George Washington Papers

[Diary entry: 8 April 1798]

8. Morning—Began to rain about 6 Oclock—Wind at No. Et. & Mer. at 48. Ceased before 8 oclock & became a fine clear day with the wind moderately from No. Wt. Mer. 58 at Night & 63 at highest. Cap. John Spotswood & Mr. Lear came to dinner—the last went away after it.

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    [Diary entry: 8 April 1798]
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    Washington, George
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    8 April 1798

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    “[Diary entry: 8 April 1798],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-06-02-0007-0004-0008. [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. 290.]