Food and Dining

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Title Daily Entry
09 April 1791

GW at Fredericksburg, Va. In his diary, GW noted that he dined with the town’s leadership at Town Hall that evening.

07 April 1791

GW traveled from Mount Vernon to Dumfries, Va. GW wrote in his diary that all of his horses, harnessed to his carriage, jumped overboard during the ferry ride at Colchester.

30 March 1791

GW at Georgetown, Md., and traveling to Mount Vernon.

29 March 1791

GW at Georgetown, Md.

25 March 1791

GW at Annapolis, Md. “Having lain all night in my Great Coat & Boots” in the boat that had run aground travelling from Rockhall, Md.

02 February 1791

GW at Philadelphia. GW invited John Quincy Adams to a dinner for the following night.

28 March 1797

GW at Mount Vernon.

The Masons of the Alexandria Lodge invited GW to a dinner that took place with GW in attendance on 1 April.

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.”

04 February 1775

GW at Mount Vernon. He wrote in his diary that Benedict Calvert and “the Gentlemen from Maryland” left in the morning. Nathaniel Harrison and another guest came for dinner.

30 January 1775

GW at Mount Vernon. He rode out “to see the Sick People”--presumably among his slaves--and returned “by Muddy hole,” one of his Mount Vernon farms.

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