Recreation/Leisure/Tastes
GW's recreational activites included fox hunting and dancing, among other things.
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| 04 March 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon. He recorded in his diary that he went hunting, but found nothing. He also hosted Col. Benjamin Harrison and Capt. James Wood for dinner and the night. |
| 03 March 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon. His guests, Dr. Walter Hanson Jenifer, his wife Ann, and Mrs. Sinah Ball McCarty of Pope’s Creek Va. all left after breakfast. GW was at home for the rest of the day. |
| 02 March 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon. He wrote in his diary that Dr. Walter Hanson Jenifer, his wife Ann, and Mrs. Sinah Ball McCarty of Pope’s Creek, Va. had dinner at Mount Vernon and stayed the night. |
| 01 March 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon. He reported in his diary that he and his wife Martha hosted Mrs. Sarah Barnes, her granddaughter Miss Betcy Ramsey, and Mordecai Redd.
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| 28 February 1775 |
GW wrote in his diary that he and his wife Martha went up to Alexandria, Va. for a day trip and returned home for dinner.
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| 19 February 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon. According to his diary, he spent the day alone at home.
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| 15 February 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon. In his diary GW says he went hunting but did not find anything. He hosted George Diggs, who lived across the river at Warburton Manor, and Dr. William Rumney. |
| 14 February 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon. In his diary GW reported that he went fox hunting and killed a fox. He hosted brothers Robert and George Alexander of Fairfax County, Va. He also noted that John Muir, Dr. |
| 13 February 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon. He recorded in his diary that he was at home all day. George Diggs, who lived at Warburton Manor across the river from Mount Vernon, visited him in the afternoon. |
| 12 February 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon. He wrote in his diary that it snowed in the forenoon. He also said that Va. landowner Robert Ashby and his brother went away while he stayed at home.
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