George Washington Papers

[Diary entry: 12 April 1796]

12. Thick morning, but clear afterwards, rather cool wind Easterly in the morning & westerly afterwards.

At the top of the diary page for 1–15 April is the notation in GW’s handwriting: “Mr. Washington Craik joined as private Secrety. 12th. April 1796.” George Washington Craik, Dr. James Craik’s youngest son, held the position for about a year.

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    [Diary entry: 12 April 1796]
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    Washington, George
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    12 April 1796

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    “[Diary entry: 12 April 1796],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-06-02-0005-0004-0012. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 6, 1 January 1790 – 13 December 1799, ed. Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1979, p. 222.]