[Diary entry: 27 February 1788]

Wednesday 27th. Thermometer at 30 in the Morning—32 at Noon and 28 at Night. The wind came hard from the No. Wt. about day break and blew violently all day. The ground was hard frozen and the day very cold—but little thawing.

Rid to all the Plantations. No plowing at any. Grubbg. at most.

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Title: [Diary entry: 27 February 1788]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 27 February 1788

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 27 February 1788],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-05-02-0004-0002-0027. [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. 280.]