Transportation/Roads/Canals
| Title | Daily Entry |
|---|---|
| 04 May 1775 |
GW set out for Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. |
| 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. |
| 08 March 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon. Col. Benjamin Harrison, Francis Whiting and Catesby Woodford left before breakfast. Dr. James Craik dined at Mount Vernon and left afterwards. |
| 17 February 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon. He wrote in his diary that he was home alone all day. Alexander Cowan wrote GW a letter requesting that GW pay the money Valentine Crawford owed Capt. |
| 08 March 1792 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW wrote to Thomas Jefferson about encouraging the Commissioners for the District of Columbia to investigate the potential for canal navigation in the planned federal city. |
| 07 February 1792 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW wrote to his in-law Alexander Spotswood about Spotswood’s son, saying that he could have a place in Capt. Thomas Truxtun’s voyage to India. |
| 19 April 1791 |
GW travelled from Tarboro, N.C. to Greenville, N.C. In his diary, GW described Greenville and its main exports. |
| 18 April 1791 |
GW traveled from Halifax to Tarboro, N.C. |
| 16 April 1791 |
GW traveled from Nottoway, Va. to Halifax, N.C. In his diary, he related his discomfort riding through clouds of dust and violent rain. |
| 15 April 1791 |
In Va., GW traveled from Petersburg to Nottoway. He wrote in his diary that he engaged two new horses to draw his baggage wagon. |