[Diary entry: 19 May 1769]

19. Dined again at Mrs. Dawson’s and went to the Queens Birth Night at the Palace.

Today “being the queen’s birthday, the flag was displayed on the Capitol; and in the evening . . . the Governour gave a splendid ball and entertainment at the Palace, to a very numerous and polite company of Ladies and Gentlemen” (Va. Gaz., P&D, 25 May 1769).

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Title: [Diary entry: 19 May 1769]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 19 May 1769

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 19 May 1769],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-02-02-0004-0013-0019. [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. 153.]