Livestock

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Title Daily Entry
15 July 1775

GW at American headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In his General Orders for the day, GW ordered commanding officers to notify him of the men who were most skilled in managing whale boats.
14 July 1775

GW at American headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In his General Orders for the day, GW emphasized good hygiene and the proper clothing of all troops.
04 February 1792

GW at Philadelphia. GW wrote Baltimore merchant Henry Dorsey Gough acknowledging his letter of 1 Feb. 1792 and lauding his attempts to improve his breed of sheep.
17 February 1791

GW at Philadelphia. GW wrote to Georgetown merchants and landowners William Deakins, Jr.
31 January 1791

GW at Philadelphia. British historian William Gordon wrote GW a letter expressing his fire and water safety concerns for the nation’s permanent capital.
10 April 1797

GW at Mount Vernon, where he wrote Secretary of State Timothy Pickering to acknowledge receipt of an agricultural pamphlet from John Sinclair.
31 March 1789

From Mount Vernon, GW began preparing to leave home for an unknown period of time.