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| 29 January 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon. He wrote in his diary that it was relatively cold and cloudy with light winds. According to his monthly cash accounts, GW paid £11.13.2 to his clerk George Young and his personal servant Thomas Bishop. GW had hired Young in Jan. 1774. |
Business Enterprises/Personal Finances, French and Indian War, Mount Vernon |
| 28 January 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon. He spent the day alone. |
Mount Vernon |
| 27 January 1775 |
GW was traveling to Mount Vernon after observing land he had bought from James and George Mercer near Four Mile Run, a creek that flows into the Potomac River. He returned to Mount Vernon that night. |
French and Indian War, Land Interests, Mount Vernon |
| 26 January 1775 |
GW in Alexandria, Va. He traveled from Mount Vernon to attend a meeting of the trustees for a project to improve navigation on the Potomac River. No one else, however, arrived for the meeting. GW bought a “parcel of servants” while in Alexandria. |
Land Interests, Mount Vernon, Transportation/Roads/Canals |
| 06 January 1775 |
George Digges and his three sisters, Daniel Carroll, Jr., and Ann “Nancy” Peake visited GW and stayed the night. George Muse wrote GW a letter on this date that discussed the division of land and requested it be left in his son’s name. |
Family/Marriage, Land Interests |
| 05 January 1775 |
GW spent the day at Mount Vernon. |
Mount Vernon |
| 04 January 1775 |
Charles Lee left Mount Vernon. |
Business Enterprises/Personal Finances, Family/Marriage, Mount Vernon, Women |
| 03 January 1775 |
GW spent the day at Mount Vernon. |
Diplomacy, Indians, Mount Vernon |
| 02 January 1775 |
GW and Charles Lee took a morning trip from Mount Vernon to Alexandria and returned in the afternoon. |
Mount Vernon |
| 01 January 1775 |
GW spent the day at Mount Vernon, where he totaled his gambling losses and winning going back to 28 Feb. 1772. Doctor James Craik left his home after breakfast. |
Gambling, Mount Vernon |
| 28 July 1754 |
GW was presumably navigating the Potomac River en route to Alexandria, Va. where he arrived in early August. On this day, GW wrote a letter to Va. Lt. Gov. Robert Dinwiddie that has since been lost, but the letter most likely pertained to the misconduct of his regiment at Winchester, Va. |
French and Indian War, Military Leadership and Strategy |
| 25 July 1754 |
GW was presumably in Williamsburg, where he had arrived on 17 July, though he may have left by this time to navigate the Potomac River. GW would arrive in Alexandria, Va. by the first week of August 1754. |
French and Indian War |
| 22 July 1754 |
GW in Williamsburg, Virginia. While the exact duration of his stay is unknown, he did arrive in Alexandria, Va. during the first days of Aug. 1754. |
French and Indian War |
| 21 July 1754 |
GW presumably remained in Williamsburg after he and Capt. James Mackay of the independent company from S.C. delivered their account on the Fort Necessity campaign to Va. Lt. Gov. Robert Dinwiddie just a few days prior. |
French and Indian War |
| 20 July 1754 |
GW remained in Williamsburg, after arriving in the Va. capital on 17 July and delivering his account to the Virginia Gazette on 19 July. |
French and Indian War |
| 19 July 1754 |
GW was in Williamsburg with Capt. James Mackay of the independent company from South Carolina. |
French and Indian War, Military Leadership and Strategy |
| 18 July 1754 |
GW was in Williamsburg to speak with Va. Lt. Gov. Robert Dinwiddie about the British defeat at Fort Necessity on 3 July. The governor met with the Va. Council on this day to discuss the next meeting of the General Assembly. |
French and Indian War, Military Leadership and Strategy |
| 11 June 1754 |
GW at his camp in Great Meadows, Pennsylvania. Having heard that some French soldiers were nearby, he sent Indian scouts to gather information about their whereabouts and their size. |
Espionage Activities, French and Indian War, Indians |
| 08 April 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon. GW wrote in his diary that he had hosted Rector Walter Magowan who left after breakfast. Martha and GW rode to the mill. |
Agriculture, Food and Dining |
| 07 April 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon for the entire day. GW wrote in his diary that Richard Adams left after breakfast. |
Business Enterprises/Personal Finances, Food and Dining |
| 06 April 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon. All of his visitors from the previous day left, except for Rector Walter Magowan. Richard Adams came in the evening and stayed the night. |
Agriculture, Business Enterprises/Personal Finances |
| 05 April 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon with the same men as the day before: lawyer James Tilghman, Jr., James Buchanan, Alexandria, Va. merchants William Herbert and John Fitzgerald, as well as Daniel Carroll, Jr. |
Business Enterprises/Personal Finances, Military Leadership and Strategy |
| 04 April 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon. He had dinner with lawyer James Tilghman, Jr., James Buchanan, Alexandria, Va. merchants William Herbert and John Fitzgerald, as well as Daniel Carroll, Jr.
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Food and Dining |
| 03 April 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon. He wrote a letter to Va. Gov. Lord Dunmore about the Proclamation of 1754, which had asked volunteers to serve in the army in return for land east of the Ohio River. |
Business Enterprises/Personal Finances, Land Interests |
| 02 April 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon. He had dinner with Rector Walter Magowan, John David Woelpper (Wilper), who had served under GW in the French and Indian War, and Phillip Curtis, a ship captain.
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Food and Dining |