Personal Possessions
| Title | Daily Entry |
|---|---|
| 07 June 1775 |
GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. GW’s committee reported the estimate of the amount of money they needed to raised to the whole Congress. |
| 06 February 1792 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW’s personal secretary Tobias Lear wrote to tailor Hercules Mulligan on GW’s behalf, seeking black mole skin, presumably for breeches. |
| 03 April 1797 |
GW at Mount Vernon, where he wrote his step-grandson George Washington Parke Custis with an update on mansion repairs and praised him for his improved writing. |
| 03 February 1790 |
GW in N.Y. GW wrote in his diary that he viewed the house, leased by Alexander Macomb, to which he had decided to move his presidential residence. |
| 01 February 1790 |
GW in N.Y. GW wrote in his diary that he decided to rent the former Minister from France’s house in N.Y. as his new presidential residence. |
| 31 January 1790 |
GW in N.Y. In the morning, GW went to church at St. Paul’s Chapel. James Wilson—an associate judge of the Supreme Court—paid his respects to GW after he returned from church. |
| 08 April 1797 |
GW presumably at Mount Vernon. |
| 15 March 1789 |
From Mount Vernon, GW wrote Clement Biddle, to whom he trusted his Philadelphia business interests. He lamented that Biddle did not ship the buckwheat he wanted as fertilizer. |
| 10 April 1789 |
GW at Mount Vernon. |
| 08 April 1789 |
GW at Mount Vernon. GW wrote a note to Daniel Hinsdale, an agent for the Hartford Woolen Manufactory, thanking him for the fine fabric sample he had sent. |