George Washington Papers

[Diary entry: 27 September 1771]

27. Dined at Mr. Carrolls and went to the Ball.

Charles Carroll of Annapolis lived in a comfortable brick mansion on Spa Creek. His son Charles Carroll of Carrollton also resided there, and GW probably saw both of them on this occasion (ROWLAND [1] description begins Kate Mason Rowland. The Life of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, 1737–1832, with His Correspondence and Public Papers. 2 vols. New York, 1898. description ends , 1:93–94).

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    [Diary entry: 27 September 1771]
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    Washington, George
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    27 September 1771

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    “[Diary entry: 27 September 1771],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-03-02-0001-0022-0027. [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. 56.]