Business Enterprises/Personal Finances
| Title | Daily Entry |
|---|---|
| 17 March 1789 |
From Mount Vernon, GW wrote lawyer John Marshall, imploring him to settle a long-standing dispute with the estate of William Armsted concerning a piece of property on the Ohio River. |
| 15 March 1789 |
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. |
| 12 March 1789 |
From Mount Vernon, GW wrote to Battaile Muse, his agent for collecting rents from his tenants. GW gave him instructions on financial matters related to managing his lands, including taxes. |
| 08 March 1789 |
GW presumably at Mount Vernon. |
| 06 March 1789 |
From Mount Vernon, GW wrote to Alexandria, Va. merchant and shipowner Richard Conway. He thanked him for his promise of a loan and agreed to accept it at Md.’s interest rate of six percent. |
| 04 March 1789 |
GW at Mount Vernon, where he wrote Richard Conway, an Alexandria, Va. merchant and shipowner, explaining his current financial difficulty. |
| 29 January 1790 |
GW in N.Y. In his diary, GW wrote that he rode his horse in the morning. GW continued that he read a letter from Gov. Alexander Martin of N.C. containing a state bill ceding land from N.C. |
| 18 January 1790 |
GW in N.Y. GW wrote in his diary that he had “an Aching tooth, and swelled and inflamed Gum.” GW wrote to former Lt. Col. |
| 14 January 1790 |
GW in N.Y. GW wrote in his diary that both houses of Congress came to the Presidential Residence to address himself and Cabinet. |
| 06 January 1790 |
GW in NY. GW wrote to Sarah Bomford, wife of Isaac Bomford. |