9891[Diary entry: 2 October 1770] (Washington Papers)
2. At home all day. John Savage formerly a Lieutt. in the Virga. Service & one Wm. Carnes came here to enter their claim to a share in the 200,000 acres of Land. Wr. Washington & Doctr. Rumney here. Savage was commissioned a lieutenant in the Virginia Regiment 9 Mar. 1754 and promoted to captain in Sept. 1755 but resigned from the regiment the following spring ( va. troops “Virginia Troops in...
9892[Diary entry: 2 October 1770] (Washington Papers)
2. Raining, Hailing, or Snowing the whole day—with the wind Northerly Cold & exceeding disagreeable.
9893From Benjamin Franklin to Deborah Franklin, 3 October 1770 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society I received your kind Letter of Aug. 16. which gave me a great deal of Satisfaction. I am glad your little Grandson recovered so soon of his Illness, as I see you are quite in Love with him, and your Happiness wrapt up in his; since your whole long Letter is made up of the History of his pretty Actions. It was very prudently done of you not to interfere when...
9894[Diary entry: 3 October 1770] (Washington Papers)
3. At home all day. Mr. Washington—Mr. Carr—Savage & Carnes went away after Breakfast. The Doctr. still here.
9895[Diary entry: 3 October 1770] (Washington Papers)
3. Clear but cold. Wind being very high from the Northwest.
9896Message to Lieutenant Governor Hutchinson on his Speech to the General Court, 4 October 1770 (Adams Papers)
4 October 1770. MS not found. Printed: Mass., House Jour. Journals of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts [1715–], Boston, reprinted by the Massachusetts Historical Society, 1919–. (For the years for which reprints are not yet available, the original printings are cited, by year and session.) , 1770–1771, p. 86–87. Prepared by a committee appointed and reporting the same day composed...
9897[Diary entry: 4 October 1770] (Washington Papers)
4. In the afternoon Doctr. Rumney went away & Doctr. Craik came.
9898[Diary entry: 4 October 1770] (Washington Papers)
4. Clear and pleasant. Wind being fresh and very fresh.
9899Remarks & Occurrs. in October [1770] (Washington Papers)
Octr. 5th. Began a journey to the Ohio in Company with Doctr. Craik his Servant, & two of mine with a lead Horse with Baggage. Dind at Towlston and lodgd at Leesburg distant from Mount Vernon abt. 45 Miles. Here my Portmanteau horse faild in his stomach. For additional annotation of GW’s diary entries for October, see the previous section. Towlston Grange was Bryan Fairfax’s home in Fairfax...
9900Committee Report on Lieutenant Governor Hutchinson’s Message, 5 October 1770 (Adams Papers)
5 October 1770. MS not found. Prepared by a committee appointed and reporting 5 October, composed of John Murray, Joseph Gerrish, JA , Jedediah Prebble, and Samuel Adams. Murray reported the same day. In his reply to the House Message of 4 October (see preceding calendar entry), Hutchinson claimed he was “not at Liberty” to communicate the order in council of 6 July to which he had referred...