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. GW bought a “parcel of servants” while in Alexandria.

Edward Snickers wrote GW on this date about a purchase of wheat from George Mercer’s land for the sum of £70.10.0.

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26 January 1775
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