Mount Vernon
Title | Daily Entry |
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29 January 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon. He wrote in his diary that it was relatively cold and cloudy with light winds. |
28 January 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon. He spent the day alone. |
27 January 1775 |
GW was traveling to Mount Vernon after observing land he had bought from James and George Mercer near Four Mile Run, a creek that flows into the Potomac River. |
26 January 1775 |
GW in Alexandria, Va. He traveled from Mount Vernon to attend a meeting of the trustees for a project to improve navigation on the Potomac River. No one else, however, arrived for the meeting. |
05 January 1775 |
GW spent the day at Mount Vernon. |
04 January 1775 |
Charles Lee left Mount Vernon. |
03 January 1775 |
GW spent the day at Mount Vernon. |
02 January 1775 |
GW and Charles Lee took a morning trip from Mount Vernon to Alexandria and returned in the afternoon. |
01 January 1775 |
GW spent the day at Mount Vernon, where he totaled his gambling losses and winning going back to 28 Feb. 1772. Doctor James Craik left his home after breakfast. |
15 April 1792 |
GW at Philadelphia. Governor of Surinam Juriaen François de Friderici wrote GW introducing physician and writer David Nassy, an immigrant to the U.S. from Surinam. |