[Diary entry: 14 March 1774]

14. Set of for my Tenants in Fauquier, and lodged at one Lewis Lemarts a Tenants.

Lewis Lemart (Lamart) began leasing one of GW’s lots on the Fauquier-Loudoun County border in Dec. 1772 at £7 per year for 150 acres. The lease was renewed annually, at the same rental, until 1786 (General Ledger B description begins General Ledger B, 1772–1793. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , folio 68).

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Title: [Diary entry: 14 March 1774]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 14 March 1774

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 14 March 1774],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-03-02-0004-0005-0014. [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. 239.]