[Diary entry: 29 September 1768]

29. Went to a Purse Race at Accatinck & returnd with Messrs. Robt. and George Alexander.

GW spent 12s. 6d. at the race and also paid Robert Sanford 12s. “for Pacing my Horse” (General Ledger A description begins General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , folio 277).

George Dent Alexander (d. 1780), of Fairfax County, was a younger brother of Robert Alexander.

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Title: [Diary entry: 29 September 1768]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 29 September 1768

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 29 September 1768],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-02-02-0003-0025-0029. [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. 96.]