Food and Dining

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Title	Daily Entry
26 February 1775	GW at Mount Vernon. He wrote in his diary that he and his wife Martha went to Pohick Church and then dined at Capt. Daniel McCarty’s. They also hosted Mrs.
24 February 1775	GW at Mount Vernon. Dr. James Craik left Mount Vernon early in the morning, while Va. politician Robert Rutherford stayed for dinner and left afterwards.
23 February 1775	GW at Mount Vernon. Dr. James Craik spent all day with GW, and John Corse and Va. politician Robert Rutherford joined him for dinner.
22 February 1775	GW at Mount Vernon. This day marked GW’s forty-third birthday. He and Martha dined at Warburton Manor, the residence of George Digges. Dr.
16 February 1775	GW at Mount Vernon. According to his diary, GW stayed at home all day. Dr.
10 February 1775	Dr. Daniel Jenifer and his brother visited GW’s house for dinner. GW’s Quaker business acquaintance William Milnor also stayed the night.
08 February 1775	GW’s Quaker business acquaintance William Milnor came to Mount Vernon for dinner.
22 April 1792	GW at Philadelphia. He dined with twenty-two of the visiting Five Nations chiefs, their interpreter, and Rev. Samuel Kirkland.
27 March 1792	GW at Philadelphia. Congressional chaplain Samuel Blair wrote to GW’s personal secretary Tobias Lear declining GW’s invitation to dine next Thursday because of ill health.
22 March 1792	GW at Philadelphia. John Lamb asked GW’s personal secretary, Tobias Lear, to deliver his letter to Martha Washington, which contained a receipt for two barrels of Newtown Pippin apples.

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