George Washington Papers

[Diary entry: 20 September 1785]

Tuesday 20th. Thermometer at 68 in the Morning—68 at Noon and 68 at Night.

Wind Easterly. Morning & whole day lowering. About Sunsetting it began to rain slow and moderately & continued to do so through the Night.

About Noon, agreeably to an appointment I set off for the Seneca Falls. Dined at Colo. Gilpins and proceeded afterwards with him to Mr. Bryan Fairfaxs where we lodged.

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    [Diary entry: 20 September 1785]
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    Washington, George
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    20 September 1785

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    “[Diary entry: 20 September 1785],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-04-02-0002-0009-0020. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 4, 1 September 1784 – 30 June 1786, ed. Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1978, p. 195.]