[Diary entry: 17 April 1799]

17. Lowering morning—brisk Southerly wind. Mer. at 58 in the morning and 66 at Night. Jno. Tayloe Esqr. & Mr. Jno. Herbert came here to dinner.

John Tayloe (1771–1828) was one of the most notable owners of racehorses in Virginia at the turn of the century. He divided his time between his family home, Mount Airy, in Richmond County and his town house—the Octagon House—built for him in the Federal City.

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Title: [Diary entry: 17 April 1799]
Author: Washington, George
Date: 17 April 1799

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Cite as: “[Diary entry: 17 April 1799],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-06-02-0008-0004-0017. [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. 342.]