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| 18 January 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. In a letter to GW, Thomas Jefferson explained that France believed that Congress had passed acts in violation of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce because they imposed excessive tonnage on foreign vessels. Jefferson presented various options on how to appease the French. |
Books/Library, Diplomacy, Politics and Political Thought |
| 17 January 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW recorded his donation for the year 1790 to the Alexandrian Charity School for the education of orphan children. |
Business Enterprises/Personal Finances, Education/Educational Interest, Politics and Political Thought |
| 16 January 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW wrote to S.C. lawyer Edward Rutledge declaring his intention to tour the southern states after Congress adjourned on 3 March. |
Politics and Political Thought |
| 15 January 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. Secretary of War Henry Knox wrote analyzing measures the Legislature and Executive of Va. adopted for the temporary defense of the western frontier. |
Indians, Politics and Political Thought |
| 14 January 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW wrote instructions to Secretary of War Henry Knox on how to respond to the Seneca Indians concerning their 10 Jan. letter. |
Education/Educational Interest, Indians |
| 13 January 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW wrote a letter to Va. Gov. Beverley Randolph declining any agency in a woolen manufactory in Va. because it was a felony to export the machines from Great Britain. GW wanted to avoid such situations to keep the dignity of his office intact. |
Diplomacy |
| 12 January 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW did not appear to write or receive any letters on this day. |
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| 11 January 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. In a letter, Md. Gov. John Eager Howard urged GW to present “An Act to empower the Wardens of the Port of Baltimore to lay and collect the duty therein mentioned” to Congress and have it approved. GW presented it to Congress on Jan. 17 and GW signed it into law on Feb. |
Politics and Political Thought |
| 10 January 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW gave the elderly Mrs. Elizabeth Haynie nine pounds to alleviate her desperate financial situation. Former French tutor John I. Sonnet wrote asking for relief for his family, which GW later provided. |
Diplomacy, Indians, Politics and Political Thought |
| 09 January 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. Hyacinth de Chappedelaine, a French nobleman and military officer, wrote a letter to GW wishing to continue their good relationship. He declared his establishment of a settlement on Sapelo Island near the Ga. coast and asked GW to look favorably upon it. |
Diplomacy, Religion |
| 08 January 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW wrote a letter to William Washington, his second cousin, stating his intentions to visit the southern states in the spring and to not discommode private families by lodging with them. |
Education/Educational Interest, Indians, Politics and Political Thought |
| 07 January 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. He donated ten pounds for winter seasonal relief efforts. |
Business Enterprises/Personal Finances, Politics and Political Thought |
| 06 January 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. Former Continental army Maj. John Bankson wrote asking to be considered for the office of Inspector of the Militia for the State of Md. An endorsement from John McHenry, GW’s former aide, accompanied this letter. |
Politics and Political Thought |
| 05 January 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. Alexander Hamilton wrote to GW detailing proposals for the building of a lighthouse at Cape Henry, near Jamestown, Va. Hamilton recommended a proposal that would make the sturdiest structure at the lowest cost to the treasury. |
Indians, Politics and Political Thought |
| 04 January 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. He received rent from his tenant Benjamin Dulany for the year 1790. GW requested to meet with Thomas Jefferson at nine o’clock that evening about the location for the new federal capital. |
Business Enterprises/Personal Finances, Land Interests, Politics and Political Thought |
| 03 January 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW wrote to the Senate nominating Abraham Ogden as Attorney for the United States in the District of N.J., which was confirmed the next day. GW also presented to Congress a copy of the N.J. |
Diplomacy, Politics and Political Thought |
| 02 January 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. He wrote Thomas Jefferson to specify certain boundaries of the future capital of the nation along the Potomac River. GW had been cryptically working on the issue of where to place the capital since the summer. |
Land Interests, Politics and Political Thought |
| 01 January 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia.
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| 28 May 1762 |
GW at Mount Vernon. He reported in his diary tobacco planting and horse breeding. GW wrote Robert Cary & Co. on business matters, but primarily related to disappointing tobacco sales. Robert Cary & Co. |
Agriculture, Business Enterprises/Personal Finances, Family/Marriage, Horses, Mount Vernon |
| 15 May 1754 |
GW was near the Great Crossing of the Youghiogheny River in Pennsylvania. In the Contrecoeur copy of his diary, GW wrote that on this day he learned by letter that Gov. William Shirley of Mass. |
French and Indian War, Military Leadership and Strategy |
| 14 May 1754 |
GW was marching, presumably near the Great Crossing of the Youghiogheny River in Pa., at which he would arrive before 18 May 1754. GW was still gathering supplies and men for a retaliatory attack against the French in the Ohio Valley. |
French and Indian War, Military Leadership and Strategy |
| 13 May 1754 |
GW was marching throughout the Ohio Valley, leaving Little Meadows, Md. for the Great Crossing of the Youghiogheny River in Pennsylvania. He did not arrive there at until 18 May. |
Diplomacy, French and Indian War, Indians, Military Leadership and Strategy |
| 10 May 1754 |
GW and his men continued their slow march to Redstone Creek, Pa. where they would build a fort. A trader arrived from the Wyandot country. The Half-King expressed to this trader the joy that GW’s speech brought, and the trader conveyed this message. |
French and Indian War, Military Leadership and Strategy |
| 08 May 1754 |
GW was in Little Meadows, Maryland. A note in his May 9th letter to Va. Lt. Gov. Robert Dinwiddie indicated GW was likely overseeing the construction of a bridge to the Ohio Company store at Redstone Creek, Pa. on this day. |
French and Indian War, Military Leadership and Strategy, Transportation/Roads/Canals |
| 07 May 1754 |
GW was near Little Meadows, Md. where he would arrive by 9 May 1754. On this day, GW presumably oversaw the construction of the bridge that would get him from Little Meadows to his intended destination of Redstone Creek, Pennsylvania. |
French and Indian War, Military Leadership and Strategy, Transportation/Roads/Canals |