George Washington Papers

[Diary entry: 16 August 1799]

16. Mer. at 71 in the Morning—No wind & clear—82 at highest and 78 at N. Young Mr. McCarty dined here.

young mr. mccarty: probably Daniel McCarty (d. 1811), son of Daniel McCarty (1759–1801) of Cedar Grove (SPROUSE [4] description begins Edith Moore Sprouse. Mount Air, Fairfax County, Virginia. [Fairfax, Va.], 1970. description ends , 15–20).

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    [Diary entry: 16 August 1799]
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    Washington, George
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    16 August 1799

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    “[Diary entry: 16 August 1799],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-06-02-0008-0008-0016. [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. 361.]