9051[Diary entry: 23 January 1770] (Washington Papers)
23. Clear and very pleasant Wind being Southwardly & thawing.
9052Invoice from Robert Cary & Company, 23 January 1770 (Washington Papers)
Invoice of Cost and Charges of Goods ship’d on boa⟨rd⟩ the Betsey John Sanderson Comr for Virginia upon the Acct a⟨nd⟩ risque of Colo. George Washington and to him Consignd —viz. Jno. Fish Sacks 50 4 Bushel Sacks GW No. 1 to 50 @ 2/3 5.12. 6 1 Matt . 1. Jno. Stabler Linnn 5 ps. bro: Rolls 346 auns for 173 Ells @ 5½ 3.19. 3 1/2 1 ps. best Oznabg 103 Ells 9½ 4. 1. 6 1/2 1 ps. Russia Drillg 25...
9053[Diary entry: 24 January 1770] (Washington Papers)
24. At home all day alone.
9054[Diary entry: 24 January 1770] (Washington Papers)
24. Very warm & thawing in the forenoon. Frequent showers in the afternoon & wind shifting from south to North & growing Cold. Ice breaking in the River for the first time since the 14.
9055To George Washington from John Armstrong, 24 January 1770 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from John Armstrong, 24 Jan. 1770. On 20 Mar. GW wrote to Armstrong: “Your obliging favour of the 24th of Jany came to my hands.”
9056Request for a Reprinting, 25–27 January 1770: résumé (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The London Chronicle , January 25–27, 1770 [A request to the Chronicle , signed “A.B.,” to republish the extract of a letter from London printed in the Boston Evening Post of Dec. 4, 1769. The letter was Franklin’s to Folger above, XVI , 207–10, where the extract is indicated.]
9057The Colonist’s Advocate: V, 25 January 1770 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The Public Advertiser , January 25, 1770 In my last Paper I shewed, from authentic and known Estimates, that, had not the Course of our Trade with the Colonies been interrupted by the Inventions of the Grenvillians, we were in the Way to have carried it, in the Space of a few Years, to such a Length, that the Mother-Country would have gained by it annually the amazing Sum of Five...
9058[Diary entry: 25 January 1770] (Washington Papers)
25. At home all day alone.
9059[Diary entry: 25 January 1770] (Washington Papers)
25. Cold and disagreeable with a fine kind of Sleety Snow. Wind Northward⟨ly⟩ & very cloudy.
9060A Conversation on Slavery, 26 January 1770 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The Public Advertiser , January 30, 1770 Many Reflections being of late thrown out against the Americans, and particularly against our worthy Lord-Mayor, on Account of their keeping Slaves in their Country, I send you the following Conversation on that Subject, which, for Substance, and much of the Expression, is, I assure you, a real one ; having myself been present when it passed....
9061[Diary entry: 26 January 1770] (Washington Papers)
26. Ditto. Do. Do.
9062[Diary entry: 26 January 1770] (Washington Papers)
26. Raw, cold & cloudy the first part of the day—but clearg. afterwards. Wd. N. W.
9063[Diary entry: 27 January 1770] (Washington Papers)
27. Went a hunting, & after trailing a fox a good while the Dogs Raizd a Deer & run out of the Neck with it & did not (some of them at least) come home till the next day.
9064[Diary entry: 27 January 1770] (Washington Papers)
27. Wind Southwardly, pleast. & thawing.
9065To George Washington from De Berdt, Lee, & Sayre, 27 January 1770 (Washington Papers)
Having determin’d to make an essay of the tobo trade we have bo’t the Liberty a new ship, which Capt. Walker now carrys out to load for us in Potomac, and as we design her to be a regular annual ship, our friends will always have a certain conveyance for their goods, & their tobo to market. Being determin’d to act on an upright plan, we beg the favor of your assistance to Capt. Walker, & can...
9066[Diary entry: 28 January 1770] (Washington Papers)
28. At home all day. In the Afternoon Mr. Semple came here.
9067[Diary entry: 28 January 1770] (Washington Papers)
28. Wind at No. West—tolerably fresh in the Morning but not cold. Still afterwards & pleasant.
9068The Colonist’s Advocate: VI, 29 January 1770 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The Public Advertiser , January 29, 1770 I have shewn, that our Gains by our Colonies have been immensely great [and], but for the Grenvillian Taxation Scheme, would have soon come to be equal alone to the Whole of our necessary annual Expences of Government in Times of Peace. If so, how absurd are the Cavils of some among us, who argue, That we have been at great Expences for the...
9069[Diary entry: 29 January 1770] (Washington Papers)
29. Dined at Belvoir (with J. P. Custis) & returnd in the Afternoon.
9070[Diary entry: 29 January 1770] (Washington Papers)
29. Rather lowering, but moderate & pleasant, with but little Wind & that Southwardly. Ice broken again.
9071To Benjamin Franklin from William Robertson, 30 January 1770 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Princeton University Library By some unlucky accident I could find no person to take the charge of Dr. Haven’s Diploma. I have therefore got my Brother to put it into a box which he was sending by the waggon to his correspondents Messrs. Poole & Buckenton Jewellers in Bartholemew Closs. I suppose it will be in London by the time you receive this letter, and if you take the trouble of...
9072[Diary entry: 30 January 1770] (Washington Papers)
30. Went a hunting, & having found a Deer by Piney Cover. It run to the head of Accatinck before we coud stop the Dogs. Mr. Peake dined here. Piney Cover was a densely wooded area along Piney Branch, a small stream flowing southeast into Dogue Run about a mile above GW’s present mill. The head of navigation on Accotink Creek was about 2 miles southwest of the mouth of Piney Branch.
9073[Diary entry: 30 January 1770] (Washington Papers)
30. Clear and tolerably pleasant but the Wind very high in the Afternoon from the Westward.
9074[Diary entry: 31 January 1770] (Washington Papers)
31. At home alone.
9075[Diary entry: 31 January 1770] (Washington Papers)
31. Clear and cool again, wind No. West.
9076From George Washington to Charles Washington, 31 January 1770 (Washington Papers)
If you saw my Brother John in Stafford when you were down there at Christmas; if you had any Conversation with my Br. Saml on the Subject I mentioned to you; and if any time was proposed for your meeting at this place, I shoud be glad to know it, & beg you will write me a line by the first Post after this gets to hand informing me of it accordingly; as I want to prepare for my journey but am...
9077[February 1770] (Washington Papers)
Feby. 1. Went a huntg. (being joind by Mr. Peake Wm. Triplet & Harrison Manley) & after a Chace of near five hours we killd a Fox. Mr. Piper & Mr. Adams came here this afternoon. 2. Mr. Adam & myself walkd to the Mill & up Doeg Run before Dinner. Robert Adam, who owned a merchant mill and a bakery near Alexandria, would be a major buyer of flour from GW’s new mill. 3. At home all day, the...
9078Acct. of the Weather in February [1770] (Washington Papers)
Feby. 1. Clear & tolerably pleasant there being but little Wind, that however was Northwardly & cool. 2. Cloudy with appearances of Snow but clear & pleasant in the Afternoon but little Wind stirring. 3. Cloudy with a slight mixture of fine hail & Rain. But little Wind & that southly. 4. Snowing more or less all day—the snow about 8 Inches deep. Wind Northward. 5. Cool and Clear Wind No. West....
9079Cash Accounts, February 1770 (Washington Papers)
Cash Feby 4— To Cash won at Cards £ 1. 5.0 5— To Ditto recd of Mr Jas Marshall for 15 C Shingles 1. 6.9 19— To Ditto of Jno. Cannon 0.12.0 23— To Ditto recd from Joseph Thompson 30.12.0 28— To Ditto from my Br. Saml on acct of Intt on his Bonds to J.P. Custis 25. 5.0 Contra Feby 3—
9080The Colonist’s Advocate: VII, 1 February 1770 (Franklin Papers)
Printed in The Public Advertiser , February 1, 1770 Walpole, who declared in the House of Commons that he did not well understand foreign Affairs, who was as quick at smelling out where Money might be had as any Minister could well be imagined, and whose Difficulties in keeping his Place were such, that it was alledged he would have swept the Bottom of the Ocean for a Guinea, if he could: Even...