750[Diary entry: 10 December 1768] (Washington Papers)
10. Went a fox hunting in the Neck & catchd a fox. Afterwards went to the Plantatin. there. Doctr. Rumney came to Dr. & Mr. Alexr. in the Eg.