Family/Marriage

This refers to immediate family members such as: parents, brothers, sisters, spouses, stepchildren and stepgrandchildren.

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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.

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.”

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.

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