Business Enterprises/Personal Finances
| Title | Daily Entry |
|---|---|
| 08 April 1789 |
GW at Mount Vernon. GW wrote a note to Daniel Hinsdale, an agent for the Hartford Woolen Manufactory, thanking him for the fine fabric sample he had sent. |
| 07 April 1789 |
At Mount Vernon, GW received a letter from William Shotwell, surviving partner of Embree and Shotwell, saying that GW’s order of seeds had been sent to Baltimore merchant and shipowner Richard Curs |
| 06 April 1789 |
GW at Mount Vernon. GW wrote Battaile Muse, a Va. |
| 05 April 1789 |
GW, from Mount Vernon, wrote lawyer John Marshall to inform him that, regrettably, he did not have the requested documents to aid in settling William Armstead’s estate. |
| 04 April 1789 |
GW at Mount Vernon. GW wrote to James Mercer that he needed Mercer’s deceased father’s debt to him paid promptly on schedule. |
| 03 April 1789 |
GW at Mount Vernon. He was written multiple job requests. For instance, Francis Willis wrote to ask for an appointment as collector of the Port of Savannah; he would not be granted the post. |
| 02 April 1789 |
GW at Mount Vernon. His Philadelphia business agent Clement Biddle wrote an update on his order of goods, which included a cock’d hat and buckwheat for fertilizer. |
| 31 March 1789 |
From Mount Vernon, GW began preparing to leave home for an unknown period of time. |
| 30 March 1789 |
From Mount Vernon, GW wrote to his Philadelphia business agent Clement Biddle. He hoped that the buckwheat he needed for fertilizer would arrive in time and ordered fourteen yards of livery lace. |
| 29 March 1789 |
GW at Mount Vernon. |