Saturday 10th. After a Nig⟨ht⟩ of incessant Thunder & Lig⟨ht⟩ning, attended with heavy ⟨con⟩stant Rain till 11 Oclock th⟨ ⟩ day, we set of about Twelve ⟨ ⟩ (the Rain then ceasing) and ⟨ ⟩ to the lower end of the long distant about 12 Miles—⟨ ⟩ little stream, imperceptab⟨le ⟩ the view in our passage do ⟨ ⟩ now pouring in her mite, ⟨ ⟩ River raising very fast ⟨ ⟩ grows so muddy as to ren⟨der ⟩ Water irksome to drink
[Diary entry: 10 November 1770]
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- Washington, George
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- “[Diary entry: 10 November 1770],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-02-02-0005-0030-0010. [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. 312.]