George Washington Papers

[Diary entry: 10 September 1797]

10. Clear & Cool Wind at No. Et. Mer. 68. Mr. Jno. Bassett—wife & 3 Childn. came here to Dinnr.

Martha Washington’s nephew John Bassett and his wife, Elizabeth Carter Browne Bassett, had at least four children at this time.

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    [Diary entry: 10 September 1797]
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    Washington, George
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    10 September 1797

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    “[Diary entry: 10 September 1797],” Founders Online, National Archives, last modified June 29, 2017, http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-06-02-0006-0009-0010. [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. 256.]