Sunday 4th. Thermometer at 60 in the Morning—72 at Noon And 70 at Night. A good deal of rain fell last night with thunder & lightning. Wind high all day from the So. West. Weather clear.
[Diary entry: 4 May 1788]
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- Washington Papers
- Title
- [Diary entry: 4 May 1788]
- Author
- Washington, George
- Date
- 4 May 1788
Ancestor groups
- Year: At Mount Vernon
- Month: [May 1788]
Reference
- Cite as
- “[Diary entry: 4 May 1788],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-05-02-0004-0005-0004. [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. 316.]