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| 09 June 1775 |
GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. GW dined with Mr. Samuel Pleasants, a Philadelphia Quaker, and went to hear Mr. Piercy, likely the Methodist minister William Piercy, preach. GW recorded giving money to charity and paid a barber, presumably for a haircut. |
Business Enterprises/Personal Finances, Food and Dining, Health and Medicine, Religion |
| 08 June 1775 |
GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. GW dined at Pa. representative John Dickinson’s home and spent the evening at his home. |
Food and Dining, Politics and Political Thought |
| 07 June 1775 |
GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. GW’s committee reported the estimate of the amount of money they needed to raised to the whole Congress. GW paid for the arms ordered for the Prince William Independent Company. |
Books/Library, Business Enterprises/Personal Finances, Land Interests, Personal Possessions, Politics and Political Thought |
| 06 June 1775 |
GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. GW spent the day at Mr. William Hamilton’s. Hamilton was a wealthy donor to the arts who resided along the Schuylkill River near Philadelphia. |
Recreation/Leisure/Tastes |
| 05 June 1775 |
GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. GW dined at Pa. Lt. Gov. Richard Penn, Jr.’s home. He also met with the committee he had been assigned to on 3 June to determine the amount of money needed to be raised for government purposes. |
Food and Dining, Politics and Political Thought |
| 04 June 1775 |
GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. GW dined at wealthy Philadelphia merchant Robert Morris’s home on the Schuylkill River and spent the evening at the City Tavern. |
Food and Dining, Politics and Political Thought |
| 03 June 1775 |
GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. GW dined at the City Tavern. GW was appointed to a committee dedicated to estimating the amount of funds that needed to be raised for government purposes. |
Politics and Political Thought |
| 02 June 1775 |
GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. GW dined, likely with Joseph Shippen, Jr., a veteran of the French and Indian War. He spent the evening at Philadelphia lawyer, James Tilghman, Sr.’s home. Tilghman formerly lived in Talbot County, Maryland. |
Food and Dining, Politics and Political Thought |
| 01 June 1775 |
GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. |
Food and Dining, Military Leadership and Strategy, Politics and Political Thought |
| 31 May 1775 |
GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. GW wrote in his diary that he dined with John Rutledge, a representative of S.C. in the Continental Congress. |
American Independence, Business Enterprises/Personal Finances, Food and Dining, Politics and Political Thought |
| 30 May 1775 |
GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. He dined with Philadelphia merchant James Mease and “after setting a while with the Boston Gentlemen” he retired to his room. |
Food and Dining, Politics and Political Thought |
| 29 May 1775 |
GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. GW dined at the City Tavern and stayed in his room at cabinetmaker Benjamin Randolph’s home. |
Food and Dining, Politics and Political Thought |
| 28 May 1775 |
GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. GW rode to Province Island near the mouth of the Schuylkill River for the day and dined there with several other gentlemen. |
Food and Dining, Politics and Political Thought |
| 27 May 1775 |
GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. He was named as part of a committee to consider how to supply the colonies with ammunition and military stores. GW dined at the City Tavern and stayed in his own room at cabinetmaker Benjamin Randolph’s home. |
Food and Dining, Military Leadership and Strategy, Politics and Political Thought |
| 26 May 1775 |
GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. He dined with Philadelphia merchant Samuel Meredith and spent the evening at the City Tavern. |
Food and Dining, Politics and Political Thought |
| 25 May 1775 |
GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. He dined with lawyer James Tilghman, Sr. and spent the evening at the City Tavern. |
Food and Dining, Politics and Political Thought |
| 24 May 1775 |
GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. He dined with Pa. delegate Andrew Allen and spent the evening at the Governor’s Club. |
Food and Dining, Politics and Political Thought |
| 23 May 1775 |
GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. He dined with Samuel Griffin, who would later serve in the Revolutionary War.
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Food and Dining, Politics and Political Thought |
| 22 May 1775 |
GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. He dined with Samuel Griffin, who would later serve in the Revolutionary War.
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Food and Dining, Politics and Political Thought |
| 21 May 1775 |
GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. He dined with Richard Willing, who would later serve as a captain in the Revolutionary War. |
Agriculture, Land Interests, Politics and Political Thought |
| 20 May 1775 |
GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. He dined at the City Tavern and spent the evening in his lodgings at cabinetmaker Benjamin Randolph’s home.
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Food and Dining, Politics and Political Thought |
| 19 May 1775 |
GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. He dined with Pa. delegate Andrew Allen. His committee in the Continental Congress proposed their plan regarding the defense of N.Y. |
Food and Dining, Military Leadership and Strategy |
| 18 May 1775 |
GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. He attended a committee meeting at the State House. In the Continental Congress, it was announced that the Americans had captured Fort Ticonderoga, N.Y., from the British on May 10.
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Military Leadership and Strategy, Politics and Political Thought |
| 17 May 1775 |
GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. He attended the Commencement at the College of Philadelphia with the other members of the Continental Congress, and dined at Samuel Griffin’s. |
Education/Educational Interest, Military Leadership and Strategy |
| 16 May 1775 |
GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. GW had dinner at the City Tavern. He spent the evening at Dr. William Shippen’s. |
Politics and Political Thought |