[Diary entry: 8 June 1771]

8. Rid to the Plantn. at the Ferry—then into the Neck, & so home to Dinner, by Muddy hole.

Henceforth, GW usually refers to Capt. John Posey’s former plantation, all of which he now controlled either by purchase or rental, as Ferry plantation, the ferry there being its most distinctive feature.

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Title: [Diary entry: 8 June 1771]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 8 June 1771

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 8 June 1771],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-03-02-0001-0013-0008. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 3, 1 January 1771–5 November 1781, ed. Donald Jackson. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1978, p. 32.]