[Diary entry: 25 October 1768]

25. Crossd James River & by Rain was forcd to lodge at one Captn. Stowe’s.

GW crossed at Hog Island, about six miles south of Williamsburg (General Ledger A description begins General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , folio 281). Captain Stowe may have been Joseph Stowe, a ship captain who sailed out of Virginia in the wine trade (Va. Gaz., 24–31 Aug. 1739, and P&D, 29 Sept. 1768).

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Title: [Diary entry: 25 October 1768]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 25 October 1768

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 25 October 1768],” Founders Online, National Archives, last modified June 13, 2018, http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-02-02-0003-0028-0025. [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. 102.]