George Washington Papers

[Diary entry: 20 January 1770]

20. Went a hunting with Jacky Custis & catchd a Bitch Fox after three hours chace. Founded it on the Ck. by J. Soals.

Joseph Soal, a cobbler, rented a plantation from GW in 1769 and 1770 (General Ledger A description begins General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , folio 304).

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    [Diary entry: 20 January 1770]
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    Washington, George
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    20 January 1770

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    “[Diary entry: 20 January 1770],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-02-02-0005-0001-0020. [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. 209.]