Diplomacy
| Title | Daily Entry |
|---|---|
| 23 January 1790 |
GW in N.Y. GW wrote in his diary that he went with Mrs. Washington to see the works of John Trumbull, the notable American painter who painted several portraits of GW. |
| 22 January 1790 |
GW in N.Y. GW wrote in his diary that he exercised with a morning horse ride. GW was impressed by a demonstration of a new wheat threshing machine invented by Friedrich, Baron von Poellnitz. Mrs. |
| 17 January 1790 |
GW in N.Y. GW wrote in his diary, “At home all day--not well.” |
| 15 January 1790 |
GW in N.Y. GW wrote in his diary that it snowed all day and that Mrs. Washington hosted few guests. |
| 12 January 1790 |
GW in N.Y. GW wrote in his diary that he coordinated communications between Secretary of War Henry Knox and Congress over the Creek Indian Treaty. |
| 11 January 1790 |
GW in N.Y. In his diary, GW noted that he sent instructions to his commissioners concerning a treaty with the Creek Indians. |
| 10 January 1790 |
GW in N.Y. GW went to St. Paul’s Chapel, then spent the afternoon writing private letters. |
| 09 January 1790 |
GW in N.Y. GW wrote to Catharine Sawbridge Macaulay Graham, a prominent woman in British literary and philanthropic circles with whom he had begun a friendly correspondence in 1785. |
| 04 January 1790 |
GW in N.Y. He wrote in his diary that he would address Congress, partly about Indian affairs, when it reached a quorum. He wrote to the House of Representatives telling them as such. |
| 02 January 1790 |
GW in N.Y. In his diary, GW noted that he read Alexander Hamilton’s report on the Department of Finance, and that he had tea with Chief Justice John Jay. |