Agriculture
| Title | Daily Entry |
|---|---|
| 17 March 1792 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW replied to S.C. Gov. Charles Pinckney. He wrote about relations with Spain, his regret that S.C. |
| 25 January 1791 |
GW presumably traveling from Georgetown to Philadelphia. Lafayette wrote a letter to GW detailing a squabble his troops had with a mob near Paris. |
| 28 May 1762 |
GW at Mount Vernon. He reported in his diary tobacco planting and horse breeding. GW wrote Robert Cary & Co. on business matters, but primarily related to disappointing tobacco sales. |
| 07 February 1775 |
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.” |
| 26 March 1797 |
GW at Mount Vernon where the wind blew “very fresh” though the day. |
| 29 March 1797 |
GW presumably at Mount Vernon. |
| 02 April 1797 |
GW at Mount Vernon. |
| 04 February 1775 |
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. |
| 10 April 1797 |
GW at Mount Vernon, where he wrote Secretary of State Timothy Pickering to acknowledge receipt of an agricultural pamphlet from John Sinclair. |
| 07 April 1797 |
GW at Mount Vernon, where he wrote James Anderson of Scotland (a renowned agriculturist, economist, and thinker) and asked him to find a Scottish gardener who would work and live at Mount Vernon. |