Slaves and Slavery
| Title | Daily Entry |
|---|---|
| 25 January 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon. He found a fox while hunting but did not kill it. Doctor William Rumney again visited the Sick--most likely slaves--and returned for dinner. |
| 24 January 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon. Doctor William Rumney “visited the Sick”--most likely slaves. Rumney returned for dinner and stayed overnight. Alexander Ross came only for dinner. |
| 15 April 1797 |
GW presumably at Mount Vernon. |
| 09 April 1797 |
GW at Mount Vernon, where he wrote his nephew George Lewis and expressed his deepest sorrow over the death of his mother, Betty Washington Lewis, who was GW’s sister born in 1733. |