8641[Diary entry: 18 September 1769] (Washington Papers)
18. Wind still Northwardly tho but little of it. Day lowering & the Evening very Cloudy.
8642[Diary entry: 19 September 1769] (Washington Papers)
19. Went to Court again today. Stayd all Night & Went to see slight of hand performd.
8643[Diary entry: 19 September 1769] (Washington Papers)
19. A pretty heavy Rain fell in the Night. The day clear, still & pleasant.
8644[Diary entry: 20 September 1769] (Washington Papers)
20. Returnd home early this morning by a Messenger from Mrs. Washington. Mr. George Alexander dined here & went away in the afternoon.
8645[Diary entry: 20 September 1769] (Washington Papers)
20. Showers this Morning with the Wind brisk from the So. West in the forenoon & at North West towds. night.
8646[Diary entry: 21 September 1769] (Washington Papers)
21. Captn. Posey calld here in the morng. & we went to a Vestry. Upon my return found Mr. B. Fairfax & Mr. P. Wagener. The meeting was again scheduled to be held at the Crossroads, and the “Cross-Roads majority” of seven, which was also the minimum needed for a quorum, finally appeared in full strength. These seven, in the name of the vestry, chose the spot for building the Pohick Church which...
8647[Diary entry: 21 September 1769] (Washington Papers)
21. Wind Northwardly and day for the most part Cloudy & threatning but no Rain.
8648Minutes of Truro Parish Vestry, 21 September 1769 (Washington Papers)
At a Vestry held for Truro Parish at the Cross Roads leading from Hollis’s to Pohick Warehouse Sepr 21st 1769. A Spott was chosen to fix the new Church upon convenient to the said Cross Roads, & agreeable to a former order of Vestry, bearing date the 20th day of November 1767: A Yard was laid of for the said Church, & a Certain quantity of Land laid of for the use of the said Parish, for which...
8649From Benjamin Franklin to Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg, 22 September 1769 (Franklin Papers)
ALS (draft): American Philosophical Society With this you will receive some Sheets of the Piece now printing, and which I am promis’d shall be finish’d in a few Days. I am afraid it is not so correct as it should be; But as I have been advis’d not to publish it till next Month, most of our Gentry being yet out of Town, there will be time for you to send me the Errata which may be printed at...
8650From Benjamin Franklin to Thomas-François Dalibard, 22 September 1769 (Franklin Papers)
ALS (draft): American Philosophical Society Having this Opportunity by M. Le Roy, I embrace it to thank you most heartily for the many Civilities and Marks of Friendship I received from you and Madame Dalibard while in Paris; and to express my sincere and cordial Wishes for your Health and Prosperity: in which I am join’d by my Friend Sir John Pringle. As I cannot soon again enjoy the...