Military Leadership and Strategy
| Title | Daily Entry |
|---|---|
| 15 April 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon. He traveled to Alexandria, Va., to the muster of the Independent Company and returned very late that night.
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| 17 January 1775 |
GW in Alexandria, Va., where he spent the day “Under Arms” and chaired the Committee of Fairfax County in the evening. |
| 16 January 1775 |
GW traveled from Mount Vernon to Alexandria, where he reviewed the Fairfax Independent Company, a voluntary militia not under the royal governor’s control, and also chose members for the Committee |
| 28 July 1754 |
GW was presumably navigating the Potomac River en route to Alexandria, Va. where he arrived in early August. On this day, GW wrote a letter to Va. Lt. Gov. |
| 19 July 1754 |
GW was in Williamsburg with Capt. James Mackay of the independent company from South Carolina. |
| 18 July 1754 |
GW was in Williamsburg to speak with Va. Lt. Gov. Robert Dinwiddie about the British defeat at Fort Necessity on 3 July. The governor met with the Va. |
| 05 April 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon with the same men as the day before: lawyer James Tilghman, Jr., James Buchanan, Alexandria, Va. merchants William Herbert and John Fitzgerald, as well as Daniel Carroll, Jr. |
| 17 March 1775 |
GW dined with prominent merchant and planter James Hunter, Sr. in King George County, then arrived in Fredericksburg, Va. |
| 16 March 1775 |
GW in Dumfries, Va. He reviewed the Independent Company of Cadets of Prince William County, then dined and lodged with Andrew Leitch, a merchant and member of the Prince WIlliam County Committee. |
| 08 March 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon. Col. Benjamin Harrison, Francis Whiting and Catesby Woodford left before breakfast. Dr. James Craik dined at Mount Vernon and left afterwards. |