GW in N.Y. In his diary, GW noted his attendance at Saint Paul’s Chapel.   

Mount Vernon manager George Augustine Washington started compiling his periodic, comprehensive farm report on the daily operations of Mount Vernon; the report begins this day and concludes 9 Jan.

Alexander Hamilton wrote to GW a detailed report on the status of all the lighthouses in the states as per the new “Act for the Establishment and Support of Lighthouses.” United States Treasurer Samuel Meredith also wrote to GW, reporting that he had sent a copy of the requested account of the Treasury.