Mar. 1st. Reachd Colo. Bassetts from Todds Bridge by 12 Oclock. Stayd there the remainder of the day.
GW crossed the Pamunkey River at Ruffin’s ferry (General Ledger B description begins General Ledger B, 1772–1793. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , folio 3).
“[Diary entry: 1 March 1772],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-03-02-0002-0006-0001. [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. 94.]