Transportation/Roads/Canals
| Title | Daily Entry |
|---|---|
| 14 April 1791 |
In Va., GW traveled from Richmond and arrived in Petersburg. In his diary, GW worried that Petersburg’s trade would decline because of a future canal. |
| 12 April 1791 |
GW at Richmond, Va. GW toured the canal with Gov. Beverley Randolph and the directors of the James River Navigation Company, of which GW was president. GW described the canal in his diary. |
| 07 April 1791 |
GW traveled from Mount Vernon to Dumfries, Va. GW wrote in his diary that all of his horses, harnessed to his carriage, jumped overboard during the ferry ride at Colchester. |
| 30 March 1791 |
GW at Georgetown, Md., and traveling to Mount Vernon. |
| 25 March 1791 |
GW at Annapolis, Md. “Having lain all night in my Great Coat & Boots” in the boat that had run aground travelling from Rockhall, Md. |
| 24 March 1791 |
In Md., GW traveled from Chester, to Rockhall, to Hornes Point, a landmark near Annapolis, by boat. |
| 23 March 1791 |
GW travelling from Wilmington, Del., to Warwick, Md., to Chester, Md. GW, in his diary, noted that his group planned to embark by boat from Rockhall, Md. in the morning. |
| 22 March 1791 |
GW travelling from Chester, Pa. to Wilmington, Del. GW noted in his diary that he continued on his tour of the southern states, navigating the bad roads into Del. and across the Chesapeake Bay. |
| 21 March 1791 |
GW wrote in his diary that he left to begin his tour of the southern states. |
| 16 March 1791 |
GW at Philadelphia. |