[Diary entry: 25 December 1798]

25. Perfectly clear, Calm & pleasant in the Morning—Mer. at 18. Genl. Pinckney, Lady & daughter came to dinner—and Captain Jno. Spotswood in the afternoon.

genl. pinckney, lady & daughter: Charles Cotesworth Pinckney in July had been appointed a major general in the army, ranking just below GW and Alexander Hamilton. The daughter accompanying Pinckney and his wife was Eliza, the youngest of Pinckney’s three daughters.

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Title: [Diary entry: 25 December 1798]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 25 December 1798

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 25 December 1798],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-06-02-0007-0012-0015. [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, pp. 327–328.]