[Diary entry: 23 November 1769]

23. Dined with Mrs. Washington &ca. at the Speakers by Candlelight & spent the Evg. there also.

GW on this date paid Edmund Pendleton £9 13s. for representing the Custis estate in some legal matters, including asking the General Court whether or not Jacky should rent the dower lands (receipt from Edmund Pendleton, ViHi: Custis Papers).

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Title: [Diary entry: 23 November 1769]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 23 November 1769

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 23 November 1769],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-02-02-0004-0030-0024. [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. 196.]