[Diary entry: 13 February 1768]

13. Finishd the Goose Pen at Home. Also finishd clearing the Point of Woods between where Carney & Rollins & Crump livd in the Neck abt. 30 Acres.

Richard Rollins and William Crump apparently moved out of Clifton’s Neck soon after GW purchased it in April 1760 (General Ledger A description begins General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , folio 74, 80). John Carney remained as a tenant, paying GW the standard annual rental of 730 pounds of tobacco until 1765, when GW bought out his lease (General Ledger A description begins General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , folio 82, 136, 218).

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Title: [Diary entry: 13 February 1768]
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Date: 13 February 1768

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 13 February 1768],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-02-02-0003-0006-0002. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 2, 14 January 1766 – 31 December 1770, ed. Donald Jackson. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1976, p. 43.]