[Diary entry: 25 October 1770]

25. Incampd in the long reach abt. 30 Miles from our last lodge according to my Computation.

The “long reach” of the Ohio is a section of the river with relatively few curves stretching approximately from Paden City to Raven Rock, W.Va. Its length is 18 to 20 miles.

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Title: [Diary entry: 25 October 1770]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 25 October 1770

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 25 October 1770],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-02-02-0005-0027-0027. [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. 283.]