Transportation/Roads/Canals
Title | Daily Entry |
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27 July 1745 |
GW on his way to Alexandria, Va., potentially by traveling down the Potomac River. |
01 May 1754 |
GW was en route from Wills Creek, Pa./Md. |
29 July 1775 |
GW at American headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
28 July 1775 |
GW at American headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
02 July 1775 |
GW traveled to Cambridge, Mass., and arrived midday with Maj. Gen.Charles Lee. He was housed at the house of the president of Harvard College, Samuel Langdon. |
30 June 1775 |
GW presumably traveling to Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
09 May 1775 |
GW had breakfast in Chester, Pa. He had dinner at the City Tavern in Philadelphia, Pa., and spent the night at lawyer Joseph Reed’s home.
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08 May 1775 |
GW had breakfast in Charlestown, Md. He travelled through Christiana Bridge, then had dinner and spent the night in Wilmington, Del. GW noted that it was raining on and off.
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07 May 1775 |
GW had breakfast at Cheyn’s Tavern, which was located thirteen miles to the east of Baltimore, Md. He had dinner at John Rodgers’ tavern, in Susquehanna Lower Ferry, Md. |
05 May 1775 |
GW ate breakfast at Mrs. Ramsay’s and stayed in Baltimore, Md. at The Fountain Inn with other delegates to the Second Continental Congress, from Va. and N.C. |