[Diary entry: 8 July 1770]

8. Went to Pohick Church & returnd to Dinner. Mr. Smith went to Colo. Fairfax’s & returnd to Dinner & Mr. Stedlar went away after Breakft.

GW had paid Stadler £21 10s. on the previous day for music lessons given to Jacky and Patsy Custis. Today he let Patsy have £2 2s. pocket money and her friend Milly Posey 7s. 6d. (General Ledger A description begins General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , folio 319).

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Title: [Diary entry: 8 July 1770]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 8 July 1770

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 8 July 1770],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-02-02-0005-0018-0008. [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. 253.]