[Diary entry: 1 July 1769]

July 1st. Thoms. Williams, and Thomas Pursley set into Cradling today. The Grain being wet, there was no tying it up till about 10 Oclock—nor did we attempt to stack or House any till the afternoon & then old Palmer & others thought the straw & grain rather too Green.

Thomas Williams and Thomas Pursel (Pursley) were retained by GW as harvesters at the rate of 5s. per day, with an allowance of three Spanish dollars each for travel. General Ledger A description begins General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , folio 292, shows that they were paid £3 4s. 8d. and £4 5s., respectively, for their work.

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Title: [Diary entry: 1 July 1769]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 1 July 1769

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 1 July 1769],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-02-02-0004-0021-0001. [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. 171.]