Family/Marriage
This refers to immediate family members such as: parents, brothers, sisters, spouses, stepchildren and stepgrandchildren.
| Title | Daily Entry |
|---|---|
| 08 April 1791 |
GW set out from Dumfries, Va. around 6:00 in the morning and arrived in Fredericksburg, Va. around 1:00. GW lodged at his sister Betty Lewis’s house that night. |
| 03 April 1791 |
GW at Mount Vernon. |
| 01 April 1791 |
GW at Mount Vernon. GW wrote to Georgetown, Md. merchants William Deakins, Jr. and Benjamin Stoddart requesting updated information on their work of establishing the federal capital. |
| 28 March 1791 |
In Md., GW travelled from Bladensburg to Georgetown. GW examined the work of Andrew Ellicott, who had been appointed to survey the land for the federal capital, and Maj. |
| 27 March 1791 |
GW traveled from Annapolis to Bladensburg, Md. GW wrote to his secretary Tobias Lear asking him to give Martha “what money she may want,” because she was hesitant to ask for it. |
| 06 February 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. |
| 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. |
| 26 March 1797 |
GW at Mount Vernon where the wind blew “very fresh” though the day. |
| 14 March 1797 |
GW at Washington, D.C., where he dined at the home of Thomas Law and presumably saw Law’s wife, Eliza, Martha Washington’s eldest granddaughter. GW lodged with Thomas Peters whose wife, Martha, wa |
| 25 March 1797 |
GW at Mount Vernon, where he oversaw repairs to the mansion house. He had hired painters but sought proper workmen to fix a chimney. |