From Mount Vernon, GW wrote Clement Biddle, to whom he trusted his Philadelphia business interests. He lamented that Biddle did not ship the buckwheat he wanted as fertilizer. He said he would return the clogs sent to Mrs.

From Mount Vernon, GW wrote Francis Hopkinson, a judge of the Pa. admiralty court.  He explained that should he have to enter the presidency, he wanted to do so without promising to give out positions beforehand, even though he had strong inclinations to help so capable a friend.

From Mount Vernon, GW wrote former Maj. Gen.

GW at Mount Vernon.

GW presumably at Mount Vernon.

From Mount Vernon, GW wrote a letter to Philadelphia merchant Samuel Meredith. He explained that he would take Presidential office, should it be necessary, but emphasized that he did not seek the appointment.

GW in N.Y. In his diary, GW noted that he spent the morning riding in his coach with Mrs. Washington and his grandchildren. In the afternoon, he walked around the Battery.

GW in N.Y. GW sent a copy to Congress of the R.I. legislature act that called for a convention to discuss ratification of the Constitution.

GW in N.Y. In his diary, he noted that he spent the morning on his horse and received visitors in the afternoon. GW also read a letter given to him from Secretary of War Henry Knox. It was written by surveyor and land speculator Daniel Smith from his N.C. settlement.

GW, in N.Y., noted in his diary that he went to St. Paul’s Chapel in the morning, and spent the afternoon writing private letters. He wrote to N.J. judge, merchant, and shipbuilder Ebenezer Tucker to discuss a prices for a tract of land GW was selling.

GW in N.Y. GW wrote in his diary that he exercised with a morning horse ride. GW was impressed by a demonstration of a new wheat threshing machine invented by Friedrich, Baron von Poellnitz. Mrs. Washington also had visitors over that evening.

GW in N.Y. GW wrote to the Md. Legislature thanking them for their congratulations on his presidency. He stated his great faith in the character of his countrymen and his hope that the Union would “endure to the latest ages.”