Food and Dining
| Title | Daily Entry |
|---|---|
| 10 April 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon. He wrote in his diary that he was at home alone all day. |
| 19 January 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon for dinner, which he ate alone. He wrote in his diary that there was a mix of rain and snow through the day.
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| 10 January 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon all day. In his diary, GW reports a “Mr. Stone” dined there. |
| 09 January 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon all day. Dr. William Rumney, who had stayed overnight, left after breakfast. Another visitor, “Mrs. Newman,” also “went away after Breakfast.”
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| 07 January 1775 |
GW’s visitors (George Digges, his three sisters, and Daniel Carroll, Jr.) left Mount Vernon after breakfast. |
| 08 April 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon. GW wrote in his diary that he had hosted Rector Walter Magowan who left after breakfast. Martha and GW rode to the mill. |
| 07 April 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon for the entire day. GW wrote in his diary that Richard Adams left after breakfast. |
| 04 April 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon. He had dinner with lawyer James Tilghman, Jr., James Buchanan, Alexandria, Va. merchants William Herbert and John Fitzgerald, as well as Daniel Carroll, Jr.
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| 02 April 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon. He had dinner with Rector Walter Magowan, John David Woelpper (Wilper), who had served under GW in the French and Indian War, and Phillip Curtis, a ship captain.
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| 31 March 1775 |
GW left Fredericksburg, Va., to return home. He had dinner in Dumfries, Va., and arrived at Mount Vernon around sunset. |