GW was still marching with his men from Wills Creek, Pa./Md. to Redstone Creek in Pa., at which the military was to build a temporary fortification.

GW was en route to Redstone Creek, Pa., from Wills Creek, Pa./Md., which he and his troops left on the previous day. On this day, the independent company from S.C. arrived in Williamsburg, Va., with 100 men and additional officers.

GW presumably at Mount Vernon.

 GW at Mount Vernon where the wind blew “violently” during the afternoon and evening.

GW at Mount Vernon, where he oversaw repairs to the mansion house. He had hired painters but sought  proper workmen to fix a chimney. GW wrote Tobias Lear asking if he could find someone for hire by Monday or Tuesday.

GW at Mount Vernon, where three overnight visitors left after breakfast. In his diary, GW reported snow in the morning but the afternoon as “clear & exceeding pleasant.”

GW presumably at Mount Vernon.

GW at Mount Vernon.

GW wrote Henry Lee, Jr. in an effort to complete a longstanding exchange of bank stock for Lee’s purchase from GW of an interest in the Dismal Swamp Company.  The matter remained unsettled until July.

GW at Mount Vernon.

GW at Mount Vernon with some guests.

George Mason wrote GW on this date and enclosed a copy of his plan for organizing a Fairfax County militia. Mason asked GW to edit the plan as necessary.

GW at Mount Vernon. He wrote in his diary that Benedict Calvert and “the Gentlemen from Maryland” left in the morning. Nathaniel Harrison and another guest came for dinner.

GW at Mount Vernon. He had company in the afternoon. These people included Benedict Calvert, John Beale Bordley, Launcelot Jacques, Andrew Wagener, Dr. William Rumney, and Va. politician Robert Rutherford.