George Washington Papers

[Diary entry: 2 August 1771]

2. At home all day a writing Letters & Advertisements of Harry who run away the 29th. Ulto.

GW spent £1 16s. to recover this slave, who apparently was soon returned to Mount Vernon (General Ledger A description begins General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , folio 340; list of GW’s tithables, 10 June 1772, DLC: Toner Collection).

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    [Diary entry: 2 August 1771]
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    Washington, George
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    2 August 1771

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    “[Diary entry: 2 August 1771],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-03-02-0001-0019-0002. [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. 45.]