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. over their right to pay. Dinwiddie’s response on 3 Aug. to this missing letter said, “I am sorry Yr regimt have behav’d so very refractory, tho’ they have a right to their Pay they shou’d have been easy till You return’d,” and he sent GW 600 pounds to help solve the problem.