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.

GW’s friend and neighbor at Belvoir George William Fairfax wrote a letter from England to GW clearing up business regarding goods, favors, and news. He commented on the atmosphere in England concerning the strife with the colonies, saying that many in England supported America and that “the Law is on our side.” He had heard that GW was training the people of Va. in using arms and hoped that it was going well.