George Washington Papers

[Diary entry: 17 December 1770]

17. Jacky Custis went to Annapolis & I to Court. Returnd in the afternoon.

Jacky was not eager to return to school. “His mind,” GW warned Jonathan Boucher, is “a good deal relayed from Study, & more than ever turnd to Dogs Horses Guns” (16 Dec. 1770, NNC). The court met 17–19 Dec. (Fairfax County Order Book for 1770–72, 157–68, Vi Microfilm).

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    [Diary entry: 17 December 1770]
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    Washington, George
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    17 December 1770

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    “[Diary entry: 17 December 1770],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-02-02-0005-0034-0017. [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. 329.]