George Washington Papers

[Diary entry: 11 April 1775]

11. At home. Captn. Saunders came and lodged here.

captn. saunders: probably either Joseph Saunders (died c.1792), a merchant of Philadelphia, or his son John Saunders, who was settling in Alexandria in this year (Fairfax County Wills, Book F–1, 251–55, Vi Microfilm; Fairfax County Deeds, Book M, 41–46, Vi Microfilm).

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    [Diary entry: 11 April 1775]
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    Washington, George
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    11 April 1775

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    “[Diary entry: 11 April 1775],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-03-02-0005-0008-0011. [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. 320.]