[Diary entry: 3 October 1787]

Wednesday 3d. Thermometer at 62 in the Morning 70 at Noon & 67 at Night. Foggy Morning but clear afterwards. Westerly Wind in the forenoon & No. Wt. afterwards.

Went up with Mrs. Washington to Abingdon. Dined at Mr. Herberts in Alexandria on our way.

mrs. washington to abingdon: appears in the manuscript as “Mrs. Abingdon to Washington.”

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Title: [Diary entry: 3 October 1787]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 3 October 1787

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 3 October 1787],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-05-02-0002-0010-0003. [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. 190.]