[Diary entry: 8 December 1786]

Friday 8th. Mercury at 38 in the Morning—34 at Noon and 34 at Night.

Wind Southerly all day & with the rain that fell last Night, and at intervals to day occasioned much Water in and on the Earth. Towds. Night a mixture of snow and fine hail began (from the No. West) & continued through the night.

Rid to where the Ditchers were at work and to the Ferry Plantation.

Index Entries

You Are Looking At

Source Project: Washington Papers
Title: [Diary entry: 8 December 1786]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 8 December 1786

Reference

Cite as: “[Diary entry: 8 December 1786],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-05-02-0001-0006-0008. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 5, 1 July 1786 – 31 December 1789, ed. Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1979, p. 76.]