17. Morning clear & calm M. 77. At Noon 88 & at Night 78. Clouds all round & rain in places but none fell here. Wind variable. Mr. Tracy came in the Morng. & Mr. Harper at Night.
[Diary entry: 17 August 1798]
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- [Diary entry: 17 August 1798]
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- Washington, George
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- 17 August 1798
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- Year: Mount Vernon and Guests
- Month: August 1798
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- “[Diary entry: 17 August 1798],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-06-02-0007-0008-0017. [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. 313.]