George Washington Papers

[Diary entry: 16 April 1760]

Wednesday Apl. 16. My Boat which the Wind and Rain prevented from returning Yesterday came home this Morning the Wind being at North West and Fresh.

Mr. Triplet & his Brother came this day to Work. Abt. 10 Oclock they began, and got the Wall between the House and Dairy finishd.

Thinking the Ground Rather too wet for Sowing I set my Horses to Carting Rails, and both my Plows were stopd Cook Jack being employd abt. the Lime.

Finishd a Roller this day for Rolling my Grain.

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    [Diary entry: 16 April 1760]
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    Washington, George
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    16 April 1760

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    “[Diary entry: 16 April 1760],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-01-02-0005-0004-0016. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 1, 11 March 1748 – 13 November 1765, ed. Donald Jackson. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1976, p. 268.]