George Washington Papers

[Diary entry: 20 June 1787]

Wednesday. 20th. Attended Convention. Dined at Mr. Meridiths & drank Tea there.

mr. meridiths: Samuel Meredith (1741–1817) had been a brigadier general under GW during the New Jersey campaigns (1777–78) and was now a Pennsylvania delegate to Congress. In 1789 GW appointed him first treasurer of the United States. His home was on Front Street between Arch and Race streets.

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    Washington, George
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    “[Diary entry: 20 June 1787],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-05-02-0002-0006-0020. [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. 170.]