George Washington Papers

[Diary entry: 12 March 1768]

12. Rid to the new Road—Mill, Doeg Run & Muddy hole Plantns. & found Doctr. Rumney upon my return, who dind & stayd all Night.

During this visit Rumney treated Patsy Custis with valerian and powders and applied some type of plaster (receipt from William Rumney, 18 Feb. 1769, ViHi: Custis Papers). GW today paid him £5 in cash (General Ledger A description begins General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , folio 269).

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    [Diary entry: 12 March 1768]
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    Washington, George
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    12 March 1768

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    “[Diary entry: 12 March 1768],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-02-02-0003-0007-0012. [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. 45.]